News & Reviews: Microsoft
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Feb 25, 2020
Microsoft revealed its next-gen gaming console in December last year and aside from some confusion to its name, many were predictably excited. While we fully expected Microsoft to keep radio silence when it comes to details on its new Xbox Series X, the company has actually decided to throw us a few bones.
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Feb 20, 2020
Assuming it doesn't get cancelled as MWC 2020 did, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020 will be held from 16 to 20 March 2020. On 18 February 2020, Microsoft will be hosting a conference session on audio and what's interesting is that the company may be talking about dedicated hardware audio acceleration for the Xbox Series X.
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Feb 12, 2020
With all eyes on the launch of new Samsung devices, it's easy to overlook other things. But the news of the Korean electronics company partnering with Microsoft Xbox on the cloud gaming front is certainly not less interesting. According to CNET, the two companies will be collaborating on a cloud-based games streaming service.
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Feb 12, 2020
Microsoft has been moving quickly to get people on board with the idea of dual-screen devices. A few weeks ago, the company released a preview SDK for the Microsoft Surface Duo, which is a dual-screen device that is expected to run on Android OS. This time, we get to see an emulator for Windows 10X, which will allow developers to see the operating system in action.
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Feb 11, 2020
If you're an Apple iPhone or iPad owner that needs to use Microsoft Office apps, then this could be a bit of good news for you. According to Windows Central, Microsoft has overhauled Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for iOS. The company is said to have redesigned the three apps from scratch.
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Feb 07, 2020
Consoles giants should make peace and not war, at least that what Microsoft seems to be saying. Game streaming services have begun to appear and Microsoft believes that the new competing platforms are the enemies to be focused on. To that end, Microsoft could be looking to form a unified front with its long-time console competitors - Nintendo and Sony.
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Jan 31, 2020
Sometimes you’ll get annoyed by the bugs that appear on whatever program that you’re using, but have you ever thought of finding these bugs can actually make you a lot of money? With the future release of Xbox Series X, Microsoft is trying to improve Xbox Live as well to accompany their powerful gaming console. Therefore, the company is launching a new program that rewards anyone up to 20000 USD (~RM 81960) or more for discovering security vulnerabilities in the Xbox Live network and service.
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Microsoft shows off Xbox Console Streaming service, lets users remotely play on smartphone or tablet
Jan 18, 2020Games streaming is likely going to be a big thing this decade. Sony PlayStation has been doing it with Remote Play and PlayStation Now for a while, but other companies are trying to catch up. For Microsoft, there's the Xbox Console Streaming that was introduced in October 2019. Essentially, it's a new function that will allow those who own an Xbox One to play any games they own on their Android smartphone or tablet.
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Jan 16, 2020
It's been a while since we've heard anything about Microsoft Edge but it looks like the browser is ready for a revival. Microsoft has been spending most of last year overhauling Edge to the open-source Chromium and has finally made the new version available for download.
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Jan 03, 2020
Based on a statement by a Nintendo analyst, it seems that Nintendo plans on releasing the Nintendo Switch Pro this year and it was rumoured to come with 4k support. In terms of the expected pricing, the aforementioned Switch variant is expected to be priced somewhere around USD399(~RM1636).
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