Anything more than a casual gaming device built into a TV currently is unfeasible, but with faster SoC processing and faster broadband connection, Xbox could be an installation on hardware-compatible devices rather than a discrete device.

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To do this, the mobile phone does not need any special hardware and there is no need for a broadband connection or even a Wi- Fi connection.

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The online game service is going after Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft by streaming video games over a broadband connection to players directly, bypassing the need for game console hardware.

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The router, called ASR-1000, allows Internet service providers (ISPs), large companies and universities to move data and integrate services that enable security, voice over Internet, deep packet inspection and the authentication of broadband flow to specific subscribers, all in a single piece of hardware.

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He bets that corporations will ditch their old wire-line telephone hardware and buy new phones that send and receive calls over the same broadband connections that hook desktop computers to the internet.

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