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microsoft addresses a major Windows 8.1 bug I'm Jeff Bakalar filling in for Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update microsoft pulled the windows 8.1 update for those with the RT version of Windows 8 and that's the version for some surface tablets it seems the update may have crippled some windows RT machines leaving them unable to even start up Microsoft has released a recovery image for service RT owners to download to fix the errors but it's going to require you to download it from another computer and then load the fix onto a USB Drive prepaid carrier Boost Mobile will be selling the new iphone 5s and 5c starting on friday november eighth but right now there's no details on pricing now of course sprint owns boost as well as virgin mobile and virgin began selling the new iPhones this month they charge five hundred fifty dollars for the high-end iPhone 5s and the colorful 5c starts at four hundred and fifty dollars of course off contract US Cellular will also get the new phones on november eighth as well microsoft's limited time promotion that gave away free downloads of games with an xbox live gold subscription is now a permanent thing the games with gold program was launched back at e3 earlier this year and was set to end in December but now it's going to be ongoing for every one that pays for a full year of gold membership right now halo 3 is one of the free games that's offered and this is a direct response to Sony which also offers a really impressive selection of free games to those that subscribe to the PlayStation Plus program it looks like LG is preparing to make new products that work on Google's Chrome operating system the company filed for trademarks on laptops and tablets with the names chrome one chrome desk and chrome station now of course LG's already teamed up with Google to create the Nexus 4 smartphone and the upcoming Nexus 5 which should actually be out any day now if you have an iPhone iPad or iPod touch you can make free voice calls with googles hangouts at Google updated its iOS app so those with a google voice number can place and receive calls from the app directly but it's only free for numbers within the US and Canada it doesn't cut into your carrier's voice minutes but it will cut into that data plan that's your tech news update for more details and head on over to cnet com / update and you can follow me on twitter from our Studios here in New York I'm Jeff Bakalar