Microsoft is working on building a smartphone with week-long battery life
It’s the smartphone holy grail: a handset that can last for more than a day or two on a charge. As the technology surrounding processors, …
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Is the Xbox One still paying for last year’s E3 PR blunders?
Let’s be clear right off the bat: The Xbox One is an awesome console even if it is currently in second place behind the PS4 …
It looks like Sony just won E3
The annual E3 conference isn’t really a competition… but if it were, Sony would have just won. Microsoft and Sony each pulled out all the stops …
Leak reveals the first details on Microsoft’s ‘Surface’ smartwatch
Just like everyone else, Microsoft is also interested in smartwatches, recent patent discoveries have revealed, with a Forbes report saying that the company’s first such …
Changing of the Guard: Google topples Microsoft as top U.S. web browser maker
It has been a long time coming, and now it has finally happened: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is no longer the most widely used web browser …
Here are all the best trailers and demos from Microsoft’s big E3 event
There were a lot of great looking games shown off at Microsoft’s big E3 event on Monday — so many, in fact, that you might …
Windows Phone is getting an incredibly cool feature that iOS and Android can’t match
For a while now, we’ve wondered whether Microsoft had a plan to really differentiate Windows Phone from iOS and Android and make it more than …
Microsoft reveals new details about Halo 5, the Xbox One’s most important game
You won’t just be able to play all of the early classic Halo games on the Xbox One — you’ll get a brand new one …
Microsoft prepares for the future of Halo with a special game release
Microsoft at E3 announced a new game Halo collection, The Master Chief Collection, that will make the wait for Halo 5 easier for fans. The …
Microsoft just unveiled the Xbox game we’ve been waiting for – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Microsoft’s huge E3 2014 event is underway and the company started things off with a bang by announcing the game we’ve all been waiting for …
Live coverage: ‘Xbox: Game On’ E3 2014 press conference
Microsoft has a golden opportunity at E3 this year. After a tumultuous reveal, filled with consumer outrage and terrible Xbox 180 puns, Microsoft managed to right …
We’ll be live from Microsoft’s E3 press conference today at 12:30PM!
Microsoft is prepared to lead off E3 once again this year with the very first press conference of the day, one which should be packed …
Microsoft releases Kinectless Xbox One for $399.99
The biggest conference in the United States for video games kicks off on Monday and Microsoft has an extra treat to help gamers celebrate: the company’s …
I don’t care who’s winning the console war – Microsoft’s Xbox One is awesome
The “console war” is just as meaningless as the “smartphone war,” but that won’t stop passionate gamers from berating each other every chance they get. …
Microsoft’s Windows 8 headaches just got bigger
Think that you’re anxious for Windows 9 to come out? You’re probably clamoring for it nearly as much as Microsoft executives. The Wall Street Journal reports that …
Microsoft wants to prove the Surface Pro 3 can replace your laptop
Microsoft is done fighting over the crowded tablet market — the Surface Pro 3 is a laptop replacement. At least that’s how the company wants …
You can now play PC games with your Xbox One controller
It’s finally time to retire your Xbox 360 controller. Microsoft announced today via the Xbox Wire that PC drivers for the Xbox One controller are …
Survey: 79% of gamers say they still won’t buy a cheaper Xbox One at $399
When Microsoft first announced that the Xbox One would cost $499.99, gamers and industry watchers gasped. At a full $100 more than Sony’s rival PlayStation …
Microsoft just gave the Xbox One a big power boost – but only if you ditch Kinect
When Microsoft finally unbundles the Kinect from the Xbox One later this month, it will be more than just good news for consumers; Microsoft confirmed …
What’s really stopping Microsoft from adding one of the Xbox One’s most wanted features?
Microsoft has done a lot to make the Xbox One a better deal for gamers over the last year but there’s still one feature that …
One huge way that Xbox One is finally catching up with PS4
For years, Sony has given PlayStation owners one incredible reason to sign up for its PlayStation Plus subscription service: the Instant Game Collection. With the …
HBO GO, Comedy Central and 40+ more media apps coming soon to Xbox One
When Microsoft first announced the Xbox One, the company pitched its new console as an entertainment hub for the living room. Although the console launched …
Xbox One’s big June update brings highly anticipated new features
The highly anticipated Xbox One June update is here, Microsoft announced, bringing several interesting features to users, including external storage support and better access to …
Microsoft finally has some good news for Windows 8.1
When Tim Cook took the stage yesterday, he was out for blood. One of his most vicious attacks came in the form of an OS market …
A diehard Mac fan explains why you should give the Surface Pro 3 a chance
Microsoft has been positioning the Surface Pro 3 as a top rival for Apple’s MacBook lineup of laptops and now one Mac diehard is putting that claim …
The Start menu won’t return to Windows until 2015
If you miss the Start menu, then you should hold off on buying a new Windows computer until next year at this point. ZDNet’s sources …
Here’s a massive list of every game confirmed for E3 2014
With all the leaks, reveals, countdowns and announcements, it can be hard to keep track of the enormous list of games waiting to make their …
Why you might actually care about Microsoft’s smartwatch
Ugh, not another smartwatch. But wait — Microsoft thinks it knows how to make you care about it. According to Forbes, Microsoft is working hard …
Microsoft has three monsters to slay
To paraphrase the Prophesy of Daenerys from Game of Thrones: “Three beasts shall Microsoft slay – one is slate and one is late and one …
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer discusses Microsoft’s exciting E3 plans
We’re less than two weeks from E3 2014, but that hasn’t stopped Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox division, from hopping on Twitter to spend some …
