Tag Archives : Xbox

After becoming a heartthrob of millions of people across the world, PlayStation 3 still strives to add more fans to its kitty. In an effort to reach out to a wider range of customers Sony has slashed the price of the much celebrated Playstation 3 by $50, thereby making it available at $249. This price slash holds good for both the 320 GB and 160 GB [...]

We haven’t even reached the better half of 2011 and the tech world has already been jostled with an incredible news that of the VoIP king, Skype been brought by one of the oldest entities on the web, Microsoft Corporation for a staggering $8.5 billion. The voice-over-Internet company acquisition deal has been struck an investor group led by Silver [...]

Netflix and the Hulu Plus are really popular with those who like to watch TV or movies online. They also make the content pretty mobile and have been very popular for pretty long time. This time around, Microsoft announced at the CES 2011 that they would be launching a new software update which would make sure that Netflix and the Hulu Plus would come [...]

Kinect is one of the most advanced technologies that Microsoft has come up with and it is all about motion sensors that would know what you are doing and command the console or computer accordingly. This time around, Microsoft has announced Avatar Kinect for Xbox 360 at the CES 2011. With the help of Avatar Kinect, the Xbox 360 can recognize various [...]

Sometime back, the motion-sensing technology in Xbox Kinect was a great thing and people look forward to seeing the technology on their Xboxes while a similar technology was already available on the Wii, thanks to the Wii Motion. Now, Xbox Kinect’s motion sensing technology may come to TVs and PCs as well thanks to collaboration between PrimeSense [...]

It’s the holiday yet again and with Christmas and the New Year’s Eve just a month away, the Black Friday shopping season is in full swing. This is the time of joy that encompasses the entire month of November and December, staring off with ‘Thanksgiving Day’. The holiday season is not only a time for reveling in mouthwatering treats and dishes, [...]

Microsoft announced today that it has sold over one million systems to control video game Kinect within 10 days of initial product sales. The device can play without the use of hands. The result confirms the possibility of hitting the target to sell five million of these handsets by the end of the year. The world’s largest software expects the [...]

Today the site engadget.com published the supposed new logos from Microsoft that will be revealed in its annual MGX (Microsoft Global Exchange) event, including … new logos for its main brands (Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox, Bing, and finally, the Office logo family) with a new slogan. “Be What’s Next” Windows, Windows Phone, [...]

After the announcement of the change in name of Project Christmas to Kinect, it seems that Microsoft‘s other secret was revealed. An Italian site posted pictures on your Xbox 360 Slim version. Everything indicates that it should only be made public at E3. According to the Italian Console-Tribe, the equipment has been completely redesigned, with [...]

One of the most popular online video sharing services, YouTube has now begun its very own video rental service, wherein YouTube is now offering rentals for a duration of 48 hours with a price tag of $0.99 to $3.99. All the rental fees are paid through the Google Checkout service. There had been quite a buzz in regards to the video rental service by [...]