New Kinect for Windows hardware coming in 2014
Microsoft has revealed more information about the next hardware version of Kinect for Windows, which will be shown at BUILD 2013 and will be released sometime in 2014. More...

John began his journalism career writing for print newspapers but 11 years ago moved on to write mostly for online outlets, particularly PC gaming sites. He has worked for a variety of sites including Firing Squad and most recently AOL's Big Download web site.
Microsoft has revealed more information about the next hardware version of Kinect for Windows, which will be shown at BUILD 2013 and will be released sometime in 2014. More...
A Google security engineer has posted evidence of a Windows zero-day exploit on a public website. Microsoft stated that it is investigating the claim but said there's no evidence it is being used. More...
HP has revealed its newest Windows 8 PC, the 20-inch Envy Rove 20, which joins the growing trend of the all-in-one PCs that can also be used as a very large stand alone tablet. More...
Atari will try to sell off all of its assets, including the Atari brand name, in a number of separate auctions that will commence sometime in July. Atari is hoping to raise at least $22.2 million. More...
High Voltage Software will port the 2011 PS3-Xbox 360 fighting game Mortal Kombat over to the PC, including its post-release DLC content, as the Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition in July. More...
Microsoft has again made comments about how it believes that Google is not doing enough to protect the privacy of its users, suggesting at one point Google is "a corporation not wearing deodorant." More...
Microsoft has formed a new team in its Redmond, Washington, headquarters, Yammer North, that will help to integrate the Yammer social network into Microsoft's Office 365 services. More...
Microsoft's Larry Hryb said today in an online chat that the company is "working on a plan" that will allow small game and app developers "to be a part of the future of" the Xbox One console. More...
Microsoft is using its Vine marketing campaign for Internet Explorer to hint strongly that WebGL support may be finally coming to Internet Explorer 10 sometime in the near future. More...
Twitter has announced it has started rolling out its new two-factor authentication option to help protect accounts for its users, which includes sending a SMS message to a phone to confirm logins. More...
A new report, using unnamed sources, claims to have more information how how the Windows 8 kernel will work inside Microsoft's Xbox One, including word that app releases will be strictly controlled. More...
Microsoft is not commenting yet on if the upcoming Xbox One console will have its own SkyDrive app, as the Xbox 360 console does, saying only, "We'll have more to share on this at a later time." More...
It's now been confirmed that AMD is indeed the co-designer behind the single-chip APU hardware inside Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One console, something Microsoft did not mention in its press event. More...
Microsoft has confirmed that games made for the Xbox One will simply be labeled as Games on the console's dashboard and that the Xbox Live Arcade and Xbox Live Indie Games labels won't be used. More...
Microsoft Xbox exec Jeff Henshaw says he doesn't think people will be confused by the decision to call the next Xbox console the Xbox One, even though some might think it is a first generation console More...