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Leaked Windows Phone Road Map Traces Future Updates

posted onJanuary 9, 2012
by l33tdawg

Now here's something you don't see every day: a leaked road map for Windows Phone's evolution through the end of 2012.

That purported road map comes courtesy of WMPoweruser, which included a screen cap of it in a Dec. 27 posting. The blog also declined to mention its source for the information, which (at least in broad strokes) jibes with past data from other places.

Xbox Live suffering spate of hacked accounts

posted onOctober 17, 2011
by l33tdawg

Ars Technica reports that a number of Xbox Live customers are complaining of hacked accounts and unauthorised purchases, either using their Microsoft Points balance or the credit card they have on file with Xbox Live. The attacks seem to be have some sort of link to FIFA 11 and 12, with the hijacked Microsoft Points being spent on DLC for that game in the vast majority of cases -- mostly Gold packs for the Ultimate Team mode.