Category: Microsoft

Connect With Any Game Through the Xbox Kinect!


Released in November of 2010, the Xbox Kinect is the newest and latest video game platform released from Microsoft. The Kinect enables game users to interact with the Xbox 360 without any need to touch or use a game controller. Commands are given through using certain gestures, speaking, or with the presentation of certain objects.…

Steve Jobs Speaks out at the D8 All Things Digital interview


  At the All Things Digital interview on Tuesday June 1st, Steve Jobs stepped out on the stage and talked for the first time since the last All Things Digital interview in 2007. However, in this year’s conference, Bill Gates was not present as he was in 2007.

Final Fantasy XIII for Playstation 3


The newest in an extremely long history of stand-alone role playing games, Final Fantasy XIII is THE standard for single-player RPG action. Fans of the long-running series have come to expect certain things from the game developer, Square Enix, and they won’t be disappointed this time around. The game is also interesting and engaging enough…

Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer Announces tablet PC


At his keynote speech, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is likely to show off a tablet PC.  According to the New York Times, in any case. Reports say that the machine will be made by Hewlett Packard and will be available in the middle of the year. According…



At his keynote speech, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is likely to show off a tablet PC.  According to the New York Times, in any case. Reports say that the machine will be made by Hewlett Packard and will be available in the middle of the year.

According to the newspaper, Ballmer will unveil the tablet as an e-reader and an all-round multimedia device. That’s more or less what Apple is likely to announce in a few weeks with it’s “iSlate” tablet.

This won’t be the first time Microsoft has touted the concept of a PC tablet and pushed it with all of its might. It’s been promoting its concept for more than fifteen years, but has so far failed to make little impact on the market with the device.

Apple, as with Google’s Nexus One smart phone, announced yesterday, is likely to shrug its shoulders at attempts by Microsoft to steal its thunder. It’s something of a tradition for Microsoft to announce products at keynote speeches in CES without them necessarily making waves in the future.