The saga of the Battlestar Galactica and its rag-tag crew of human survivors continues in this epic, 3D game, based on the international hit television series, Battlestar Galactica. Play Battlestar Galactica online as either the humans or Cylons as you battle for galactic supremacy, sector by sector, in this blockbuster adventure sci-fi game. Battlestar Galactica [...]
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Skype inches closer towards Windows Live Messenger, adds Facebook integration
Microsoft announced that it would purchase Skype for $8.5 billion back in May 2010, and a few days ago the US Federal Trade Commission just approved the deal. While the deal is still pending antitrust approvals from other jurisdictions, Skype still continues to develop and release their latest version of their communication client. On June [...]
READ MORE »Google to add Skype-like technology to Chrome
n a move that can be seen as a direct response to Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype last month, Google has said it plans to integrate real-time chat software that resembles Skype into its Chrome browser. The web giant is to integrate open-source software Web RTC into its browser, which will enable real-time communications capabilities via [...]
READ MORE »Microsoft to introduce own branded tablet by 2012
There’s little doubt that the launch of Windows 8 will bring with it a wave of new tablet devices from all sorts of manufacturers and vendors. But did any of us expect to see one bearing Microsoft’s own logo? According to DigiTimes’ sometimes accurate, sometimes shaky upstream supplier sources, Steve Ballmer’s team is looking into [...]
READ MORE »Is Skype really dead?
Update: This issue only seems to affect the regular skype version, however the business edition seems to work fine. Since the regular version is too bloated nowadays, I recommend you guys to grab the business edition. It’s also totally free, and much cleaner, smaller and requires less resources. Using this edition seems to work for [...]
READ MORE »Xbox Live TV
Multiple reports have Microsoft unveiling a premium subscription television service at this years E3 and that seems to support the claims Frank Shaw, Microsoft’s vice president for corporate communications expressed on his company’s blog earlier this week. Shaw stated that 40 percent of all Xbox activity didn’t involve gaming at all and that the average [...]
READ MORE »How to Password Protect Your Files And Folders In Windows
Depending on your work, there will be times that you need to secure some confidential files/folders in your computer. Previously, we have shown you how to protect sensitive documents in Windows, without installing any software. In this article, let’s take a look at several software that can password protect your files and folders. 1. AxCrypt [...]
READ MORE »First look at Windows 8
A first look at the new “Windows 8″ user interface Microsoft has posted a first look at Windows 8, which will be the first Windows OS that actually works well on tablets. The big difference is that Windows 8 is basically a new OS that runs on top of a Windows 7-like OS. WIndows [...]
READ MORE »How to Disable Internet Explorer
Setting your Windows PC to use a different browser is simply a case of downloading Firefox or Opera and configuring it as the default application for browsing the web – however if you intend to prevent access to Internet Explorer entirely, there are things to consider before proceeding. In older versions of Windows, you cannot [...]
READ MORE »Windows 8 Video Demonstration At Computex 2011
That first Windows 8 video, that Microsoft posted on June 2 on YouTube, offered a sneak peek of the touch interface of the upcoming Microsoft operating system. It caused quite the confusion, as many viewers assumed that the operating system would look like that on their desktop PC as well. From what we could gather, [...]
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