Nintendo of America filed for a patent to cover voice to text chat conversion. Patent application 20060025214 was filed in July 29, 2004 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but has only appeared on the agency's website recently. Nintendo believes that voice to text conversion could enhance online games by altering color and font size of text depending on the tone and amplitude of the speaker's voice. Read more
If you change the nuts and bolts of an operating system you mine as well also swap the washers. Jensen Harris, lead program manager in Microsoft's Office user experience team, announced in his blog, that the company will replace the good old Tahoma fonts in Windows Vista and Office 12 with an updated font named Segoe UI. Read more
Reuters this morning reported that Microsoft could soon be offering free online versions of its word processing and spreadsheet applications from its "Works" suite of applications. The online would be supported by ads embedded into software - much like Google Spreadsheets and Writely. Read more
Dolby introduced a new tool for the game developer’s kit bag today at the Austin Game Developers Conference in Austin, Texas. Dolby Axon is designed to improve voice communications in online games and virtual worlds. Read more
Bigfoot Networks has updated its gaming Network Processing Units to support PCI Express connectivity. The new Killer Xeno Pro has a lot of new features, but can it really deliver higher performance for a gamer? We test the new card in order to find out. Read more
Moving to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite quickly and smoothly may require the help of a qualified advisor. That's an opportunity for potential BPOS customers and those who want to become BPOS advisors. Read more
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This is our third RAM scaling story in a series that will conclude next week. In this piece, we're comparing a number of different DDR3 memory speeds using both tight and relaxed timings. Which memory setting is best for your Core 2 Quad setup? Read more
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