Tag: "Microsoft"

Stunning seven foot tall Halo Elite Costume
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Stunning seven foot tall Halo Elite Costume

If you have ever played Halo then you know the creatures in that game are a bit scary looking, I mean their these big and terrifying aliens wearing futuristic armor and weaponry, dedicated to taking out your squad of space marines. Can you imagine one of these creatures in person, well Pete Mander can. He [...]

The Best Free Apps Worthy of Downloading
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The Best Free Apps Worthy of Downloading

Knowing our 30 Recommended Software Downloads for Free article was now a year old, we decided to give it an upgrade. After we got started I didn’t fully realize just how many applications we had tested throughout the year, and how many had made the cut until I started putting this list together. When we [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials First Look and Impressive
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Microsoft Security Essentials First Look and Impressive

Microsoft has changed the computer world as we know it with the release of Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus software. There is finally a free antivirus that protects against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software, and it does so without without dragging your system performance down to a slow crawl like most of the others do.

Office 2010 beta is now available for download
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Office 2010 beta is now available for download

If you want to see what Microsoft has in store for best-selling software of all time, Microsoft Office 2010 then here’s your chance. Microsoft has made available a public Beta of Office 2010 available for all. You can download the beta here. Using the technical preview for a while now and I can tell you [...]

The Burger King Windows 7 Whopper
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The Burger King Windows 7 Whopper

Sometimes I think Japan is one of the craziest countries on the planet, in fact I know it is. This week in Japan Microsoft and Burger King are offerings a new whopper in honor of Windows 7.

Windows 7 REVIEW
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Windows 7 REVIEW

Next week will usher in a new chapter of Microsoft’s history. The Redmond based software giant will officially be releasing Windows 7 to the masses in a variety of flavors including a “Starter Edition” for netbooks all the way up to the Pro version which comes with such bells and whistles as 256-bit encryption (BitLocker) [...]

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Interviewed, Worth A Watch
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Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Interviewed, Worth A Watch

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came to Silicon Valley on this week for an annual meeting with top venture capitalists to discuss Microsoft’s product strategy. This just happens to be Steve’s first trip to the area since announcing the search partnership with Yahoo in July.

SAPPHIRE LAUNCHES HD 5870 and HD 5850
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SAPPHIRE LAUNCHES HD 5870 and HD 5850

SAPPHIRE Technology announces the most exciting development in graphics for several generations – not only the fastest single GPU ever, but also the first video cards to support the advanced graphical features only available in Microsoft DirectX 11 and delivering spectacular video clarity, speed and visual effects, including over multiple monitors.

AMD Changes the Game with ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, Harnessing the Most Powerful GPU
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AMD Changes the Game with ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, Harnessing the Most Powerful GPU

AMD today launched the most powerful processor ever created, found in its next-generation graphics cards, the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics cards, and the world’s first and only to fully support Microsoft DirectX 11, the new gaming and compute standard shipping shortly with

Microsoft’s Courier: First Details of Multitouch Tablet Emerge
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Microsoft’s Courier: First Details of Multitouch Tablet Emerge

All the hype lately is been when will the rumored Apple tablet come to life, but instead of any news on that how about we show you what their competition is whipping up. Gizmodo has let the cat out of the bad releasing details of Microsoft’s dual screen tablet. Rumors have it that the dual [...]

How Does the Zune HD measure up?
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How Does the Zune HD measure up?

Its not everyday that Microsoft gets the praise of the blogging world for a job well done. So you can imagine that the folks in Redmond are a little more then happy for the recent success of their Zune HD and all the praise its getting from those in the gadget world. But is it [...]

Windows 7 for Students will cost $30
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Windows 7 for Students will cost $30

As we all know Windows 7 is just around the corner, just over a month infact until the release date. The official lauch prices will be at $120 for the Home Premium upgrade and the price only goes up from there for the other versions. In spite of all the dismall news, if you’re a [...]

Deal of the Day: 15% off Microsoft’s Zune HD 32GB abd 16GB
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Deal of the Day: 15% off Microsoft’s Zune HD 32GB abd 16GB

The new Microsoft HD 16GB and 32GB portable media players with 3.3 inch OLED Touchscreen, HD Radio; 720p output; WiFi; Internet Browsing; Wireless Sync hit store shelves Tuesday (U.S. Only) If this seems like a must have deal we have a coupon code just dieing to meet you. The coupon codes will save you $43 [...]

Understanding Windows 7 upgrade paths and Chart
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Understanding Windows 7 upgrade paths and Chart

Windows 7 has earned itself a great deal of respect and it hasn’t even been released to the stores yet. Lots of Vista users are waiting for the release of Microsoft’s next operating system upgrade, not to mention the die hard Window XP fans who refused to upgrade to Vista. The Redmond Software Giant will [...]

Make a bootable USB installer for Windows with WinToFlash
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Make a bootable USB installer for Windows with WinToFlash

Last week I had to install Windows on a few machines around here, one for my daughter and one for my son. Seems my daughter wanted to go back to XP and my son wanted a new install of Vista. So I decided to make a bootable USB flash drive in order to make this [...]

Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 Elite price to $299.99 and Pro to $249.99
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Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 Elite price to $299.99 and Pro to $249.99

Microsoft has responded back to Sony lowering it’s price of the PlayStation 3 and it’s Slim version to $299.00 with a price drop of it’s own. The popular game console which comes in three versions: the Xbox 360 Arcade which sells for $199.99, the Xbox 360 Pro for $299.99 and the Xbox 360 Elite for [...]

New Xbox Dashboard PREVIEW goes LIVE!
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New Xbox Dashboard PREVIEW goes LIVE!

Well what would you know; Microsoft is gracing us with the presence of their new Xbox experience. Although the new dashboard is only a preview, it does give us a glimpse as to what we can expect coming pretty soon from now. So far this is what we know.