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It takes a lot to differentiate a given vacuum cleaner in today’s high-tech world of Dysons and Roombas, so kudos to Samsung for attempting to appeal to the gaming crowd by designing a model shaped like a popular Xbox character. The Silencio SC9540 packs in all the high-end features you’d expect from a TV manufacturer making vacuums — cyclonic suction, HEPA filter, super-special silver nanoparticle coating — yet really stands out due to its rather striking resemblance to that dude from the Halo games. Samsung’s Master Chief vacuum cleaner: Kills dirt. Dead. With a plasma rifle.

[Via Slashgear]

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Samsung looks to move forward into the realm of mobile gaming with two new U.S. patents involving gameplay-oriented handsets. For starters, patent #1 (pictured above) describes a “portable communication terminal for games.” The display on this design involves a hinged “flip” that unveils a dual-row numeric keypad complete with phone navigational array when opened, and a gaming d-pad when closed (we hope that hinge is solid); the ‘A’ and ‘B’ buttons are near the earpiece and always visible. More info on the second patent application after the break.

[via Unwired View]

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In what’s probably the appropriate legal move given the situation — but what will probably not earn the company any warm fuzzies — Microsoft is asking the U.S. Central Court for Central Illinois to dismiss that wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of young Wade Kline, arguing that “misuse or abuse” of the family Xbox was the cause of the deadly blaze. Specifically, Redmond claims that the suit, which also names Wal-mart and and an anonymous power-supply maker, lacks merit because the Klines “knowingly, willingly, intentionally, and voluntarily exposed themselves to said danger and assumed the risk of incident, injuries, losses, and damages” — though it’s not really clear what “danger” they’re referring to. Besides looking to clear its good name, Microsoft also wants the now house-less family to cover its likely-steep legal costs, which probably won’t do much to win back the Klines as return customers. We’ll keep you posted as the case progresses.

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