http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Will gamers want One? After four years of development, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One entertainment console and touted it as an all-in-one solution for playing games, watching TV and doing everything in between. Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be central to your living room and packed the new Xbox with such features as the ability to change TV channels through voice commands. http://phys.org/news288420960.html Electronics Wed, 22 May 2013 05:56:08 EST news288420960 U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax rules to avoid paying what it owed. http://phys.org/news287929042.html Technology Thu, 16 May 2013 13:17:33 EST news287929042 More than seven in 10 Americans who play videogames are now doing so online, a survey showed Thursday. http://phys.org/news286714516.html Technology Thu, 02 May 2013 11:55:23 EST news286714516 A watchdog has launched an investigation into whether children face "unfair pressure" to spend money on apparently free web and app-based games, it said Friday. http://phys.org/news284960294.html Technology Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:50:01 EST news284960294 (Phys.org) —Monday, March 18, for Microsoft goes down in Kinect for Windows history as the day the new Kinect for Windows SDK 1.7 arrives for developers, which, according to its team, is the most significant update for the SDK since its first version over a year ago. Developers as of March 18 can download the kit and interface guidelines from the website, said Bob Heddle, director, Kinect for Windows. Heddle made use of Engadget's Expand event in San Francisco to make the announcement last week. http://phys.org/news282822108.html Technology Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:50:01 EST news282822108 Apple has agreed to give more than $100 million in iTunes store credits to settle a lawsuit alleging that the iPhone and iPad maker improperly charged kids for playing games on their mobile devices. http://phys.org/news281108103.html Technology Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:35:08 EST news281108103 (Phys.org)—Up to now, game publishers have sought to find out if they have the Next Hot Game in the wings through interviews with focus-group gamers. However, researchers in Taiwan believe they have a better way, and they reported their findings at IEEE/ACM NetGames in November last year. Their study, "Forecasting Online Game Addictiveness," is inspired by the fact that game developers and publishers could use a better guide than focus group interviews and hunches, given the numbers of games that never achieve wild success. http://phys.org/news279780664.html Technology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:20:01 EST news279780664 Google has done a good job of improving its Chrome OS software. But the flagship Chromebook doesn't fulfill the software's potential. http://phys.org/news278824868.html Electronics Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:20:01 EST news278824868 (Phys.org)—Touchscreen computing as an "experience" has only just begun. Working on ideas they seeded at Carnegie Mellon, computer-human interaction researchers have started a San Jose, California, company Qeexo, that features technology called FingerSense. With FingerSense, the computer user can perform tasks with more than just the finger's tips, expanding the use of the finger over to using knuckles and nails. Each part of the finger can order up different tasks, such as managing e-mail content, managing objects in computer games and rubbing-in features when sketching a face. They have managed to expand the concept of fingerpad as the sole interface that can be used on the touchscreen. http://phys.org/news272387437.html Technology Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:11:28 EST news272387437 Online role-playing game developers can get ahead of the competition by giving gamers more opportunities to get social, collaborate and take control of their online personas, according to a study from the University at Buffalo School of Management. http://phys.org/news272301816.html Other Sciences Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:23:57 EST news272301816 As investors agonize over Facebook's future, the online social network used by a seventh of the world's population isn't forgetting the importance of play. http://phys.org/news268890477.html Technology Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:00:01 EST news268890477 Fresh off a legal battle with Apple, Samsung is announcing a new version of the Galaxy Note, an offbeat, oversized smartphone that's become a surprise hit. http://phys.org/news265477783.html Electronics Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:49:52 EST news265477783 (Phys.org)—Researchers at the University of Alberta have teamed up with colleagues in one of the world's leading centres on electronic gaming to form a network that will help close the gap between academia and the gaming industry. http://phys.org/news265016077.html Technology Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:34:57 EST news265016077 Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the "ticker." http://phys.org/news235936973.html Technology Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:03:51 EST news235936973 When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there's more buzz than buy. http://phys.org/news234094482.html Technology Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:15:14 EST news234094482 (PhysOrg.com) -- Communication is a vital part of any task that has to be done by more than one individual. That is why humans in every corner of the world have created their own complex languages that help us share the goal. As it turns out, we are not alone in that need, or in our ability to create a language of our own. http://phys.org/news224861383.html Electronics Tue, 17 May 2011 15:20:03 EST news224861383 (PhysOrg.com) -- Think social network games are just for kids? A recent Michigan State University study found that many adults are playing games such as Facebook’s “Farmville” to help initiate, develop and maintain relationships. http://phys.org/news217698639.html Other Sciences Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:51:25 EST news217698639 (PhysOrg.com) -- What "appitype" are you? The Appthusiast? The Live Wire? The Appcentric? http://phys.org/news217058931.html Other Sciences Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:09:13 EST news217058931 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. will lean more heavily on Facebook's popularity as it tries to give people more reasons to stay on its Web site. http://phys.org/news178976075.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:35:44 EST news178976075