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  Microsoft Research delves into economics

  You might think Microsoft’s research centers would be all about software, security, mobile technology and the like, but the company’s New England research group highlights in its year-end wrap-up the work it has done in areas such as economics, biology and maybe less surprisingly, social media.

  By Bob Brown | 04 January, 2012 01:24

  Tags: Facebook, Microsoft, Microsoft Kinect, microsoft research, mobile, Mobile OSes, operating systems, software, Windows, Windows Phone

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  Microsoft Kinect hits 10 million mark, sets Guinness World Record

  Microsoft has announced that it has sold 10 million Kinect motion-sensing systems. Kinect is designed to be used with Microsoft's Xbox 360 console and lets you use your body to control games and access media files.

  By Rohan Pearce | 10 March, 2011 10:25

  Tags: Microsoft Kinect, XBox 360

• Microsoft pushes more Kinect-like user interfaces

  Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 ditched handheld controllers for gestures and sound, but natural user interfaces don't have to be restricted to video games.

  By Jon Brodkin | 09 March, 2011 08:45

  Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft Kinect, software

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  Kinect for Windows SDK shipping later this year

  Microsoft's official blog has announced that a free, "non-commercial" Windows SDK for developing for applications using the company's Kinect motion sensing system will be available for download "this spring" (that's our autumn for the hemispherically challenged).

  By Rohan Pearce | 22 February, 2011 10:21

  Tags: Microsoft Kinect, software development

• Kinect, Wii used to play Call of Duty in gadget mashup hack

  So, you want to play some Call Of Duty on your PC? You could do that the old fashioned way, or you could spice things up a little by hooking your PC up to Microsoft's Kinect and Nintendo's Wii Remote for some added FPS awesomeness, One avid gamer has done just that, sharing the impressive results on YouTube for all to see.

  By Chris Brandrick | 12 January, 2011 12:23

  Tags: Game platforms, games, gaming, Microsoft, Microsoft Kinect, Nintendo, wii, Xbox, XBox 360

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