Windows in short: Star Wars on Xbox Video

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We have something new to announce in Xataka Windows: starting today our brief news section Windows in short will be extended, going to have several editions per week Thus we seek to offer you a broader coverage of those news that, although smaller, are still relevant within the Microsoft world. "

We begin by reviewing the release for sale on Xbox Video of the Star Wars saga, which for the first time in history is You can purchase it complete in Digital HD format, either through the Microsoft store, as well as from competing services such as iTunes, Amazon, and others.And although strictly speaking the films can only be downloaded from this Friday, April 10, it is already possible to buy them in pre-sale format from the Xbox Video bazaar for 74.99 euros.

This digital edition will include all 6 films in Full HD (1080p) quality, along with a lot of never-before-seen bonus material ( edited scenes, behind-the-scenes videos, soundtrack, interviews, etc) and other exclusives for Xbox users, such as an R2-D2 figure that we can add to our Xbox Live avatar, and a thematic expansion for the free game Pinball FX 2. In addition, those who buy the saga in pre-sale will have access to an exclusive 60-second trailer.

The Self-Charging Surface 3

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For a moment it seems that Microsoft has managed to defy the laws of thermodynamics, but no.That&39;s what many thought when they discovered that you can connect the Surface 3&39;s full USB port to its microUSB port using a charging cable This causes the tablet to create>"

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Luckily, after a few minutes Windows is able to figure out what&39;s really going on, and stops the process while displaying a notice that the Surface is plugged in but not charging."

Siri is jealous of Cortana

An alleged screenshot circulating online this week showing the iOS voice assistant Siri showing some jealousy when the user mistakes her name with Cortana's (">

That particular image is most likely fake , but still Tom Warren found that Siri does give somewhat sarcastic responses when mentioning Microsoft's assistant. Cortana, for her part, seems less than aroused when we bring up Siri:

Microsoft completes 18,000 layoffs after Nokia purchase, and announces plan to hire people with autism

On a more serious note, Microsoft has just completed one last round of layoffs, completing the 18,000 layoffs announced for the year past after the purchase of Nokia's device division. This restructuring is mainly intended to avoid duplication of functions into which one could fall due to the fact that many employees of the old Nokia, now in charge of Microsoft, carried out tasks that were already being carried out within Redmond.

On the other hand, and as part of the company's anti-discrimination policy, a plan is being carried out to start hiring people with autism full-timewithin Microsoft.This was announced by the Vice President of Worldwide Operations, Mary Ellen Smith, on the Microsoft on the Issues blog, where they point out that although they already carried out programs to integrate people with autism, they will now expand the scale of these initiatives, in order to provide opportunities for senior employment.

This program adds to a series of policies that have seen Microsoft rank highly in terms of workforce diversity over the past several years.

YouTube API Changes Complicating Unofficial Windows Phone Clients

To close, one of those news that we would like not to have to give. Google is making changes to the YouTube API that will restrict the amount of information third-party apps can access The obvious consequence of this is that customers likemyTube or Tubecast will be forced to offer a somewhat more limited experience, by not being able to show the duration of the videos or the number of visits within the search results page, nor the recent videos of our subscriptions within the home page.

This doesn't mean we're going to run out of YouTube on Windows Phone either, as the clients will continue to work and update, they just lose some features due to Google restrictions.

Hopefully Microsoft will react to events like this, and start putting pressure properly so that the company from the great G launches once and for all an official application on Windows.