One of the few announcements Microsoft made at CES this year was that Kinect for Windows will be available from February 1st, in the US at least, for a hefty price tag of $250. As part of this announcements Microsoft also revealed that quite a few major companies are readying software to work with Kinect [...]

In about 20 minutes Microsoft will start a live announcement via Channel 9 to announce something related to Kinect and from what I, and others, have been told it will be that the Kinect for Windows SDK is being made available. Make sure you are watching the live stream, I imagine its going to be [...]

Just to let you know that today Microsoft have announced that they are rolling out the first update for Windows Phone 7, its not “NoDo” but an update for the phone that will ensure that that “NoDo” update will install correctly on devices. The update is being staggered so you might have already updated your [...]

I had an idea the last time the UK MSPs (Microsoft Student Partners) had a Lync meeting; Lync is a new product from Microsoft that unifies communications within an office environment allowing people to connect with each other via IM, VoiP, video calling, telephone calling all at the same time. What’s really good with this [...]

In case you weren’t aware Kinect will go on sale tomorrow in the US. Kinect is the completely controller free accessory for the Xbox 360 which allows anyone to use their whole body to control what happening on the screen. Its possible to jump, wave your hands or even talk to your TV to control [...]

So far I have found the branding of Kinect to be very interesting and I don’t mean the name. Normally when Microsoft announce and release a new product it comes as a new brand or part of a brand, look at Windows, Windows Live, Xbox, Zune, KIN etc they are all a brand. I was [...]

Today at a massive entertainment, circus themed event Microsoft have unveiled the official name of Project Natal, it shall now be known as Kinect. There is precious little information about Kinect at the moment including no news yet on price or availability. However Engadget have cobbled together as much information about the device and experience [...]