Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

Microsoft to increase Xbox Live subscription fee

The cost of subscribing to Xbox Live Gold will increase by £1 per month, Microsoft has confirmed Subscribers to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold service will have to pay an extra £1 per month from Nov 1 to play games online Microsoft has announced that it will be increasing the cost of subscriptions to its online [...]

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Google, Apple, Facebook, eight others over patents

Billionaire Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, has sued 11 major Web-based companies, including Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, YouTube and eBay, alleging they infringed internet patents he owns. AOL, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, and Staples are the other companies accused of violating four patents said cover fundamental web technologies first developed at Interval Research in [...]

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Microsoft Kinect launches Nov 10

Microsoft’s new controller-free gaming system, Kinect, will go on sale in the UK on Nov 10 Microsoft has confirmed that its new controller-free, motion-sensing gaming system, Kinect, will go on sale in the UK on November 10. Kinect – previously known as Project Natal – uses a camera, connected to an Xbox 360 games console, [...]

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