Game Developer Designs PC Game for Microsoft Kinect

From X-bit Labs: Since Kinect motion sensor connects to Xbox 360 using conventional USB cable, it was quickly hacked to work on PCs with unofficial open-source drivers. Examples of experiments of Kinect usage with a PC can be found all around the Internet, but up until now no one has...

Micron Ramping Up New IM Flash Fab Without Intel

From X-bit Labs: Micron Technology is ramping up IM Flash Singapore (IMFS) facility without CapEx funds from Intel and will as a result get all the output of the fab. At the same time, the company is planning to start transiting to 20nm process technology in summer, 2011, amid Intel...

Microsoft confirms critical IE bug, works on fix

From InfoWorld: Microsoft late Wednesday confirmed that all versions of Internet Explorer (IE) contain a critical vulnerability that attackers can exploit by persuading users to visit a rigged Web site.

Although the company said it would patch the problem, it is not planning to rush...

Skype Says Two-thirds of Users Still Can't Log in

From PC World: Skype estimates that about two-thirds of its users are still unable to log in after an outage caused by problems with its underlying peer-to-peer interconnection system, it said in a blog post around midday European time Thursday.

Almost 5 million users are back...

Rumored iPad 2 to Ship in January

From DailyTech: File this one squarely in the rumor column: anonymous Chinese sources have leaked a few secret details of the next-generation iPad to a Japanese blog, Engadget reports.

Again, the following specs are unconfirmed, but here is what the blog, Mac Otakara, alleges: the...

U.S. FTC Gives Intel's McAfee Acquisition Thumbs Up

From DailyTech: Many were baffled by Intel's August announcement that it was acquiring McAfee, the leading maker of antivirus software, for $7.68B USD. While Intel touted the promise of "hardware security" options, many felt that the deal was like trying to cross a cactus with an...

Comcast-NBC deal pushed into the new year

From CNET News.com: Comcast today said its proposed deal to acquire control of General Electric's NBC Universal won't get regulatory approval by the end of the year, as the company had hoped.

The cable giant issued a statement saying that even though the Federal Communications...

Why Netflix has content and Google TV doesn't

From CNET News.com: If Google managers hope to license premium TV shows and films for Google TV and YouTube, they should do what Netflix did and "build relationships through traditional means."

That's the recommendation of one studio executive who was referring to a tradition that...

Sony May Consider Touch Controls for PlayStation Portable 2

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment may at least consider touch-based input for its next-generation PlayStation Portable video game system. At least, the company said that there are games which clearly benefit from such input technology, which may be an indicator that shows...

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