Microsoft to let you use the Xbox One controllers with Windows

You just have to wait a bit but Microsoft plans to have wireless adapter for Xbox One controllers for the PC later this year. This means you can use the controller without needing a USB cable. The Xbox 360 had a similar adapter before. It seems this’ll arrive right on time for the Windows 10 launch, especially since the Xbox app will let you stream Xbox games to the PC. If you hate cables, this should be great news for you.

Source: The Verge

Screenshots of Microsoft's 'Project Spartan' browser leak online

Microsoft's Project Spartan is the new browser experience that's coming to Windows 10 later this year. While the new Technical Preview does not include Project Spartan and while Microsoft has yet to demo the application in its enteriety, some screenshots claiming to show the browser have emerged. From the looks of it, Microsoft is going minimalist with their new browser. We're going to see Reading Mode, access to Cortana as well as the ability to annotate webpages directly with a stylus or your finger. 

Source: Venture Beat

Xbox One and Windows 10 integration extends functionality of consoles to PCs

One of the cooler announcements in today's Windows 10 launch event was the news that Windows 10 will have an Xbox App available on Windows 10 devices. What this enables is streaming Xbox One games to WIndows 10 PCs and tablets. They demoed this on stage with Forza Horizon running on an Xbox One but streaming without any latency to a Surface Pro 3 tablet. Using an XBox controller, you can play your game using a PC with no latency and with remote access to all your Xbox controls. This is made possible by DirectX 12 enhancing graphics performance on existing hardware devices.

Microsoft's new browser for Windows 10 is called Project Spartan

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Microsoft has been working on a next generaton web browser to come with Windows 10 and it is called Project Spartan. The first major browser move after Internet Explorer, Project Spartan boasts a new rendering engine for faster and more accurate webpages, an annotating feature that allows users to use a pen or their fingers to markup text or images on touch devices and a new reading mode that sheds images and formatting to give users a better reading experience and Cortana is also woven into Project Spartan which means users should be able to easily access the personal assistant for searches.

Project Spartan is still a ways off and won't be included in the next build of the Windows 10 preview it is coming to both desktop and mobile in the future.

Source: Microsoft