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From 1994 to 2002, Rare worked closely with Nintendo as a major second-party developer, releasing such titles as the Donkey Kong Country series, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, Golden Eye, and Conker’s Bad Fur Day on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 consoles. After Rare’s purchase by Microsoft, the company created new franchises such as Viva Pinata and various Kinect titles. Through the years, many fans have felt that Rare had lost its magic touch for gaming, with titles like Conker and Perfect Dark fading into obscurity, and other games like Banjo-Kazooie getting poorly received sequels....

Who should buy the Surface Laptop though? Microsoft launched it as its education conference and says it’s perfect for students, but it’s certainly not a Chromebook or cheap laptop rival, despite a discount for those eligible. It’s probably best thought of as Microsoft’s Windows version of the MacBook Air – a thin and light laptop with decent performance and battery life. Also see: Best Laptop Deals. Surface Laptop: Price and Availability Now the Surface Laptop has been replaced with a new 2018 model, the Surface Laptop 2, it’s had another price drop rather than being discontinued....

We will examine a few key points of what both have to offer and, hopefully, you can decide which way you swing. Uncovering the Differences Zoom is a communications platform that offers video and audio conferencing, chat, webinars, and all-around collaboration. Microsoft Teams is a communications platform focusing on collaboration, video and audio conferencing, chats, and file-sharing with the Office 365 application stack. On the surface, both platforms appear to overlap, but a closer look reveals their distinctions....

The suit challenging Whitmer’s stay-at-home order came just three days after Michigan became the U.S. state with the highest domestic coronavirus death rate. Mitchell’s case argues that the governor’s stay-at-home order violates his constitutional rights to travel, receive medical care, engage in commerce and exercise his freedoms of association and political speech by preventing him from speaking in-person to his constituents, according to The Detroit Free Press. “Michiganders can and do take reasonable, private action to protect themselves from infection without the need to shut down civil society,” the lawsuit read....

Scott’s run — which came with an extra effort to get in the end zone — capped a 22-play, 82-yard drive that took 9:04 off the clock to give Michigan State the lead.

There are some notable games, including two that are a part of the Armed Forces Classic, a season-opening event that’s played in front of military members as a part of Veterans Day. This season, there are two games that will be played in Hawaii: Michigan State vs. Arizona and Kansas vs. Indiana. MORE: Eight burning questions for the 2016-17 season Here’s all you need to know about the Michigan State vs....

Smash.gg originally came about in 2015, when a group of esports fans decided to make a space where gamers could easily organize Super Smash Bros. tournaments. In just a few short years, the site has grown to support over 6,000 event organizers across a broad spectrum of games. The site provides assistance with registration and keeping track of brackets for online and live esports events of all sizes. RELATED: Xbox’s Free Games with Gold for December 2020 May Signal the End of an Era...

After all the customary closing conditions and review, the acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The game as we all know is a construction game where the gamers can build block by block in a virtual world. It is the top paid-for app both on Apple Inc’s iOS and Google Inc’s Android systems. It was first released for PC in the year 2009 and then a full version was released in November 2011....

It consistently sells well in North America, Europe, and the rest of the world - but can’t seem to gain traction with the Japanese. Whereas, both the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii have a strong grip on the Japanese market. Microsoft’s well known problems with breaking into the Japanese market continue, but they haven’t given up yet. According to Chris Lewis, Microsoft’s European Boss, they remain committed to what they know is a difficult market....

The Windows 10 21H1 update will focus primarily on bug fixes and stability, with the prospect of a much larger and feature-filled update arriving later in the year. What’s Up with the Windows 10 21H1 Update? In an announcement on the Microsoft Tech Community page, Microsoft confirmed that the “Windows 10, version 21H1 release will not bring updates to the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program and will follow the same guidelines as 20H2....

Get Discount Coupons in Microsoft Edge for Android As first spotted by a Reddit user, Microsoft Edge for Android now offers the option to enable shopping coupons for your online purchases. This feature shows all the available discount codes when you visit an eligible website in Edge. Keep in mind that this feature is currently only offered in the Canary build of Edge. It might be a while before you can see this feature in the stable releases....

Since Microsoft’s Xbox One event, rumors have been running rampant which suggest the next-gen console would block used games. Not only that, but if gamers wanted to play a used game they might have to pay a licensing fee, which could cost as much as the full retail price. In a 3-part blog post, Microsoft’s Major Nelson (read: a team of Microsoft PR and Marketing professionals) details how exactly game licensing works, while at the same time leaving some specific questions unanswered....

Shortly after the name “Xbox network” started appearing on beta testers’ dashboards, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the change, saying that “the update from ‘Xbox Live’ to ‘Xbox network’ is intended to distinguish the underlying service from Xbox Live Gold memberships.” In other words, the change is primarily focused on branding clarity, to be able to more cleanly separate news and updates about the online systems from those concerning the paid subscription service....

Reports began to circulate that Far Cry 4 had been delisted from the Xbox Live Marketplace early last week — and, more pressingly, some players who had bought the title digitally now found that they couldn’t access their downloaded copy. This certainly had the air of the worst kind of DRM about it, and now Microsoft has responded to questions on what exactly was going on behind the scenes....

Microsoft Brings New Icons to File Explorer As announced on Windows Blogs, Microsoft is bringing redesigned icons for various File Explorer tools. These icons are currently part of the Dev channel, but it won’t be too long before you see them in stable Windows 10 releases. Here’s what Microsoft has to say about this new change: Quite a few items in File Explorer are getting a new icon, which means the overall look of this utility is going to improve....

The attack, referred to as Solorigate by Microsoft (and Sunburst by cybersecurity firm FireEye), claimed numerous high-profile targets, particularly US government departments. Microsoft Reveals Suspected SolarWinds End-Goal As if claiming scalps such as the US Treasury and the Departments of Homeland Security, State, Defence, Energy, and Commerce wasn’t enough, a recent Microsoft Security blog indicates that the attack’s actual target was cloud storage assets. The attackers gained access to the target networks using a malicious SolarWinds Orion update....

Microsoft showcased the new Xbox Series X dashboard in a recent video, showing how the dashboard streamlines everything to allow gamers to get into their games quicker than ever before. The new Xbox Series X dashboard is promised to be faster than the previous iteration of the Xbox dashboard, with players able to boot up and switch between games faster. Even with these improvements, though, the Xbox Series X dashboard reportedly uses 40 percent less memory than the current dashboard, allocating more memory to power games....

Pin Multiple Games for Quick Resume Quick Resume is an excellent Xbox feature that lets you jump between games and pick up from where you left them, without needing to launch from scratch and deal with the associated loading times. With Microsoft’s March 2022 Xbox update, as detailed on Xbox Wire, you can now pin up to two games in Quick Resume. This means that these games will never drop out of the Quick Resume rotation, unless you manually remove them or the game updates—perfect for games you play regularly that usually take an eternity to launch....

title: “Microsoft Surface Go Review An Affordable Tablet With A Puzzling Identity Crisis” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-15” author: “Scott Farmer”

According to Windows tech site WinSuperSite the new Surface Pro 2 will use the latest Intel fourth generation Haswell micro processor meaning that it could have improved battery life. The new Surface Pro 2 will also use up to 8GB of RAM and a new battery – combined with the minimal power usage of the Haswell series of processors this could solve the battery life issues that have plagued the original Surface Pro....