• Xbox Live founder leaves Microsoft

  This week the founder of Xbox Live and XNA has announced that he's leaving Microsoft. This will end Boyd Multerer's 18-year run with the company, and begins "something new" for the developer and gaming leader. This departure has nothing to do with the recent DDOS attack during the…

• Microsoft may be creating entirely new browser with Windows 10

  The software giant is planning to roll out a new browser when it debuts Windows 10, according to sources. But IE isn't going completely away.

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• Xbox One price heads back to $400

  While it'd been rumored that the Xbox One's $349 price point this holiday season would be permanent, Microsoft will indeed be bringing back an extra $50 this January. Starting on the 3rd of January, 2015, the Xbox One will no longer be available for its holiday bundle price point. This…

• Windows 10 will reportedly come with a new, lighter web browser

  Internet Explorer has been a cornerstone of Windows ever since 1995, but it looks like Microsoft is ready to leave its venerable (if sometimes infamous) web browser by the wayside. ZDNet understands that a previously rumored overhaul to Internet Expl...

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• Xbox Live founder and XNA language creator exits Microsoft

  Microsoft's director of development is moving on to something new after nearly two decades.

• Report: Microsoft Could Ditch IE For a New Browser Named "Spartan"

  Windows 10 should bring lots of changes to Microsoft's operating system, including a possible overhaul of Internet Explorer. Many believed the beleaguered browser would be getting an update with codename "Spartan," including much needed additions like extension support. Now, ZDNet…

• With PSN, Xbox Live back online, focus shifts to hackers taking credit

  The identities and motives of Lizard Squad members, who claim to be behind gamers' holiday-break headache, take center stage now that the services have been restored.

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• Microsoft could launch a completely new browser with Windows 10

  Has Microsoft finally given up on Internet Explorer? A new report claims that Microsoft is planning to launch a completely new browser alongside Windows 10, but plans to keep Internet Explorer 11 around for "backward-compatibility's sake." Of course, that's not very reassuring for…

• Forget IE: Microsoft Spartan browser tipped for Windows 10

  Internet Explorer is hardly the most loved of browsers, and Microsoft is reportedly planning a drastic fix with a new browser codenamed Spartan tipped to launch alongside Windows 10. Intended to be more lightweight and flexible - borrowing a look and feel more akin to Google's Chrome or…

• Microsoft reportedly working on brand new web browser for Windows 10

  Microsoft is said to be at work on an all new web browser, codenamed Spartan, that could officially move the company away from Internet Explorer upon the launch of Windows 10.  ZDNet reports that the new app is not Internet Explorer 12, the next iteration of Microsoft's longtime browser that…

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