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Kinect Support for Netflix Arrives Today on Xbox 360
Kinect support for Netflix is arriving today, Microsoft just announced. The update will allow the motion-controlled gaming system add-on to control Netflix content on the Microsoft Xbox 360. According...
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Native Apps Are Dead, Long Live Native Apps
cardoni writes “Dan Yoder, CTO at Border Stylo, offers insights on the current state of simultaneous iPhone / Android development using PhoneGap and his thoughts on the debate over native apps versus...
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How Amazon’s Kindle Fire is About to One-Up Handheld Gaming Systems
With less than a week to go before Amazon starts shipping its Kindle Fire tablet, the company today announced the inclusion of several more Android apps. The list of new additions includes Netflix,...
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EFF Asks To Make Jailbreaking Legal For All Devices
Diggester writes “Jailbreaking is a way to break off from the limitations imposed by the mobile vendor to download additional applications and themes etc. which aren’t available otherwise. It provides...
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Hulu Grew Revenue 40% Last Year, Still Blocks Google TV & Boxee
Hulu didn’t end up getting sold in 2011, but it nonetheless turned out to be a pretty big year for the premium video streaming service. Overall, the business grew by 40% over the previous year and...
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Next-gen Game Controllers Tug At Thumb Tips
An anonymous reader writes “Engineers at the University of Utah have designed a new kind of video game controller that not only vibrates like existing devices, but pulls and stretches the thumb tips...
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The Poor Waste More Time On Digital Entertainment
New submitter polyphydont writes “Children of parents with low social status are less able to resist the temptations of technological entertainment, a fact that impedes their education and adds to the...
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Ask Slashdot: Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive?
solune writes “You can get a tablet these days for a few hundred dollars, and laptops for a few hundred more. Gaming consoles, TVs, and smartphones are all available for under a thousand bucks. Yet, a...
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Feds Continue To Consider Linux Users Criminals For Watching DVDs
An anonymous reader sent in a link to an article in Wired about the latest DMCA loophole hearing. Bad news: the federal government rejected requests that would make console modding and breaking DRM on...
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Foxconn Begins To Assemble Its Robot Army
kkleiner writes “Foxconn, the Chinese electronics manufacturer that builds numerous mobile devices and gaming consoles, previously said the company would be aiming to replace 1 million Foxconn workers...
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