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Microsoft Kinects Voice With Xbox 360, Gaming Console Turns ...

Microsoft has moved a step closer to turning the Xbox 360 from a game console into an entertainment center with the release of voice-activated search powered by Kinect and Bing across the platform -- a strategy that has been in the works [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 on pace to be top game console for 2011

Xbox 360 sold 438,000 units in September, making it the No. 1 game console in the U.S. for 2011, according to data from the NPD Group, an independent market research firm that tracks the digital entertainment industry. According to NPD [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft adding new television content to Xbox game console

Microsoft Corp. is adding significantly more video content to its Xbox 360 game console, though it's not yet ready to replace the cable box. The technology giant has reached deals with nearly 40 television distributors and content pro [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Xbox 360 Review - Microsoft's Xbox 360 Video Games Console

The Xbox 360 (sometimes shortened to X360) has been praised all around, and not without fault; put simply, it's a great machine. The Xbox 360 has great graphical capability, processing power, and quite the fan base. Being owned and [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Throwing in Free Xbox 360 with Windows 7 PC

Hold it in, there are two conditions here. First off, Microsoft does plan to bundle in a free Xbox 360 console with a Windows 7 PC, according to their official blog. But the offer is good only for students and the PC in question must be p [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Slips to No. 2 Behind Nintendo in U.S. Video-Game ...

Nintendo Co.’s Wii edged out Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 as the best-selling video-game console in the U.S. after Microsoft was unable to meet demand for its Kinect motion-sensing peripheral, the companies said. Nintendo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Xbox Microsoft Xbox – Video Game Console

The original Xbox was (and though a bit dated, still is) a great video game console. Released in November 2001, the Xbox allowed you to play games (including Popular titles such as Halo: Combat Evolved, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Will Microsoft lead the charge to bring apps to video game c...

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 to the XBox 360 — a feature that’s certainly [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade Game Console for $170 + free shipp...

Dell Home offers the Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade Game Console, model no. RKB-00001, for $169.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $30 and the best deal we've seen for this new model. Sales tax is ad [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft intros Kodu Game Creator

Microsoft has launched the public Beta of its easy PC game-creating software tool Kodu. Dubbed as the Technical Preview, the Kodu toolkit for PC is available for free to download for everybody. Microsoft claims the biggest change implement [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Unveils Natal and Game Room at CES

2010 is another big year for Microsoft. In fact, Microsoft has unveiled great goodies at this year’s CES in Las Vegas. Players of the Xbox 360 pay attention! One is the Natal, a device that you must have in order to take gaming to th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers

Online reports suggest that as many as 600,000 gamers may have been affected. Microsoft confirmed that it had banned a "small percentage" of the 20 million Xbox Live users worldwide. Microsoft said that modifying an Xbox 3 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Store Prints Games on Demand

Along with the launch of Windows 7 last week, Microsoft launched another huge initiative - retail stores. Much like Apple does with their stores, Microsoft wants users to have a one stop shop for everything under the MS brand includin [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft fixes Broken Steel DLC for Fallout 3

Fallout 3 fans will be pleased to know that Microsoft has announced that it has finally fixed the latest batch of downloadable content for the game on both the PC and Xbox 360 platform. The third DLC release is titled Broken Steel and has [...]