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WATCH: In 1983, Steve Jobs Hosted Apple's Version Of 'The Dating Game' And Bill Gates Was A Contestant
The year was 1983, and 28-year-old Steve Jobs was hosting an Apple event for his employees. Jobs invited three software guys: Frank Gibbons of Software Publishing Co., Mitch Kapor of Lotus, and none other than Bill Gates of Microsoft.
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Your Guide To The Next-Gen Consoles
Just like that, the Xbox One was released to the public, and the next generation of gaming became the current generation of gaming. In the last two weeks, we've gotten two new consoles in the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. Add last year's Nintendo Wii U, and you've officially got a lot of new video game stuff to take in.
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Report: Xbox One Not as "Sold Out" as Microsoft Claims
People are still able to find plenty of "Day One" Xbox One consoles even in the heart of New York City.
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Microsoft doesn't want you to swear at your Xbox One
The Xbox One's Upload Studio is designed to help you share your most exciting gameplay clips with friends. But as some early console owners are already finding out, using profanity during those recordings can have consequences. Microsoft has confirmed to The Verge that it is handing out temporary Xbox Live bans for select gamers found to be using "excessive" foul language in content created with Upload Studio.
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Xbox One Has The Best Error Messages
If you swear in a private Skype call on the Xbox One you get this half-sentence
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Paul Allen Donates $2.4 million For Study on Traumatic Brain Injuries
Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and Seattle Seahawks owner, has decided to fund a two-year, $2.4 million study on possible fallouts of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) including dementia, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The study will be a joint project by the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the University of Washington.
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Microsoft Enlists Pawn Stars To Mock Google’s Chromebooks
Microsoft's anti-Google Scroogled campaign is showing no signs of slowing down. Its latest target is Google's Chromebook. Microsoft has enlisted the stars of..
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Microsoft Xbox users' accounts suspended after swearing
Users of Microsoft's Xbox One console caught swearing in video clips are having their accounts suspended. Files containing "excessive profanity" will be taken down and their owners will have access to some features on Xbox Live removed. Microsoft said all files uploaded to its Upload Studio were monitored for violations of its code of conduct.
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Microsoft Disses Apple, Samsung and Google in its Latest Series of Ads
The company has recently gone all out in creating such YouTube ads lately that not only makes fun of the iPad, but also the Samsung Galaxy Tab as well as Google.
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Jump Start Windows 8 & Phone 8 Apps development-Microsoft Virtual Academy
Looking for a simple, effective way to get training on Microsoft’s Cloud technologies? Microsoft Virtual Academy!
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Snapzu Windows 8.1 app?
Is there any development of a Windows 8 Snapzu app?
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Microsoft’s Project Spark DIY Game Creation Software Beta Begins Today
Microsoft has recognized that people appreciate the chance to make their own stuff, possibly due to the success of PlayStation exclusive LittleBigPlanet, and that's why it created Project Spark, previewed back in June at E3. Spark is an even more free-form game creation engine with a focus on simultaneous game playing and building, which also encourages sharing among friends and family.
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Microsoft developed a 'smart' bra
It's no longer enough to have smartphones, smartwatches, smart TVs and smart cars. Now a tech company is bringing artificial intelligence to lingerie. Researchers at Microsoft have developed a prototype of a "smart bra" embedded with physiological sensors that seek to monitor a woman's heart activity to track her emotional moods and combat overeating.
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Facebook And Microsoft Founders To Bolster Broadband In Schools
Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education fund has announced that it will support EducationSuperHighway with a major round of funding, while the Gates Foundation has announced that it will also support the project. Several other organizations were also chipping in support. It is believed that this round of funding will raise approximately $9 million dollars. The non-profit will try to bolster internet access and IT capabilities in public schools.
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Group Policy Search
The GPS is a group policy search tool for Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy Settings.
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Microsoft Closes At $38.94, Its Highest Point since the Tech Bubble of Y2K
Microsoft's stock closed at $38.94 this afternoon, a level that the company hasn't seen since 2000. As Dow Jones noted today, the last day that Microsoft..
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Teen who bought an Xbox One on eBay got a $734 photo instead
Peter Clatworthy was searching in vain for a limited-edition Xbox One for his 4-year-old son. So, like many people do as the holidays approach, he found one on eBay for £450, or $734. But when the package arrived, Clatworthy found no Xbox inside—just a picture of a the gaming console.
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Microsoft blasts "government snooping," pledges to enhance encryption
Xbox maker says it is "alarmed" by recent allegations of government's attempts to collect private customer data, vows to expand encryption for products and services.
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German court invalidates Microsoft patent used for Motorola phone sales ban
A Microsoft storage patent that was used to get a sales ban on products from Google-owned Motorola Mobility in Germany has been invalidated by the German Federal Patent Court.
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Why is Microsoft scared of Chromebooks?
"It’s pretty much a brick," says Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison as he rejects a Samsung Chromebook brought in by an actor playing a customer. Microsoft really doesn’t want you buying this thing. But why? Just how big of a threat are Chromebooks, Google’s oft-ridiculed web-only laptops, to Microsoft’s core business?
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