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Wehab: Wii Homework For Stroke Victims

Nintendo's Wii has been used for a while now by physical therapists, but a revolutionary new platform could transform the game system into an at-home recovery tool, with therapists overseeing progress over 3G. READ»

Lady Geek's Best Bits From E3: Top 5

Get down on the dance floor Harmonix have finally blessed us with Dance Central 2, with even more songs and dance routines to choose from and more excitingly a multi-player feature. Finally your friends can join in with you as ...READ»

Nintendo Crashes The Tablet World With A Game-Changing Entrance

Body-enveloping 3-D virtual environments come to everyone's living room with Nintendo's new Wii U controller.READ»

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iFive: Nintendo Hacked, Next-Gen Wii Teased, China Threatens Google Weirdly, Kno Goes iPad, AT&T's Tiny SIM Plans

It's Monday, named for the moon via a mix of Old English, German and Latin. It's true! Also true, our early news summary, iFive:READ»

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iFive: Nintendo Profits Tank, Lenovo's Honeycomb Tablet, White iPhone 4 With A5, SpaceX Mars Plans, China's Investment List

Start the week how you mean to finish it--informed and ready first thing in the morning, with our early news piece, iFive:READ»

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iFive: Sony's NGP, Nintendo Profits Down, Twitter Hires Bing Scientist, Google Managing White Space, Nokia's Gloomy Finances

Before you head in to work, let us help get you up to speed on the early tech and innovation news with this quick read: READ»

Gorilla Glass Protects iPhones, Droids: Can It Become a Household Name?

Thanks to an under-appreciated body armor known as Gorilla Glass, your Samsung Galaxy, Dell Streak, and Droid X are protected from scratches from keys and bullet holes from CO2-powered pistols.READ»

Best Buy CEO on Black Friday Battles: Kindle vs. Nook Color, Samsung Galaxy vs. iPad, Wii vs. Xbox Kinect

Brian Dunn knows what gifts are going to be hot this holiday season. The big ticket items this year will be smartphones, tablets, and motion gaming.READ»

Reggie Fils-Aime: Nintendo's Motion Control Still Beats the Competition

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime talked with Fast Company about the state of the company, the gaming giant's holiday season plans, and the coming launch of the 3DS handheld. Fils-Aime also says Nintendo's original approach to motion control versus their competitor's new products is still superior.READ»

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Did Mailing Nintendo Wii and PS3 Discs Cost Netflix Millions of Dollars?

Why did Netflix introduce a disc-based solution for the Wii and PS3, only to end it months later? And how much did that temporary system cost?READ»

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Open Thread: How Could Blockbuster Reinvent Itself to Become Relevant Again?

Blockbuster is currently searching for a new CEO. Who should they select? How can Blockbuster remake itself to compete with Netflix, Redbox, Apple, and the whole slew of companies that caused its demise?READ»

Blockbuster: We Can Beat Bankruptcy and Netflix

Blockbuster's head of digital strategy believes his ailing company is better positioned than any company out there.READ»

Blockbuster's Digital Chief Attacks Apple, Netflix

The movie rental giant says Steve Jobs' software is too restrictive, and its online movie rival is too geeky for regular users. Part one of our interview with Blockbuster's digital chief.READ»

7 Ways Real-Life Crime Fighting Mirrors "Minority Report"

From Facebook to facial recognition, the police state imagined in the Tom Cruise flick feels a bit more real every day.READ»

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Microsoft Announces Kinect Price, Hopes to Boost 360 Sales Further

A full year after revealing plans to jump into the motion-controller game, Microsoft has finally announced the price for their Kinect hardware, a motion sensor that sits atop the television. The add-on, which works with Xbox 360, ...READ»

Nintendo and American Heart Association Team Up to Earn Extra Life

Gaming giant Nintendo and the American Heart Association (AHA) are partnering to help Americans become more active. Starting in the next few weeks, Wii systems and the titles WiiFit Plus and Wii Sports Resort will feature the AHA ...READ»

i Heart U: Apple Patents Biometric iPhone Unlock

Brace yourselves for another Apple patent. It's a weird and wacky one. It's about using a "seamless" biometric heart rate monitor to identify iPhone users. Seriously. Your boom-tiddy-boom could unlock your iPhony-phone.Apple's patent ...READ»

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Today in Most Innovative Companies

News of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including HP, Spotify, and Microsoft.READ»

Wii Game "And Kensaku" Scores Players by Google Search Results

A new game for Wii (149,000,000 results) is launching in Japan at the end of the month that scores players based on their knowledge of Google's search engine results. And Kensaku (492,000 results) pits contestants against each other ...READ»