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Rumours about what will be revealed at CES 2011 have already begun to circulate. Steve Ballmer will be making his usual appearance, he may be announcing a new slate device and possibly demoing Windows 8. There is much speculation that … Continue reading
Apple did hold the title of fastest selling device in gadget history after the iPad sold 2 million units in 2 months. but now Microsoft have stolen the title! According to readwriteweb.com, Microsoft have sold 2.5 million Kinect?s in just … Continue reading
Remember that classic 80?s sci-fi movie Predator with Arnie and Carl Weathers? Remember the predators cloaking device, it won an academy award for the best visual effect back in 1988. Today it?s actually possible to be the predator in your … Continue reading
It been announced by Microsoft that they?ve sold 2.5 million units in just 25 days. This number includes all worldwide sales and dwarfs the sales figures of their rivals Sony. Sony sold 2.5 million PlayStation Move controllers within a couple … Continue reading
Yankeyan, who was responsible for the Kinect hack that gave us a lightsabre, has created a gesture control scheme for Super Mario Bros. Old school meets new school in this tribute to 25 years of Mario. Yankeyan described how he … Continue reading
Now that Microsoft have done a complete 360 with their stance on the Kinect being hacked. Microsoft had previously said that it does not ”condone the modification of its products.” Now they?re claiming that it was all part of their … Continue reading
It was reported last week that Kinect had been hacked after a bounty had been offered up for it to be done. The challenge was met fairly swiftly in just 3 days. Now the first application that uses the Kinect … Continue reading
It was reported late last week, that Adafruit Industries, a New-York based company, was offering $2000 for an open source Kinect driver hack that would allow the technology to be used on platforms outside of the Xbox360. Ont he 7th … Continue reading
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, has sold 49.3 million shares in Microsoft stocks. That?s 12% of his own shares and is worth about $1.3 billion. Ballmer is Microsoft?s top executive, he?s got rid of part of his stake in the company … Continue reading
Microsoft has started an effort to prevent governments from using anti piracy laws to take down non-profit organizations that may not see eye to eye with their governments. This effort spans 12 countries, including Russia and China. In these countries … Continue reading
