Who's it next @ 10, Downing Street?

It’s hung, so what next?

Will Labour hold on, or will Gordon Brown move way for the Conservatives? (Britain is witnessing its first hung parliament after 1974. Nearly after three decades).

The Conservatives are the largest party, but they fall short of the 326 seats (which is needed to form a majority government). Labour loses more than 80 seats, and the Liberal Democrats fail to make gains. The Conservatives say Labour have ‘lost mandate’. Mr Nick Clegg almost goes out of the game, Mr Brown still believes he has some chance, is looking to making talks with Mr Clegg, and says he respects Clegg’s talks with the Tories. But, it is funny how Brown tried to draw two areas of agreement between the Lib Democrats and Labour. (As it’s highly unlikely Clegg might agree). Then came in Mr David Cameron with his much anticipated statement – where he made an open offer to Mr Clegg. Cameron’s speech was quite attractive, actually sounded like a real leader when he said he is looking to sort things out as soon as possible, but did not expect a swift conclusion. (He would try to form an administration which is strong and stable with broad support, which acts in the national interest.

What will the Queen’s next decision be? The Queen is the only person who can invite someone to form a government and to become prime minister. She’ll invite Brown, and ask if he can form government. (There are hopes he will make a move out, but why should he do that?) Then, in case he resigns – a decision which no one’s sure when Mr Brown will take – she’ll invite the Conservatives. (The need of the hour for a broken political system in Britain)

If no agreement is reached between parties and no government was unable to command enough support, I’m afraid there might be a second election. All the three of them seem to agree that there needs to be a change in the polling system, with no single party having enough MPs to form government. But what electoral reform are they looking at?

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It's Sony vs. Microsoft vs. Nintendo

Reference : BBC's preview of PS3 Move:

Gesture recognition is not anything new, but Sony has now come up with a motion control system for the PlayStation much similar to Microsoft's Natal. The Move motion controller would probably hit the markets by the end of this year, but a preview in the BBC gives a glimpse of how similar it is to the one with Nintendo Wii.

You can't really blame the three big console makers for taking similar directions and bringing similar gaming experiences, though at least with a different set of games. However, long long ago - back in 2005 - when Microsoft came up with the Xbox, or when Sony brought the PlayStation 3 in 2007, seldom did the two realise how much of activity Wiimote might create.

Taking cue from the motion sensing movement created by Nintendo, Sony was quick to come up with their EyeToy USB camera, but now the Move is one that might more relevant in the 3-D gaming world. Microsoft launched the Natal with a bang earlier this year, welcoming us to an era of controller-free gaming – "See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it. If you know how to move your hands, shake your hips or speak, you can jump into the fun, along with your friends." All with Xbox 360’s new game sensor - Project Natal.

It tracks your full body movement in 3-D, while responding to commands, directions and even a shift of emotion in your voice. It can recognise you just by looking at your face, and it doesn’t just react to key words but understands what you’re saying. Unveiled at the E3 Expo by Steven Spielberg, the Project Natal sensor is compatible with any Xbox 360 system and is the world’s first to combine an RGB camera, depth sensor, multi-array microphone and a custom processor.

At the E3, Sony also gave a demo of the Move system, boasting of its ability to 'precisely' track the speed and arc of the player's movement. However, previews of Move don't quite reveal that it is an improvement over what its competitors already have. Neither do we know what kind of market the Natal might have, as against the Move and the Wiimote.

The aim of these console makers seem to get hard-core gamers to get their grips on single-player shooter games, that involve wand-style controlling.

However, the thing now is - playing virtual tennis is not anymore a thing you can do only with the Wii.



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The idea

Newsbucket just happened all of a sudden! Quite a substantial amount of my time, currently (as I am in a job searching mode) is spent online, reading something - and all that I read needs some assimilation. Cos most times I end up taking a diversion and getting lost while I read something online. So, why not record all of what I do? Simply jobless you think? I am sure at the end of this activity - may be there'll be no end - or at least after a point, you - the reader - will surely understand why I started doing this (what you think is) crazy thing!