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Microsoft moves 18 million Kinect sensors, leaves behind a lot of lonely couch cushions
Here’s a fun little tidbit from tonight’s Seacrest-heavy Microsoft Keynote: turns out that Redmond has moved 18 million Kinect sensors in just over a year, according to the Steve Ballmer’s numbers. The news came amidst a few announcements that shoul…
Gigabyte intros S1081 Windows slate and T1006M netvertible, both packing Cedar Trail
Intel told us to expect next-gen netbooks from a throng of manufacturers, but for some reason it forgot to mention little ol’ Gigabyte. Perhaps that’s why the Taiwanese manufacturer is being slightly standoffish when it comes to detailing its two ne…
Microsoft working on Vermeer, a ‘touchable’ 360-degree holographic display (video)
Touchable is a stretch when talking about Vermeer, but we’d definitely call it interactive. Instead of hiding the 360-degree display under an acrylic or glass dome it uses a parobolic reflector to float a 3D “object” in space and tracks hand motions…
Microsoft: UK Retailer ‘sold 94,000 counterfeit copies of Windows’
Microsoft has launched an attack on beleaguered electronics retailer Comet — stating that the British chain pirated 94,000 copies of Vista and XP recovery discs. Comet, which was recently sold off for £2 ($3), allegedly produced the copies …