Microsoft says 2.5M Kinect motion-sensing units sold in first 25 days on market
Thanks to strong demand over the Black Friday weekend, Microsoft said it has sold more than 2.5 million units of its Kinect motion-sensing system...
VentureBeat’s top 10 holiday gift ideas: affordable and fun gadgets that work
The holiday selling season is about to kick off and, slow economy or not, tech gadgets are going to be high on the wish...
Want motion control? Better move fast. Spot shortages already hitting Microsoft’s Kinect and Sony PlayStation Move
The newest motion-control systems from Microsoft and Sony are starting to be in short supply as the busy holiday shopping season approaches. Microsoft said...
Will Microsoft lead the charge to bring apps to video game consoles?
Welcome to the app economy. Next stop, video game consoles. A new advertisement by Microsoft suggests that applications running on its proprietary Silverlight framework are headed...
VentureBeat’s picks for the 10 best video games of the holiday season
We’ve unveiled VentureBeat’s picks for the 10 best video games of the holiday season. And this year’s picks really show how much the $20...
Microsoft sells 1 million Kinect motion controllers in 10 days
It’s now safe to say that motion-controlled gaming isn’t just a fad. Microsoft said it has sold 1 million units of its newest motion-control...
Week in review: Apple’s daylight saving bug
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Apple fails to...
Microsoft Kinect hack gets serious with multitouch interface (video)
The comparisons between Microsoft’s Kinect body-gesture motion-control system and the cool gesture-controlled computer in the 2002 sci fi movie Minority Report are getting old,...
Nintendo: the gaming landscape has changed forever, but console’s are doing just fine
Five years ago, video games were in a “golden age.” The Playstation 2 was dominating sales and found its way into most households, and...
Microsoft’s Kinect gaming control hacked already
Just a few days after the launch of Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensing game system, hackers have broken the security behind it, according to a video...