Microsoft’s Xbox 360 D-Pad Update: Something Old, Something New
For gamers who’ve griped about the Xbox 360′s leveled down d-pad, Microsoft’s telling old-school controller fans ‘have it your way’. In fact: Have it both ways. On November 9, the company says you’ll be able to buy a version of the Xbox 360 gamepad with a twistable d-pad, one where the ‘cross’ portion can be [...]
Microsoft Raises Price of Xbox Live Subscriptions and Ire of Gamers Everywhere
Hi there, valued Xbox Live Gold customer! Are there any sharp objects nearby? How about firearms? We’re just the messenger, after all, and would rather not be shot for this one. So, are you calm? Have you followed the late, great Bruce Lee’s teachings and become as water? Ok then, here it goes: Beginning November [...]
Internet Explorer Celebrates 15th Birthday
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser turned 15 years old this week, and after a decade and a half, it still has plenty of friends to party with, more so than any other browser on the planet. Despite losing some ground to Firefox and relative newcomer Chrome, IE still claims a dominating 60.74 percent of the market. [...]
IE9 Beta Available September 15
The day is almost at hand folks, Microsoft has just made it known that the first beta for the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 will be available on September 15. There will be a lunch event on that day where developers will show off “the beauty of the web.” Well, eye-rolling tag lines aside, it will [...]
Final IE9 Preview is Out, Beta Coming Next Month
Microsoft has been slowly shepherding Internet Explorer 9 toward a final release for a few months now. Today, the software giant is making the final preview build available for download. Come next month, the first beta should be out as well. This final preview build is intended for web designers and app developers to test [...]
Microsoft: IE8 Batted Away 1 Billion Malware Downloads
In a recent blog post, Microsoft bragged that its Internet Explorer 8 browser has blocked 1 billion attempts to download malware thanks to its SmartScreen Filter, which tattles on potentially dangerous websites and downloads websites by turning the browser red. “Social engineering attacks like malware are a growing threat on at the Internet and are [...]
Rumor: Xbox 360 Price Cuts Coming (Next Year)
Maybe Microsoft isn’t losing as much money on consoles as previously thought. According to news and rumor site Fudzilla, cost improvements for the Xbox 360 Slim have the Redmond giant making more money on its console than ever before, which could result in upcoming price cuts. “According to our sources, it is likely that Microsoft [...]
New Microsoft Security Essentials Beta is Available
Ah, Microsoft. It’s taken the software giant years to wise up and realize they ought to provide a free antivirus solution to their users. The launch last year of Microsoft Security Essentials gave us hope that Microsoft was getting serious about security. While they haven’t really pushed the program, it’s is at least available. Now [...]
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