Filed under: GAMING | Tags: Nintendo, Nintendo Nunchuk, Nintendo's Wii, Playstation 3, Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, Video game, Wii
Nintendo reportedly has filed a patent-infringement suit against Nyko, claiming its Kama Nunchuk controller violates Nintendo’s patented designs. Nintendo alleges the controller “wholly appropriates the novel shape, design, overall appearance and even the color and materials used in the Nintendo Nunchuk controller.” (GameDaily BIZ 6/13)
Sony Computer Entertainment is developing a new PlayStation 3 controller that mimics many of the motion-sensing abilities of Nintendo’s Wii and includes a “break apart” function in which the device can be split into two units, according to an Internet report. Sources say Sony has supplied prototypes to some developers, but there is no date set for its release. (GamesIndustry.biz (U.K.) 6/13)
Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Bang & Olufsen, BeoVision 9, Color, Colour Management, Inch, Operating Systems, Plasma display, Television
Bang & Olufsen has said its new 50-inch BeoVision 9 combination plasma TV and home-theater center features technology that adjusts colors with regard for the effects of phosphor aging, a process that gives screen images an increasingly yellow hue. Dubbed Automatic Colour Management, the $19,900 product features a camera-carrying on-screen robotic arm that makes adjustments after it measures color temperatures in the screen’s white and black areas. (TWICE 6/13)
