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Best Buy and GameStop are now offering the Xbox 360 game console, with the Kinect add-on and a 4 GB hard drive for $99 up-front and a two year subscription to Xbox Live Gold at $14.99 a month.
A new job listing for Microsoft's Connected Car Platform team says the next generation of the software will connect to Windows 8 and a ton of other Microsoft products and services.
A two-year-old document from Microsoft reveals a lot of information about their plans regarding the Xbox 720, an upcoming "XTV" service for this year and "Fortaleza" Kinect 3D glasses
Microsoft announced today that it has signed up the first companies that will offer ads running on Microsoft's Kinect-based NUads interactive TV advertising format.
King's College London has announced that it has received help from Microsoft Research in a new program that uses Kinect as the basis to help surgeons with touchless viewing of images.
Microsoft has announced that its Xbox 360 game console has sold 67 million units since its launch in 2005 and that sales continue to increase in the US while other consoles are seeing sales drops.
Engineers at a UK company are developing a new docking system for satellites using Microsoft's Kinect. The system will first be tested in twin satellites the company will launch.
A three man company called Ubi is using Microsoft's Kinect technology to create software that will turn a wall or any kind of surface into an interactive touch screen.
Microsoft has released the 1.5 version of its Kinect for Windows SDK tools for developers, adding support for features such as face tracking, a way to record and play back Kinect data and more.
Microsoft has sent Neowin a statement concerning information that was reported earlier this week concerning the company's plans for its Kinect-based NUads TV commercial project.
A Microsoft team in India has used Kinect technology to help those with speech and hearing difficulties to communicate by turning hand gestures into text or voice commands.
Microsoft is working on a program that will use its Kinect technology to develop what it calls NUads, which actually lets TV advertisers watch how an audience reacts to TV commercials.
Microsoft Research has shown off a new project called a MirageTable, which would allow for two people far away from each other to chat and interact with the same virtual objects.
Following news that IE10 will be the only browser allowed on Windows RT, Microsoft looks set to bring a version of its Internet Explorer browser to the Xbox 360, with voice and gesture controls.
The Kinect has many non-traditional uses and in the latest edition of awesome implementations, using a Kinect with a sandbox shows unlimited potential.
A recent report indicates that Microsoft will update the dashboard to incorporate new exercise tracking abilities. The company will also launch a univeral heart rate monitor peripheral.
A new research project from Microsoft describes a technology capable of detecting gestures and hand movements without a high-precision camera. A microphone and a speaker are everything that's needed
As sales of consoles stagnate across the board, Microsoft is looking to energise sales of its console, with a new Xbox 360 4GB + Kinect bundle for $99 upfront, subsidised by a $15 monthly subscription.
As promised, Bethesda Softworks has updated the Xbox 360 version of The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim to include Kinect voice command support. Also, the first DLC for the game, Dawnguard, has been teased.
Microsoft's Kinect and its Kinect SDK tools have won the Digital prize in the Design Museum's Designs of the Year competition for 2012. Nokia also won the Graphics award.
Majesco has announced plans to release NBA Baller Beats, an Xbox 360 Kinect-exclusive game that lets players use a real basketball to play the music rhythm based game.
A new report claims via unnamed sources that the much rumored Apple television product will also come with a game console, complete with both touch and Kinect-like motion controls.
Bethesda Softworks has announced that the Xbox 360 port of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will add support for its Kinect device later this month, specifically over 200 voice commands in the game.
The latest rumors surrounding Windows Phone 8 seem to indicate that Microsoft's Kinect technology will be integrated in some fashion, including the camera hardware and advanced voice recognition
Epic Games has confirmed that Gears of War: Exile, a spin-off of their popular shooter series that was never officially announced, was cancelled. The game was likely a Kinect-based title.
A Japanese company has discovered a way to adapt Microsoft's Kinect device to detect the small movements made from a human tongue for use in medical applications.
Kinect has continued to suffer with a host of poor games since it launched over a year ago, despite this Microsoft is holding Kinect Star Wars up as one of the hardware's flagship titles. Wrongly.
Microsoft has named 11 startup companies that will participate in their first Kinect Accelerator program, designed to offer those groups money and Kinect hardware to help develop software products.
Microsoft has announced that the 1.5 software update for its Kinect for Windows device should be released by the end of May with a number of new features and improvements.
Microsoft has teamed up with Ford and West Coast Customs to create a version of the Ford Mustang sports car that's loaded with Microsoft-based hardware and software.
A newly revealed project from Microsoft Research combines a Kinect device with an overhead projector to beam the image of a model car that can be controlled to interact with real objects.
Microsoft's Power and Utilities blog talks about how other companies are using Kinect for Windows in ways to better manage energy consumption in the home and more.
Peter Molyneux, the legendary game creator who founded the Lionhead development studio 15 years ago, has announced he has departed the studio and its owner Microsoft for a new company, 22 Cans.
Microsoft is promoting the use of its Kinect motion- and gesture-based interaction device in the classroom, claiming that students who use the product retain and comprehend information better.
Microsoft has released a new video from its Microsoft Research division that shows its "any surface" projector touch screen technology at work in a number of tasks.
Microsoft has announced a new Xbox 360 Kinect bundle package with both a glossy white console, Kinect motion sensor and a Xbox 360 controller, along with two free games for $299.99.
In another example of the company's research and innovation, Microsoft has shown off another project - a transparent 3D desktop, with elements that users can interact with virtually.
Microsoft is bridging the gap between Kinect and Windows Phone in a new R&D video that shows the power of combining two independent products into one interactive demo.
Sony has filed for a patent application in the US for a motion gesture-themed device that that is more than a bit similar to Microsoft's own successful Kinect technology.