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We
didn’t see much of a difference between DirectX 10.1 and 11, but if you’re a
Windows Vista user who did and has been waiting impatiently: be happy because
DirectX 11 is now finally available through
Windows Update. [
DailyTech]
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March 16, 2010 - 2:10 am
Tags: cellphones, handsets, microsoft, mix10, morning, phone, posts-tagged, the-handsets, windows phone, windows phone 7 samsung
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We’ve become acquainted with Windows Phone 7 handsets from Asus and LG , but during this morning’s demo , we saw a new one from Samsung. So, what do we know about this—or any—of the handsets we’ve seen so far? More
March 16, 2010 - 2:00 am
Tags: apple, appleipad, develop-apps, employers, greener, greener-pastures, his-sights, microsoft, remainders, team-members, things, windows, windowsphone7series
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In today’s Remainders: new beginnings. Tim Bray, co-founder of XML, starts a new job at Google (and has his sights set on Apple); several Windows Phone 7 team members are leaving…to develop apps for Windows Phone 7; and more.
March 16, 2010 - 1:00 am
Tags: app store, apps, interview, microsoft, one-lingering, possibly-catch, posts-tagged, windows, windows phone, windows phone 7, windowsphone7
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Microsoft’s already done a lot right with Windows Phone 7 , and it’s not even out until late this year. But after today’s announcements , there’s one lingering question: How can Windows Phone 7 possibly catch up, in terms of apps? More
March 16, 2010 - 12:28 am
Tags: 360-conked, cardboard-boxes, microsoft, past, real-honest-to-goodness, the-past, xbox, Xbox 360, xbox 360 news forum
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When Xbox 360 conked out in the past, folks would send their Xbox 360s to Microsoft in cardboard boxes affectionately called “coffins”. Here is a real honest-to-goodness Xbox coffin. http://kotaku.com/5493327/a-real-xbox-360-coffin
March 16, 2010 - 12:13 am
Tags: deal, game, games, gears, helped-turn, huge-success, microsoft, must-know, turn-the-game, vice-president, well-better, Xbox 360, xbox 360 news forum
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Mark Rein has said that Epic Games is free to do what it likes with Gears of War. “We own Gears of War. We can do what we want with it,” Rein, who is vice president of Epic, told VG247.
March 16, 2010 - 12:00 am
Tags: family, game, microsoft, ps3 news forum, quietly-hoping, station-move, success-through, upcoming, wiimote-some
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An editorial at Eurogamer delves into what Sony and Microsoft hope to achieve with their upcoming console motion control systems, despite entering the market several years after Nintendo set the standard. “The cards Sony has placed on the table this week suggest one answer to that question. It sees PlayStation Move as being an upgrade path for Wii owners — an invitation to the tens of millions of consumers who have invested in Nintendo’s platform to swim upstream to the more powerful, HD-enabled system
March 15, 2010 - 11:58 pm
Tags: another-player, atddc, content, controller, digital-content, exit-the-game, game, microsoft, user, visit-the-xbox, will-implement, xbox, xbox 360 news forum
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Microsoft has patented a new system of purchasing downloadable content via an automatic prompt, which attempts to ensure all players in the game have the same updates. Discovered by website Broke My Controller, the “automated directed transaction and delivery system for digital content” (ATDDC) is designed to automatically detect if a player has not installed a particular component necessary to take part in an online game.
March 15, 2010 - 11:56 pm
Tags: 108k-on-xbox, content, download, forum-community, game, microsoft, official, opinion, priced-at-400, resident-evil, strong-beliefs, tacitly-admits, userbase, Xbox 360, xbox 360 news forum
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March 15, 2010 - 10:20 pm
Tags: 3d gaming, been-skeptical, gaming, microsoft, pc gaming, playstation 3, screw-avatar, sony, Xbox 360
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I’ve been skeptical of the big push for 3D in TVs and movies.
March 15, 2010 - 9:20 pm
Tags: account, account-setup, apple, from-the-iphone, googlesync, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, level-or-ninja, like-on-android, microsoft, tipb asks, unique, yahoo
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