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Gas Pump Blue Screen of Death is Poo Poo Inducing [BSoD]
Seeing a Windows blue screen of death is fine, if annoying, if you're just balancing your checkbook, but what if you see it in more...precarious situations? Like when you're pumping gas? Reader Dave s ....... read more
16 hours ago
Question of the Day: Do You Leave Your Game Console Running? [Question Of The Day]
A recent report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has revealed that video game console usage across America stands at approximately 16 billion kilowatt-hours per year—which is roug ....... read more
20 hours ago
GameStop's Black Friday Ad Leaked [Black Friday]
Our friends at Kotaku managed to get their hands on the GameStop Black Friday circular and, not surprisingly, bundles are the major theme here. Some of the better deals include a .99 cent price tag fo ....... read more
20 hours ago
Giz Explains: Every Video Format You Need to Know [Giz Explains]
Once upon time, video codecs and formats were really only the concern of AV nerds, anime freaks and hardcore not-so-legal movie downloaders. Now, even the most part-time of geeks has to deal with th ....... read more
1 day ago
Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month [Zune Pass]
Microsoft's $15 Zune Pass subscription service—a pretty sweet deal already—has just porked up their offer by giving you 10 free songs that you can keep every month. We've talked about Zune ....... read more
1 day ago
Windows 7 Touch Control Makes Media Center More Awesome [Windows 7]
Visiting Microsoft's Media Center posse in Redmond, I just caught a glimpse of the Windows 7 Media Center interface with integrated touch control (no third-party software) on an HP TouchSmart. All I ....... read more
2 days ago
Windows 7 Touch Control Makes Media Center Interface Awesome [Windows 7]
Visiting Microsoft's Media Center posse in Redmond, I just caught a glimpse of the Windows 7 Media Center interface with integrated touch control (no third-party software) on an HP TouchSmart. All I c ....... read more
2 days ago
Mobile Browser Battlemodo: Which Phones Deliver The Real Web [Battlemodo]
Before 2007, using the internet on your phone would make you want to kill yourself, if you were dumb enough to believe the crap splattered across that tiny screen even was the "internet." But the co ....... read more
2 days ago
NXE Launches With Relative Smoothness [Xbox 360]
Reports from the front lines regarding the Xbox 360's 'New Xbox Experience' update are just coming in, and so far, so good. We've heard that updates are taking as little as five minutes (including dow ....... read more
2 days ago
10 Things You Should Know About The New Xbox Experience [Nxe]
The New Xbox Experience, a.k.a. the new Xbox 360 Dashboard, hits tomorrow. If you've got an Xbox 360 that's connected to the internet, you're going to be prompted to update your console as soon as y ....... read more
2 days ago
Flash Zunes Get Cheaper Tomorrow [Zune]
Following up Zune 3.1 and this new TV spot, Microsoft's going to announce price cuts across the board for its flash Zunes tomorrow. Not drastic or desperate, but nice, solid drops: The 4GB model will ....... read more
2 days ago
Xbox 360 Netflix Streaming Drops Sony's Columbia Pictures [Nxe]
In what's a slightly suspicious coincidence, but Sony's suddenly pulled a bunch of its movies from the Xbox's Netflix Watch Instantly streaming service just a few hours before Microsoft's New Xbox Ex ....... read more
2 days ago
Zune Spec Ad Is Gross and NSFW, But At Least It's Memorable [Clips]
See this ad right here? It's the Zune's latest TV spot, which debuted last night during Heroes. Needless to say, it has a generic look that could be for anyone. (Personally, I thought it was another B ....... read more
2 days ago
HP Not Too Happy About the 'Vista Capable' Standards Scandal [Fight!]
The class-action lawsuit filed against Microsoft for allegedly lowering the requirements for a "Vista Capable" sticker to appease Intel (henceforth referred to as Stickergate) has begun to turn up som ....... read more
3 days ago
Flash for Windows Mobile About to Leapfrog iPhone For No Good Reason [Adobe Flash]
Adobe is set to demonstrate a full-functioning build of Flash on Windows Mobile 6.1 today at the Adobe MAX conference, indicating that the era of hacky stop-gap measures and the mildly convincing Flas ....... read more
4 days ago
Sony, Microsoft, and Best Buy Join in the Fight Against Tough Packaging: Clamshell's Days are Numbered [Packaging]
Electronics manufacturers are finally coming together for a cause I think we can all support: getting rid of the impossible-to-open, finger-slicing, dangerous-sharp-tool-requiring plastic prisons for ....... read more
5 days ago
Microsoft Lowered Vista Hardware Requirements to Appease Intel [Class-action Lawsuit]
The class-action lawsuit against Microsoft for its misleading "Vista Capable" marketing let loose another scandal when emails between Microsoft and Intel execs surfaced (PDF link), suggesting Microsof ....... read more
6 days ago
Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 Tested for XTREME Durability [Consoles]
We all know that the PS3 is built like a Navy battleship while the 360 can crumble in one's hand like a wilted flower. But how do the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 stand up to one another when two dudes (and ....... read more
7 days ago
Survey Hints That Zune Could Double as Extra Storage For the Xbox [Zune]
The most recent installment of the Zune newsletter includes a survey question that hints at the possibility of the Zune being used as additional Xbox 360 storage. After selecting "Yes" to the first qu ....... read more
7 days ago
Games For Windows Live Gets Revamped Look, Marketplace [Windows]
Games for Windows Live, that free Microsoft service for social gaming stuff on your PC, has gotten a face lift?partially because the original version, being more or less an Xbox Live port, wasn't act ....... read more
8 days ago