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The arrival of Windows 10 will see Cortana launch on Xbox One, iOS and Android; here's why

In just a few weeks, Microsoft will unveil Cortana running on the desktop in Windows 10. They’ll demo how the personal assistant is available to you whenever you need her, on your phone in your pocket, out and about on your laptop or home at your desk. They’ll stress how she can sync all your data across all your devices, and be ready to help when you need her to be, much like a real personal assistant. And in the light of these announcements, it’ll become clear why internally, Microsoft is working on bringing Cortana to rival platforms, as well as the Xbox One.

Activemessiah3821d ago

Cortana is Spyware and should be able to be removable... a similar situation occurred earlier this year with Ubuntu but that has since been removed.

freshslicepizza3821d ago

why wouldn't you be able to not use it? are you one of those people who said kinect was going to spy on you and you couldnt shut it off?

qwerty6763820d ago

yeah man

funny people say that while they all carry around spyware devices in their pockets on the daily basis.

cortana is spyware?

lol your whole computer and cell phone is spyware.

Kal0psia3820d ago

Lest you're doing anything illegal then don't bother even typing on your keyboard or hold any device. Other than that, no worries buddy. ;D

Wizard_King3820d ago

This is all MS has now hey? Can't come up with a good OS so they cram shite into one hoping the fanboys will bite up a few sales.

I can see them locking DX12 out to Win10 only the bastards.

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troylazlow3820d ago

go back to using a land line then

annoyedgamer3820d ago

The feds can wiretap that without a warrant.

strangeaeon3820d ago

It's almost 2015, time to change the record friend.

annoyedgamer3821d ago

They messed up the voice. All they had to do was use Jen's voice and create an actual 3d model that reacts with the voice. As it stands it is just another generic talk-to-your-device pieces of software which has existed since the 90s.

Mikefizzled3820d ago

Its Jens voice synthesized. Shes recorded lots of lines for it but its still in beta and theres still plenty to be recorded to make it sound more like cortana.

poppinslops3820d ago (Edited 3820d ago )

Attaching A 3D model to Cortana would be rather difficult.

They'd have to Lip-synch every word she says and then make them flow together without her face getting all jerky... Of course, they could record lots of common phrases and sync those quite easily, but then the disparity between the pre-recorded and 'assembled' audio would be obvious...
Some games use 'automatic' lip-synch programs that 'line up' with recorded dialogue... Hence the legions of minor NPCs with 'yap-yap' mouth.

I'm not saying it can't be done... It can and will - however, for Cortana the time and the cost might be greater than any associated profit. Whilst many would prefer something closer to the character portrayed in the Halo series, I doubt everyone would be comfortable with a half-naked PA...

That said, Cortana's model (and others) will probably appear as a downloadable add-on, in... let's say 2-3 years.
Then we can discuss the prospect of an interactive 3d hologram...
I'm going to call mine 'Sexomatron'.

Iamnemesis48803821d ago

Cortana siri and google worthless faster typing

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Psychotica3820d ago

You must speak very slowly if typing is faster..

ScorpiusX3820d ago

Cortanna should not be a part of any other mobile device , it should remain only window devices . Screw Android , Screw Apple they have their own , no need to help sell their product .

Magnes3820d ago

Yeah Cortana should be exclusive to the 20 windows phones that microsoft has sold.

kstap333820d ago

23 if you count the 3 I've owned.

BlissSeeker3820d ago

Cortana = Olivia Wilde (Butter)

Muzikguy3820d ago

Mmmm.... Olivia Wilde and butter.....

(Excuse me a moment)

strangeaeon3820d ago

Damn Olivia Wilde AND butter? With my luck I would end up with one or the other. Ok I lied, all I got is butter.

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Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Auto HDR feature to Windows

A new test version of Windows 10 also includes new File Explorer changes.

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XxINFERNUSxX1549d ago (Edited 1549d ago )

Most PC gamers right now do not have HDR monitors. "as long as you have a compatible HDR monitor" I'm using a 240hz Alienware 1080p GSYNC panel, (AW2518H) while I love it and love the high FPS in games, I'm not buying a new lcd just yet. So for now I just use reshade in all the games I play and enable "fake HDR" 😁 It's pretty good to, not real HDR but close enough for me. 👍

darthv721549d ago

If someone doesnt have an HDR PC monitor, can't they use a HDR supported tv? Most PC cards support HDMI out so I would think that could be one option. It might not have the uber high refresh but I'm sure it could work.

