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• Microsoft releases Kinect SDK for PCs

  Microsoft on Thursday released a beta version of a software development kit that lets hobbyists build applications for the Kinect sensor.

• Nintendo Wii U extends screen, stops short of mobile gaming

  Nintendo promised to offer gamers more content and new kinds of interaction with the introduction of Wii U, a handheld gaming device that pairs with the Wii game console.

• Sony offers apology, look ahead with Vita and 3D bundle

  Sony <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVeUfNxS0hw">opened its E3 press conference Monday with an apology</a> for the multi-week PlayStation Network outage.

• Kinect voice control seaches content, integrates with TV

  Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 will be able to receive voice controls, letting users control their television and search for content, the company announced Monday at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles.

• Kinect hack controls a USB rocket launcher

  There are now hundreds of Microsoft Kinect hacks in the hacking community right now. When you have hacks such as the Super Saiyan impersonator and the robot controller too, it didn't take too long for someone to figure out how to control a rocket launcher connected to the Kinect with just their hands.

• Kinect Hack Helps the Blind Navigate

  Kinect hacks seem to be getting better and better.

• Kinect Breaks Guinness Record, Sells 10 Million Systems

  It looks like Kinect's officially a record-setter, grabbing Guinness' attention long enough to snag the title 'fastest selling consumer electronics device'. According to Microsoft, their controller-free Xbox 360 motion-sensing camera has sold a whopping 10 million units since it launched in early November last year.

• Kinect Gets Disconnected In Teardown

  Kinect, Microsoft's new motion control gaming system, launched across America this Thursday. And as is the case with any new and noteworthy tech product, the folks over at iFixit got straight to work on taking the Kinect apart, all in the name of geek curiosity.