Now that Kinect hardware is available for Windows, app developers can get busy bringing voice and motion control to desktop PCs. Microsoft is already working on Kinect Windows apps with hundreds of ...

Microsoft this morning confirmed that it has acquired internet video chat company Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. And just like that, Microsoft has become a key player in the world of video chat. The ...

For all the successes we've seen in the world of games, the industry has experienced its share of failures. The Xbox Kinect was arguably one of the biggest missteps in gaming history, mostly because ...

The new Kinect, the second generation of Microsoft's motion capture camera technology, has been making healthcare headlines for nearly a year now as a few select companies were able to tinker with ...

Over a decade ago, Skype was one of the big features that Microsoft boasted about for Xbox One--which the company coined the "all in one experience." Today, Microsoft has announced plans to shut down ...

It's official: Kinect is not just a toy anymore (not that it ever was). In a statement today, Microsoft has announced that it's responding to consumer feedback and creating a PC version of its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For all the successes we've seen in the world of games, the industry has experienced its share of failures. The Xbox Kinect was ...