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  Lenovo-backed firm sidesteps hardcore gamers, with Chinese video game system

  The Lenovo-backed company behind China's newest homegrown video game system is aiming for product sales to reach hundreds of thousands of units over the next fiscal year ending in March, as it tries to build consumer interest in a country where the world's hottest gaming consoles are banned from sale.

  By Michael Kan | 03 May, 2012 23:23

  Tags: Regulation, Lenovo, government, game software, games, Game platforms, Beijing Eedoo Technology

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  German court grants Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox

  Motorola Mobility won an injunction on Wednesday preventing distribution of Microsoft products including Windows 7 and the Xbox in Germany, but it can't enforce the injunction yet. Microsoft will appeal the case and is confident it can keep doing business in Germany, the company said.

  By Loek Essers | 02 May, 2012 21:33

  Tags: distribution, Game platforms, games, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, operating systems, patent, software, Windows, Windows 7, Xbox360

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  Motorola wins round at ITC in Xbox patents dispute

  The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Microsoft infringed on patents of Motorola Mobility in its Xbox games console.

  By John Ribeiro | 24 April, 2012 17:04

  Tags: Game platforms, games, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, patent, Xbox

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  Sony announces digital media hub for its PlayStation, PC, tablet, phone lines

  Sony will launch a new digital media recorder designed to capture and stream video to Sony-made PlayStation game consoles, PCs, tablets and smartphones, the company's gaming unit said Tuesday.

  By Jay Alabaster | 17 April, 2012 21:55

  Tags: consumer electronics, Digital video recorders, Game platforms, games, gaming peripherals, Media players / recorders, PS3, sony, Sony Computer Entertainment

• Sony merges PlayStation Network into broader online services

  Sony will merge its PlayStation online gaming service into its broader online platform from Tuesday.

  By Jay Alabaster | 07 February, 2012 22:57

  Tags: Sony Computer Entertainment, games, Game platforms, online services

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  Cloud drives speech recognition forward for Microsoft

  For years, using voice recognition technology on phones or other devices has been a novelty -- something people try once but never again, usually because it works so poorly. But recent developments, including harnessing the computational power of the cloud, have made it more usable and will make it even better in the near future, according to Microsoft.

  By Nancy Gohring | 14 December, 2010 06:43

  Tags: applications, consumer electronics, Game platforms, games, gaming peripherals, Hosted, Microsoft, Phones, services, smartphones, software, speech, Xbox360

• Hacker turns Kinect for Xbox 360 into Kinect for Linux PCs

  Well, that was fast. Do-it-yourself electronics kit maker and hobby retailer Adafruit recently announced that a hacker had won the company's Open Kinect Bounty. Spain-based hacker Hector Martin Cantero, who is known online as "marcan," released a proof-of-concept video Wednesday night showing the Kinect interfacing with his Linux-based laptop.

  By Ian Paul | 13 November, 2010 02:06

  Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Game platforms, games, gaming, hackers, Microsoft, Xbox

• US to ban violent video games?

  Thank God Steve Jobs isn't on the Supreme Court.

  By JR Raphael | 03 November, 2010 09:44

  Tags: Game platforms, games, gaming, Handhelds, legal issues, nintendo ds, Playstation, psp, Xbox

• New Xbox 360 in development for two years

  It's smaller, shinier, and back in black: Microsoft's new Xbox 360 took many by surprise at last month's E3.

  By Matt Peckham | 14 July, 2010 02:20

  Tags: Game platforms, games, gaming, Microsoft, Xbox, XBox 360

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