Kinect, currently for the Xbox 360 platform, will eventually be moved by its owner, Microsoft, to the Windows PC environment, as said by CEO Steve Ballmer. The Xbox version was launched in November and sold over 2.5 million in the 1st month on the market. The system is different from Nintendo Wii in that the [...]
Xbox fans have purchased 2.5 million Kinect units in the first 25 days since the release of the motion-detecting device used in conjunction with the 360 console. Microsoft, makers of the device and the popular games console, has pointed out that the company intends to “expedite production and shipments of Kinect to restock shelves as [...]
It comes as no surprise to those in the tech industry that the Kinect system for Xbox360 has been hacked. The news came this morning that the new controller has been opened up for use on other systems and has also been used to capture 3D images using reverse engineering. However, the biggest surprise is [...]
An Xbox user who ‘modded’ his console – modifying it so that unlicensed games could be played on it – is hoping to use a defence of ‘fair use’ in the upcoming trial. Defense attorneys for 28-year-old Matthew Crippen, of Anaheim in southern California, are arguing that the installation of a mod chip on an [...]
Microsoft says that it expects that by the end of the year it will sell 5 million hand-free control systems for the Xbox 360 video game console. This will increase the sales forecast for the Kinect by almost 70%. The Kinect was officially launched by Microsoft at midnight Wednesday during a New York event. In [...]
Microsoft Corporation surprised analysts by posting a higher-than-expected 51 percent increase in quarterly profits following high demand for its Windows and Office software. The results allayed fears that Apple’s iPad would make serious inroads into Microsoft’s dominance of the PC market. The profit figure of $5.4 billion, or 62 cents per share, was up from [...]
Nintendo aims to come back from the doldrums with its new 3DS, due out in February, and pitched at replicating the success of the company’s trademark Wii console. The company made its first half-yearly loss in seven years and needs to reverse a decline in sales that has caused its share price fall by more [...]
Fable III, the newest in the role playing action game for Xbox 360 has hit the market and fans are dying to get a taste of the game. This newest edition promises to be the best of the entire series as new characters and interactions have been added as the journey through the virtual world [...]
Buoyed by the success of its latest Halo game and the continued popularity of its Office software suite, Microsoft’s profits are expected to be healthier than the equivalent period last year when it announces quarterly results later this week. The software giants latest version of its Office system, Windows 7, has sold 240 million copies [...]
The launch of Halo Reach will give a fresh injection to Microsoft’s Xbox console while putting the long-running franchise back into the ring for becoming one of this year’s bestselling shooter games. It’s been three years since the last Halo release and since then the shooter competition has heated up, with Call of Duty: Modern [...]
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