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Xbox 720 'as powerful' as two PCs - to ship in 2013
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New information has come to light with regards to the Xbox 720, which hints that the console will be a power beast when it is released.
According to VG247, which has quoted sources close to the matter, the Xbox 720 is indeed a reality and it will be with us by Christmas 2013.
These multiple sources have gotten together and confirmed to the gaming site that the new console like two PCs taped together, with its graphics cards said to be the equivalent of AMD's 7000 series GPUs.
If this is the case, then AMD have managed to pull of a gaming double whammy as the PlayStation Orbis / PS4 is also said to have AMD architecture inside.
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Internet Explorer gains market share while Chrome slips
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Internet Explorer has been losing ground as of late, but it’s important to remember the sheer amount of Windows PCs out there with the browser pre-installed. While Chrome and Firefox aim to try and eventually dethrone Microsoft’s browser, Internet Explorer has seen an increase in usage for the first time since September 2011.
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Durango Implements Always-On DRM, Multi-GPU
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Microsoft's next-generation Xbox console, codenamed "Durango", will implement an "always-on" DRM, according to a VG 24/7 report. Always-on is a stringent anti-piracy measure that's already in use with some PC game titles published by Ubisoft, which requires the players to be connected to the Internet when playing. Even as its proponents (read: game publishers only), claim increased sales, it faces strong opposition from the gaming community. The Christmas 2013 (tentative) launch of Durango rides on the assumption that fast, always-on broadband Internet will have proliferated to every living room.
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Microsoft cuts German link in protest over Motorola
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Microsoft in a retaliatory move against Motorola ended teamwork with Germany company Arvato for software distribution. The move reported by Germany's Deutsche Presse-Agentur would see about 50 people lose their jobs as Microsoft relocated distribution to the Netherlands. The Windows developer argued that Motorola's H.264 video patent demands made staying in Germany untenable.
A decision is due in Motorola's case versus Microsoft on April 17. If successful, it could ban Windows 7 and the Xbox 360 at the same time, effectively gutting business in Germany. Moving to Germany's neighbor could reduce the vulnerability to legal actions if Motorola wins.
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Qualcomm to ship Snapdragon S4-based Windows 8 notebooks this year
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Qualcomm is planning to launch Windows 8 notebooks with quad-core Snapdragon S4 chips later this year. The offerings are said to be lighter and thinner than Apple’s MacBook Air and will rival second generation ultrabooks, says Rob Chandhok, senior vice president of Qualcomm.
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Microsoft kicks off Kinect Accelerator program to take 11 Kinect-centric start-ups to the next level
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Microsoft unwittingly created quite the hacking cottage industry when it first introduced Kinect. Though it took awhile for the company to come to grips with the amazing inventions enabled by its sensor bar, Redmond eventually released Kinect for Windows. Now, the Kinect Accelerator program is here to take Kinect development even further. Kinect Accelerator is a three-month long incubator of sorts for folks with Kinect-basted start-ups. It works by providing the chosen ones with mentors from Microsoft Research, Microsoft Studios, Kinect for Windows and the Xbox team to provide support and knowledge to refine and improve their Kinect apps. Additionally, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs w...
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E3 to reveal PlayStation 4 ‘same day’ as Xbox 720
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This week we’ve got several sources speaking on what will be happening later this year when the two titans of console: Sony and Microsoft, go head to head with reveals of their next-generation gaming systems. One source speaking with vg247 this morning about the situation is noting that fans “should be watching the timing of next year’s E3 keynotes, and who’s going to go first.” Meanwhile our own source corroborates this possibility saying that the keynotes revealing these next two systems “may be happening on the same day.”
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New Images Of LG Windows Phone LS831 Emerges
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While we are still not sure about LG releasing another Windows Phone 7.5 device, there were numerous leaks on their devices/prototypes. This one is LS831 which we saw in last October when it passed the FCC. The device design looks outdated to me and it has a 5MP camera along with a front cam. Since it features a CDMA band, it should release only on Sprint in US if there is any possibility. Visit the source link for more images.
