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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

CES 2008: Understanding Industry Trends

By the time the first keynote closes, some of us at the show were already onto where the industry is heading. Brett Thomas takes a dive into his trip to CES 2008 and explains the trends and patterns creating this year's industry theme - interoperability.

January 14, 2008 | 08:08

Silverstone branches out

CES 2008 - Silverstone, best known for its cases and coolers, is branching out again. We stopped by today to see just how far they've gone - and we were impressed.

January 9, 2008 | 14:30

January brings two Windows patches

The monthly 'Patch Tuesday' update cycle for Windows has dropped a couple of high-priority security patches on our doorstep this week, one of which affects Windows Vista.

January 9, 2008 | 12:18

CES 08 - Gates Keynote high on fun, low on fact

CES 2008: Bill Gates kicked off CES 2008 with his last keynote as a Microsoft employee. It was a great show with lots of flash and fun - but when the lights went down, was there much else there?

January 7, 2008 | 08:15

Microsoft to give all Xbox Live subs a free game

Microsoft has issued a statement regarding compensation for Xbox Live members affected by the downtime over the festive period. This applies to all Xbox Live members!

January 4, 2008 | 09:34

Microsoft to compensate Xbox Live Gold members

It looks like Microsoft will compensate Xbox Live Gold members after the network issues that many members had over the festive period.

January 3, 2008 | 13:12

Windows Home Server trashes files

Using a Windows Home Server-based appliance to store your precious data? Better make sure those backups work, as Microsoft has spotted a rather critical glitch.

December 28, 2007 | 10:09

KDE 4 to use much less RAM

KDE 4 will use far less memory and will run its "Aero" equivalent on older hardware than you'd expect. Another excuse to switch to away from Microsoft?

December 14, 2007 | 13:25

Microsoft having Video Marketplace woes

There are still an awful lot of kinks to work out with the UK version of the Video Marketplace on Xbox Live it seems.

December 13, 2007 | 10:50

Get Vista free, sacrifice privacy

Microsoft is offering Vista Ultimate, Office 2007 and Encarta 2008 for free, so long as you let it nose around your PC for three months. Is that incentive enough for you?

December 12, 2007 | 12:13

Xbox 360 to get 32nm chips next year?

IBM has just revealed that 32nm chips will be available to its partners late next year, including Microsoft. That means that the 360 could skip 45nm altogether!

December 12, 2007 | 07:23

Microsoft goes Service Pack crazy

We're heading for service pack city as Vista, XP and Office 2007 all get a tune up and a bit of spit 'n' polish.

December 7, 2007 | 10:23

We know what you typed last summer

Wireless key-logging could be one of the next big threats according to a new white-paper on how to intercept signals from wireless keyboards using 27Mhz frequencies.

December 6, 2007 | 11:38

Microsoft releases another multi-GPU hotfix

Microsoft has released yet another fix for multi-GPU users that are encountering less-than-stellar performance in certain scenarios.

December 5, 2007 | 11:02

Do parents have a say in the games children play?

Microsoft has released an 'independent' survey about parents' attitudes to their children playing video games.

December 4, 2007 | 10:46

Microsoft and Nintendo hate the world

According to Greenpeace that is, which ranks the company as one of the worst polluters in the industry in a report released recently.

November 28, 2007 | 10:59

Windows XP SP3 brings performance boost

Users still clutching to their copy of Windows XP will be happy to find out that SP3 appears to bring a performance increase.

November 27, 2007 | 12:22

Microsoft wants longer shelf life for 360

Unlike the original Xbox, Microsoft is eager to see the Xbox 360 surviving on the market even after it has been outdated, much like the PlayStation 2.

November 7, 2007 | 12:54

MySpace and Google join forces

MySpace and Google have teamed up on Google’s OpenSocial platform in order to reach an even wider user base.

November 2, 2007 | 12:37

Nintendo leading software sales, beats Microsoft

New figures are in, placing Nintendo as the market leader in software sales, followed by Sony and Microsoft in that order according to iSuppli.

October 31, 2007 | 12:48

Microsoft report shows better security

Microsoft’s security report is in and it shows a decrease in vulnerabilities and removed malware in newer versions of software. I should hope so too!

October 30, 2007 | 14:22

Forza 2 DLC discounted

Did you think the Forza 2 downloadable content on Xbox Live was too expensive? Did you complain about it? Well then, here's your reward!

October 26, 2007 | 10:38

Microsoft invests £117m in Facebook

Microsoft has won its battle against Google for claiming stake in Facebook. The social networking site is now valued at £7.3 billion thanks to a £117 million investment.

October 25, 2007 | 12:38