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Microsoft Flight To Take Off on 29 February 2012

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I am very glad we have that extra day this year so that Microsoft Flight can get off the ground!

According to a tweet from Xbox Live’s @MajorNelson, aka Larry Hryb, the Games For Windows Live flying simulation game will be released to the public on 29 February 2012.

The . . .

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Dropbox: Free Cloud Storage for Beta Testers

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Dropbox, the popular cloud storage service, is offering 5 GB of free storage to users who test Dropbox’s current Beta applications.

Usually, this sort of news is announced via a press release, but instead, Dropbox distributed the information in the notes of the latest software build.  This odd method of announcement makes . . .

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Is the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Arriving Soon?

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I am not sure when it is arriving beyond the confirmed time frame of late February but it certainly appears that preparations are being made for the launch of what will be a consumer preview.

The below screenshot is from a page on Bing (thanks to Liveside for the heads up) that . . .

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Beware Of Fake Halo 4 Beta Codes Circulating The Web

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Apparently some emails are circulating the web with fake codes for a Halo 4 Beta. The folks at 343 Industries quickly cleared up the matter via twitter. Content editor David Ellis posted this recently on twitter.

If you see a page claiming to allow you to sign up for a Halo 4 . . .

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Microsoft Flight Will Take Flight This Spring

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We finally have some news about the replacement for the venerable Microsoft Flight Simulator and this one will be free to play.

According to a press release posted earlier today at the Microsoft Flight website the game will be out this spring and available as a free download which will allow budding . . .

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Windows Store and Developers

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The message by Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Windows Web Services, Antoine Leblond, during today’s Windows Store event in San Francisco was very clear for developers – we want you to have “a bigger bite of the apple”.

Along with delivering news about the upcoming debut of the Windows Store alongside the . . .

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