Microsoft has always said Kinect will work with every Xbox 360, but the new black Xbox has a special trick move - that ExtUSB-ish port marked Aux up there is actually a special Kinect port that handles both data and power for the new motion control system.

There's the good kind of follow-the-leader, and then there's this. While the world cheered as all four major US wireless carriers implemented prorated early termination fees, we can all hang our heads accordingly for this one: AT&T has just followed Verizon Wireless' march into the dark, evil corners of contractland by adjusting ETFs higher for netbooks and smartphones.

Are you sick of the guitar player in your life anachronistically asking you to reset the needle on their turntable so they can rock out to the Electric Light Orchestra?

One of Nokia's next full touch smartphones, the Nokia C7, which posed for some photos a couple of weeks back is for real.

During a interview with a group of American media this afternoon in Nagoya, Japan, Toyota president Akio Toyoda revealed that his company is already in the process of building a prototype electric vehicle with a Tesla battery pack.