Microsoft has acquired id8 Group R2 Studios to boost its Xbox team,in a deal leaked to some media outlets last week. The acquired company,better known as R2 Studios,was founded by Blake Krikorian,who has been named corporate vice ...
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This Spring,One For All introduces its new INFINITY universal remote control range with'Smart Screen'which shows you only the keys you need.Beautiful in either snowy white or jet black with sophisticated silver detailing,using a remote has ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft told the U.S. International Trade Commission that it expects Motorola Mobility to withdraw claims relating to two patents it says are essential to the H.264 standard in its complaint against the Xbox, in view of ...
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Flexible OLEDs that can be rolled up or wrapped around the sides of smartphones are getting closer to reality.Samsung Electronics showed some of its prototype flexible displays at CES Wednesday and launched a new brand name for them,Youm. ...
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Sprint will make two handsets available by this summer. Sprint will offer its 3G and 4G LTE service on both the Samsung and HTC smartphones. The phones will also features like dual cameras for video chat, enhanced speed between ...
UK - Cinimod Studio in conjunction with Prolyte Group's Special Projects Division, Litestructures, have delivered the most epic of public lighting installations to mark the highly anticipated launch of the Halo 4 Xbox 360 game. Agency ...
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IDG News Service - Nvidia is taking video games into the cloud with a new rack server optimized for computer graphics. The server works in combination with software in a client device and holds the promise of delivering high-quality ...
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Think your high-definition TV is hot stuff - as sharp as it gets? At the biggest trade show in the Americas, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, TV makers will be doing their best to convince you that HDTVs are old hat, and should make ...
Microsoft has acquired a small home entertainment technology start-up called id8 Group R2 Studios, which recently launched a Google Android application enabling users to control home heating and lighting systems from their mobile devices. ...
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IDG News Service-Facing a sluggish PC market and deferring revenue from sales of its upcoming Windows 8 OS,Microsoft reported$4.47 billion in net income for its first fiscal quarter of 2013,a 22%decline from the same period a year earlier. ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft on Friday said it has fully restored its Xbox Live service after problems prevented an undetermined number of users from logging into the online gaming service. At 4:28 p.m. Eastern Time, Microsoft's Xbox ...
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IDG News Service-Concern is building up over the use of litigation over standards-essential patents to block sales of products,with the International Telecommunication Union(ITU)planning to hold a conference that will address what the ...
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IDG News Service-Microsoft said Monday that two more companies had signed patent agreements covering their Android and Chrome devices,under the company's IP(intellectual property)licensing program that already has more than 1,100 licensing ...
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INVERNESS, IL, June 15, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CloakWorks announced today that its advanced cloth simulation technology, Shroud, has been licensed by Trion Worlds for their popular massively multiplayer online game, RIFT. Released on PC ...
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Microsoft has revealed the pricing details of its new operating system (OS) Windows 8, due to be released on the 26th of this month. An upgrade edition of Windows 8 Pro is now available for $69.99 in the US, or £49.99 in the UK. ...