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Microsoft-Sony.com a “Defensive Domain Hold” Says Microsoft
The discovery this week that “microsoft-sony.com” is a domain owned by Microsoft set off all sorts of speculation as to what a potential collaboration could mean. Microsoft’s Frank X. Shaw, the company’s top spokesman, tweeted on Friday that “Sony = great MS partner. No scoop here, this was just a defensive domain hold.” [h/t ThisLife17]
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Why Sony and Microsoft Teaming Up on Their Next Console Makes a Lot of Sense
Microsoft has trouble making hardware. Sony has trouble running online services. What if the next Xbox and the next PlayStation are one and the same? A few months ago, while reporting about the then unannounced Wii U console for Nintendo, we stumbled on an interesting ancillary rumor: Microsoft and Sony were in active discussions regarding…
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In the Future, Your Phone Could Control Your Robot Butler With A Next-Gen Kinect
Last year, Microsoft bought a company called Canesta. Canesta, a gesture-recognition company, is the way to the future. The company is responsible for the software that might power the next generation of Kinect, the Xbox 360’s motion control accessory. Because they’re creating hardware that’s smaller and faster than Kinect’s current tech, PrimeSense’s PrimeSensor, this makes…
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Microsoft has Rights to Make Another South Park XBLA Game
Microsoft has a two-game deal with Comedy Central for its South Park license, which implies that another Xbox Live Arcade game could be on the way, following 2009’s South Park: Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! Joystiq uncovered that nugget in a discussion with Prithvi Virasinghe of 345 Games, which is the games production arm of…
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Bungie Says ‘Halo is Now Yours’ as It Prepares the Handoff to Microsoft
As it did a year before, on Bungie Day (July 7), the Halo creators made available to the public the Bungie Armor and Nameplate in multiplayer, and prepared to wind down its stewardship of the Halo franchise it created with a sentimental note that hinted at future projects. “As we prepare to become fans of…
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Confederate Army Uniforms Pulled from Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace
Microsoft removed a Confederate soldier’s uniform and cap from an Xbox Live avatar items collection, following complaints from users about what the symbols represent. The gray uniform and cap, recognizably symbols of the American Confederacy, went on sale in an “American History” collection that featured Revolutionary War-era garb, fireworks, and an Abe Lincoln stovepipe hat…
By Owen Good
