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Without a lot of fanfare the AT&T Lumia 830 Windows Phone hit store shelves yesterday. Affectionately named the "affordable flagship", the 830 sports a 5" ClearBlack Screen protected by Corning's Gorilla Glass 3. Add the Quad Core Snapdragon processor, 1GB of Ram, 16GB storage with expansion card slot and the 10MP Pureview camera and the 830 isn't too shabby of a Windows Phone....

Phil Spencer says he understands the need for bigger hard drives and says industry needs more same-screen co-op games.

When you turn on your Xbox One this weekend, you might notice a few changes. Microsoft is rolling out one of the largest feature updates yet for its game console to all users starting this weekend....

The HTC One M8 for Windows is a strong contender for the best Windows Phone out there.

Windows Phone Game Roundup: Hidden Object Games For those not familiar, the Windows Phone Store has combed through the hundreds of thousands of apps and games to create a series of Collections to help users get started in the right direction. You have Collections for voice command apps, photo apps, Disney games, racing games and more. This week's Windows Central roundup is going to...

You can now receive $150 toward an Xbox One console when you trade in a working Xbox 360 250GB or Sony PS3 Slim console at a participating Best Buy store. The actual price of an Xbox One console is...

Rockstar games recently revealed that the new version of Grand Theft Auto V will include the all-new First Person Mode on Xbox One, PC and PS4 versions. This new mode gives players the chance to ex...

Microsoft will release a remastered version of the Halo 2 soundtrack on November 11, the same day that it will launch Halo: The Master Chief Collection for the Xbox One, which includes the graphically revamped game Halo 2: Anniversary. Microsoft states that Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack will be made available on CD, vinyl and digital download. In fact, you can pre-order the...

Balls in Line Lite is a Windows Phone game that is described as a remake of the classic game Color Lines that has been fine-tuned to meet today's gamers needs. I'm not exactly sure what "today's gamers needs" means but Balls in Line Lite seems to have more of a board game feel and slightly better graphics than it's predecessors . Available for low memory devices, Balls in Line Lite has...

With ten sensors the Microsoft Band is the devices that offer the most measurements and here you'll find all the information about each sensor.

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it will be launching the first Windows Phone with its branding on November 11. It looks like the device may turn out to be the Lumia 535, as images of a handset with that name sporting Microsoft's branding have surfaced on China's Tieba, an online community powered by Baidu. From the images, Microsoft branding is clearly visible at the front...

Softcard – a joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon that brings together leading banks, payment networks and merchants to create an open mobile payment [ ...]

Here is how you can create and set your own background image on Xbox One, you'll need to use the Media Player app and a JPG or PNG image.

If you have an installation of Windows 8.1 and you need to re-install the OS but can't find your install media, Microsoft has made it very easy to create the contents you will need.

The new Fitbit Charge has hit the streets and is ready for action. It was announced along with the Charge HR and Surge, both of which will be available for purchase in a few more weeks. The Charge is essentially a revamped Fitbit Force, so anyone that had (or still has) one should be very familiar with the Charge. We'll give it a full review soon after we play with it for a bit — but...

We have been patiently waiting for a smartwatch-style device compatible with Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. After listening to the rumor mill for the past year, Microsoft has finally unleashed

Nova Bacon is an arcade styled Windows Phone game where you are in charge of supplying the pork products (a.k.a. pigs) for an outer space fly-thru restaurant. You'll snatch up wayward pigs as they roam the earth and protect them from attempts by humans to save them from slaughter as you haul them to your restaurant in outer space. Available for low-memory devices, Nova Bacon is another...

Sway is an intelligent app that helps you easily create an interactive web-based canvas of your ideas. Pull your content from a variety of sources with minimal effort and use the built-in layout engine to craft a cohesive look and feel that looks great on any screen.

New screenshots leaked today of an internal build of Windows 10 has revealed a number of new changes and additions to the operating system which we can expect to see in the next public build of the

Microsoft may offer the option to remove the Search and Virtual Desktop buttons from a future build of Windows 10, if a leaked screenshot of the OS is accurate. The image shows that right clicking on the taskbar in the unreleased 9879 build brings up menu choices that include checkmarks that will allow users to not show those two buttons. This may sound like a minor feature, but...

After detailing the changes that will be rolling out in this month's updates in October, Microsoft is commencing rollout of the November update for the Xbox One. The highlights in this update include the ability to add custom backgrounds, addition of location information to your gamer profile, new live TV features and more. Here's a list of all the new changes: Show Who You Are We'...