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Microsoft Lumia 650 to debut on 1 February – report

We’ve waited quite a while for Microsoft‘s own Lumia-branded devices running Windows 10, and now the flood gates have opened so to speak. Hot…

Microsoft ends Windows 8 security support

Microsoft today ends it support for Windows 8, which effectively means the company will no longer supply security and stability patches to the operating…

This Nintendo 3DS XL runs Windows 95 without any shame [video]

Would Microsoft and Nintendo ever shake hands on a joint venture? Perhaps not, but that doesn’t stop dedicated fans and coding gurus from dreaming….

PlayStation 4 worldwide sales up to 36-million since launch

If there’s a solid revenue stream Sony can rely on, it’s probably the PlayStation 4. The company has announced that it has now sold…

CES 2016: Acer Liquid Jade Primo coming to South Africa Q1 2016

The first quarter of 2016 is going to be quite a busy period, at least for Acer. The Taiwanese hardware manufacturer has announced that…

The rise and fall of the 3D Platformer

The platformer genre has been a staple of gaming since the eighties, with famous titles such as Super Mario Bros. becoming big enough to…

Xbox One Chatpad review: texting while gaming made easy

Consoles have always had sloppy text input functionality, even when they allow the usage of generic USB keyboards. The process is cumbersome when trying…

HP, Microsoft reinvent the netbook with fanless $199 Stream machine

Hewlett-Packard, makers of traditionally high-quality portable machines, has unveiled what it thinks is the future of Windows-based mobile computing — the netbook, or what…

Winning: Windows 9 may be free upgrade for Windows 8.x users

Tomorrow could be big for Microsoft, as it launches Windows 9. With just under 24-hours until the company’s biggest launch since Vista, Microsoft is…

Is the Xbox One the best console for South Africa? Not quite

The Xbox One is like an unnecessarily tardy friend, always missing the interesting part of the party. Now that it has finally arrived, it’s…

Microsoft to hold ‘Windows 9’ event 30 September

We’ve seen the leaks, the shoddy screenshots and the German-techno desktop recordings, but now Microsoft has announced a “Windows event” that will likely see…

Mojang sells itself to Microsoft for $2.5-billion, and here’s the reason why (besides money)

It’s official. After what feels like weeks of speculation, both Mojang and its new owner Microsoft has admitted this: that Minecraft is now officially a…

Microsoft’s Windows 9 Technical Preview leaked in bevy of screenshots

Update: As if this couldn’t get any better. The same site that leaked the pile of purported screenshots has just leaked a video of…

Is Microsoft about to buy Mojang, Minecraft for $2-billion?

The last thing Microsoft bought didn’t exactly work out too well. The company found itself in a massive spiral of loss which resulted in…

From Apple to Timex: the A to Z smartwatch guide

Sick of smartwatches yet? Unfortunately, they’re here for the foreseeable future to enslave the wrists of the countless masses. While the technology is debatably…

HP, Microsoft readying $199 Chromebook-culler with AMD internals

There are two distinct trends prevalent in mobile technology at the moment. The first is building ridiculously expensive, world-conquering machines that can restart planets….

MIT boffins create visual microphone with packet of chips

Here’s an age old conundrum: If a tree falls in a forest, and no one’s around to hear it, does it make a sound?…

EA Access is Netflix for games: $5 monthly and exclusively for Xbox One

Electronic Arts is betting big on their latest Netflix-like service with Microsoft, by offering a US$5 a month or US$30 a year service for…

A streamlined ‘Windows 9’ to become centralised OS for all Microsoft devices

Microsoft’s forthcoming OS will be a one-size-fits-all solution, spanning across desktop, mobile and Xbox platforms, Satya Nadella confirmed. The move comes amid a spate…

Xbox One August update turns console into Facebook, also adds 3D Blu-ray playback

It’s Xbox One update time again and this August the new Xbox Feedback portal has been put to good use, according to Larry Hyrb…

Killstreak confirmed: Microsoft shuttering Xbox Entertainment Studios

The 18 000 job cuts announced by Satya Nadella earlier this week weren’t going to go unnoticed, but Microsoft, for all intents and purposes,…

7 improvements that would make Windows 9 the best Microsoft OS ever

There’s a myth around the tech world that Microsoft follows up its blockbuster OS with universally hated sequels. This theory seems to bear true…

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…

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