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Microsoft announces Windows 8 Upgrade offer for $15
Microsoft announced the availability of it’s new Windows Upgrade Offer for the yet to be released Windows 8. The offer applied to consumers who buy a new Windows 7 PC that is preinstalled with
Read More »Judge recommends import ban to the U.S. of some Xbox 360 models
The lawsuits and counter lawsuits continue. Microsoft is facing an import ban on the 4Gb and 250GB versions of the Xbox 360 models into the U.S. after U.S. International Trade Commission administrative law judge
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Leap Motion: Kinect killer for less than half the price?
Intuitive, controller-free interaction is the current poster child of cutting-edge entertainment technology. Pioneered in 2006 by Nintendo’s Wii, the motion-control craze soon spread to Microsoft’s Kinect, Sony’s PlayStation Move, and even to the PC
Read More »Google Chrome Overtakes Internet Explorer as the most popular Browser
Google Chrome briefly became the world’s most popular web browser, a title long held by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer ever since it beat out Netscape Navigator in browser wars of the late 90s. Apparently this
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Microsoft Takes A Gamble With Barnes & Noble’s Nook
Microsoft is pumping $605 million into Barnes and Noble’s digital book business, which is going to amount to a 17.6% stake in the company. This is a move by the technology giant to diversify
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Greenpeace Attacks Tech Giants for “Dirty Clouds”
Greenpeace recently posted its annual report on Internet companies and their energy consumption and are pointing the finger accusatorily at some large players in the internet space. The report criticizes companies like Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, and
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PlayStation 4 (Orbis?) Arriving in 2013/2014
News has broken out from an anonymous source within Sony and reported by Kotaku that the PS4, designated Orbis, will be released towards the end of 2013/early 2014. While specs currently unclear and subject to change, the current
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Microsoft Reveals Windows 8 Logo: Simple and Elegant
Gone are the four colored quadrants: Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow. The era of the Windows logo we once knew is gone. Replacing it are four blue rectangles. The evolution of the Windows logo
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Ford to Open New Research Lab in Silicon Valley
Ford has finally taken the step to further its technology research on the west coast by building a research lab close to the rest of the big dogs in the valley, names such as
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Microsoft Pulling Out of CES After 2012
Microsoft announced today that their attendance at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show will be their last, ending a two-decade partnership that saw the launch of the Xbox gaming system and the Kinect motion camera
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