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Next Xbox May Arrive In 2013

Microsoft is getting ready with its third-generation Xbox for the holiday 2013 season. The  Manufacturers involved in this project expect the next generation game console to be unveiled at E3 2013, according to a report from the gaming-focused news site Develop. It’s been a long wait — as many as eight years since the launch…

4.5 Gbps Cable Connection

ISPs trying to get the most out of their cable networks are going to be quite excited by the latest developments in the field which promise download speeds of 4.5 Gbps, quite a big improvement over the current max speeds achievable with DOCSIS, the technology used by cable providers to add internet services to their…

Battlefield 3 disappoints fans

There has been little reason to hide our enthusiasm for the upcoming Battlefield 3, especially considering the nearly sublime state of the game at this year’s E3. EA has done everything right with making sure Battlefield 3is going to be a hit with PC gamers… until now. Over the weekend the “Physical Warfare Pack,” was…

Major release of Windows Phone every year

Microsoft has promised it will release a major edition of Windows Phone every year. The promise was revealed in a Microsoft job posting on Monday. Engadget notes that the timeline shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given that iOS and Android both push out major releases months apart. Microsoft’s job posting states the following:…

Shutdown of Windows Marketplace and My Phone Service Notification

Dear Windows Mobile 6.x customer, Microsoft will be discontinuing the My Phone service for Windows Mobile 6.x. We will also be discontinuing the Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site. Because you may be affected, please review the details below: Windows Marketplace for Mobile Web Site To Be Discontinued The Windows Marketplace for Mobile web site…

EA Claims Valve Kicked Crysis 2 Off Steam

EA had pulled Crysis 2 From Steam. News broke that Crysis 2 had to be pulled from Steam, supposedly by EA, in order to turn it into an Origin Store exclusive. Today, EA are claiming that far from them yanking the game, it was ‘Valve who kicked the game off their service’, for violating Steam’s…

AMD’s Fusion A-Series chips

AMD has come clean with its latest class of hybrid CPU / GPU chips, officially dubbed the Fusion A-Series. Unlike the low-power flavor of Fusion accelerated processing units already on the market, these 32-nanometer APUs were designed with desktops and mainstream laptops in mind, taking direct aim at Intel’s Core 2011 processors with the promise…