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Confirmed: Windows 8.1 is Windows Blue, free upgrade due later this year

Confirmed: Windows 8.1 is Windows Blue, free upgrade due later this year
  • Posted May 14, 2013, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Microsoft Breaking News
  • Past rumors purport that Windows Blue and Windows 8.1 may actually be one and the same. At a conference today, Microsoft CFO Tami Reller validated those rumors, stating that Windows 8.1 is not only Blue, but 8.1 is on track for…

Latest Windows 8.1 beta silently updates Windows Store apps

Latest Windows 8.1 beta silently updates Windows Store apps
  • Posted May 6, 2013, 1:45 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Mobile Computing
  • Users of Microsoft's latest Windows 8.1 beta (build 9385) have reported that Windows Store apps now silently update themselves without need for user intervention. If you value up-to-dateness but couldn't care less about developer release notes, then this upcoming change…

Steam Game Guides lets gamers publish their own walkthroughs

Steam Game Guides lets gamers publish their own walkthroughs
  • Posted December 14, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Gaming
  • Valve announced yet another new Steam feature today: Game Guides. The community-driven addition aims to give Steam users not only the means to create their own guides, walkthroughs and how-tos, but also publish them to the masses. As most bleeding-edge…

Steam launches real-money marketplace to buy in-game goods

Steam launches real-money marketplace to buy in-game goods
  • Posted December 13, 2012, 12:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, The Web
  • Valve has been very busy during the past several months, releasing a plethora of new Steam features like Big Picture, Green Light, Linux support and publishing non-gaming titles. The company's latest endeavor though, promises to shake things up even more: a place to…

iOS 6 beta augments spotty Wi-Fi with 3G, adds Bluetooth sharing

iOS 6 beta augments spotty Wi-Fi with 3G, adds Bluetooth sharing
  • Posted August 10, 2012, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • In the latest beta of iOS 6, Apple has included a feature coined Wi-Fi Plus Cellular. The surprisingly blandly-named feature allows apps having troubles with Wi-Fi to switch over to cellular data on the fly. This addition aims to smooth out…

Windows 8 Preview users can upgrade to final version for $39.99

Windows 8 Preview users can upgrade to final version for $39.99
  • Posted July 6, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Earlier this week, we mentioned that Microsoft would be coughing up Windows 8 upgrades for the bargain price of $39.99. That's a fine deal, but it looks like Windows 8 Release Preview testers will get the same offer. That's right…

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