Microsoft released Windows 10 Build 14942 from Redstone 2 last week to the Fast Ring Windows 10 Insider Preview users. One of the new improvements in Windows 10 Build 14942 includes changes to how the operating system handles service hosts. In the past, grouping services into service hosts was used to save memory. Now, most [...]
Here are the main announcements from today's Microsoft Windows 10 event. You can watch the keynote here. General Introduction: - For 1 year after the release of Windows 10, you can get a free upgrade if you're running Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1, and even Windows 7! - Microsoft will continuously upgrade Windows 10 for [...]
If you've been on the internet much during 2014, you've probably heard the term Bitcoin floating around. What is Bitcoin? In case you're wondering, it is a form of online currency that can be used to purchase goods and without any serial number, there's no real way of tracing it back to a buyer or [...]
Microsoft has a few announcements today at the E3 2013 gaming conference, Microsoft has announced changes to its Xbox Live subscriptions, doing away with the Microsoft Points, and a new Xbox 360. They've also just announced pricing and availability of the new Xbox One. Xbox One The new Xbox One will be released this November [...]
One feature that many casual gamers have waited for is the ability to stop playing a game on one device and start playing where you left off on another. Very few games have this ability, and now EA has upgraded their system to allow this, whether you're playing a game on Facebook, Origin, Playstation, Xbox, [...]
I've been a fan of Slacker Radio for some time now. They recently did a massive overhaul of their services, including their website and their mobile apps and they also have a Windows 8 app. Today, Slacker has released an app for the Xbox 360! Along with the new service comes a new Videogame Music [...]
While there's plenty of rumors floating around about the Xbox 720 and the PS4, not much has been announced officially yet. There should be some information at the E3 conference in a few months and rumors are that both systems would be available by the 2013 holiday season. The latest rumor today talks about the specs for the Xbox 720. These leaked specs include an 8-core 1.6GHz processor, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, an 800MHz graphics card, a 6x Blu-ray drive, USB 3.0, and gigabit ethernet.
Windows 8 and Windows RT systems are now able to access some Xbox games through a system known as Microsoft PLAY. This system is part of PlayXBLA, aka Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft’s initiative dedicated to bringing games developed in part (or in whole) by Microsoft itself, often collaborating with independent development studios to bring optimized [...]
With it being holiday season for 2012, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! When it comes to technology, 2012 will be one for the history books with big releases from Microsoft, Apple, and Google, among others. What's on your holiday wish list? Are you holding out for any [...]
As a part of Microsoft's efforts to streamline their services, later today you'll be able to get a SkyDrive app on your XBox 360. The SkyDrive app supports Kinect voice and gesture control as well as controller input, although voice activation is not currently available in every language. When the app goes live, just turn [...]
