Microsoft’s Chief Executive, Steve Ballmer, announced today that they managed to sell over 8 million Kinect units in just 60 days since launch. This figure of course has significantly outpaced the 5 million units the company had expected to sell in 2010.

In his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2011) in Vegas, Ballmer announced Avatar Kinect for Xbox 360.

At a special press conference held at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2011) in Vegas, Microsoft today showed off Windows 8 running on ARM processors.

The International Consumer Electronics Show 2011 (CES) will kick off today, commencing with the keynote address from Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft. His keynote like always will be streamed LIVE from Las Vegas on January 5th, 2010 at 6.30 pm PST (Pacific Standard Time), which is 2:30 am GMT. Click here to view what time it will be in your region when Steve delivers his keynote.

AT&T has been exclusively holding the iPhone for three years now, and it looks as if it’s finally going to come to an end soon. Apple is expected to announce the Verizon iPhone in early 2011. BusinessWeek reports that the announcement may not take place at CES 2011, but shortly afterwards, either by or before Valentines Day i.e. February 14th.