XxINFERNUSxX1549d ago (Edited 1549d ago )

Yeah the HDR TV will work over HDMI. I'm using displayport myself but if your just using that connection you can just use a displayport to hdmi adapter since displayport carries audio just like HDMI.

XbladeTeddy1549d ago

"Most PC gamers right now do not have HDR monitors."

Your point? Nothing wrong with Microsoft impementing this. Once you do get a HDR monitor in the future I'm sure you'll be moaning if Microsoft didn't have any support for it on Windows. They're not going to postpone it because XxINFERNUSxX doesn't have the right monitor yet.

CaptainHenry9161549d ago (Edited 1549d ago )

This is great news. I'm about to invest in a new HDMI 2.1 and Display port 2.0 monitor this year I'm looking at you Asus PG32UQ . Perfect timing 👌

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Wrex3691549d ago

This is such a cool feature honestly.

Fluke_Skywalker1549d ago

This is good news I hate having to enable HDR manually everytime I play an HDR enabled game. Some games already turn it on automatically but they are very few and far between (Destiny 2 is actually the only one I know of 😅).

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Steam vs DS4Windows – Which is best for DualSense On the PC

Now that I've had some time to play with the PS5 DualSense on PC with Steam and DS4Windows, it's time to decide which is best for PC gaming.

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Teflon021653d ago

My issue is that on steam you can modify on a game by game bases as some nave native support and DS4Windows you'd have to turn on and off and the issue with what I'm saying. If it has native support and you use the Steam API or DS4W it'll give you Xbox control prompts so it's more convenient to just run the steam API. Generally games outside of steam make sure to have support unless old. I have both and will only use DS4W if I absolutely have to. It's good but the game by game bases on steam is so much more ideal. Example Games with DS4 native support will allow trackpad support like Ni no Kuni using the track pad. But with DS or Steam activated it puts the trackpad to the share button. So the manual ability to disable it anytime that game starts makes it where that game operates correctly every time

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XxINFERNUSxX1653d ago (Edited 1653d ago )

I just use my 360 controller for 3rd person games, like GTA. All FPS games keyboard/mouse. No need for me to spend 70$ on a controller. Plus I like it to just work without any drivers just plug & play like the 360 controller.

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Try turning off Windows 10's Game Mode if your games are stuttering or freezing

A growing number of users say Game Mode is causing performance issues in games.

oasdada1862d ago (Edited 1862d ago )

Wow i just turned off my game mode a few days ago just because.. and i felt sloght performance getting better but i thought maybe it was just me.. and now i read this

godmachine1862d ago

Right , I read this about a week ago and immediately changed it even with a nvidia gpu my fallout 4 with 3d vision stopped hitching almost entirely

starchild1861d ago

Hmm I've been getting microstuttering in games on my relatively new Ryzen 5 3600. But it always goes away once I restart my PC. Very strange. But I think I already have game mode turned off.

Rude-ro1861d ago

Not sure if you can turn it off.
I
Have to go into task manager and fight it to get it stop running.

Skuletor1861d ago

I turned it off today, was relatively simple. Went to settings, gaming, clicked game mode on the side tab, then toggled it off

Rude-ro1861d ago

@sicksincesix

Right... but I find it still running when going through the task manager.

traumadisaster1861d ago

Last week I heard of that while trying to figure out audio stuttering on a rd 5700. There seems to be a lot of people having audio crackle and go in and out on amd. It seems like there is an audio conflict with two sources trying to control, I don't know.

monkey6021861d ago

I've been diving into the PC gaming side of things head first since last summer and I have a good grasp of it and I'm comfortable with it all now

But what you've just said is exactly why there'll always be a space for home consoles in the gaming market 😂

traumadisaster1861d ago

True, there can be enough problems to make one think it's not worth it. But overall since the ps360 days playing in HD or even 4k at 60 fps vs the muck of 720p under 30fps, non vsync with awful tearing it makes you figure out the pc. Then when you get steam sales over the years it's really nice. But there is a small percentage of pc horror stories that won't happen on console.

TheColbertinator1861d ago

Did this a year back and apart from less performance hiccups I also got less sound glitches. W10 Game mode is not a very beneficial feature for me.

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