Last September, Microsoft announced the Kinect's availability in China, but the catch was there would be no Xbox 360 to go with the motion-sensing peripheral, meaning only the developers could make the most out of the sensor on a PC.

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Microsoft's introducing a new Kinect motion-sensing camera to go alongside its new Xbox One game console.

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Having to go through a cloture motion simply to get -- simply to get an up or down vote on a non-controversial nominee that has gone through a committee unanimously, and then ultimately gets through the Senate with one or two no votes or also gets through unanimously, is nothing more than a ridiculous abuse of the rules of the Senate.

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If things go as planned, gamers should be swinging a motion controller to sword-fighting victory in February.

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