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- Fri, 18 May 2012
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Man, what a show we've got for you this month. For starters, we popped by the Smithsonian, to check out the museum's Art of the Video Game exhibit. And while the awesome Fifth Avenue Frogger game didn't actually make it into those hallowed halls, we did take a close up look at the hacked arcade cabinet for the show. Speaking of video games (which we seem to be doing a lot these days), we'll also pay a visit to the newly reborn Chinatown Fair and...
ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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At the end of last year, an Administrative Law Judge issued an initial ruling that Motorola's mobile devices infringe a bit of Microsoft's IP. Now, the Commission has affirmed that decision and issued an exclusion order to ban Moto's offending devices from importation into the US. In case you weren't aware, the four patent claims at issue generally cover technology for scheduling meetings over email using a mobile device. So, unless Motorola...
Sprint introduces My Wireless STS service to assist folks with speech disabilities
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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Sprint's had text-to-speech services on devices like the Samsung Epic 4G for quite some time, and now, looking to build up on that, the company's introducing its My Wireless STS feature. The new speech-to-speech service aims to help people with speech disabilities by giving them access to an operator-assisted line every day of the week and all year round. Folks wanting to use the My Wireless STS will have to dial *787 from their device, after...
Gogo and AeroSat get friendly on Ku-band, bring international in-flight WiFi closer
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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Gogo has a virtual lock on in-flight WiFi for the US, but most of us forget that everything goes dark the moment you decide to cross the border. The company already has a deal with Inmarsat for Ka-band Internet connections, and now it's partnering up with AeroSat to bring Ku-band satellite access. The tie-in will let Gogo offer precious relief from tedium on international flights, whether it's a modest hop to the Great White North or an...
Insignia Narrator is a “talking” HD radio
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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This July, we will have seen our fair share of Hollywood blockbusters, but apart from that, there is also the Insignia Narrator, which has been touted to be the first “talking” HD radio on the market. The Narrator will be bound for a Best Buy debut, and is also the first IAAIS-certified HD radio product, which sports an ergonomical design that caters for folks who are visually impaired, sporting audible voice prompts as well as a...
Students buy a PC, get a free Xbox 360 from Microsoft
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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Starting May 20, Microsoft will offer students purchasing a PC of $699 or more a free 4GB Xbox 360, presumably to aid in their studies.
Microsoft offered a similar deal last summer, and apparently it was successful enough to warrant a return.
With Windows 8 just around the corner, it may seem wise to wait to buy a new PC, but a free $200 gaming console is a particularly delicious carrot to dangle in front of college-aged teens and adults.
The deal...
Zero Motorcycles will pay for your first 25,000 e-motorbike miles, wants you to ride guilt-free
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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If you've been staring lustfully at an electric motorcycle but needed that little extra push to make the jump, Zero Motorcycles has a unique incentive in store: it'll pay for your first 25,000 miles on the road. Should you take the keys to any one of the company's two-wheelers between now and the end of May, you'll get a Visa gift card for the amount within a few weeks. Of course, the reason it can make such a seemingly generous offer is...
Microsoft looks into next generation PC displays
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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The future is definitely worth looking forward to – after all, if we cannot look into the future with optimism, there is very little reason to have the will to survive and make the most out of today. Microsoft knows this, which is why they are future forward and brimming with enthusiasm about meeting what lies ahead with a can-do attitude. Claiming that “advances in touch, 3D and HD display technologies” have resulted in a...
NHK and JVC develop 120fps Super Hi-Vision projector
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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If your cine-cave is already decked out with the Super Hi-Vision display, the Super Hi-Vision camera, and the Super Hi-Vision-supping antenna, we guess you just need the 120fps Super Hi-Vision projector to complete the set? Guess what? Working with JVC, NHK has developed just that. It might not be much to look at, but that hunk of tech up there comes with the extra frame rate that also makes it play fast nice with the sensor technology NHK was...
HTC Evo 4G LTE delay continues indefinitely
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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The HTC Evo 4G LTE Android smartphone is being treated like an expatriate fugitive, held at the U.S. border by officials while they investigate whether HTC complied with a court order from December.
A note from Best Buy to customers who pre-ordered the HTC Evo 4G LTE reportedly confirmed that they won't be getting the phone any time soon.
HTC lost a patent dispute with Apple last year, and in December the International Trade Commission issued a...