Features

Entertainment Gift Shopping for the Holidays

Dec. 13, 2011

A one-stop shopping guide for entertainment from Microsoft this season – with a variety of solutions from Xbox 360 to Windows 7 PCs that will meet all interests and budgets.

Back-to-School Shopping Guide: Special Offers, Free Services and More

Aug. 22, 2011

Take a look at our collection of Microsoft products and services that help students get back to school with the tools and style to make this their best year ever.

Xbox Releases Avatar Kinect, Kinect Sparkler Interactive Experiences

July 25, 2011

Kinect Fun Labs, a hub for innovative gadgets that showcase advancements in the controller-free device’s technology, launches two new experiences this week: Avatar Kinect, and Kinect Sparkler.

Windows Phone 7 at the Center of Microsoft’s Consumer Product Showcase

Windows Phone 7 highlights Microsoft holiday lineup of consumer products shown at this year’s Microsoft Open House event in New York.

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Fact Sheets

Tech Gift Ideas From Microsoft

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Product Newsrooms

Bing Newsroom

Whether you’re at home or on the go with Windows Phone 7, Bing, the decision engine, is your holiday helper for shopping, travel, party planning or family activities, so you can spend less time doing and more time celebrating with family and friends this holiday season.

Microsoft Hardware Newsroom

Facing multiple personality gift-giving this year with your trendy best friend, gadget-guru boyfriend and parents who live across the country? Microsoft Hardware has your list covered with gifts to help your friends and family keep in style, work smarter and stay in touch.

Internet Explorer Newsroom

Unleash a More Beautiful Web! The No. 1 thing most people do on their Windows-based PC is browse the Web. Microsoft developed the new Windows Internet Explorer 9 to provide a more immersive experience and interactivity and function in a new way.

Office Newsroom

Following the release of Office 2010 and the Office Web Apps, the upcoming Office Mobile for Windows Phone 7 will complete the premier PC, browser and phone experience — helping you get things done at home, in the office, in the classroom or on the road.

Windows Newsroom

Today’s Windows experience is designed to give you a great set of communication and sharing experiences that help keep you in control and your life in sync across your PC, your phone and the Web. With Windows 7 and Windows Live Essentials you can create, connect and share with your friends, control your data across your devices and have the best experience on the Web with Windows.

Windows Live Newsroom

Windows Live Essentials is a set of free downloadable programs to help you connect, create and share. Whether it’s photos, movies, instant messaging, e-mail, blogging or keeping your content in sync, Windows Live will help you get more done with Windows.

Windows Phone Newsroom

Windows Phone 7 is a different kind of phone. Its smart design brings together what you care about most, putting it front and center to help you focus more on your life and less on your phone. It’s all about keeping you more in the moment and less heads down on your phone.

Xbox Newsroom

Celebrate the season with controller-free games and entertainment from Kinect for Xbox 360. Launching Nov. 4, Kinect will get the whole family off the couch, laughing and playing together. With an Xbox LIVE Gold membership, Kinect lets you enjoy your favorite TV shows, movies, ESPN sporting events and music with just the command of your voice or wave of your hand. And don’t miss the year’s biggest blockbuster games “Halo: Reach” and “Fable III.”

Zune Newsroom

Microsoft’s Zune music and video entertainment service provides an integrated experience across Zune devices, Windows-based PCs, Xbox LIVE and Windows Phone 7. The updated Zune service rolls out to international markets Oct 11. This fall, Zune on Xbox LIVE gets even better with the controller-free magic of Kinect for Xbox 360.