Microsoft goes to the matte: Xbox 360 losing its glossy sheen Should home electronics come in glossy or matte? OK, so it’s not exactly the weightiest debate of our time, but… Read More
Microsoft’s ‘KinectFusion’ creates real-time, 3D model of an entire room, and more Is this a glimpse of the future of Kinect for Xbox 360 and Windows? During a Microsoft Research demo event… Read More
Microsoft: Xbox 360 on track for biggest year in Xbox history Microsoft’s Xbox 360 landed atop the U.S. console market once again in July, according to a statement just released by… Read More
Fruit Ninja to give Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect some extra juice Fruit Ninja debuts this week for Microsoft’s Xbox Live — using the Kinect motion sensor to let gamers slice through… Read More
New Bungie film goes behind the games (Watch it with us) Bungie, the Seattle-area game studio best known for the blockbuster Halo franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox, just released a nearly hour-long… Read More
Seagull poop and other highlights from Avatar Kinect The launch of Microsoft’s Avatar Kinect yesterday has provided a new form of creative expression to Xbox 360 users —… Read More
Xbox 360 still tromping all over the U.S. console market June was a down month for the U.S. video-game industry overall, but not for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 –which turned in… Read More
Report: Microsoft in the mix as Hulu explores possible sale Microsoft would no doubt have the money to buy Hulu, the popular online television and movie service, but would it… Read More
Microsoft sees a future for Kinect avatars in health care As Microsoft looks to take its Kinect sensor beyond video games into mainstream computing, a top company executive today provided… Read More
Geek of the Week: Laura Massey, Xbox software engineer Laura Massey is big into games, to say the least. She’s a software engineer for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 rules the U.S. console market, again In a down month for video games, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued to buck the trend in May, according to new… Read More
New York Times casts Microsoft as a relic, but is it really the Kodak of PCs? There’s plenty to criticize Microsoft about these days. The company has fallen behind Apple in mobile phones and tablets. It’s… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s strategy, Apple’s iCloud, and Nintendo’s crazy new controller This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a big week in tech news — including Jeff Bezos at the… Read More
Nerd Notes: A dad embarrasses his kid for a year and Peanuts on Twitter Microsoft releases a teaser trailer for Halo 4. Master Chief is still a mega hunk, sporting a mega gun. … Read More
Video: Kinect goes Star Wars One of the E3 leaks from Microsoft’s website this morning was a new Star Wars game for the Kinect motion-sensor,… Read More
Platform or not, Microsoft’s Xbox business is booming Next week is the big E3 video-game convention, and Microsoft’s Xbox team this morning kicked off the competitive jockeying by… Read More
Google’s Eric Schmidt: Microsoft ‘not driving the consumer revolution’ There were plenty of headline-grabbing comments from Google chairman Eric Schmidt tonight coming out of the D9 conference in California. Many… Read More
500 new Windows Phone features — will Kinect integration be one? Microsoft will take the wraps off the next version of Windows Phone, code-named “Mango,” during a special event in New… Read More
Skype and Kinect could be Microsoft’s new killer combo Update: It’s official: Microsoft adds new ‘Skype Division’ in $8.5 billion deal Microsoft’s blockbuster agreement to acquire Skype is all… Read More
Microsoft profits climb as Xbox, Office trump PC slump Microsoft’s Xbox, Office and Windows Server businesses helped the company overcome a down quarter for the Windows PC market. The… Read More
Hulu Plus on Xbox Live … just in time for PlayStation outage Microsoft plans to launch the long-awaited Hulu Plus service for its Xbox Live network tomorrow, allowing Xbox Live Gold members… Read More
Wii sequel in 2012: Can Nintendo top PS3, Xbox 360? In the process of announcing its latest financial results this morning, Nintendo confirmed that it plans to release the successor… Read More
Xbox 360 on top of U.S. console market, again Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console sold 430,000 units in the U.S. in March, up 28 percent from the same month a… Read More
Microsoft unveils new Xbox hardware … for game developers Microsoft today announced a new piece of Xbox hardware that could make Xbox 360 games better, in the long… Read More
Xbox, Windows unite in internal Microsoft video Is this the future of Windows PCs? ZDNet’s Stephen Chapman has unearthed an internal video from Microsoft’s “Windows Gaming eXperience”… Read More
Goodbye from Seattle: Microsoft ending Zune device Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on its dedicated Zune hardware but planing to keep the Zune music software running… Read More
Data Dump: Kindle vs. iPad vs. Xbox vs. everything else Except for maybe those crazies at the front of the iPad 2 line, many of us have become pretty measured… Read More
‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ atop the heap in February (List) There’s a new king in the U.S. video game market, and it’s not exactly good news for the industry’s efforts… Read More
Xbox 360 scores its biggest non-holiday month ever Microsoft sold 535,000 Xbox 360s in the United States in February, the biggest month in the console’s history outside of… Read More
More Kinect coolness: Business collaboration and home automation hacks Microsoft plans to soon release a software development kit allowing hobbyists and academics to build applications for its Kinect motion… Read More
