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The Kinect, originally developed by Microsoft is a pretty amazing device. Thanks to a few cameras and sensors, the Xbox add-on can accurately detect body movements in real time. Microsoft recently unveiled an SDK, which will allow developers to code their own applications for the device connected to Windows PCs, making good for more than just games. For those of you who don’t know, the term SDK, stands for “Software Development Kit,” and it is a way for companies to provide developers with information that takes advantage of a particular technology. The Kinect SDK is currently in beta form and will do just that, as Microsoft explained in a Press Release:
The SDK is designed to [...]
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As everyone already knows, Nintendo’s flagship gaming console, the aging Nintendo Wii, is due for a big upgrade really soon. The replacement was announced at E3 today, known as the “Wii U”. It will deliver features that will significantly change the gaming experience for users, including the long-awaited high-definition video that the Wii lacked.
According to Nintendo, The name “Wii” stood for “We,” for how the console can be enjoyed by many people together, while “U,” or “You” stands for how the console can be enjoyed by someone individually. A pretty unique and interesting marketing move. Here is what you need to know about the new console:
The Wii U, is very [...]
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As we already know that Sony vs GeoHot Lawsuit has reached an upexpected settlement. George Hotz was facing a trial against Sony for jailbreaking PlayStation 3 firmware 3.55 and had asked his followers for donations to face the trial against Sony. As the case has settled down now, he has decided not to return money to the people who had made the donations, instead he has transferred all the money which is $10,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which is an organization that fights for freedom in the world of technology.
This is what he has posted on his blog:
As promised, all left over legal defense money, plus a little to bump it to [...]
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Microsoft has announced a new Software Development Kit for its Kinect hardware allowing developers, enthusiasts, and researchers to make use of Microsoft Kinect motion-sensing controllers on computers running Microsoft Windows 7.
The new SDK will be available in Spring, with interested developers able to sign up now via the MS Research page.
“The Kinect for Windows Beta SDK will be released later this spring, as we have said previously and in today’s MIX keynote, but it will not be released May 16.”
Kinect’s Windows SDK features: The latest advances in audio processing, which include a four-element microphone array with sophisticated acoustic noise and echo cancellation for crystal clear audio. [...]
Continue reading: Microsoft Announces Kinect For Windows SDK; Beta Sign-Up Available Now
The whole GeoHot and Sony fiasco is now a thing of the past. Out of nowhere, headlines today revealed the infamous iDevice and PS3 hacker; George “GeoHot” Hotz and Sony have apparently patched things up. In fact, the two parties are coming to terms with their recent high-profile legal grudge match and settling matters peacefully. Both Sony and GeoHot released a joint statement heralding a conclusion to the courtroom showdown that has been dragging along for weeks now. “The parties reached an agreement in principle on March 31, 2011,” the statement reads. “As part of the settlement, Hotz consented to a permanent injunction.”
Some of you are probably wondering what this means. It’s safe to assume [...]
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The popular hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz isn’t going down without a fight in the epic jailbreaking legal battle with Sony. He has been subjected to some serious full court pressure by Sony Computer Entertainment America, which is actively seeking to have the case heard in California, conveniently located just outside the company’s headquarters. Stewart Kellar, GeoHot’s lawyer, has finally stepped up to the plate publicly by blasting Sony for demanding that the case be heard in California. Not only would it be “a hardship for Hotz to travel there,” it would “set a precedent for companies being able to sue anyone, anywhere, on relatively flimsy grounds,” the International Business Times reports.
Kellar went beyond just criticizing [...]
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Were you one of the many people who managed to get their PlayStation 3 banned from the PlayStation Network? It is probably pretty annoying to be missing out on all the demos and media which could be at your fingertips. Well now there might just be some hope of you being able to fix the issue thanks to a post over at PS3Hax.
This is confirmed to work if the error you are receiving when trying to access the PSN is error 8002A227. What you will need is the PS3DNS-GUI and PSID.
Disclaimer: This article is purely for informational and testing purposes only. We at MyGadgetNews did not create the hack, nor do we endorse or [...]
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We are pretty sure George (GeoHot) Hotz did not expect Sony to bring a lawsuit to the table when he first started jailbreaking the PlayStation 3. The latest installment of this never-ending drama brings news from Ars Technica, where GeoHot and his lawyers believe Japanese giant Sony is misleading the courts in their quest to ensure proceedings continue in their home-town of San Francisco and not where Hotz resides. Sony continues to insist that Hotz agreed to the terms of using the Sony SDK, which is in turn linked to Sony’s US offices in California. The link you may ask is Sony’s US offices are named as the place to look to for SDK support, which [...]
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Recently, we reported that Federal Magistrate Joseph Spero officially authorized Sony to subpoena GeoHot’s web provider to secure the official log of IP addresses that visited GeoHot.com between January 2009 and early 2011. In addition to Sony being given access to this information, the PS3 maker is about to delve even deeper into GeoHot’s personal records. This week Sony was also granted access rights to all of GeoHot’s PayPal records for 2009, 2010, and even January of 2011.
The reason Sony was given access to GeoHot’s personal PayPal log is the same reason the company was similarly handed all of the other data it requested. According to Sony, the information will help determine whether the company [...]
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Sony has just released PS3 firmware 3.60 which is now available for download via PlayStation 3 console’s software update. The latest firmware update brings the ability to boot your game saves into the cloud storage letting you access them from any PS3 console, anywhere in the world. The feature is however limited to PlayStation Plus subscribers which costs $50 a year. As an added plus, the new update lets you set the time you want your PS3 to wait before it shuts down your DualShock and Sixaxis wireless controllers.
The new online storage feature allows gamers to store up to 150MB of game save data and a maximum of 1000 data files per PSN account. Users [...]
Continue reading: PS3 Firmware 3.60 Released; Adds Cloud Storage & Secures Jailbreak Exploits
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