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Immersion will pay $20.8 million to Microsoft to settle the
lawsuit triggered by the tactile feedback technology for mice and joysticks,
the rumble technology.
In 2002 Immersion sued both Microsoft and Sony, alleging
infringement of Immersion's haptic technology in the controllers of their
popular video gaming consoles, such as the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation.
In 2003 Microsoft was forced to pay $26 million to be able
to license and integrate the rumble technology into the Xbox 360 controller, hakes
when triggered by a game event, like a car driving over a speed...
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It seems you can’t escape computer viruses not even on the
International Space Station. NASA announced that several laptops that were
carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG, and
also admitted that such infections have happened before.
“This is not the first time we have had a worm or a virus,”
NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries said. “It’s not a frequent occurrence, but this
isn’t the first time.”
The virus, which copies itself onto computers in order to
steal log-on information for online games, was
first detected in August 2007. After...
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We all know what computer viruses are capable of these days,
but the latest manifestation of this kind went outside the “regular” activity
sphere, into space. NASA confirmed that some laptops on the International Space
Station have been infected with the W32.Gammima.AG virus, a worm that usually
steals user names and passwords for online games.
The incident was first reported by space news website SpaceRef.com, according to which the virus was never a threat to any of the computers on the
ISS, and had no adverse effects on any of the operations on the International
Space Station....
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Microsoft released Internet Explorer Beta 2 this week, in a
clear attempt to catch up with some of the rival browsers, such as Firefox 3,
Opera or Safari. For this reason, Internet Explorer 8 Beta got a complete
makeover, providing new features and improved functionality, for an easier and
faster experience.
So what do we make of this release? First of all, unlike
Beta 1, which was intended for developers, Beta 2 aims at a much wider audience.
According to Microsoft, IE8 is based on three main areas of interest: everyday
browsing, safety, and the platform.
Among the first...
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The U.S. District Court in the Northern District of
California dismissed the copyright infringement case filed by an adult
entertainment company, Io Group, against video service website Veoh.
The legal dispute started in 2006, when Io Group accused Veoh
of uploading copyrighted material to its website. The adult-entertainment
company argued that Veoh did not take the necessary measures to prevent
copyrighted material from reaching its website.
However, Veoh defended its position under the “safe harbor”
protections of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), which protects...
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The Russian Soyuz TMA-10 capsule landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday, after an abnormally steep descent...
Microsoft's Distinguished Engineer Eric Traut, the guy behind the development of core virtual...
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced through his spokesman that California will sue the...
Mozilla unveiled a new update for its popular browser Firefox,
which fixes several security flaws....
A coalition made up of media companies Walt Disney Co.,
Viacom Inc., CBS Corp., NBC Universal and...
It seems like the spammers never get bored and they are
always looking for new methods to annoy...
A simple test by the AP has found that Comcast appears to interfere with the BitTorrent traffic in...
The independent regulator and competition authority in the UK, Ofcom has
announced yesterday its...
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, tried at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco to convince the...
Toshiba has acquired Sony’s 300mm Fab 2, part of Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation’s Nagasaki...
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