Turns out that a full 82 percent of gamers are adults, according to a new survey from the gaming industry (which, of course, has a vested interest in promoting video game sales). Among the other findings from the Entertainment Software Association’s survey: the...
Nancy writes: I appreciate your info on the cloud. Doesn’t storing so much of your data in the cloud mean hacking it is easier? Greetings Nancy! Yes, you’re right: theoretically, any time you put data on a Net-connected server like Apple’s upcoming...
Word is we’ll find out Monday, with WinRumors rumormongering that Microsoft may uncork a new, long-rumored premium TV service for the Xbox 360 during its keynote at the E3 gaming conference. Now, wait a minute—doesn’t the Xbox 360 already stream movies and...
Rumor had it last week that Microsoft had a tablet version of Windows 8 up its sleeves, and it turns out that the buzz was half-right. Yes, the upcoming Windows revamp will be right at home on a tablet, but rather than deliver a specific tablet-friendly version of the...
That’s the word from Bloomberg and its three anonymous sources, who swear that Microsoft execs will “showcase the software’s touch-screen interface running on hardware with an Nvidia Corp. Tegra chip” during next week’s All Things D...
Windows Phone users will gain the ability to quickly switch between running apps, chat with a group of friends simultaneously, and surf the web at “blazingly fast” speeds once a “major” update for Microsoft’s revamped smartphone platform...
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