Microsoft Releasing Windows 7 Upgrade And Family Packs In Europe?

Matt Hurley Aug 24, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Microsoft, News

Microsoft on Monday stepped up plans to push Windows 7 upgrades to European users. The company said it's decision to keep Internet Explorer 8 bundled with the software in Europe enabled them to release family packs and upgrades in Europe. Microsoft also stated that Windows 7 E was no longer and that Europe was to get the full version of Windows 7. If you have ordered Windows 7 E don't worry Microsoft said that everybody that has ordered Windows 7 E will receive the full version. 

The Family Pack allows users to install one copy of Windows 7 on up to 3 PC's. This is great for house holds with multiple PC's. Users will be able to order the family pack and upgrades of Windows 7 on September 1st.

Want The Windows 7 RC? You're Too Late

Matt Hurley Aug 20, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Microsoft, News

Microsoft has, as planned, stopped downloads for the Windows 7 Release Candidate. The official download has been available since early May.

 For those of you that are already running the RC Microsoft were quick to point that it will expire in March next year. Certain users such as developers and early Windows 7 testers have been able to download the final version since early this month.

Windows Live Movie Maker Finally Out Of Beta

Matt Hurley Aug 20, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Microsoft

Microsoft finally took Windows Live Movie Maker out of beta yesterday and released the full version of it. There has been a lot of improvements from the beta such as the option to render your videos in HD and direct upload to Youtube. You can also add visual effects like black & white and high contrast.

Also, you can add animations to your videos. There is a new feature called AutoMovie which will make a movie automatically out of your pictures and videos. You can also change the aspect ratio for your videos so that you can publish them in widescreen.

Xbox 360 Arcade Price Rise?

Matt Hurley Aug 19, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Microsoft, News

A recent article on CVG has told us that Microsoft might be planning a price rise from £130-£160 for the Arcade SKU of the console in the UK. The article also tells us that Microsoft may discontinue the Pro SKU.

This is following the recent news of Sony unveiling the PS3 Slim for £249.99

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Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Trailer

Matt Hurley Aug 18, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, Videos

Activision (the publishers of Call of Duty just in case you didn't know) have released a trailer showing multiplayer gameplay. The trailer also shows customized kill streaks, sticky grenades and lots of new weapons.

As you can see from the video above the games multiplayer is a whole lot different from the first Modern Warfare game. Even though the game looks amazing I personally don't think many people are going to buy the game the reason for that is because Activision have raised the price of it from £39.99 to £54.99.