Xbox360 bør bandlyses i USA

"Courthouse News reports that Judge David Shaw said the International Trade Commission should use a cease and desist order to ban imports of the Xbox 360 Slim 4GB and 250GB models into the US because, in his view, they infringe on four patents owned by Motorola." Sådan lyder det i en artikel i dag på eurogamer.net, nu da der er sket en udvikling i sagen mellem Microsoft og Motorola. Sagen, i sin kerne, handler om, at Motorola har sagsøgt Microsoft for at bryde patentrettigheder i forhold til at kunne decode video på Xbox360, og i kølvandet af dette har en dommer i Tyskland allerede beordret Xbox360 væk fra de tyske hylder. Nu lader det til at være amerikanernes tur til at miste Xbox360.

Microsoft forsøger naturligvis at afvise kravet, men dommeren virker fast i sin beslutning. Til sidst kan det blive præsident Barack Obamas beslutning. Bliver Xbox360 smidt ud af USA? Hele sagen har efterhånden taget en uvirkelig drejning, men det bliver interessant at se.


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"Courthouse News reports that Judge David Shaw said the International Trade Commission should use a cease and desist order to ban imports of the Xbox 360 Slim 4GB and 250GB models into the US because, in his view, they infringe on four patents owned by Motorola." This is the message found in an article today on eurogamer.net now that there has been some development in the case between Motorola and Microsoft. The case, at its core, is Motorola filing a lawsuit against Microsoft for breaking certain patent rights in the software the Xbox360 uses to decode video. In the aftermath of this lawsuit a german Court has already ordered the Xbox360 banned from the German store shelves, which Microsoft immediately appealed, but it would seem that the Americans are about to lose the popular console as well.

Microsoft are of course trying their best to stay in the American market but the judge seems determined in his decision. In the end the final decision may very well lie with President Barack Obama. Will the Xbox360 get thrown out of USA? This entire case has really taken an unreal turn but it will be interesting to see.

Diablo 3's Secret Cow Level

Så er Diablo 3's hemmelige bane blevet fundet, og den hedder såmænd Whimsyshire. Det er en udviklet udgave af den ikoniske Secret Cow Level fundet i Diablo 2, men for at lave skæg med klagerne om, at Diablo 3 skulle være for farverigt, er Whimsyshire blevet et farverigt sted med masser af kære dyr. Rede til at slagte dig! Er du klar til jagten?!

Selvfølgelig er man da det! Men hvordan finder man det? Eurogamer beskriver her hvordan, man kan finde Whimsyshire, og hvad man skal være opmærksom på: "You can access Whimsyshire during Act One by gathering five ingredients and the Staff of Herding plan. But be warned, the cutesy creatures are of Act Four difficulty, and low level characters will apparently be demolished on even Normal difficulty. " Du kan se videoen af Whimsyshire nedenfor, og jeg advarer: Det er ret komisk!




English version:

And so it has been discovered: the Secret Cow Level in Diablo 3! It's called Whimsyshire and it's an evolved version of the cow level found in Diablo 2. It makes a little fun with all the complaining about Diablo 3 being too colourful: Whimsyshire is indeed a colourful place filled with sweet animals - ready, able and willing to kill you! Are you ready for the hunt?!

Of course you are! But how does one find this place? Eurogamer is ready to lend you a hand and give you a little bit of warning: "You can access Whimsyshire during Act One by gathering five ingredients and the Staff of Herding plan. But be warned, the cutesy creatures are of Act Four difficulty, and low level characters will apparently be demolished on even Normal difficulty. " You can check out the video of Whimsyshire above and I warn you: it's rather fun!