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Kinect Star Wars: Even Girls Can Be Darth Vader

Posted February 14, 2012 - 12:13 pm

The Xbox video team has done it again, providing Star Wars fans with another entertaining ad for its Kinect Star Wars game, set to release on April 3.
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Kinect hack helps treat phantom limb syndrome

Posted February 11, 2012 - 7:07 am

Kinect hacks are a dime a dozen these days, but this one has a health-care twist. A hacker named Benjamin Blundell is using a Kinect, a set of VR goggles, and some gyroscopes to help treat patients effected by phantom limb syndrome.
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Xbox makes funny Star Wars video for Kinect game

Posted January 26, 2012 - 12:04 pm

If you're a fan of Star Wars and the show Parks & Recreation, you'll love this clip, in which Chris Pratt (he plays Andy on the show) re-creates the famous Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Darth Vader lightsaber duel from Episode IV (the original Star Wars).
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New cluster of Xbox 720 rumors hits the web

Posted January 26, 2012 - 8:50 am

If true, we're talking about fairly modest hardware coming in 2013 with an improved version of Kinect to follow your every move.
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Investors bullishly indifferent to Microsoft's record Q1 revenue

Posted October 21, 2011 - 10:33 am

Shares of Microsoft were flat Friday after the company reported record first-quarter revenue.
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Microsoft Xbox Live signs partners to ramp up TV options

Posted October 7, 2011 - 11:26 am

Media partnerships are crucial to gaining audience, and Xbox Live, reaching beyond gamers to viewers, just announced about 40 new partners. Soon you can HBO through your Xbox, Bing for shows, and control some operations through Kinect.
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E3: Nyko Zoom reduces space needed for Kinect games

Posted June 9, 2011 - 1:11 pm

The accessory for Kinect reduces the amount of space needed to play by 40 percent.
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E3: Talk to game characters with new Kinect feature

Posted June 7, 2011 - 12:44 pm

Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 now lets gamers talk to in-game characters.
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E3: Kinect Fun Labs creates a digital version of you

Posted June 6, 2011 - 5:22 pm

At the E3 game convention Microsoft showed off Kinect Fun Labs for Xbox 360 that includes tools to instantly create life-like avatars. Gamers can also make digital representations of their favorite physical objects.
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E3: Bing voice search, new partners announced for Xbox 360

Posted June 6, 2011 - 4:14 pm

Kinect now supports voice control of the Xbox 360 console. Users can voice search with Bing for content across a number of platforms including Hulu+, Netflix and others. Microsoft also announced a partnership that will bring YouTube content to the system.
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Broad revenue gains push Microsoft's Q3 profits up 31%

Posted April 28, 2011 - 4:47 pm

Propelled by revenue increases in four of its five business units, Microsoft on Thursday reported a 31 percent jump in fiscal third-quarter net income.
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What will run your home media? PC? Xbox? Something already in your pocket?

Posted March 14, 2011 - 6:16 pm

If the phone is smart enough to find Rachmaninoff performed by a dog chorus with LolCat video, you don't have to point it at the TV to change channels.
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Kinect vs Move vs...iPad?

Posted December 1, 2010 - 7:45 am

There're only a few more shopping weeks left in this holiday season and Microsoft and Sony are fighting tooth and nail to convince the world that theirs is the 'hot' video game peripheral for this year.
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Do 2.5 million Kinect units sold equal a Microsoft hit?

Posted November 30, 2010 - 2:15 pm

Kinect seems to be off to a rousing start, more than doubling first month sales of Apple's iPad, though on par with Sony's initial 30 day estimates of PlayStation Move units moved.
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HPC experts look forward to exascale

Posted November 18, 2010 - 5:15 pm

Do you have any idea how fast you could play COD Black Ops on that?
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Inside Microsoft's Kinect game controller

Posted November 5, 2010 - 3:28 pm

Get a look at the guts of one of the most anticipated gaming products of the year.
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Review: Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360

Posted November 4, 2010 - 10:19 am

"You are the controller." It sounds so simple, so friendly, so patently cool. Act naturally, in other words, and for the most part, Kinect can tell what you're up to. The trouble is, sometimes it can't.
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Call to carve up Microsoft 'silly,' says analyst

Posted October 4, 2010 - 7:32 pm

A call by financial firm Goldman Sachs for Microsoft to spin off its Xbox video game line doesn't make sense, an analyst countered today.
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From Einstein to Xbox: The IFA consumer electronics exhibition turns 50

Posted August 31, 2010 - 7:00 am

The IFA has a storied past as well as notable celebrities and some "first" technology ever seen in Europe. From Einstein to Xbox, The IFA has seen it all. Some products, like the 3DTV, were ahead of their time. Others, like the MiniDisc...well, just never got off the ground.
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20 Sizzling Summer Video Games

Posted June 22, 2010 - 11:00 am

From LEGO Harry Potter to Madden NFL 11 to Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest to Halo: Reach, here's a sneak peek at great PC and video games you won't want to miss this summer.
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Gaming news: Bach & Allard leaving MS, PSN+ & Insomniac goes multi-platform

Posted May 26, 2010 - 6:34 am

It's only Wednesday and already there's been quite a few video game related items in the news. You'd think E3 was today, not in three weeks. Here's a brief recap of what's going on.
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Top 12 Weirdest Notebooks

Posted April 14, 2010 - 8:00 am

A dozen of the strangest and most outlandish notebook computers.
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Microsoft shutting down Xbox Live for original Xbox games

Posted February 5, 2010 - 7:56 am

As of April 15th, the Xbox Live service will no longer support original Xbox games, regardless of whether you're playing them on an Xbox or an Xbox 360.
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Playstation Premium, Wii pay-per-view and Datel sues Microsoft

Posted November 24, 2009 - 8:26 am

Here's a quick roundup of gaming news from the past few days. Sony hints at a new Premium tier for the Playstation Network, while Nintendo launches paid video content in Japan. Lastly, Datel is suing Microsoft over the latter's decision to lock out Datel Memory Units for the Xbox 360
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Technology Fails: 8 Extreme Electronic Disasters

Posted October 22, 2009 - 10:26 am

Screens crack, circuits short, and power supplies abruptly conk out. It's all part of the complex and confounding ecosystem of electronics. The worst, though, is when something really is built to break--and in the most extreme way.
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