Only two weeks ago, research firm IDC published a press release where they predicted that Microsoft’s Kinect would heavily outsell Sony’s PlayStation Move; this prediction has, sort of, come true in the form of VGChartz recently published sales figures.
Who would’ve ever thought that a Windows based supercomputer will ever go pass the Petaflop barrier? Yes, as astonishing as it may sound but according to Microsoft, a supercomputer based on Windows crossed the petaflop barrier but fell short of a supercomputer with the same hardware configuration running Linux.
It was only a few days back when the Kinect hardware for the Xbox 360 got hacked to run on a Windows 7 PC. The fun doesn’t stop there, thanks to the recently released open source drivers for Kinect, it has now been hacked to run on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X ! Check out the video after the break.
Released just three days ago, Microsoft’s full-3D motion sensing doohickey - the Kinect - has been hacked!
Microsoft today has launched Kinect, the revolutionary new controller-less accessory for Xbox 360. With Kinect for Xbox 360, it is you, the gamer, who is the controller. Unlike Wii and PlayStation Move, Kinect completely eliminates the need for a physical game controller.
Research firm IDC has published a press release in which they have predicted that Microsoft’s motion sensing Kinect will outsell Sony’s motion-sensing controller Move by half to a full million units.
This year’s Dashboard Update for Xbox 360 is now rolling out to the general public. It features new updates like Kinect support, enhanced Netflixing, improved Zune music, ESPN Sports entertainment hub along with Metro-inspired UI updates.
Here’s yet another opportunity to grab a fully licensed Microsoft product for free, with absolutely no strings attached! Redmond Pie is giving away x1 fully licensed copy of the recently released Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011. You can be of any age to enter and yes its open for everyone around the world.
I don’t know if this is first for a Microsoft Mac product but after announcing general availability of Office for Mac 2011 yesterday, Microsoft today has released the final RTM bits of Office for Mac 2011 for their MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
Microsoft has just released Release Candidate version of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 for users running the final RTM version of the respective operating systems.
