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Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 video game console is the only new-generation game machine that does not have any motion-sensitive game controller and, as a consequence, no motion-dependent games. But that may change as Microsoft does have a patent on a gyroscope-based controller.

“Described is a technology by which a computer pointing device (generally a mouse but alternatively a game controller or remote control device) may be worn on the hand and operated without needing to contact a mousing surface,” an abstract description of the patent reads...

Back in the '60s, when the spy craze first hit, would-be snoops had to satisfy their desire for spy gear with products like 007 cologne and aftershave, when what they really wanted was the bug Bond hid beneath the bumper of a quarry's car, or the greenscreen mapping device mounted in the dash of his Aston Martin.

Microsoft have officially released Windows Vista SP1, the first service pack for Vista that should offer some improvements to the performance and stability of your system.

You can either get the patch as it is released over Windows Update (strongly recommended), but the more impatient can download a larger update file directly from Microsoft (here).