The controller also features a light bar, which means a new PlayStation camera can more easily track the device for motion control.

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New units spice things up with the inclusion of the Weather Control Device, Cloning Vats, and the mind controlling Yuri troops, among others.

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Aside from a dapper exterior, the big draw here is the new Multidrive tech that graces the control panel and inner workings of the device.

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Since this device is already commonly employed to cool laser diodes, adapting it to control the new switches in bulk should be a cinch.

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Through the endless creation of new apps, you can now use what we once thought was a device reserved for talking and texting to control how you interact with the world around you.

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The app also includes additional features like an enhanced guide, the ability to use the Kindle Fire as a remote control for conventional televisions in the home and also to manage DVR recordings and schedule new recordings, right from the device.

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Riley Hassell and Shane Macaulay, two researchers with mobile security-focused Privateer Labs, plan to present two theoretical attacks on Android at the Black Hat security conference next month, both demonstrating new ways that a piece of mobile malware downloaded to a phone can surreptitiously exploit unexpected functions to gain control of the device, steal data, or make expensive phone calls.

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