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Used Xboxes can be hacked for credit card information, researcher says
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Restoring an Xbox 360 console to factory settings before selling it apparently isn't enough to remove your personal information. In an interview with Kotaku, Drexel University researcher Ashley Podhradsky said that her team had successfully retrieved credit card data from a refurbished Xbox using simple modding tools. The software gave them access to the console's files and folders, letting them extract information that hadn't been wiped even by the Microsoft-authorized reseller. The process was published in the August 2011 Proceedings of the America's Conference on Information Systems.
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Microsoft Wants Faster Internet With "HTTP Speed+Mobility"
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Microsoft plans to submit a proposal for a faster internet protocol to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) -- the standards body currently in charge of producing the second-generation Hypertext Transfer Protocol (aka HTTP 2.0) -- called HTTP Speed+Mobility. The IETF is currently meeting this week to discuss the future of HTTP which may also consider Google's next-generation solution called SPDY (pronounced speedy).
Microsoft revealed its plans on Sunday in a blog, reporting that HTTP Speed+Mobility will emphasize performance improvements and security while at the same time accounting for the important needs of mobile devices and applications. That means not only should browser-based s...
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Microsoft downs Zeus botnet but can't name names
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Microsoft won court permission to seize servers Friday that took down a deployment of the Zeus botnet, and it even detailed the corporate structure that enabled using the zombie network to steal cash from victims.
The downside is it can't name any of the perpetrators.
According to court papers, Microsoft can identify 39 individuals by their roles in the criminal enterprise, by online aliases and in some cases email addresses where they can be reached, but none of them by their real names and addresses.
The names run the gamut -- Jonni, D Frank, MaDaGaSkA, Lucky, NoName, bx1, Admin 2010, Veggi Roma -- as do the email addresses, many of them Yahoo and Hotmail accounts. And the roles of the def...
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Microsoft details touchscreen requirements for Windows 8
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Microsoft has shed light on the touchscreen gesture technology that will be implemented in Windows 8, including the hardware requirements that will be necessary for a consistent experience across multiple devices. The company notes that Windows 8 wil
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Dell Ends Sales Of Venue Pro Windows Phone Device
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It comes to an end! Dell has ended the sales of its first and only Windows Phone device Dell Venue Pro. The device when got leaked created lots of buzz and excitement and later went on to become a great example of poorly executed product. Until few days back the device was available at dirt cheap price from Dell as it was selling this unlocked device at $299 at its own store whereas in Amazon the unlocked device is still available at a price of just $249. Now Dell no longer sells mobile devices ( Windows Phone+ Android) in US and expects to release few new products later this year.
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Pirate Bay links blocked from Windows Live Messenger due to 'malicious' content
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We learned yesterday that Microsoft had started blocking links to The Pirate Bay in Windows Live Messanger, and now Microsoft has helped to clarify why those messages are being blocked. A spokesperson for Microsoft told us that "we block instant messages if they contain malicious or spam URLs based on intelligence algorithms, third-party sources, and/or user complaints. Pirate Bay URLs were flagged by one or more of these and were consequently blocked." It doesn't sound like Microsoft is specifically targeting piracy-related sites with this block, though we can't say exactly how Microsoft's "third-party sources" or "intelligence algorithms" view a site like The Pirate Bay. While there might ...
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Microsoft employees seize Zeus botnet servers with the help of US Marshals
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Accompanied by US marshals, Microsoft employees raided office buildings in Scranton, Pennsylvania and Lombard, Illinois on Friday; seizing servers believed to be running botnets used for identity theft. The botnets are infected with the Zeus family of malware, which uses keylogging to go after a user's financial information. Microsoft is reporting 13 million suspected Zeus infections worldwide since 2007, with more than three million just in the US.
If you're wondering what Microsoft is doing carrying out raids on office buildings, we're right there with you. It turns out that the company's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has used a bit of legal ingenuity to go after criminals directly — by filing...
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