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The new universal Skype app is significant of the new route Microsoft is treading as well as Skype’s new approach. This is seen as justified given that it now wants to rank among the topmost texting and IP calling services on a global scale. What’s New With Skype Now? Skype now offers texting, IM, emoticon as well as call support all at once to users. Of course, you need to be signed in using a Microsoft account....

Despite all of the evidence suggesting that Halo 2: Anniversary will be arriving later this year, Microsoft won’t confirm its existence (which, in all honesty, is understandable), but Microsoft Studios head honcho Phil Spencer was more than willing to play coy about the supposed software during GDC 2014. The hypothetical details on the rumored Halo 2 remake surfaced during an interview between IGN and Spencer, who was said to have been cracking a rather suspicious smile while talking about what a high-definition remake of the classic Xbox shooter would focus on....

Microsoft Details Accessibility Features in Windows 11 A new blog post on Microsoft’s own Windows Experience Blog explains exactly what accessibility changes and features Microsoft is introducing in the Windows 11 update. The new accessibility features include a redesign Accessibility menu which makes it easier to access the features. Windows 10 already includes some standard accessibility features such as Magnifier, Narrator, and Windows Speech Recognition. To give users more functionality, it also supports third-party accessibility software....

While Microsoft might not be gearing up for a big console debut during E3 2012, they have revealed plans to focus on software/hardware related to their current pieces of tech, the Xbox 360 and Kinect. It’s still anyone’s guess as to what exactly Microsoft might be revealing during video game’s biggest expo, but a new rumor has clued us into one of those new devices. In connection with a new “game” called Kinect Play Fit, Microsoft is rumored to be developing a heart rate monitor peripheral currently code-named Joule that will track player’s performance over a wide variety of games....

The first version of Microsoft Flight Simulator debuted in 1982 and allowed players to explore the skies over two-dimensional versions of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Seattle in a Cessna 182. The series has grown and evolved over the years, becoming one of the most played simulators of the modern gaming era. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 received rave reviews upon its release in August, and let players chose from 30 planes to fly over a recreation of the entire globe....

Now that virtual pilots know how to fly to any destination in Microsoft: Flight Simulator, players are noticing that the game’s realism does not extend everywhere. The stark difference between certain world-famous tourist attractions, particularly national landmarks like Buckingham Palace can be attributed to three things: storage limitations, legal red tape, and national security. RELATED: 343 Debunks Rumor That Multiplayer Delayed Halo Infinite First, the technological limitations of Microsoft: Flight Simulator....

According to new reports from Digital Foundry, tests seem to indicate that the PlayStation 5 is outperforming the Xbox Series X in a number of third party games. In a comparison trailer for Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition, Digital Foundry discovered that the High Framerate Mode actually runs the game better on the PS5 with the Xbox version suffering from a number of framerate dips. Even DiRT 5 features better image quality and resolution on the PlayStation 5 when compared to the Xbox Series X version....

In fact, Microsoft are in the midst of trying to persuade the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office not to allow Apple trademark the name “App Store.” Microsoft’s feeling is that the phrase is a basic and generic one, and therefore should be available for use by other companies. There are two clear sides to this debate, and really, both of them seem fairly reasonable. The officials in charge of deciding the fate of this battle will have a lot to consider....

It’s been announced through the Xbox Game Pass app that Life is Strange, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Ashen, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 are all being removed from Xbox Game Pass at some point in December 2019. An exact removal date hasn’t been announced, but it seems to be roughly two weeks after the games are announced to be leaving the service. Considering this, it’s likely that the games will leave Xbox Game Pass in the middle of December, or even a little earlier than that....

A report by Business Insider highlighted how the stock rose 5%, leading to an approximate increase in total value by $77 billion. While the stock price has decreased over the week since the news, which originally came from an anonymous source before Microsoft itself confirmed it, these discussions have excited investors seeing a major opportunity as a consequence of President Donald Trump’s executive order effectively banning the app. RELATED: Tik Tok Stars The Hype House Are Making Their Way To Television...

When Microsoft started inviting people for the event scheduled to be held on May 20 2014, it was highly predicted that the company is all set to launch a Surface Mini tablet. While the company is expected to launch the Surface Mini at the event, it is highly possible that the company would announce the launch of a new-generation Surface Pro tablet. According to a Twitter user post on May 14, Microsoft has initiated a new Support page on its website that is featuring the “Surface Pro 3 camera....

The wealth of exclusive content coming to both the PS3 and PS4 shows that Sony is betting big on Bungie’s new persistent online title, but in the UK, that exclusivity means Microsoft can’t even advertise that Destiny will be coming to Xbox as well. Not to be removed from the discussion completely, the company went a little outside of the box to not only remind their platform owners that they, too, can delve into Destiny, but take a shot at Sony’s deal at the same time....

The value of Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is directly tuned to increase the performance and reliability of high-end PCs by including the following features. ReFS (Resilient file system): ReFS provides cloud-grade resiliency for data on fault-tolerant storage spaces and manages very large volumes easily. ReFS is designed to be resilient to data corruption, optimized for handling large data volumes, auto-correcting and more. It protects your data with integrity streams on your mirrored storage spaces....

On Tuesday, head of the Michigan Secretary of State (SOS) Jocelyn Benson announced in a press release that on November 10, Michigan residents will be able to select a non-binary option, labeled as an “X” for both their driver’s licenses and state identification cards. “I am proud to support Michiganders across the state who for many years have called on the Department of State to provide a non-binary sex marker on their ID that matches their lived reality,” said Benson....

Harbaugh wasn’t playing coy — Speight was in uniform and taking throws in warm-ups before the Wolverines’ game against Indiana. MORE: How the Top 25 fared in Week 12 However, Speight wasn’t taking full warm-ups with the other quarterbacks, according to Detroit Free Press writer Mark Snyder. Backup QB John O’Korn is the presumed starter against the Hoosiers, but Speight getting some work in is good news for Michigan. 

Daunt, who previously challenged Michigan’s “sloppy” voter rolls, was appointed in January to the board, which is tasked with certifying election results. Also a member of Michigan’s Republican State Committee, Daunt is of the camp that doesn’t see Trump as an asset to the party and, with midterms next year, condemns him for harping on the last election. “I just want to thank you…for having the courage to stand up against the malignancy that is Donald Trump and the people who have lacked the courage to stand up to him for the last six months,” Daunt said after state Senator Ed McBroom presented the Senate Oversight Committee’s report, according to The Detroit News....

Gardner announced in a classic black and white Instagram video he was jogging again for the first time since injuring his foot Nov. 30. MORE: Defense is still dying | MAIL BONDING: Your questions answered TOP 10: Alabama players of all-time Michigan coach Brady Hoke said he would be limited once spring practice begins, per MLive.com. There is still confusion over exactly what Gardner is rehabbing from. Hoke continues to call it a severe issue of "turf toe," while reports peg it as a broken bone in his foot....

Online court records show York was charged Friday with one count of aggravated assault and two counts of assault or assault and battery. The charges are all misdemeanors and are related to a July 18 incident. The online records do not provide any additional details about the allegations. They also did not list an attorney for York. MORE: Michigan’s alternate jersey | Northwestern suspends Mark | Coach Brady Hoke announced Sunday that York had been suspended indefinitely....