After a long wait, Microsoft today is releasing Avatar Kinect, the online video chat application for Xbox that uses the Kinect sensor to track facial expressions and mouth movements and… Read More
Microsoft would no doubt have the money to buy Hulu, the popular online television and movie service, but would it have the inclination? My gut reaction is no, but the… Read More
As Microsoft looks to take its Kinect sensor beyond video games into mainstream computing, a top company executive today provided a glimpse of one direction the initiative could take. Look… Read More
Laura Massey is big into games, to say the least. She’s a software engineer for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game console, part of a team working on top-secret stuff for… Read More
Skype this afternoon announced a partnership with Comcast to bring video calls to more television sets — signaling that it isn’t standing still while it waits for its acquisition by… Read More
Looks like Microsoft’s Xbox Live didn’t have room in the company’s E3 media event this morning for all of its upcoming news. Here are two notable tidbits about additional upcoming… Read More
Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to extend the blockbuster Halo franchise for Xbox 360 with a new game, Halo 4, with a teaser video at the end of its media… Read More
Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to offer a live television service to users of its Xbox Live service, and hinted that it will include or connect to digital video recording… Read More
It’s hard to remember a week with so many big tech companies staging so many potentially big announcements. It kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time Monday morning with Microsoft’s… Read More
There were plenty of headline-grabbing comments from Google chairman Eric Schmidt tonight coming out of the D9 conference in California. Many of them were not-so-subtle digs at Microsoft, which Schmidt all… Read More
Microsoft plans to launch the long-awaited Hulu Plus service for its Xbox Live network tomorrow, allowing Xbox Live Gold members who pay an extra $8/month to get current TV shows… Read More
Judge tells Winklevoss twins to take the money, settlements don’t come in pairs. Google launches a daily trivia game, a Google a day. We’re going to ask Jeeves the answer.… Read More
Is this the future of Windows PCs? ZDNet’s Stephen Chapman has unearthed an internal video from Microsoft’s “Windows Gaming eXperience” team, showing the company’s vision for PC gaming and communications.… Read More
Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on its dedicated Zune hardware but planing to keep the Zune music software running on Windows Phone and other devices, according to a source… Read More