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Microsoft Confirms $99 Xbox 360 For Those Who Love Pricey Monthly Subscriptions
Last week, it was rumored that Microsoft would be slashing the price on its Xbox 360 game console to a mere $99 with the asterisk that you also sign up for two years of its Xbox Live Gold online...
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No, Microsoft Techs Are Not Proactively Calling You About Your Error Messages
Software crashes. And sometimes when it does, you get the option of sending an error report to the developer. You’ll never hear back, because that’s not the purpose of the report. But that hasn’t...
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‘Do Not Track’ Browser Option Will Remain Opt-In Only
Last week, Microsoft got some deserved praise from privacy advocates — and much “harumph”-ing from online advertisers — when it announced that its next iteration of Internet Explorer would go out with...
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Xbox Twitter Support Has No Problem Implying You Have A Small Penis
Usually when you make a crude joke to a mega-corporation’s Twitter account, it goes ignored or responded to with a robotic, “Thanks for your support!” kind of message. But at least one person at...
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Electronics Retailer Charging 6.8% Tax To Customers Who Shop Using Internet...
While most of you are surely using the latest customized version of Firefox or Chrome to read this post, there are still a handful of people who not only continue to browse the Internet with...
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Windows Phone 8 To Turn Brand New Devices Into Obsolete Relics
Smartphones that use the Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system haven’t exactly made a dent in the market share enjoyed by iPhone and Android devices. And yet, Microsoft has refused to throw in the...
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Imaginary Billing Problem Means I Can’t Ditch Hotmail
Mavfan has a very old Hotmail account. It’s positively ancient in Internet years, existing since 2001. He was happy to just let the account forward to his wife’s Gmail address until it was hacked and...
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Dell Notebook Computer Problem Leaves Me Windowsless
When Andy bought a notebook computer from Dell, he also bought a license for Windows 7 and the right to use it on that computer. But when something went wrong with that installation of Windows 7, and...
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Microsoft Updates Service Agreement To Make It Easier To Read The New...
While we appreciate that Microsoft has made its online services agreement much easier to read, the update comes with a questionable addition: a shiny new mandatory binding arbitration clause with class...
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A Future XBox Might Finally Make All Of Our Holodeck Fantasies Come True
Be still, our Star Trek-loving hearts! Microsoft has reportedly filed a patent for some kind of technological equipment that looks a lot like the experience offered by the holodecks onboard the...
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