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wraggster
April 27th, 2011, 23:38
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Microsoft's Kinect (http://www.engadget.com/product/kinect) is clearly gunning to grab the Guinness record for most Guinness records. Back in March, the hands-free peripheral nabbed a certificate (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/09/microsoft-sells-10-million-kinects-10-million-kinect-games/) naming it the "Fastest Selling Consumer Electronics Device," and now the Xbox Live and Kinect Sports teams are the joint owners of the record for "The Largest Online 100 Metre Sprint" -- after Microsoft managed to convince (http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/13/microsoft-wants-you-to-help-set-a-guinness-world-record-for-the/) 10,539 of its closest pals to help it run in place via Xbox Live earlier this month. According to Redmond, the long-winded accomplishment is under consideration for inclusion in a Guinness volume -- though admittedly only theGamer's Edition spinoff, itself a shoo-in for "most superfluous record book."
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/27/microsoft-kinect-shatters-hyper-specific-guinness-world-record/