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  • August 2008

    • Startup Goes After Nintendo Over Patents

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 20, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Startup Goes After Nintendo Over Patents

      (Newser) - A Maryland tech firm claims that Nintendo stole some of its technology for the popular Wii console, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hillcrest Laboratories filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission, alleging that Nintendo infringed on patents for motion-sensing technology. It wants to ban Wii consoles from being imported to the US, and a lawsuit is pending. Nintendo had no comment on the complaint. More »

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      Japan  • technology  • Nintendo Wii  • video game console  • video games  • patent  • patent infringement  • Wii

    • Wii Want to ... Train Surgeons

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 8, 08 4:34 PM CDT

      Wii Want to ... Train Surgeons

      (Newser) - Nintendo’s popular Wii console is finding new uses in the hands of surgeons. The Guardian takes a look at an Arizona hospital that's making use of the Wii’s precise, motion-sensitive controller to hone motor skills for more serious applications. In a program for doctors being trained to do minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, those who regularly played on the Wii scored 48% higher on tool control than those who didn't. More »

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      surgery  • video game console  • Nintendo  • Wii

    • Wii Caught Up in Beer Pong Brouhaha

      Time  |  Aug 1, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Wii Caught Up in Beer Pong Brouhaha

      (Newser) - The video game version of frat-boy favorite beer pong is getting watered down, Time reports. An outcry from parents concerned about youthful binge-drinking has forced JV Games to change the name of its new Wii release to Pong Toss —and to swap the virtual beer in the game's cups to virtual water. More »

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      video game  • beer  • binge drinking  • underage drinking  • Wii  • beer pong

  • July 2008

    • More Girls Get Into Gaming

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Jul 21, 08 7:53 PM CDT

      More Girls Get Into Gaming

      (Newser) - After years of male dominance, the video game industry is seeing a growing number of girls pick up the controllers, SiliconValley.com reports. More than half of "casual" PC card and puzzle-type game users are female, but girl-play goes further: More than half of Nintendo Wii players are now women, and 48% of US women either have a Wii system or have asked for one, the company says. More »

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      women  • gaming  • video games  • Wii  • female

    • Xbox Price Cut to Clear Way for New Model

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Jul 14, 08 2:10 AM CDT

      Xbox Price Cut to Clear Way for New Model

      (Newser) - Microsoft is slashing the price of its Xbox 360 video game system to clear shelf space for a new model with a larger hard drive, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The long-rumored price reduction knocks $50 off the $350 price of the 20-gigabyte model. The new pricetag places the Xbox 360 at $50 more than Nintendo’s wildly popular Wii system, and $100 below Sony’s Playstation 3 console. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • Xbox 360  • PlayStation 3  • Wii

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