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Microsoft Band Update Adds Tiny Keyboard

Four months after its release, Band, Microsoft’s wearable smart device, has received its first major update. The update, in conjunction with Windows Phones, brings dictation ...

February 25, 2015 at 2:58 am by

Microsoft’s Bing Correctly Predicted 84% of Oscar Winners

For the Oscars, the World Cup, Super Bowl and many other famous competitions, a lot of people and even animals like to predict the results. That has included octopuses, ...

February 24, 2015 at 3:28 am by

Mac OS X and iOS More Vunerable than Windows and Linux, Surprised?

With the recent increase in sales of all things Apple, its once strong perception of being very secure is losing steam, especially thanks to the sale over notebooks and ...

February 23, 2015 at 11:04 pm by

Microsoft Updates Windows Defender to Remove Superfish

Microsoft has emerged as the hero within this whole Superfish/Lenovo story, as the company has updated its anti-virus software to detect and remove the offending program. ...

February 21, 2015 at 2:58 pm by

Dropbox Users Can Get 100GB Free OneDrive Storage

In an attempt to pull Dropbox users over to OneDrive, Microsoft is offering anyone with a Dropbox account 100GB of free storage (for one year). If you visit the OneDrive site ...

February 21, 2015 at 12:58 am by

Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 (GDR2) Due Before Windows 10 for Lumia

Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 (GDR2) for Microsoft Lumia devices will be released within the next few months, it has been revealed, meaning that it will arrive before the release ...

February 20, 2015 at 9:58 am by

Microsoft To Punish Windows XP Holdouts With Doubled Support Costs

Microsoft is so keen to persuade Windows XP users to finally upgrade that it is doubling the support costs for the aging operating system. Despite XP being followed by three ...

February 19, 2015 at 4:58 pm by

Test Shows Over 100fps Difference Between DX12 and DX11

Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock, has had some interesting things to say about DirectX 12, and in a recent test he compared DX12 to its predecessor, DX11, on a high-end system ...

February 18, 2015 at 6:03 pm by

Kinect to Teach Police “Use of Force” Options

A new piece of software for the Windows version of Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect peripheral could be used to teach cops how to deal with confrontational situations. The ...

February 17, 2015 at 12:58 am by

Windows 10 Expected to be Finished by June

Microsoft is on schedule to have the final build of Windows 10 done in June, as reported by Neowin. Although, as we all know, time frames can change. With the second preview ...

February 10, 2015 at 10:58 am by

You’ll Soon Be Able to Take Screenshots on Your Xbox One

Xbox’s Phil Spencer has personally let it be known that Xbox One users will soon be able to take screenshots of their gameplay. While this isn’t the first mention ...

February 8, 2015 at 10:58 pm by

Xbox One HoloLens Plans Leaked – In 2012

Microsoft is no stranger to leaks. Most of the company’s plans have been some of the worst-kept secrets in the industry. Well now news has surfaced giving us a look at ...

February 7, 2015 at 2:58 am by

Xbox One February Update Rolls Out

Microsoft has released the February update for Xbox One, which features a quick-connect controller function, plus updates for party chat and TV. A recurring annoyance for Xbox ...

February 6, 2015 at 9:58 pm by

iPhone Sales Take Over Android in US For First Time Since 2012

For the first time since 2012, sales of iPhones alone overtook all of the combined sales of Android handsets. According to market research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, ...

February 5, 2015 at 12:58 am by

Mantle and DX12 Will Give Major Boost to Multi-GPU Systems, Says AMD

Multi-GPU systems will offer superpowered graphics cards, with the help of Mantle and DirectX 12, according to AMD. The combination of AMD’s Mantle API and Microsoft’s ...

February 3, 2015 at 8:58 pm by

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