Microsoft Patents Wii Remote Killer Game Controller

Microsoft Patents Wii Remote Killer Game Controller
Following the steps of Sony, now Microsoft has patented an input device that aims to kill the Wii remote. And it doesnt look anything like that leaked wiimotelike motion controller.

MNEM0SYNE: Having trouble connecting to the internet after a reformat (Wireless)
Hello! I'm having trouble with my computer, and I've tried what little I know how to try, so I'm asking for help.

First, I should say that I have a Dell Inspiron 300m laptop running XP.

I should also give a little backstory that might have helped to screw things up. For the last two years, I've been teaching English overseas in Japan. In Sept. 2006, my computer had a problem and needed to be reformatted. After the computer was fixed, I registered for Yahoo! Broadband Wireless internet. They gave me a…I don't know the technical name, I'm sorry. It plugs into a USB drive and looks like a USB storage device. It's a little stick. This stick hooked up to the Yahoo!BB for me.

Before I was in Japan, my computer could automatically connect to the internet. There would be a little computer symbol that appeared in my toolbar near the timestamp. A little bubble would come up saying it could connect/etc. In Japan on Yahoo!BB, I get a little box shaped like the USB-like device that I'd been using.

Okay, so that's the backstory for what I had. Now, I'm back in the USA, and I can't connect to the internet for some reason. The little computer and bubble aren't appearing. I still have an image of the USB-like device with a big red X over it. When I ask it to "View Available Networks," it says the Status is "Device Not Connected." The information on top of this screen says WN-G54/BB Wireless LAN Adapter Setting….BUT I went into my Control Panel and clicked Network Connections. It says I have a 1394 Connection that is 'Connected, Firewalled; 1394 Net Adapter.' When I right-click and hit Status, it says the Status is 'Connected,' lists the time duration that it's been online since the computer has been turned on (currently says 01:14:18), and says the Speed is 400.0 Mbsp…………but it's NOT connected because it's still trying to connect through the device that I had to return to the company when I discontinued the service.

I went onto Dell's Official Site, looked up drivers and downloads for the Inspiron 300m, and downloaded a couple of the Wireless Drivers from another computer and transferred them over to mine. But, even though it installed, nothing happened after a reboot, and everything is still what I wrote above. Then, I went into Troubleshooting and Dell asked me to Run devmgmt.msc, open my Network Adapters, and see if what I had started with DELL or with INTEL. Well, at the moment, neither. It says 1394 Net Adapter, which matches with the other information I matched. So I searched my computer, and I do have a folder for Dell Wireless (though I'm not sure if it's what I installed today or not).

So this is all of my information that I can provide you with and everything that I tried. My plea is for help to get my laptop connected to the internet again and to make that computer and its bubble appear at the bottom of my screen once more. I don't know how to do it or what to do to look it up. My computer used to self-connect to the internet, and now…I don't know what's wrong with it, and I don't know how to look it up and find out more. I'm not too computer-savvy and only knwo the basics.

If you can help me, thank you so, so much. I would really, REALLY appreciate any help!!

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