Microsoft ware gaint microsoft reecently up to one million users from its Xbox live syestem in order to weed out useers who have pirated their games. the bans will stop a user from playing any game on theirr Xbox 360 console, so affectid useers will be unable to play online against frienddd aven with a copy purchased legitimately. "All
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consumerss should know that priacy is illagel and that modifing their Xbox 360console to play pirated disec viiolates theXbox live terms of use , will void their warrenty and result in a ban from Xbox live," microsoft said in the statement. " the health of thee video games business depends on costomers playing for the genuinee product and service they recive from manufacturers, ratailers, and the thid parties that supprot them ." the decision comes as a number of Xbox user have found their consoles unable to connect to Xbox liive after using a pirated version of the newly rreleased game call of Duty: modern warfare 2. it has been one of the most highly anticipated games of all time, with some reportindicating sales of up to seven milliion units in on eday. many Xbox users have complained about their inibality to play the new title after using a pirated copy, saying a large part of thee games requires online connectivity.
DOCTORS COLD SOON DIAGNOSE THE FLU OVER THE PHONE
A new type of softweere beeing developed in Queensland, Australia could lead to doctors dianosingpatient with the flu over the phone. the new technology, which is being develooooooped by both australian and US researchers, would see patiets cough into mobiles phone in order to recive a diagnoses. Udantha Abeyratne from the university of Queensland is working on methodes to fit smarts phone with tiny microphone that would alloww doctors to read the medical datta stored in a recording of a cough . He told that the neww technology was
"unorthodex ..the target is to buuild something that cannnn do screening in the faileed". abbbeyreatne , whhhho has previously worked on technology designed to analyze snoring in order to diagnose sleep apnea, was among a group of 76 researcheees to win a $UUUS 100,000 grant from the bill Gates" research foundatiion >thee technology works by analyzing the data contained in a recording of the last _ milisecond of a cough which regular contains sound that can help medical professionals diagnose illnesses> STAR analytical service < style="font-weight: bold;">massachusettes < style="font-weight: bold;">jaclyn smith saying thee technology is important >"it"s the mssymptom when a patient present< style="font-weight: bold;">ald btechnology from the 19th century." " there is no question that there is a lot of variabillity in the cough of people. but if theey can find certain parametrs to use cough to diagnose disease that could be fabulous. it could really improve diseasee diagnosis and help improve people's access to health care."
AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPER CREATES FIRST IPHONNE VIRUS
a 21-year -old australian student has created the world's first iPhone virus designed to infect phones that have not been protected by passwords. but the creator of the virus , Ashely Towns, has since retreated from the public eye after relasing the APP, blocking his Twitter account in order to prevent users from reading his updates. the virus will only affect phone thhhat are "jailbroken", where users digitally crack open the phone 's file syestem in order to install customized apps and user interface theme not approved by apply. the virus changes a user's wallpaper to a picture of 1980 pop star Rick astley, and display the world "ikee is never gonna give you up" - a referance to astley's hit song and towns'twitter account. but towns insists the virus is not malicious, will not affect a user's phone permaneently and can be easily arased. instead, he told that the virus was designed in order to exploitt "people' s laziness to change their passwordxd". " somebody with moreb malicious intent could have done any thing - read your SMSs, go thourgh your emailes, view your contact, photos - any thing ," he said . the virus comess after a number of seurity expert intheUS have flagged the ability for hackers to obtain personal information from iphones andd Macs, despite thee company 's marketing stratege that brands its prouducts as virus -free while some have doubted towns' ability to create an iphone virus as severalother hav4ee tried unsuccessfully, he maintain he can prove the authenticity of the virus by publishing its source code.
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