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Xbox backwards compatibility launches for all in November

Microsoft has just announced a huge boost to its backwards compatibility drive by making all its future Games with Gold titles backwards compatible at launch. That means each month Xbox One owners will get even more free games with the Gold subscription. Starting in July Microsoft announced it would be offering two free Xbox One Games with Gold. With the new backwards compatibility option that will mean both the free

Xbox backwards compatibility launches for all in November

Microsoft has just announced a huge boost to its backwards compatibility drive by making all its future Games with Gold titles backwards compatible at launch. That means each month Xbox One owners will get even more free games with the Gold subscription. Starting in July Microsoft announced it would be offering two free Xbox One Games with Gold. With the new backwards compatibility option that will mean both the free

Xbox One is getting a DVR function next year, and it won't cost you

Microsoft has announced that Xbox One is getting “full-featured” DVR support in 2016, which will let owners record live free-to-air TV without a subscription. It’s not a massive surprise to see Microsoft introduce the feature, which will let you record shows in the background while you game – or even while you’re out of the house. The Xbox One supports input from cable boxes, but right now the DVR functionality

Xbox One is getting a DVR function next year, and it won't cost you

Microsoft has announced that Xbox One is getting “full-featured” DVR support in 2016, which will let owners record live free-to-air TV without a subscription. It’s not a massive surprise to see Microsoft introduce the feature, which will let you record shows in the background while you game – or even while you’re out of the house. The Xbox One supports input from cable boxes, but right now the DVR functionality

Apple denies it plans to sell mobile services directly to consumers

Apple, the world’s most profitable mobile phone maker, has denied a media report that it is working on a plan to market communications services directly to consumers and bypass telecom operators. Business Insider on Monday reported that the iPhone maker was testing a so-called mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the United States, which would see it rent out capacity from mobile network operators and then sign up its own

Apple denies it plans to sell mobile services directly to consumers

Apple, the world’s most profitable mobile phone maker, has denied a media report that it is working on a plan to market communications services directly to consumers and bypass telecom operators. Business Insider on Monday reported that the iPhone maker was testing a so-called mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the United States, which would see it rent out capacity from mobile network operators and then sign up its own

BMW CEO puts digital trends at center of strategy review

BMW’s new Chief Executive Harald Krueger plans to overhaul the carmaker’s strategy to make it fit for the digital future of driving, he said on Tuesday. BMW teamed up with Germany’s other two premium carmakers to buy Nokia’s high-definition mapping business for 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) this week to protect its access to key technology for connected and self-driving cars. At this stage it is still too early to

BMW CEO puts digital trends at center of strategy review

BMW’s new Chief Executive Harald Krueger plans to overhaul the carmaker’s strategy to make it fit for the digital future of driving, he said on Tuesday. BMW teamed up with Germany’s other two premium carmakers to buy Nokia’s high-definition mapping business for 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) this week to protect its access to key technology for connected and self-driving cars. At this stage it is still too early to

Marvell wins cut in $1.54 billion Carnegie Mellon damages award

(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a reduction in the $1.54 billion damages award that Marvell Technology Group Ltd was ordered to pay Carnegie Mellon University for infringing two hard disk drive patents held by the school. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court finding that the patents were infringed, but said “enhanced damages” that boosted a $1.17 billion jury verdict

Marvell wins cut in $1.54 billion Carnegie Mellon damages award

(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a reduction in the $1.54 billion damages award that Marvell Technology Group Ltd was ordered to pay Carnegie Mellon University for infringing two hard disk drive patents held by the school. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court finding that the patents were infringed, but said “enhanced damages” that boosted a $1.17 billion jury verdict

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