September Free Games With Gold For Xbox One And Xbox 360

Throughout the month of September, Xbox One owners with an Xbox Live Gold member can download The Deer God for free (game with a regular price of $14.99). In addition, during the same month Gold members can download Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (game with a regular price of $29.99). On Xbox 360, starting September 1st and until the 15, Gold members can download Battlestations Pacific for free (game regularly priced at $24....

December 30, 2022 · 1 min · 211 words · Mildred Blake

Sneak Peek To Windows 8 Pre Beta Build 8175 From Ces 2012 Video

The latest version of the Microsoft’s upcoming operating system includes more keyboard and mouse improvements, new touch gesture to close Metro style apps from view, and the new Metro style app players. In the video you’ll also see a demonstration of the color picker for the Start Screen, a feature that isn’t present in the Developer Preview, and a translucent Charms Bar. Hopefully now when Windows 8 beta is released users will have the ability to customize their Start Screen colors without the need of current alternatives....

December 30, 2022 · 1 min · 195 words · Arcelia Sanders

South Indian Beaches Theme For Windows 10 Download

This collection includes 9 images, and they are available at no cost to set as wallpapers only on Windows 10 devices. To install the South Indian Beaches by Shilpa S Rao theme, use the download link below, click the Get button in the Microsoft Store, click the Apply button, and then select the wallpaper collection from the “Themes” settings page to apply it. South Indian Beaches theme | Download...

December 30, 2022 · 1 min · 103 words · Alma Jones

Surface Book First Look In Pictures Of The Ultimate Laptop Gallery

Microsoft announced the laptop during its Windows 10 Devices event in New York City last October 6th, I got the chance to attend the event and get a closer look of the device, and it’s the ultimate laptop you can buy this year. The new laptop from Microsoft that expands the Surface brand to new devices is twice as fast as the MacBook Pro. You can get it with an up to an Intel Skylake Core i7, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage with the discrete NVIDIA GeForce graphics....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 270 words · Anthony Clancy

Surface Book 3 Picks Up September 2020 Firmware Update

The update for Surface Book 3 is dated September 4, and it resolves stability issues with battery, fixes some power problems, improves Wi-Fi performance, GPU stability, audio performance, and more. Surface Book 3 firmware update The following improvements are available for Surface Book 3: Detection Verification – System devices 1.0.1287.0: Improves audio reliability. Surface Extension 1.58.137.0: Improves Surface Dock 2 reliability and addresses system bugcheck. Surface System Aggregator – Firmware 10....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 367 words · Micheal Travers

Surface Duo Picks Up Second February 2021 Update

According to the device support website, the update was originally released on February 17, and it is meant for all devices locked and unlocked. On February 9, the company also released an update, but it was meant for locked devices from AT&T. Surface Duo February 17 update Here are all the improvements and fixes for the Duos in North America (version 2021.115.52): Addresses scenarios outlined in the Android Security Bulletin – February 2020....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 288 words · Keri Risley

Tar And Curl Support Now Natively Available On Windows 10

If you’re unfamiliar tar allows users to extract files and create archives, while curl is a tool to transfer files between servers. This means that you no longer need to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux to extract “.tar.gz” or “.zip” compressed files (like previouly needed), and you’ll be able to perform file transfers with a familiar command line tool. The best part is that the tools are included with Windows 10 by default, so there are no extra steps to get started....

December 30, 2022 · 1 min · 192 words · Michael Lorman

Tech Recap Build 2015 Windows 10 10074 Microsoft Edge Xbox 360 2Tb Hd Support

During the BUILD conference in San Francisco, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore showed off a number of new features that are part of build 10074 and others that are coming in future builds of Windows 10, such as Windows Spotlight, which brings a new form of interaction to the Lock screen. In addition, the company revealed a new improved UI for Cortana, tweaks in the Start menu, and now we have an idea on how Windows 10 will look like for small devices....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 535 words · Kevin Barnard

Tech Recap Microsoft S Smartwatch Xbox One Surface Pro 3 Review

Free games for Xbox One with Gold is finally here. As we enter the month of June, Microsoft unveiled the first two new games Xbox owners will get on Xbox One and the new free games for Xbox 360 — though 360 owners will also get an extra game on celebration of the one year anniversary of free games with Xbox Live Gold for member, which started exactly one year ago....

December 30, 2022 · 3 min · 448 words · Garland Ohta

Tech Recap Spartan Browser Windows 10 New Features Halo 5 Guardians

With the new web browser, the software giant introducing a new rendering engine called “Edge 12”, and you can test it now if you’re running latest Technical Preview of Windows 10. On Windows 10 build 9879, Microsoft seems to be adding a few new features to further unify the modern user interface and the desktop. Now we can see touch-optimized context menus on the desktop and modern on-screen media controls that only appear for Windows Store apps in Windows 8, now they also show up for desktop apps....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 284 words · John Wise

Tech Roundup Google Drive Microsoft Skydrive App And Windows 8 Release Date

Also this week we learned that there is a release date for the next milestone of Windows 8, which it could be the last release before hitting store shelves — Windows 8 Release Preview scheduled for the first week of June. Keeping your PC tuned and secure is very important, Microsoft knows that as well and to stay that way, the company has just released a new version of its free antivirus software (Security Essentials 4) to keep you as far away as possible from viruses and malware....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 308 words · Ashley Thomson

