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People from 36 countries gathered in the Estonian capital of Tallinn this past weekend for a virtual Olympic Games. Using Xbox Kinect technology, the athletes ran and jumped in place for a chance to claim their spot on the podium. Events included sprints, discus and the javelin throw. In the end, the top team was [...]

In support of its all-new CT 200h hybrid, Lexus has forged its first partnership with Microsoft and the Xbox 360 LIVE network by sponsoring an “All-Nighter.” On Saturday, December 18, Lexus will sponsor the all-night gaming marathon for “Halo: Reach,” giving gamers the opportunity to download Lexus content and enter to win prizes for playing [...]

The joystick. For many years since the dawn of gaming in arcades the joystick had been the primary mode of input for most if not all gaming. Even devolving into game pads and such during the NES and Sega Genesis days it was still really a mode of inputting things in a analog source. This [...]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spend some time at the University of Washington today preaching the Microsoft Cloud Gospel. According to a recent email and the presentation today, Ballmer says that, “…when it comes to the cloud, we are all in.” The majority of his ”Five Definitions of the Cloud” speech (which is embedded below) dealt with improving [...]

After initially being released for $1.99 and then getting a stern “talking to” by Microsoft for noncompliance with their policy, creator Xavier Larrea has released a free version of his Xbox 360 Live iPhone app and it is available now in the iTunes App Store. [via] Go get the app here. Per the description, Xavier’s [...]