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HP Readies New Gaming Technologies

Amid news of Sony slashing its PlayStation Portable price this week, HP unveiled technology that could make way for a new handheld to compete with the PSP and the Nintendo DS.The rumor mill began churning after HP showed a commercial for its gaming prototype “Mscape” to reporters at a San Francisco press conference. The ad showed cool, young gamers roaming the city playing a game on Mscape.

HP demonstrated technology behind Mscape, which lets gamers superimpose multimedia digital experiences on physical landscapes. That would allow them to play a game throughout a city using wireless handheld devices, just as the commercial illustrated.

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Anticrash Tech Gets Nod from Regulators

Crash-prevention technology will come preinstalled on all passenger vehicles sold in the United States by 2012 as part of new government regulations that aim to save thousands of lives each year.Dubbed Electronic Stability Control, or ESC, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Nicole Nason announced the final rule at the New York International Auto Show on Thursday.

“This technology will save thousands of lives. Like airbags and seat belts, 10 years down the road we will look back at the new ESC technology and wonder how we ever drove a car without it,” Peters said in a statement.

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