5 Tech Myths
Extremetech goes Myth-Bustin' to uncover the truth about 5 common Tech Myths

Sometimes it's just like playing an endless game of whack-a-mole. You may remember the old arcade game, where you pound on plastic moles with a rubber mallet as they pop up out of little holes.

Sometimes myths propagate mysteriously, just like the old "telephone" game, where you'd sit in a big circle with your classmates and whisper some phrase in the next person's ear. By the time the phrase makes its way around the circle, it's something completely different.

ther times, companies may change their plans, but old information dies hard, so keeps reverberating through the system like some standing wave that never quite goes away.

Let's take a look at a few we've tackled in the past year or so.

Games for Windows Live: Must Pay Micro$oft $$$
It is true that Games for Windows Live is a premium service, and has an annual fee associated with it. The confusion revolves around what exactly you get with the free (Silver) version, and what you get for extra cost (the Gold version.) As GfW Live evolved, Microsoft kept updating us on the features, and some of the stuff that Redmond initially suggested would cost money got moved into the "free" column.

I still see people post that they'd never pay money just to get voice chat. Please, let's just stop. Voice chat is something built into the free GfW Live Silver account. What you get with the premium $50 per year version is matchmaking services and game achievements.

I also need to note that if you already have a Xbox Live Gold account, then GfW Live Gold is folded into that at no extra cost.

Now, if Microsoft would stick with this and not change their story again, maybe this meme will die out.

Read all about it here, courtesy of Extremetech.com

Eric