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The New Xbox Live Project Gets a Name: Rewards Squad

After nothing but rumors for the past couple of weeks, Microsoft has finally decided to break out the heavy guns and give a complete look at the rewards system for the Xbox Live. The program is only available as long as you've been invited, and Microsoft started handing the invitations out yesterday. The Xbox Li...

4 November 2009
12:01 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Offers Avatar Rewards and Gear

Infinity Ward has confirmed, via the official Twitter feed of the company, that when Modern Warfare 2 is released to the public on November 10, the Xbox 360 version of the game, the one expected to have the biggest sales, will be bringing items that can be employed on the Avatars of the users and even Rewards offered...

13 October 2009
04:51 GMT

Exclusive Interview: Softpedia Talks About 3dOcean with Cyan Ta'eed

Web designers around the Globe are already very familiar with websites like FlashDen, ThemeForest, GraphicRiver, AudioJungle, VideoHive or the Tuts+ network. What many don't know is the fact that all of these websites and more actually started three years ago inside a garage in Australia. One of the founding mem...

13 October 2009
03:53 GMT

Envato Goes Social

For any customer pool, there is a fierce battle between two big companies anywhere in the world, on any market. These days' battle for the web design and development community's attention is being waged between Envato Network and Template Monster. As a the recent blow in this war, a couple of days ago, Enva...

1 October 2009
03:14 GMT

New WM Applications Competition for Developers Launched

Windows Mobile 6.5, the next flavor of Microsoft's mobile phone platform, is expected to surface on handsets on the market for the first time on October 6, this year. Along with it, the Redmond-based company will also deliver new services for its users, among which most of you might already know the Windows Mark...

21 September 2009
05:39 GMT

Microsoft Will Kill Harmful Apps on Windows Phones

Redmond-based software company Microsoft is getting ready to deliver to the world a new flavor of its Windows Mobile operating system, WinMo 6.5, which will land on the market as soon as October 6, along with a series of new services the company designed specifically for handset users. Among these services, as all of...

19 September 2009
02:57 GMT

Template Monster Enters the Stock Sound Market, Partners with AllStockMusic

Template Monster has put in place a partnership with startup company AllStockMusic to ensure an audio and music section to its website. The news was released to the public on September 2, Template Monster previously having done all the changes in its website front-end to accommodate the fresh section.This latest dev...

3 September 2009
03:47 GMT

Huge Week in Domain Name Sales

A lot happened on the domain name marketplace last week. Sedo and other domain name marketplaces continue to turn big profit month by month. Last week's crown jewel was the Call.com domain name, which Live Current Media was able to sell on Sedo to an undisclosed buyer for about $1.1 million.This domain has seen ...

2 September 2009
05:25 GMT

Microsoft Welcomes Devs in 29 Countries to Windows Marketplace

Redmond-based Microsoft announced on Monday that developers in 29 countries were enabled to submit their applications to the company's upcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile. In addition to opening the gates for application submissions, Microsoft also launched a Race to Market Challenge meant to attract develop...

28 July 2009
02:50 GMT

Marketplace Certification: Windows Mobile Application Verifier

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is set to open the gates for application submissions to its Windows Marketplace for Mobile today, a software portal expected to kick off this fall along with the newest iteration of its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5. The company already announced that the Marketpla...

27 July 2009
06:18 GMT

First Screen of Xbox Avatars Awards and Marketplace

It seems that Microsoft is getting pretty close to the release dates for some unique new features for the Avatars that have been available on the Xbox 360 for quite some time now. The company had already announced that it plans to add a Marketplace for Avatars and an Awards section for it but has given no clear timel...

13 July 2009
04:11 GMT

Windows Marketplace for Mobile to Be Launched with 600 Apps

Microsoft announced earlier this year that the Windows Marketplace for Mobile was expected to be launched sometime during the fall, along with the first mobile phones powered by the company's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, and it seems that things are already starting to move on. In a recent interview with...

27 June 2009
06:38 GMT

WinMo 6.5 in November '09, WinMo 7 in April '10

Redmond-based Microsoft is reported to be on track with the development of its future iterations of the Windows Mobile operating system, including both the WinMo 6.5 platform, which has been reported recently to be fully developed, as well as the next-generation Windows Mobile 7, which will make its debut into the wi...

22 May 2009
10:53 GMT

Windows Mobile 6.5 on 31 Phones in 2009

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is getting ready to release on the market a new version of its operating system for mobile phones, the Windows Mobile 6.5, which should provide users with a wide range of improvements when compared to previous releases of the platform, while also offering them a series of new fe...

12 May 2009
08:34 GMT

Windows Marketplace for Mobile Opens for Developers

Redmond-based Microsoft has opened the gates of its Windows Marketplace for Mobile for software developers that would like to make their applications available to Windows Mobile phone users through the new app portal, set for launch at the same time with the 6.5 iteration of the mobile operating system. Those who w...

4 May 2009
06:42 GMT

No Marketplace or Themes for Windows Mobile 6.1

Following a series of good news for Windows Mobile enthusiasts, some not so good reports are coming down the pipe from the Redmond software giant Microsoft. It seems that there is no chance that the Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be available for those who own handsets running under the 6.1 version of the operat...

2 April 2009
05:13 GMT

More Windows Mobile 7 Images Surface

Some more screenshots with the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 operating system have made it into the wild, allowing us to have another look at the nice features that Microsoft is preparing for us with the next-generation mobile platform slated for release in the spring of 2010. The new photos with the Windows Mobile 7 us...

27 March 2009
07:58 GMT

Xbox 360 Is Recession-Proof

Mindy Mount, the vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, has argued, at the recent BMO Capital Markets Interactive Entertainment Conference, that the Xbox 360 gaming console is a recession-proof product that might even benefit from the economic downturn that ...

17 November 2008
20:41 GMT

Downloadable Content Is the Future

At Gamefest 2008, Alcin Gendrano, who is group manager for Xbox Live Marketplace, and Chris Novak, lead design director for the Microsoft Game Studio, have talked about how paid downloadable content can create an alternative to the used games market, which now seems to be growing, especially as major retailers warm u...

25 July 2008
18:06 GMT

Games for Windows Live Gold Is Now Free

Just after E3 wrapped up, Microsoft decided to hold its own gaming-oriented conference, dubbed Gamefest 2008, and some of the announcements coming out of the event were actually more interesting than what the stuff featured at E3 showcased. Sure, it's unlikely we'll see the next Bungie project unveiled at G...

23 July 2008
05:14 GMT

Live Gamer Provides Safe Trading Marketplace for MMOs

Live Gamer has officially gone public announcing its introduction as the premier provider of a publisher-supported, secure platform for real money trading of virtual property, as far as MMOs go. Partnering up with top MMO game publishers and virtual world operators the company will introduce a fully transparent, secu...

18 December 2007
05:30 GMT

XBL Marketplace - 'Dead or Alive 4' Messy Description

This is surely an embarrassing situation for those "behind the scene" over at Xbox Live, but heck, what would this world be without a little booboo every now and then, coming from the big guys responsible for the heavy work of pasting downloadable demo descriptions? The picture to your left is what happened. As you c...

15 May 2007
03:30 GMT

Spring Update from Microsoft - All Details Disclosed

Microsoft's Spring update, announced just a little while ago, promises to make everything a lot easier for Xbox 360 users, especially when downloading content via Xbox Live and respectively Xbox Live Marketplace. Thus, the full list of options and enhanced features providing users with easy exploring and using ...

8 May 2007
04:39 GMT


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