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NFL fans have probably noticed over the decades that officials, players and coaches on the sidelines are still using the old fashioned printed pictures of replays on laminated paper. It seems antiquated with today's technology, and apparently, the execs in the NFL agree. The NFL just announced a new partnership with Microsoft that will instead allow them to use MS Surface tablets on the sidelines.

This deal also apprarently extends to a logo licensing contract with Microsoft. A few teams have recently taken to using Apple iPads for this same functionality, and they will still be allowed to do so, but only if they cover up the Apple logo. It seems Microsoft wants only their Surface to be obvious on the sidelines of the big games. Smart marketing!

Source: Gizmodo

Microsoft just announced their new sucessor to the Xbox 360, and it is not called the Xbox 720. It's called the Xbox One and it absolutely blew us away! From the fantastic specs to the rich and amazing feature-set, this new Xbox One is poised to take the home entertainment world by storm. The Xbox One will hit retail shelves later on this year and just might transform the way we think about games, movies, music, Skype video calling and more.

We are so excited we just had to start a new forum for this white hot device! We wanted to share it with you guys to give you an opportunity to join in on the discussions just begninning. Please check it out at Xbox One Forums.net!

This obviously isn't Surface news, but it is the most exciting news announcement today and we just had to share it with you guys. Microsoft takes home entertainment to a whole new level with their announcement of the next generation Xbox One, the new successor to the Xbox 360. The new Xbox One offers a huge host of unique and powerful features that go far beyond just games. Here's a breakdown of the crazy new features of the amazing Xbox One:

• Gesture and Voice Based controls - Smart Glass & Improved Kinect capabilities with HD Camera, larger field of view and wake with voice
• Instant voice command changing between games, movies, browsing, Skype and even TV channels
• Full Skype video Communications
• Snap Mode that lets you use multiple apps at the same time - it's like picture in picture with movies, music, games and even Skype video chatting
• Instant switching between dashboard to live television
• New and improved controller - designed by gamers for gamers
• Improved Xbox Live - 300,000 servers to maximize the potential for social interaction and Skype
• Dedicated Game DVR
• Designed to be an "all-in-one" box for all your entertainment needs
• Interactive Sports - including Fantasy Football interactivity
• Enhanced virtualization technology

Here's a breakdown of hardware specs:

• Octa-core processor based on AMD's Jaguar design
• 8GB of RAM
• Slot-Loading Blu-Ray Drive
• USB 3.0 ports
• 500GB of hard drive storage,
• WiFi Direct for communicating with the new controller and other devices
• Five billion transistors worth of power

The new Xbox One will include the new special content Halo TV Series, which was just introduced by Stephen Spielberg. Next-gen Call of Duty: Ghosts takes things to a whole new level as does Forza Motorsport 5, and multiple EA Sports titles. The new features and capabilities of the new Xbox One are mind-blowing. Coupled with some of the best interactive content on the planet, the new Xbox One evolves things in amazing ways. Microsoft always intended their Xbox to become the perfect entertainment hub; this new iteration of the device takes a massive leap forward toward that goal.

The Microsoft Surface Pro is finally on its way to Europe. Well, to parts of the continent at least. Microsoft’s tablet is going to land on UK shores on May 23, followed by a release in more European countries on May 30, so exactly one week later.

The device running the ‘full’ version of Windows 8 and not the cut-down Windows RT will retail in the UK starting at £719. That will net you the version with 64 GB of built-in storage, but keep in mind that this being desktop Windows, quite a chunk of that will not be accessible to you. If you want more, there’s also the 128 GB model, which will be sold for £799.

The usual Surface accessories will also be on sale naturally. The Touch Cover will cost £99, while the Type Cover will be priced at £109.

Elsewhere in Europe, you’ll be able to purchase the Surface Pro in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland starting on May 30. Pricing will obviously differ according to country, this is how things always are.

Europe won’t be alone in welcoming the Surface Pro this month. The tablet will be out in Hong Kong on May 17, and then in Australia and New Zealand too before the end of May.

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To say that Microsoft Surface and its trimmed down Windows RT tablet OS was not a success, is an understatement. Despite all the efforts and money the Redmond company poured into the project, according to most observers, they managed to sell less than a million of new devices.

But Microsoft is nothing if not persistent. And it is getting ready for round two very soon now.

According to Digitimes, for its second round in the tablet market Microsoft is working on a smaller 7.9” Surface RT device. The new tablet should be manufactured by Pegatron, with the display panels supplied by Samsung and NVIDIA Tegra CPU. The smaller Surface should retail for $249-299, and launch during Microsoft Build conference in June.

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Speaking at Nvidia's earnings report conference Rene Haas, Nvidia’s VP of computing products, said that they are working on next-generation Tegra 4 processors that will run on Windows RT tablets. He also revealed that the next-gen Tegra 4 processors will run on multiple manufacturer versions of the upcoming Windows RT tablets without specifying which OEM will release it. A quick recap of the the Tegra 4 is enough to get anyone's blood racing. Here's a quick refresher:

The Tegra 4 is Nvidia’s next gen chip which has a quad-core SoC (system on a chip) based on ARM’s Cortex-A15 architecture that has been clocked at a blazing 1.9GHz. It includes a whopping 72 custom graphics processor cores to support super high-def 4K resolution, console level gaming graphic and High Dynamic Range photography.

If there were ever any doubts that Nvidia would abandon the RT platform, guess again. Haas just put that to rest by telling everyone that “Nvidia is very invested and very committed to Windows RT, and we feel it has a bright future,” said Haas said. “We feel this [platform] is where things are going.”

Via: PhoneArena