Silicon Valley’s biggest companies launch campaign for NSA reform
Eight major tech companies wrote an open letter to the president, demaning the NSA stop its dragnet surveillance.
On Dec 9, 2013 by Joe Kloc
4chan’s fake Xbox One instructions convince users to brick their systems
The prank purports to “unlock” the console, allowing it to play games designed for the older Xbox 360.
On Dec 7, 2013 by Aja Romano
Microsoft partners with FBI to take down nefarious botnet
When it came to its own bottom line, the tech giant got in bed with the government.
On Dec 6, 2013 by Miles Klee
Swearing in uploaded videos could get your Xbox Live account suspended
Microsoft acknowleged it checks for bad language in videos shared through Xbox One’s Upload Studio.
On Nov 29, 2013 by Tim Sampson
Microsoft alienates female gamers with a sexist letter to dudes
The company released a form letter online for men to send their girlfriends, explaining why they should, uh, let them buy the Xbox One.
On Nov 27, 2013 by [email protected]
Couple’s night of drunken nudity airs live on Twitch via their Playstation 4
It only took a week for someone to turn Sony’s augmented reality game Playroom into a webcam sex show.
On Nov 24, 2013 by Miles Klee
Microsoft mocks Google’s privacy issues with new company T-shirts
Want to protest Google reading your Gmail? Try the Microsoft store.
On Nov 23, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Microsoft wrote you a doctor’s note to play Xbox One
Don’t leave your excuses to chance.
On Nov 21, 2013 by Miles Klee
Microsoft releases best version of Internet Explorer to date: anime
Oddly enough, the killer virus robots don’t seem to be bothering to go after the Mozilla or Chrome anime girls at all.
On Nov 7, 2013 by Mike Fenn
Email users flock to German companies in wake of NSA leaks
German email providers have seen a boom in usership. According to Der Spiegel, much of this growth is due to NSA spying revelations.
On Oct 16, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Against all odds, Microsoft manages to make Heisenberg even creepier
Bryan Cranston’s acting talent and Microsoft Sam’s cold, calculating delivery makes an already memorable speech unforgettable.
On Oct 15, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski
PRISM companies beg Congress to pass laws letting them talk about PRISM
All of the companies issued carefully worded denials of willfully spying on customers except when required by law.
On Oct 2, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Microsoft squats on Xbone.com out of sheer embarrassment
A “cheeky” nickname for a new console becomes accidentally official.
On Sep 13, 2013 by Miles Klee
Twitter’s transparency can’t extend to secret FISA orders
The U.S. makes more requests for data than other governments combined, according to Twitter’s latest transparency report.
On Jul 31, 2013 by Kris Holt
Microsoft asks Google to take down Microsoft.com
Corporations are too busy these days to sniff out copyright infringement, but sometimes bots make mistakes.
On Jul 30, 2013 by Miles Klee
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