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What To Expect From Windows 8 Consumer Preview

February 29, 2012Erik Kain

announced its release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview at World Congress today. Speaking to a crowd in Barcelona, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky called the new operating system a “bold re-imagining of Windows” and said that it was a “generational change” marking the first major overhaul of Windows since Windows 95. It’s certainly not like any other […]

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HBO GO May Arrive On Xbox 360 Before April 1st

February 28, 2012Erik Kain

I posted earlier that we’d get an HBO GO app on Xbox 360 just in time for Game of Thrones – April 1st, which is, of course, April Fool’s Day. But before we get to that, I have to ask: Who launches a major app and the second season of a popular television show on […]

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HBO Go Coming To Xbox 360 Just In Time For ‘Game of Thrones’

February 28, 2012Erik Kain

Now that I have an Xbox 360, this is excellent news: HBO has slowly been bringing HBO Go to a multitude of connected platforms, from Roku boxes to someSamsung connected TVs, and now we finally know when it’ll come to the Xbox 360. Tonight at an HBO event in , company Co-President, Eric Kessler, gave us the […]

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Dear Microsoft, Don’t Kill Off Used Games

February 1, 2012Erik Kain

shares a number of rumors surrounding the development of the Xbox 720, ‘s next-generation gaming console. One in particular is downright frightening: technology that would prevent the resale of used games. “Yesterday, the talk was an anti-used game verification system, possibly similar to iTunes,” Humphrey writes. What a terrible, horrible, no-good very-bad idea! Not only […]

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Chinese Foxconn Workers Threaten Mass Suicide Over Xbox Pay Dispute

January 12, 2012Erik Kain

Workers at Chinese electronics giant Foxconn, angry over the shuttering of an Xbox 360 production line in the Chinese city of Wuhan, climbed to the roof of a six story dormitory and threatened to jump en masse if their conditions weren’t met. The several dozen workers threatened mass suicide after Foxconn announced layoffs and transfers of […]

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No PlayStation 4 On The Horizon According to Sony’s Andrew House

January 9, 2012Erik Kain

Rumors surrounding the next generation of video game consoles are coming more and more quickly as talk of the Xbox 720 picked up in the second half of 2011. But if Computer Entertainment President Andrew House has anything to do with it, a PS4 isn’t even a twinkle in Sony’s eye yet. Ahead of much PS4 […]

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Why Microsoft Faces An Uphill Battle With Windows Phone

January 9, 2012Erik Kain

is set to launch some serious smartphone contenders in 2012. ‘s Windows Phone operating system will be at the heart of these new devices. Will this shake up the smartphone market or is it too late for ? What struggles and obstacles does face in its attempt to edge into the mobile market? The promise […]

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Five Reasons Why Microsoft’s Windows Phone Will Make A Big Splash In The Smartphone Market

January 8, 2012Erik Kain

The rave reviews for the latest iteration of ‘s Windows Phone aren’t the only reason will do better in the smart phone industry than it did in the MP3 player market. Whereas the Zune never really offered anything substantially different from the iPod and never pushed any real boundaries, ‘s latest push into the mobile […]

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Are Xbox Live Games Coming To iPhone And Android? A Double-Edged Sword For Microsoft

January 8, 2012Erik Kain

‘s Xbox Live would be a great selling point for its Windows Phone but releasing it for iPhone and Android would give them serious market share in the growing mobile gaming industry. Are games from Xbox Live, ‘s online gaming platform, coming to a smartphone near you? A recent job posting from the Redmond based company […]

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‘Gears of War’ Creators Want Avatar-Like Graphics for Future Games

December 17, 2011Erik Kain

DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced recently that the next generation of animation software and hardware would allow artists to render images in real-time. The claim was pretty huge. Professional animators can spend weeks animating just a few minutes of animation with today’s technology. This has serious implications not just for the future of animation, but […]

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