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Microsoft Says 10 Million Kinect Sensors Sold for Xbox

in Commerce on March 9, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

Microsoft announced today that it had sold 10 million Kinect sensors for the Xbox just four months after it went on sale.

Is Your Videogame Machine Watching You?

in News on November 11, 2010 at 2:16 pm PT

Microsoft Corp. officials are considering using the camera on their new Kinect videogame system to target ads to people watching the games. Dennis Durkin, who serves as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for Microsoft’s Xbox video game business, told investors Thursday that Kinect – which allows users to play video games without so much as a joystick – presents business opportunities for targeted game marketing and advertising.

Fraudsters Like Virtual Goods

in News on July 21, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Sales of digital goods such as virtual objects and currency used in online games are taking off with consumers. Unfortunately for their vendors, they are increasingly popular with cyber criminals, too. Merchants that sell digital goods lost 1.9 percent of all revenue to fraud in 2009, compared with a 1.1 percent fraud rate for companies that sell physical goods online, according to CyberSource Corp., which processes credit cards for online merchants.

Let It Be: Beatles Still Not Coming to iTunes Tomorrow

in Media on September 8, 2009 at 8:51 am PT

iPods with cameras? Maybe. iTunes with new features? For sure. iTunes with Beatles? Nope. I’m sure that Apple will indeed sell the Fab Four’s music via its digital music store one day. But it’s not happening at Apple’s keynote presentation tomorrow.
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