Police in the U.K. have arrested another man in connection with the disruption of Microsoft’s Xbox Live and Sony’s PlayStation Network over…
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WatchESPN goes down during the Rose Bowl
WatchESPN, a service that allows cable subscribers to stream live sporting events on devices like Apple TV, Roku, Xbox, and iPhone and iPad, has…
Read MoreSony PSN still struggling in wake of Christmas DDoS attacks
Frustrated users were still taking to Twitter to complain and Sony’s Playstation Network support page still showed intermittent connectivity Monday night in…
Read MoreHackers say Xbox/Playstation attacks are over, target Tor
Christmas Day gamers ran into problems connecting their Xbox or Playstation to the internet thanks to a denial of service attack, and the…
Read MoreMicrosoft embraces bitcoin payments for digital purchases
You can’t buy a Windows Phone with bitcoin, but now you can buy Minecraft for that phone with bitcoin. Microsoft announced today…
Read MoreXbox One is getting free TV for cord cutters… in Europe
Microsoft is giving European Xbox One owners a way to watch live TV without paying for cable.…
Read MoreXBMC media center software rebrands as Kodi to free itself from its Xbox roots
XBMC is dead, long live Kodi: The pioneering open source media center project has decided to rename itself.…
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Microsoft wants to boost Xbox video streaming by making it free
Netflix streaming just got a bit less expensive for Xbox users who now don't have to pay for an Xbox Live Gold subscription anymore to access the video service.…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Halo series may actually come to Showtime first
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/halo-tv-show-showtime-1201170379/ Microsoft’s (S MSFT) biggest foray into exclusive content may actually not be all that exclusive: The company is negotiating with Showtime about a…
Read MoreMLB.tv is coming to the Xbox One
Major League Baseball’s MLB.tv launched on Microsoft’s (S MSFT) Xbox One Tuesday, giving users of Microsoft’s new game console a way to…
Read MoreMicrosoft will excavate E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for exclusive documentary series
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was deemed one of the worst video games of all times, and legend has it that Atari buried all copies in shame. Now, Microsoft wants to dig them up.…
Read MoreGame over! NSA and partners have infiltrated World of Warcraft and Xbox Live network
Are you a terrorist using virtual worlds and gaming networks to hide your communications? There’s no evidence you exist, but if you…
Read MoreAllCast beta, like AirPlay for Android, goes live in the Play Store
Getting local video and images from an Android device to a connected TV, Xbox, Apple TV or other device just got a lot easier. AllCast, now available in beta, streams that content over Wi-Fi from an Android smartphone or tablet.…
Read MoreIs Xbox the One for TV fun? HBO on Chromecast is GO! Apple’s big solar farm
On this week's podcast: Is the Xbox One worth it as a media center? And why is Apple building a big solar farm in North Carolina?…
Read MoreYouTube available on the Xbox One, after all
Good news for everyone lining up to get an Xbox One: Microsoft’s (s MSFT) new game console will have a YouTube app…
Read MoreRoadmap Rerun: The industrial design language of Microsoft’s Xbox One
Just in time for the release of the Xbox One, we talk with one of its industrial designers about the challenges of creating a modern media machine.…
Read MoreMicrosoft announces first wave of Xbox One media partners
Xbox has announced its first wave of media apps for the Xbox One, which include participation from network stations.…
Read More[email protected] now offers the Unity Pro and Xbox extension for free to developers
Indie developers will see some of their costs shrink to develop for Xbox Live, as [email protected] now offers free access to the Unity game engine.…
Read MoreAMD reports a profit thanks to consoles and its custom chip business
Underdog chip company AMD reported a profit during its third quarter financial results in part because the Sony PlayStation 4 and the…
Read MoreMicrosoft plans to drop cookies, embrace cross-device tracking tools
Google and now Microsoft are moving towards an ad strategy that leaves third party cookies behind. The move is likely to bring a shift in power in the ad industry of who gets to collect and keep customer data.…
Read MoreMicrosoft has “hundreds of ideas” for Xbox-exclusive TV shows
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-18/microsoft-to-develop-more-tv-programs-as-it-readies-xbox-one.html Microsoft (S MSFT) wants to make a lot more exclusive programming for Xbox Live: The company’s Los Angeles-based production team is…
Read MoreThe GigaOM Report Card: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
In technology and business, it's all three: whether you won, whether you lost, and how you played the game. Now that Steve Ballmer has finally decided to retire, it's report card time.…
Read MoreMicrosoft files patent for head-mounted display; could this be “Kinect Glasses”?
A patent filed by Microsoft shows off a head-mounted display with eye-tracking mechanisms and multiplayer capabilities that could bring Kinect Glasses to life.…
Read MoreMicrosoft can reorg all it wants, but it’s still doomed if it doesn’t fix Windows
Sometimes the best advice is the most obvious. Microsoft, I'm begging you: Forget Bing and Xbox until you fix the core of your business.…
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