Kinect for Xbox 360 that brings controller-free gaming to the living room got an enthralling response of over 1 million units sold in the first ten days. On November 24, Microsoft India has introduced Kinect for Xbox 360 for the Indian audience. Microsoft will offer Kinect in two editions - Standalone bundle and All-in-one bundle. The standalone Kinect for Xbox 360 unit along with Kinect Adventures disc would be sold for Rs. 9,990. All-in-one bundle with Xbox 360 4 GB Slim console and Kinect Sensor would cost Rs. 22,990. ...

And the wait is over for Indians using Samsung Galaxy S. After Google’s official launch of Android 2.2 (Froyo) update in UK on November 5, Samsung officially pushed this update yesterday for Indian users. The GALAXY S is Samsung’s cleverly designed smartphone with a bright 4-inch SUPER AMOLED screen and a 1 GHz application processor. Android 2.2 update for Galaxy S reportedly adds the following: Android 2.2 JIT compiler Adobe Flash Player 10.1 compatibility New Android Market with auto-updating Speed improvements Pinch-to-zoom home screen flyover Improved default keyboard Quick links to “GPS” and “Auto rotation” toggles on notification bar added Slightly different graphics and transitions with app drawer and default icon dock Colored icons in settings GPS Fix Colored settings icons Media Hub Darker menu theme, navy blue colour Better Exchange support Video records in MP4 format New Search widget New Gmail application

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes today announced the public beta launch of “Jumo”, a social network for people who want to change the world. Chris co-founded Facebook in 2004 and helped lay the foundation for the communications and product management teams. Jumo launches today, November 30th, supporting 3,500 charities in over 200 issue areas across the world. The site enables you to search for issues and organizations that spark your compassion, whether it’s a girls’ school in rural Kenya or a homeless shelter in Haiti; follow the latest news and updates; and support their work by donating your time, money or skills. ...

Nokia announced earlier in the month that they’d be taking over the development side of Symbian, and that the Symbian Foundation will make the transition to a licensing operation. The next stage of the transition was announced via their Wiki recently, and involves closing the virtual doors on all of the Symbian Foundation’s websites come December 17th. Every single website — including the source code, kits, wiki, bug database, reference documentation, and Symbian Ideas hosted on them — will be removed from the web. ...

The long awaited iOS 4.2 update is finally available now to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. Some of the most exciting features to this free software update include - Multitasking on iPad Folders on iPad AirPrint – makes it simple to print email, photos, web pages, and documents right from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. There’s no software to download, no drivers to install, and no cables to connect. ...

Microsoft Windows completes 25 years today. On November 20, 1985, the first version Windows 1.0 was released. Can you recall how Windows 1.0 looked like? To be frank, I was born in the same year and no real hands-on experience for me until Windows 95! . Oh, and of course Windows 8. I hardly know much about it at the moment except the leaked slides. Let’s hope it is as well received as Windows 7 has been so far. Happy Birthday Windows! ...

This is not an “Email Killer” – Mark Zuckerberg emphasized at the Massive Messaging Facebook event, which is happening now. Today, Facebook announced the next evolution of messaging system. Facebook is going to launch this revolutionary messaging and email addresses gradually in next few months. Once you receive an invitation, you’ll be able to get started and also invite your friends to join you. So, do you think this is a “Gmail Killer”? ...

You’ve still got email! But, from the people who led the first email revolution, AOL is redesigning its email service to a faster and easier interface called as Project Phoenix. The Project Phoenix inbox page was designed to make it easier to fire off a quick e-mail, text or instant message with just a few clicks on a “quick bar” at the top of the page. People can also send short replies right from the inbox page, without having to click on a message first. The new design displays thumbnails of recent photo attachments at a glance, and lets people toggle between several open e-mails at a time. ...

Google is about to make more of its services available to organizations with Google Apps accounts. This is an early adopter phase, and all domains may not get this option to move to the new infrastructure. What this means for you: In addition to the core suite of messaging and collaboration applications, Google Apps users may now access many more Google services with their Google Apps accounts. Those who are eligible for this early adoption, Google Apps administrator will be presented with the above banner to start with the migration. ...

The Internet web service provider Register.com suffers a massive outage yesterday and many users relying on it for Email, DNS redirections are still experiencing problems. According to the update on their homepage, they were hit by a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. On Friday, November 12th we were hit by a distributed denial of service attack (ddos). We are actively working to mitigate the attack and restore services as soon as possible. Every available resource has been deployed to address this malicious attack. If you are having trouble accessing your webmail, please contact customer service at 1888.734.4783. We will update you as soon as we have more information. ...