When Microsoft is getting ready to push a new Dashboard update out to our beloved Xbox 360s, the Redmond outfit likes to have a few guinea pigs. You know, a few people to test the new software out in the wild before we get our greasy mits on it. Today they launched a new preview program and you can sign up right now.
News out of ZDNet today brings the possibility Microsoft could be ready to release the next generation Xbox in 2015.
Vice president of Epic Games, Mark Rein, in an announcement of Unreal Engine 3 on the iPad, expressed his thoughts on the future of gaming consoles. He thought the future of Xbox gaming console could be a gaming tablet with a built-in Kinect.
It's all official, Microsoft's Xbox Kinect is the fastest selling consumer electronics device ever. According to the people at the Guinness World Records, Microsoft's Kinect sold on average 133,333 units per day over a 60 day period. That totals a mind-boggling 8 million units in two months.
After-Mouse.com is the first company to unveil a retail application based on Microsoft's Kinect hardware and Windows 7.
Ever looked at Android users with envy because they can use apps to turn their phone into a DLNA server, allowing them to stream music from it? Now there's no need to be envious, AirMusic is here and it's going to redress the balance.
Engadget today has announced winners of the 2010 Engadget Editor’s Choice Awards. And not so surprisingly, just like their Readers’ Choice Awards, iPhone 4 has bagged “Phone of the Year” award, iPad is awarded as “Gadget of the Year” while Microsoft’s Kinect has been awarded with both “Peripheral of the Year” and “Game Accessory of the Year” award.
We told you last week about Microsoft's press conference at Mobile World Congress where the Redmond outfit showed off its upcoming integration between Windows Phone 7 and the Xbox Kinect.
Microsoft’s Chief Executive, Steve Ballmer, announced today that they managed to sell over 8 million Kinect units in just 60 days since launch. This figure of course has significantly outpaced the 5 million units the company had expected to sell in 2010.
In his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2011) in Vegas, Ballmer announced Avatar Kinect for Xbox 360.