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Then again, maybe the next Xbox will have a hard drive.
The likely fate of the game console's storage medium--the subject of
ongoing speculation as Microsoft closely guards details on the planned
successor to the current Xbox--got a new twist this week from a patent
granted to the software giant.
HYPERLINK
"http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%
2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%26Sect2%3DHITOFF%26d%3DPALL%26p%3D1%26u%3D%2
Fnetahtml%2Fsrchnum.htm%26r%3D1%26f%3DG%26l%3D50%26s1%3D6%2C716%2C102.WK
U.%26OS%3DPN%2F6%2C716%2C102%26RS%3DPN%2F6%2C716%2C102+&siteId=3&oId=211
6-1043-5186739& patent 6,716,102, granted
Tuesday to Microsoft, covers methods for storing data about games in
progress.
The patent specifically references "a gaming system (that) includes a
hard disk drive for storing applications and other data," indicating
Microsoft may be more committed to equipping future Xbox configurations
with onboard storage than previously thought.
_____
Now...wtf.
What about this is deserving of a Patent!?
What is some company going to patent next??? Game controllers with a
vibrator in it!??
...*thinks*...well..maybe with THAT kind of a vibrat...
*scoots across to Patent Office*
-Gel
^_^
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