Rumour: New Xbox 360 Core shipping to US
Rumours surfaced on Monday that the newly named and upgraded Xbox 360 Core launching in Europe will also make its way to the U.S. in time for the holidays.
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Report: Halo 3 boosts Xbox 360 rep
A majority of Microsoft loyalists don't mind dealing with failing Xbox 360 machines and their associated high risks says the New York Times due to the imminent and highly anticipated release of Halo 3.
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Windows XP: The OS that won't die?
Microsoft has had to create a new build of Windows XP Professional for computer makers because the six-year-old operating system's continued popularity has nearly exhausted the supply of product activation keys.
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Microsoft mum on Xbox 360 price drops
Yet another retail circular surfaced on Tuesday reflecting multiple price reductions for Xbox 360 hardware in North America. Microsoft remains quite on the subject despite widely consistent reports from retailers that a drop will happen early this August.
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Chartered hints at 45nm Xbox 360 processor
Singaporean contract chip maker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will produce a 45-nanometer (nm) processor designed for video-game consoles, probably an upcoming version of the processor used in Microsoft's Xbox 360.
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Microsoft, Digg form advertising agreement
In a deal that boosts Microsoft's plan to increase revenue from online advertising, the company will be the exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising on the popular Digg news site.
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What will Windows 7 look like?
By now, everyone has heard how Microsoft plans to release the next Windows client OS, Windows 7, in 2010. But what the company is not making clear is what new features the OS will have, a topic that has become fodder for educated speculation.
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Vista use grows as Mac OS X stays flat
Windows Vista's share of online users has increased every month this year, while rival Mac OS X -- to which Vista has often been compared -- has shown little, if any, growth, a metrics company reports.
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Microsoft leaks details of next-gen Windows
Forget the '7' code name, which was already out there, or the 2010 release date, which was also neither new nor -- based on Microsoft's lately abysmal record with hitting major release dates -- exactly set in stone.
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Microsoft pours water on Vista SP1 rumours
Microsoft has quelled rumors that the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) was just around the corner.
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Xbox 360 Elite, Xbox Live video coming to UK
Microsoft will sell its Xbox 360 Elite games console and offer Xbox Live video downloads across Europe -- includung the UK -- starting later this year, a company executive announced at the E3 Media & Business Summit.
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Microsoft gives in to Vista search change demands
Microsoft has agreed to make changes to Windows Vista's desktop search and indexing tool, but it did not concede, as Google charged, that the feature violated a 2002 antitrust settlement.
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FIRST LOOK: Microsoft Expression Studio
he company's new Expression Studio suite brings together four programs that stake out some new territories for Microsoft and strengthen the company's presence in existing ones.
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Microsoft's Silverlight reaches out to TV
Maven Networks, which provides hosting services for Internet TV, will announce today plans to add Microsoft's new Silverlight technology as a video delivery vehicle.
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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates talk future tech
In what was certainly the marquee event at this year's D: All Things Digital conference, an annual gathering coordinated by the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs shared the stage with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in a joint appearance discussing the technology industry's past while looking ahead to its future.
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Microsoft shows futuristic touch computer
After five years of keeping the project shrouded in secrecy, Microsoft Tuesday revealed its plans for Microsoft Surface, the first product in a category the company calls "surface computing." The technology, formerly code-named Milan, lets Microsoft turn a seemingly ordinary surface, such as a tabletop or a wall, into a computer. Introduced Tuesday at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California, Microsoft Surface is a "multitouch" tabletop computer that interacts with users through touch on multiple points on the screen.
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'Partial nudity' behind Halo 2 ship slip
Nudity in the videogame Halo 2 for Windows Vista has pushed back the long-awaited title's official release to the end of the month, Microsoft said Friday.
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Microsoft retracts XP SP3 statement
Windows XP users will have to wait until next year for Service Pack 3 after all, Microsoft Corp. said Thursday as it claimed a recent press release saying otherwise was a mistake.
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Halo 2 for Vista delayed yet again
Wondering why you couldn't find a Windows version of Halo 2 in stores on Tuesday? Well, the answer is finally out - Microsoft has delayed the game's May release for a second time.
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Adobe questions Microsoft's Mac Silverlight commitment
The head of Adobe has questioned Microsoft's commitment to keeping its new Silverlight platform compatible with other operating systems besides Windows.