Morning everyone, it’s been an interesting week and I’ve torn myself away from my copies of Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2 in order to dig through some news. Have a video to show today as well, gotta say it can be just a tad creepy but you’ll understand soon enough. Let’s get straight to this shall we?

Amidst the news of ThePirateBay shutting down their tracker in favor of another service and studies on how cell phone usage increases your chance to get hit by a car (don’t ask, not worth it), I found a small little piece about Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen. It seems Paul was recently diagnosed with cancer. From the news report, it is stated he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma which is a type that is known to be very fast acting but it also responds well to the usual chemotherapy treatment. Best of luck in your recovery, Paul Allen.

For you Android owners out there, one of the issues plaguing this device has been fixed in a silent update released by Motorola. No, it isn’t the reported speaker problems but rather the auto-focus problems the built in camera was having. The guys over at Engadget tested it out with their devices and can confirm the issue has officially been resolved so rejoice Android owners, no more blurry pictures. Well, at least no more need to manually get a good focus.

An interesting claim was made by the company behind the OnLive cloud gaming service. It seems they are convinced they can get their service working on a device as small as the iPhone. Granted that trying to play a PC style game on a touch screen mobile device isn’t going to translate pretty well, it was said initial plans for the iPhone variant were so OnLive users can track their friends and eventually they would bring some games tailored to mobile devices. Pretty cool for iPhone users, I’m still waiting for my chance to test out the service on my laptop.

Now, just because I can’t resist mentioning this after reading the headline. In fact, I will say only a few words with the next sentence and I want you to let your imaginations run a bit before continuing. Bomb-proof wallpaper. Now think on that for a bit, I’ll go grab a coffee.

Right, now to explain. X-Flex wallpaper is made of kevlar and elastic polymer. In a demo video of it, the stuff resisted a wrecking ball trying to break through a concrete wall. Pretty impressive really, and naturally the military is looking into using this new wallpaper to reinforce their bases. Now I’m going to quickly pull away from this topic before I make a joke about interior decorating.

So comes the time for you to shift uncomfortably in your seats while watching what is obviously corporate mandated dance moves. Why is it every time Microsoft tries to do something to connect with people it comes off a tad bit creepy?

With that, I sign off and head back to Renaissance Italy to cap some people and probably senselessly beat up guards for amusement in Assassin’s Creed 2. Enjoy your week, my readers, and I’ll see you next Tuesday.