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Microsoft announces Windows 10 release set for this summer
Microsoft plans to release Windows 10 this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages, the company announced today, though a specific date was not named. In a blog post on the Windows website, Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft's operating systems team, didn't elaborate on the release time frame beyond saying it was shared at the Windows Hardware Engineering Community event in Shenzhen, China, ...read more
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Windows Hello: Microsoft is making the password obsolete in Windows 10
One of the major features in Windows 10 is the way Microsoft addresses security, user accounts and sign-on options, and though the company has touched on this topic before, it’s only now giving us a more comprehensive look in the form of Windows Hello. Windows Hello is an authentication system that uses a variety of biometric signatures and combines hardware and software to allow for ...read more
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Nintendo’s new hardware is codenamed NX
Nintendo has confirmed today that it’s developing new hardware dubbed ‘Nintendo NX’. The hardware was not specifically referred to as a console and was mentioned today in a press conference held in Japan. The same conference where Nintendo announced its partnership with mobile firm DeNA to bring games to mobile devices. DeNA will also work with Nintendo on a new “membership ...read more
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Nintendo is finally developing smartphone games
Despite denying it would ever do such a thing, Nintendo will start creating new games for mobile devices via a partnership with developer DeNA. The emphasis is on the word "new" -- you won't necessarily be getting Super Mario Bros. ports on your Android smartphone, for instance. Instead, the companies said "only new original games optimized for smart device functionality will be created, rather ...read more
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Xbox app on Windows 10 gets a new update
The Xbox app on Windows 10 is part of Microsoft’s strategy of focusing on giving users a good gaming experience on the platform. And luckily enough the app just received a significant update. Back at the announcement event in January, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer made a big deal of the Xbox app that’s now present on Windows 10. Through it users will eventually be able to stream their Xbox One ...read more
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Apple has sold 700 million iPhones to date
To say that the iPhone has been anything other than a game-changing product for Apple would be playing down the product's success. The device, which sells millions every time a new model is announced in the first weekend, is available around the world in a variety of different configurations. At Apple's 'Spring Forward' event today in San Francisco, Tim Cook took to the stage and announced ...read more
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Xbox Live on Windows 10 won't charge for online multiplayer
The news of Xbox Live coming to Windows 10 was a bit confusing last week, but, slowly, details of how it'll work are surfacing. Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb recently responded to a fan on Twitter saying that Xbox Live Gold won't be required for online multiplayer using Live on WIn10 and mobile (like it is on consoles). Great news, right? Well, like The Verge notes, it should be for anyone who ...read more
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Apple Watch is available April 24 starting at $350
It's been six whole months since Tim Cook revealed the Apple Watch to the world. Here we are again. With good reason, though. Apple may have already officially introduced us to its first smartwatch, but there were still some big questions left unanswered. Today Apple gathered the press to give the Watch the launch event it always deserved (and, you know, tell us how much it'll cost and when we ...read more
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Microsoft working with Sony and Nintendo to combat DDoS attacks
Xbox Live may be a rival to the PSN and Nintendo Network, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo can’t work together. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that he’s been talking to Sony, Nintendo and other companies about keeping gaming networks stable in the face of DDoS attacks and other malicious activity. Speaking to GameInformer, Spencer said nobody benefits when a rival ...read more
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Cross-Buy Coming to Xbox One and Windows 10
During a panel at GDC, Xbox Division Head Phil Spencer gave another glimpse on the future of Microsoft’s platforms. Spencer mentioned that a cross-buy option will be implemented in Microsoft’s storefront, enabling gamers to purchase a game with both a Windows 10 and Xbox One version, and to play it on both platforms without an additional expense, pretty much like the feature available on the ...read more
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