Microsoft has backtracked on how the Xbox One will handle used games and offline play, following weeks of backlash.
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Office on the iPhone: It’s Real and It’s Here
Microsoft’s long-rumored iOS Office suite turns out to be a bonus for Office 365 subscribers.
Xbox One’s ‘Future-Proof’ Digital Strategy Isn’t Unique to Xbox One
Is Microsoft’s Xbox One digital strategy as forward-looking as the company claims?
Xbox One at E3: Same Old Games vs. Scary New World
Microsoft’s problem is that Xbox One is built for games-as-services, even though single-player, offline games are very much alive and well.
Xbox One: November Launch, $499 Price Tag
Microsoft ripped the Band-Aid off during its press conference at E3 2013
Microsoft’s Xbox One Used Games Policies Are Clear as Mud
Microsoft’s clarified used games policies have pros and cons — but mostly cons.
Microsoft’s Xbox One Access Requirements Create an Odd Double Standard
You can watch movies offline indefinitely, but games require 24-hour checkups.
InfoWorld Reboots Windows 8
Introducing Windows Red, a next-generation Windows concept designed to please Windows 8 naysayers.
Windows 8 Users: Here’s What’s Coming in the First Big Update
Do you use Windows 8? You’re about to get an update to Windows 8.1.
Microsoft Office Included Free on Small Windows Tablets — But It Isn’t Really for Tablets
Small Windows 8 slates will have a tough time competing on price with other cheap tablets. To compensate, Microsoft will include a free copy of Office Home and Student 2013 with “small screen” Windows 8 tablets.
Microsoft’s Free Keyboard Cover Makes Surface RT Whole
A limited-time offer finally makes the most interesting part of Microsoft’s tablet part of the standard package.
Microsoft Previews Windows 8.1′s Changes (Yes, the Start Button Is Back — Sort of)
The first major Windows 8 update is mostly focused on refinements to the operating system’s radically new interface.
