Blizzard Entertainment (http://www.blizzard.com) says its real-time strategy game, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, will be fully localized into Brazilian Portuguese and will be available in Brazil for a suggested retail price of $49.90 BRL.
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An Apple patent (number 20100115471) for multidimensional widgets has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It involves, as you might guess, implementations that relate generally to graphical user interface.
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An Apple patent (number 20100110303) for a look-ahead system and method for pan and zoom detection in video sequences has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It relates generally to analysis of motion in video sequences and, more particularly, to identifying pan and zoom global motion in video sequences.
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AT&T and Apple probably have a quid pro quo in place that has extended the mobile carrier’s exclusive deal with the iPhone in exchange for heavily-discounted data plan pricing for the iPad, Brian Marshall, an analyst at BroadPoint AmTech, tells “Computerworld” (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176351/AT_T_extends_iPhone_exclusive_in_quid_pro_quo_says_analyst).
“AT&T had to do something dramatic to get the iPad,” he says. He thinks that, in exchange for its special data pricing for the iPad, AT&T was able to negotiate a six-month extension on the iPhone exclusive.
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Sagois Slu has released Serisag 310 for Macintosh and Windows platforms (http://www.sagois.com/en/serisag/index.html). It lets you manage your serials, licenses, installers and their invoices, keeping them organized.
Version 310 adds an Expenses summary tab. Also now you can get a month and year summary of real and purchase prices.
Serisag is being offered for US$2.90 for the rest of the month; it’s normally $19.90. The offer expires May 31.
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