Morning Xtra: iPhone Apps Irk Cops, Tolkien's Heirs Seek Hobbit Money

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
- Further proving there is, indeed, an iPhone app for everything, the one that helps drivers bypass traffic cams seems to be irritating the Washington D.C. police. The city's police chief is calling the hide-and-seek technology "cowardly." [From: CNet]
- 'Lord of the Rings' author J.R.R. Tolkien's heirs are on a quest... to make sure they get what they are owed. When Tolkien signed away the movie rights to his trilogy 40 years ago, he asked for 7.5-percent of revenue. His kin claim to have gotten none from Warner Bros, and they are all set to sue the pants off of Bugs Bunny. [From: Bloomberg.com]
- Xbox 360 users, get pumped because Microsoft has announced its new XBox Live update, which includes August's Games on Demand and increased Netflix capabilities, like queue management. [From: Engadget]
- Denis Dyack, a proponent of a single console future, says that having one universal video game system would eliminate the glut of games that seem to flood players every month. Dyack claims that the industry pumps out more titles than we can play. [From: Joystiq]
- Speaking of game production, industry sales were down 31-percent in June compared to last year, says GameDaily, with hardware taking the biggest hit. Looks like the recession finally caught up with the video game industry. [From: GamedDaily via Technologizer]
- Browsers are the future of mobile devices, says Google, who has announced that it does not have plans to jump into the fierce application market. Instead, it will make more powerful Web apps. [From: FT.com]





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Subscribe to commentsmrsjoepotterJul 17th 2009 1:39PM
There seems to be a serious DEARTH of dictionaries on Ms. Brillson's desk!