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Here’s How Microsoft Is Adding Voice Control and Gestures to the Xbox (Video)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 4, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Michael Suraci, Xbox’s director of marketing, demonstrates the new features, which will roll out in a massive free software update, available Tuesday.

Yahoo’s Product Runway: Are You In or Out?

Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT

I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.

Pixazza Changes Name to Luminate, Launches Image Apps Platform

Kara Swisher in Media on July 27, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Pixazza is dead. Long live Luminate.

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Priceline Founder Sues More Than 100 Tech Companies

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 13, 2011 at 5:12 pm PT

Jay Walker, the founder of priceline.com, who is now associated with a company called Walker Digital, has filed 15 patent infringement lawsuits against more than 100 defendants, including Microsoft, eBay, Amazon, Facebook, Walmart, Groupon, Apple, Sony and Google, reports paidContent.org. The suits are similar to patent claims filed last year by Paul Allen against Google, Apple and others. Walker charges that he should be paid royalties for online games, banking and payment systems, GPS navigation, and other technologies.

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Terrorist Threat to GPS "Fanciful"

Ben Rooney, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 9, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

A report by the U.K.’s Royal Academy of Engineering on the vulnerability of the GPS system has caused something of stir with apocalyptic visions of a cyber-hell. “Cyber terrorists could cripple banks, send ships floundering on to rocks and bring death to the roads at the click of a mouse,” wrote one British newspaper.

Google’s Navigation App Now Able to Steer Android Users Away From Traffic

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 7, 2011 at 10:09 am PT

The turn-by-turn navigation program will now automatically take into account current and historical traffic data when picking a route, Google said. The move puts the smartphone in even deeper competition with dedicated GPS devices, which also offer real-time traffic data.

Exclusive: Nokia’s Stephen Elop Talks About How He Made His Big OS Decision

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 10, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

In an interview, Nokia’s chief executive talks about the factors that went into choosing among three possibilities for its high-end smartphone business–sticking with plans to develop around MeeGo, shifting to Android or adopting Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

Rupert Murdoch Introduces the Daily, His iPad Newspaper

Peter Kafka in Media on February 2, 2011 at 7:40 am PT

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, along with Apple’s Eddy Cue, rented out the Guggenheim Museum to show off their newest creation: A newspaper built for the iPad.

Microsoft: Consumers Should Think Twice Before Broadcasting Location

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 26, 2011 at 3:16 pm PT

In an interview, Microsoft’s chief privacy officer says consumers should double-check the connections in their social networks before sharing their location with so-called friends. Another area of concern is all those photos being geo-tagged by our phones.

Korea Not Too Keen on Nexus S

John Paczkowski in News on December 31, 2010 at 3:38 am PT

Google’s Nexus S smartphone isn’t generating quite the same interest in Korea as its predecessor. Though Korea Telecom eagerly added the Nexus One to its lineup this past June, the carrier has greeted the debut of its successor with disinterest.