Microsoft unveils its next game console, the Xbox One
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Microsoft debuted the Xbox One this afternoon live from a tent on its Redmond, WA. campus, putting to end months of speculation about the company's next-generation video game console. Microsoft exec Don Mattrick called it out as an "all-in-one" box. The core strategy is "simple, instant, and complete." Developing...
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Microsoft wises up, pushes Office in latest Surface TV ad
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Since it launched in late 2012, Microsoft has positioned its Surface tablet as a fun, hip alternative tablet, emphasizing its construction and form factor. That failed. So with its latest commercial, Microsoft has returned to its corporate roots: productivity. Microsoft's latest Surface ad is oddly named--"Imagine"--but it's actually the...
Booting Up: No One Will Listen to the Inventor of the GIF About Pronunciation
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Nope. Could our culture be any more saturated with hackathons? Now even the publishing business has latched onto them. [The Atlantic] The creator of the GIF insists it’s pronounced “jif,” and no one will listen to him, not even the Oxford English Dictionary. Also, the dancing baby is still one...
New Xbox Faces Wider Range of Competition
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The Xbox One is a gamble by Microsoft to re-establish the living room as the place to play games and to promote the device's ability to play online video....
Xbox One confusion: Microsoft leaves used games and 'always-online' requirement unclear
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Microsoft's Xbox One unveil was concentrated on the hardware, entertainment, and gaming, but a controversial aspect to the new console — a rumored always-online requirement — has been left floating amid a sea of confusion. Microsoft sparked the hubbub with a vague answer on its Q&A section for the...
The Xbox One has one major problem
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Microsoft talks Xbox One naming, privacy and more (Q&A)
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CNET sits down with Microsoft's Jeff Henshaw to talk about the new Xbox One, including how long it will last, and whether the name's going to be confusing. [Read more]...
A rerun? Microsoft returns to TV programming with Halo show
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The software giant's new show, produced by Steven Spielberg, brings the company back to creating orignal content, a business where it's had some history. [Read more]...
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We speak to European Xbox boss Chris Lewis about the aims and ideas behind Microsoft's next console - including cloud gaming, Kinect and TV content. But will he tell us the price?The Xbox One is now a reality, and after Microsoft's event on Tuesday, plenty of questions remain about the...
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