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  • WIN: Limited Edition Star Wars Kinect Xbox 360 bundle. Competitions, Xbox 360, Star Wars, Kinect 0

    WIN: Limited Edition Star Wars Kinect Xbox 360 bundle

    The force can be with you, right under your telly 25 May 2012 18:13 GMT

    We're offering Pocket-Lint readers the chance to win a fantastic limited edition Star Wars Kinect Xbox 360 bundle.

    Become a true Jedi with the new Xbox 360 Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars console, featuring a custom design and sounds from...

  • Xbox 360 set for Kinect web browsing

    Xbox 360 set for Kinect controlled Internet Explorer browsing

    Full web experience 11 May 2012 9:53 GMT

    Xbox 360 users will soon be able to surf the web using Kinect gesture controls as Microsoft works on a modified version of Internet Explorer 9.

    Currently the Xbox 360’s browsing credentials is restricted to media results via Bing voice...

  • Microsoft job ad hints that Xbox 360 Skype is finally its on way. Microsoft, Gaming, Software, Skype, VoIP, Xbox 360, Kinect 0

    Microsoft job ad hints that Xbox 360 Skype is finally its on way

    About time 20 April 2012 14:06 GMT

    It's been almost a year since Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion, and while there have been improvements to the existing desktop clients and mobile applications, we still haven't had a sniff of the service on the Xbox 360.

    Until now, that...

  • Skyrim for Xbox 360 adds Kinect and Voice commands. Gaming, Skyrim, Kinect, Xbox 360 0

    Skyrim for Xbox 360 adds Kinect and Voice commands

    200 voice commands with free update 12 April 2012 16:11 GMT

    Gaming favourite Skyrim will soon be able to support Kinect on the Xbox 360. 

    The update will introduce more than 200 voice commands bringing a new element to the fifth instalment in The Elder Scrolls gaming series. 

    Gamers will be...

  • Creative director says Kinect: Star Wars is good enough for true fans. Gaming, Xbox, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Kinect, Interviews, Star Wars, Kinect Star Wars 0

    Creative director says Kinect: Star Wars is good enough for true fans

    FEATURE INTERVIEW: Kudo Tsunoya talks Kinect 11 April 2012 10:43 GMT

    Before Avatar, 3D never really mattered. It was the moment when people started backing the technology for its merits, not just its gimmicks. Now 3D is everywhere, in virtually every TV and built into games on both the PS3 and Xbox 360.

    Kinect...

  • Kinect: Star Wars. Gaming, Xbox, Xbox 360, Star Wars, Star Wars Kinect, Kinect, Kinect: Star Wars 0

    Kinect: Star Wars review

    3.5 REVIEW Feel the force? 3 April 2012 8:01 GMT

    Star Wars is everywhere. The Lucas empire extends far beyond the reach of any traditional franchise, with our friends C3PO and R2D2 being as ubiquitous as the kitchen sink. Some of the ancillary elements to the Star Wars world are great - Knights of...

  • Magcian's Kinect trick

    Magician uses Microsoft Kinect to wow TED crowd

    Meaning of magic explained through Kinect 2 April 2012 16:02 GMT

    Sawing a woman in half. Walking on water. Living in an elevated glass box while the London public shout and throw obscenities at you... So last year. The latest magic tricks use Microsoft Kinect, as demonstrated here by techno illusionist Marco Tempest.

    Tempest...

  • Kinect for Windows goes live with new hardware. Hardware, Kinect, Microsoft Kinect, Microsoft Kinect SDK, Kinect for Windows, Microsoft 0

    Kinect for Windows goes live with new hardware

    Kinect for Windows sensor announced 1 February 2012 14:35 GMT

    Just as Steve Ballmer promised when he mentioned a 1 February launch at CES, the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) is now officially available, alongside dedicated hardware for the motion gesture platform.

    The Kinect for Windows...

  • Kinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way. Gaming, Laptops, Asus, Microsoft, Windows 8, Microsoft Kinect, Kinect 0

    Kinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way

    Asus prototypes being tested 27 January 2012 15:36 GMT

    How would you like to get your hands on (or rather keep them off) a laptop sporting a built-in Kinect sensor? It's more than just a hollow dream - Kinect packing laptops made by Asus, and Microsoft backed, are already in existence.

    The Daily...

  • Xbox 360 Dashboard update pictures and hands-on

    Xbox 360 Dashboard update pictures and hands-on

    HANDS-ON Bing search, Metro-styling and more... 5 December 2011 5:00 GMT

    Microsoft is set to release its most ambitious Xbox 360 Dashboard update in the six-year-old console's life to date, and Pocket-lint was invited to a swanky location in the heart of London to test the new features.

    Available for download globally...

  • Xbox and Kinect see bumper sales with dashboard update just days away. Microsoft, Kinect, shopping, Black Friday, Gaming 0

    Xbox and Kinect see bumper sales with dashboard update just days away

    The future is motion controlled 1 December 2011 10:22 GMT

    Microsoft has announced some pretty impressive stats for its Xbox 360 console and Kinect motion control device, as a week of Black Friday sales proves a huge draw.

    Over 960,000 Xbox 360 consoles were sold in the US during Black Friday week...

  • Kinect 2 rumoured to be accurate enough to lip read. Gaming, Kinect, Xbox 360, Xbox 720, Microsoft 0

    Kinect 2 rumoured to be accurate enough to lip read

    Bundled with future Xbox 28 November 2011 12:40 GMT

    Microsoft's new Kinect could feature motion sensing technology that is so accurate it would be able to read lips. Better still, it is set to be bundled with the next generation Xbox console, commonly referred to as the Xbox 720.

    Sources have...

  • Sony Kinect TV on the cards?. Televisions, Home Cinema, Microsoft, Kinect, Microsoft Kinect, Rumours 0

    Sony Kinect TV on the cards?

    A bite back at Apple, perhaps 25 November 2011 9:18 GMT

    Microsoft Kinect, the hugely successful motion control gaming accessory, might just get TV integration as reports suggest Microsoft has approached TV companies about licensing the Kinect tech.

    The Daily has suggested that both Sony and Vizio...

  • Kinect for Windows PCs moves tech to new level in 2012. Microsoft, Gaming, Kinect, Windows, Operating Systems 0

    Kinect for Windows PCs moves tech to new level in 2012

    Optimised hardware 23 November 2011 8:06 GMT

    Microsoft Kinect, the no-hands gaming peripheral for Xbox 360, is to see a move over to Windows PCs come early 2012, and in the process it'll be gaining new hardware improvements.

    We've seen the Kinect on a PC many times before with hackers...

  • Xbox is 10 today - we celebrate its history . Gaming, Xbox, Xbox 360, Halo, Gears of War, Kinect, Xbox Live, Features, Microsoft, Halo 3 0

    Xbox is 10 today - we celebrate its history

    FEATURE Box to the Future 15 November 2011 18:07 GMT

    The Xbox celebrates its 10th birthday today and with it a decade of some of the best gaming that consoles have ever seen.

    What a journey it has been. Some classic franchises and pieces of tech have made their names under the Xbox moniker and...

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