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Xbox One will not play Xbox 360 or arcade games

This is confirmed by Microsoft itself, Xbox One will not play Xbox 360 games or Xbox Live arcade games transfers. In other words, if you want to keep playing your current game library don’t put away your 360 just yet. Although this is a sad news for many, there is a valid reason, Xbox One [...]

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Bill Gates in 60 Minutes: Steve Jobs put the pieces together (Video)

In a new interview from 60 Minutes, Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates talked specifically about Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and his efforts to use technology to help the world prevent and eradicate diseases. But things got emotional when the inevitable conversation shifted to the long time rival Steve Jobs. During the interview with Charlie Rose, Bill [...]

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Microsoft working on a set-top box to compete with Roku and Apple TV

We already heard that Microsoft may be considering building a set-top box specifically target as a consumption device. But now The Wall Street Journal is writing that the rumor might just be true, as there are already a number of prototypes circulating in Redmond headquarters for an affordable streaming media device (video and music), and some [...]

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Intel’s new Iris graphic chips can deliver up to 3x performance in Haswell

Intel’s 4th-gen processors, code named “Haswell”, promise to lower the power consumption, therefore bringing better battery life and of course it will deliver higher performance than its predecessor “Ivy Bridge”. But the new graphic chips are also set to provide a boost to GPU solutions. New details from Intel shows that with Haswell, the company [...]