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Sony will soon completely abandon the MiniDisc market, once a very popular solution for music on the move. The company's MiniDisc (MD) format was brought to market in 1992 as an alternative to the Walkman and Discman as the music was stored on magnetic-optical MD discs.

Scottish scientists continue research on an earlier German study from 2011 that is using green, red, blue and white LED lighting and provides wireless communication at a bandwidth of 800 Mb/s. The Scottish variation on this theme is the use of LEDs in micron dimensions arranged in a matrix, which are capable of flashing up to 1,000 times faster than the large LED bulbs which means higher throughput and less space. Additionally, each of them can be used as a pixel unit that illuminates work space or for data display together with other LEDs, all at the same time for the duration of communication.

If you thought that Apple invented the slide-to-unlock move that unlocks the display of cell phones and portable devices, you're not alone. Until recently the U.S. Patent Office also thought so, but now they have reconsidered. According to the latest decision, the patent belongs to Micron and it is described as a “system and method for managing and accessing electronic device.”

Activision and Treyarch have announced a partnership with a popular service for tracking gameplay from different games live, Twitch.TV, within which players of Call of Duty Black Ops 2 will have the ability of streaming video directly from the game. This option will be available to players on all three major platforms, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, and the streams will be available to follow through Call of Duty Elite service in web browsers and on smartphones and tablets.