Surface Pro 3 Review

Surface Pro 3 ReviewThe history of Microsoft’s efforts in actual hardware reads like a rags to riches story. Obviously, what happened with the Zune portable media players represents the rags. Zunes were amazing, but in some ways they completely missed the mark. Certainly, they arrived way too late. The Surface Pro 3 is full of promise, arrived early enough in the 2-in-1 craze to be viable and is considered in some circles to be one of the best Windows machines on the market. If you believe Microsoft’s television ads, there is the MacBook Air and the Surface Pro 3. Nothing else.

Surface Pro 3 Review

Xbox Video for Windows picks up MKV support

Xbox Video for Windows picks up MKV supportNever has there been anything more painful than spending hours downloading or ripping a movie to your Windows PC, getting on a flight, then noticing that your movie won't play because Windows 8 doesn't have native support for MKV files. If you're like us, you've already downloaded VLC Media Player. If you haven't and you're running Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, don't. Today the company added support for MKV support to Xbox Video.

Xbox Video for Windows picks up MKV support

Sunday Sit Down: The Game Awards rocked

Sunday Sit Down: The Game Awards rockedMy road to living room gaming was not paved with the sweet smell of fresh ink wafting from a classic copy of Nintendo Power or Game Informer. Even after I picked up an original Xbox, then the Xbox 360 a few years later, I had no wish to read a gaming magazine. I had no regular interactions with the gaming community in general. One thing I did do every year was settle in front of a television set each December to watch the Video Game Awards.

Sunday Sit Down: The Game Awards rocked

What’s On: In ‘Black Mirror’ you’re the victim

What’s On: In ‘Black Mirror’ you’re the victimWhat does it take for you to be afraid of the world you live in? Maybe you have no appreciation for gore? Maybe the most frightening thing you’ve ever seen involves a chainsaw and unsuspecting teenagers who thought it’d be a good idea to spend a reckless weekend at an isolated cabin a few miles away from a prison. Black Mirror, a program that premiered on television a few years ago, has finally arrived on Netflix and if garbage ghost stories are the most frightening thing you’ve experienced, you haven’t seen scary yet.

What’s On: In ‘Black Mirror’ you’re the victim

The Culture: Watch the ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ trailer now

The Culture: Watch the ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ trailer nowSoon science fiction lovers around the world will get the opportunity to return to the galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and experience the next chapter in the long running movie and television franchise. This week internet culture absolutely exploded when Disney gave them their first look at what to expect with the first Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer.

The Culture: Watch the ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ trailer now