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Alan Wake proves PC gaming still alive and well, earns back development and marketing costs in 48 hours

By Dante D'Orazio on February 21, 2012 07:32 pm + 55 comments

PC gaming has been declared dead time and time again over the years, but developer Remedy has just Continue reading…
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Microsoft offically adds consumers to full, 10-year Windows security update lifecycle

By Dante D'Orazio on February 21, 2012 12:36 am + 32 comments

Microsoft has made some changes to its support policies for Windows 7, Vista, and XP in order to Continue reading…
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VLC 2.0 available now, includes faster decoding and experimental Blu-ray support

By Dante D'Orazio on February 19, 2012 04:12 am + 79 comments

After beginning as an academic project back in 1996, VLC hit version 1.0 in 2009 and today it has Continue reading…
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SkyDrive paid storage plans, upcoming PC and OS X apps revealed?

By Dante D'Orazio on February 18, 2012 09:55 pm + 89 comments

Brazilian site Gemind has posted some screenshots of Windows Live SkyDrive that suggest applications Continue reading…
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Hotmail down for an hour, Microsoft fixes it up (updated)

By Vlad Savov on February 15, 2012 02:41 am + 54 comments

If you're feeling rejected by your email client on this post-Valentine morning, don't worry, it's Continue reading…
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Windows flag switches to Metro style for a 'reimagined' Windows 8

By Tom Warren on February 14, 2012 06:12 am + 216 comments

Microsoft is preparing to change the style of its famous Windows flag for the next version of its Continue reading…
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VLC 2.0 RC1 brings new UI for OS X, is headed to iOS and Android

By Aaron Souppouris on February 13, 2012 12:53 pm + 24 comments

VideoLAN recently debuted the first release candidate of VLC 2.0, a new version of its popular Continue reading…
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Microsoft was running Windows on ARM two years ago

By Sean Hollister on February 12, 2012 09:31 am + 45 comments

Microsoft's attempts to port Windows to ARM began earlier than we thought: over two years ago, the Continue reading…
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Sony's Takeshi Goto discusses designing the Tablet P

By Jeff Blagdon on February 8, 2012 07:05 am + 5 comments

What can be said about Sony’s Tablet P design that we all know and… know? Takeshi Goto, head of Continue reading…
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Windows 8 power management will 'focus on the foreground'

By Nathan Ingraham on February 7, 2012 07:59 pm + 102 comments

In the latest blog in Microsoft's excellent series on Windows 8 development, the company goes into Continue reading…