Tech Roundup Smartglass Windows 8 Chrome Metro And Firefox 13

In Windows How-To, learn how to virtualize your storage in Windows 8 for scale and protection with Storage Spaces. Enable the “Hibernate” option in the Power menu for faster access to the feature and save battery in your laptop. Install the new Windows 8 cursor scheme in Windows 7. And download Firefox 13, now with a new homepage and SPDY enabled by default. All this and more… Here is all of what you might have missed: Windows 8 Video And Audio File Format Native Support List Microsoft SmartGlass on Windows 8, IE10 for Xbox 360 And Windows Phone Hands-on [Video] Desktop Fun: Dual Monitor Nightfall And Starlight Panoramic Theme for Windows 8 Chrome in Metro Style for Windows 8 Soon to be Available How to Create Storage Spaces in Windows 8 [Step-by-Step] How to Enable ‘Hibernate’ Option in the Power Menu on Windows 8 How to Get Windows 8 Mouse Cursor Scheme in Windows 7 Firefox 13 Available for Download Now Ahead of Schedule How to Set Up Multiple Email Accounts in Windows 8 Mail Metro Style App...

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 254 words · Joseph Bowman

Test Your Website Against Different Versions Of Internet Explorer All From One Computer

These images were prepared to work with Microsoft Virtual PC and they may or not work in other virtual environment. Keep in mind that using a different virtual environment you may be asked to enter the product key, and this virtual machines will not pass the validation. To run these images you will need Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, and a minimum of 3GB of free space in the hard drive....

December 30, 2022 · 1 min · 123 words · Richard Arreaga

Time To Update Wordpress 3 1 2 Has Been Released To Patch A Security Hole

This latest release of the most popular content management system software brings a fix for a vulnerability that allowed Contributor-level users to improperly publish posts; issue discovered by one of the members of WordPress security team. If you are running a Website that allows users to register as contributors or if you have users that you don’t trust too much, it is recommended to update as soon as possible. For everyone else it is not recommended to say to skip an update, but get the update as soon you get the chance, because there are also a few bug fixes that were not included in version 3....

December 30, 2022 · 1 min · 178 words · Karen Bowen

Use Your Website Influence To Help Japan With One Code Snippet

If you want to learn more about the ‘hello bar’ you can visit this article posted in Mashable. You can install the Hello Bar in two ways: Install and activate The Hello Bar WordPress plugin and then just copy a paste the code snippet (script) down below. Or editing your site files, copying and pasting the same code snippet (script) down below, right after the tag to display the standard donation request....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 319 words · Patricia Williford

Weekly Digest Cortana Windows 10 Surface Book 2 Tech Tips

Windows 10 build 17074 recently rolled out to testers with a slew of new features and improvements coming in the next major update. If you’re not thinking on installing it or you just want to know everything that Microsoft has been working on this preview, you can watch this hands-on video review with all the changes included with this release. Older versions of Windows 10, including the Creators Update and the Anniversary Update received a second patch in January to fix a number of issues....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 302 words · Luis Mulligan

Weekly Digest Windows 10 Low Cost Surface Xbox Adaptive Controller

As a result of the number of isolated problems with the new version of Windows 10, you should now consider delaying the upgrade until a few cumulative updates rollout to further stabilize the operating system. Reports suggest that Microsoft is currently working on a low-cost version of Surface to compete with the new cheaper version of the iPad. Alongside the new Surface rumor, this week, the Surface Laptop received a second firmware update, and older versions of Windows 10 also received cumulative updates to address a number of issues....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 299 words · Aimee Gercak

Weekly Digest Windows 10 Version 1803 Xbox Spring Update Tech Tips

Alongside the Redstone 4 update, Microsoft is also planning to release the Xbox Spring Update with a bunch of new improvements and features for all consoles, including the original Xbox One, Xbox One S, and Xbox One X. Surface Laptop and Surface Pro 3 received new firmware updates to improve battery stability and mitigate the Specter security vulnerability. Microsoft also announced that is helping Intel to distribute microcode patches on a continuous effort to mitigate the Specter and Meltdown security vulnerabilities....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 268 words · Scott Simms

Weekly Digest Windows 11 First Patch Tuesday And Tech Tips

As part of the active development branch, the software giant released Windows 11 build 22478 in the Dev Channel with a preview of the newly redesigned emoji system and several fixes. This week, Windows 10 21H1, 20H2, and version 2004 also received the October 2021 Patch Tuesday day to address some app problems and a few other fixes. While we are still waiting for Microsoft to bring Android app support to Windows 11, a pair of images leaked onto the web showcasing the integration in action, signaling that a public beta may not be far behind....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 405 words · Jeffery Strode

Weekly Digest Windows 11 Sept Release Windows 10 22H2 Tech Tips

As part of the Dev Channel development, Microsoft released Windows 11 build 25169 with new features, including a new “multi-app kiosk mode” and a new option to enable Spotlight for the desktop. Windows 10 is also getting version 22H2, and the update is now available for testing in the Release Preview Channel. However, it’s a minor update without noticeable new features. Xbox consoles are getting Discord voice integration, and you can try the feature now through the Beta ring, and Microsoft revealed the next four games subscribers are getting through the Games with Gold program....

December 30, 2022 · 2 min · 264 words · Kenneth Nelson