'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year

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Emotiv Systems mind-control gaming headset.
Emotiv System´s mind-control gaming headset.

In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo's Wii, the power of the mind may be the next big thing in video games.


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HP says it will buy EDS for about $12.6 billion

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(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp. for about $12.6 billion to build a technology-services company that could challenge IBM.

StatoilHydro stumbles in sprint for Arctic energy riches

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HP has eye on IBM as it discusses EDS acquisition

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(AP) -- Having seized the lead in personal computer sales worldwide, Hewlett-Packard Co. is stalking the technology services market for its next conquest.

Dish Network's 1Q profit up 65 pct amid slowdown

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(AP) -- Dish Network Corp. said Monday its first-quarter net income rose 65 percent even though new subscriber growth of its satellite television service plunged on the languishing economy and stiffer competition.

Chile probes data theft and posting by hacker

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(AP) -- A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.
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