Category: Microsoft
The most anticipated video games of 2015
[nextpage title="Next"] The coming year looks like it will be filled with interesting and exciting titles, from next-gen exclusives and sequels to brand-new IPs, with new games from legends such as Nathan Drake, Zelda, Lara Croft and Batman to newcomer titles such as Evolve and No Man's Sky. Here are a few of the games…
The Digest: Sony hack an ‘inside job’… and 3 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Sony hack: New evidence points to inside job, say security experts | The Hollywood Reporter "Despite the FBI declaring that North Korea was behind the devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, security experts continue to believe that the hack was an inside job. Security firm Norse claims it has evidence that shows…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare ends the year at the top
[nextpage title="Next"] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare signs off the year in style, taking its fifth No.1 crown since launch. Grand Theft Auto V continues to deliver strong sales climbing to No.2 after four weeks in third place. FIFA 15 is relegated to No.3, which means that for the first time since 2009 a FIFA…
The Digest: Uber says sorry (again)… and 3 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Uber 'truly sorry' for price rise during Sydney siege | BBC News "Taxi booking firm Uber has apologised for raising fare prices during a deadly cafe siege in Sydney last week. The firm raised fares by as much as four times its normal rate when demand shot up during the siege that left…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: Call of Duty retakes the top spot for Christmas
[nextpage title="Next"] Advanced Warfare becomes the fifth Call of Duty game to claim the coveted Christmas No.1 position with a well-timed promotion on the PS4 version helping it leapfrog FIFA 15. Last year, FIFA 14 pulled off a similar trick, sneaking ahead of Call of Duty: Ghosts at the last minute to claim the festive…
The Digest: Apple not guilty… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Jury finds Apple not liable of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case | The Verge "An eight-person jury has decided that Apple is not on the hook for what could have been more than $1 billion in a trial centering on extra security measures the company added to iTunes and iPods starting in…
Could Skype be about to blow our minds with its translator?
Microsoft, which owns Skype, has just released the following advert offering a glimpse of the future: The clip shows two school kids talking to each other by Skype. So far, so ordinary - but one is speaking English, and the other Spanish... and they can understand and speak in real time, thanks to Skype's new…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: FIFA 15 stays at the top of the table
[nextpage title="Next"] FIFA 15 remains at No.1 in the run-up to Christmas and the Top Five remains the same, with Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare at No.2, Rockstar/Take 2’s Grand Theft Auto V at No.3, Ubisoft’s Far Cry 4 at No.4 and Warner’s Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham at No.5. Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2015…
The Digest: Ford dumps Microsoft… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Ford dumps Microsoft for BlackBerry infotainment system | CNN "Ford is upgrading its infotainment system to make it more like a smartphone or tablet - and it is dumping its longtime software provider Microsoft as part of the change. Instead, Ford will use BlackBerry's QNX operating system for the new Sync 3 infotainment…
The Digest: Windows 10 release date… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Microsoft exec sees autumn release for Windows 10 | Reuters "Microsoft expects to have its new Windows 10 operating system on the market by autumn 2015, slightly later than previous comments had suggested. Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told Japanese news service Nikkei on Wednesday that the new system would be released 'early…
