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Xbox Live revived after outage, Xbox 360 social features still affected

Microsoft‘s having a pretty bad start to the week it seems. Xbox Live dropped off the map earlier today for reasons yet unknown. The…

Patch Tuesday May 2015: Internet Explorer is this month’s problem child [update]

Update (16 May): It seems that the relatively uneventful May Patch Tuesday updates have sprung a last minute surprise, mainly courtesy of KB3046002, which…

Xbox One trumps PlayStation 4 in US sales race for April

Here’s an incredible little turn up for the books in the lead-up to E3 2015, especially if you’re on the greener side of the…

‘Candy Crush Saga’ is coming to Windows 10 devices, automatically

Stories and news regarding Windows 10 has been nothing but positive so far, but Microsoft has finally hit its first obstacle with the internet…

Microsoft outlines the 7 versions of Windows 10, including one for ‘elevators’

Windows 10 will be the one OS to rule them all, but Microsoft isn’t making the same mistake it did with Windows 8. It…

Windows 10 will be Microsoft’s Windows OS swansong, reports suggest

If reports and Microsoft‘s new service-over-product mindset is to be believed, then Windows 10 will be the company’s final iteration of Windows and possibly…

Microsoft Build 2015: HoloLens, Windows 10, Microsoft Edge and more

Build is almost always Microsoft‘s most important event of the year, not only for developers but consumers too and in an operating system launch…

Dying Nokia X range ditches Android for Windows as Microsoft cull continues

Well, here’s an unsurprising surprise. Microsoft’s big boss, Satya Nadella has announced that Nokia’s Android-based X range will ditch Android as its OS in…

Upcoming IE looks to the future: supports Media Capture, Web Audio, HTTP/2

Microsoft has outlined its roadmap for the upcoming version of Internet Explorer, unveiling a list of planned technologies and features for inclusion. Among these…

Microsoft debuts 12″ Surface Pro 3, its super-slim laptop-killing tablet

The Surface Pro 3 is now official, after Microsoft launched its self-proclaimed laptop-replacing tablet at its Surface Event in New York. All specifications leaked…

Windows RT’s failure equals Surface Mini no-show

When Microsoft launched its ultra-thin, ultra-expensive Surface Pro 3 during a presentation in New York earlier this week, the internet was left wondering where…

External drive support coming soon to Xbox One?

Early in April, there were reports circulating that Microsoft would be bringing long-awaited external drive support to the Xbox One. Now an image posted…

Microsoft tries again as it launches faster, larger Surface Pro 3 tomorrow

With less than a day until Microsoft’s Surface event kicks off in New York, the upcoming Surface Pro 3 tablet specifications have been leaked….

Netflix, Hulu no longer trapped behind Xbox Live Gold paywall

Well, here’s some news arriving earlier than expected. After speculation that Microsoft will drop Xbox Live Gold’s streaming paywall for services like Netflix and Hulu,…

Finally: Xbox Live Gold paywall for Hulu, Netflix to die off

The much-hated Xbox Live Gold paywall may soon be relaxed, allowing all Xbox Live users access to premium content, ArsTechnica reports. Currently Netflix and Hulu…

No more mouse: Microsoft Research invents Leap-like gesture keyboard

Microsoft Research’s intuitive designers have developed an augmented reality mechanical keyboard – or more concisely, a keyboard with touch and gesture ability. The “Type-Hover-Swipe”…

Microsoft earnings down but Xbox One and Surface (shockingly) sees growth

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that it’s made a whole lot of money when it revealed its Q3 2014 earnings. A GAAP revenue of…

Microsoft Office apps debut on iPad, become most popular on iTunes

Microsoft’s Office 365 suite has finally made its way to the iPad. After years of rumours, the iPad suite currently consists of Word, Excel,…

Windows 8.1 Update 1 leak shows PC-friendly mouse and keyboard focus

A leaked version of Microsoft’s upcoming update for Windows 8.1 has been out in the wild since late January. Annoyingly referred to as Windows…

Nokia Lumia 1020: the best call making camera in town

On a recent trip to Paris, I took some of the most amazing photographs that I had ever taken on a mobile device. The…

Machinima admits it paid YouTube bloggers for positive Xbox One coverage

Recently, news broke that Microsoft has been paying popular YouTube personalities for positive influence of the Xbox One. Video bloggers (or vloggers) from the…

Xbox One beats PS4 in near million US December sales

According to new figures released by global market research company NDP, Xbox One was the number one selling console in the US last December,…

Xbox 360 will still get ‘good games’ says Microsoft

The Xbox One is out, but where does that leave the humble Xbox 360? In an interview with Gameplanet, Microsoft’s Alan Bowman, VP of…

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