Here you can watch an interesting talk about the robots, the idea "a robot in every home" and the Microsoft Robotics. This video is very long, over an hour. The real (english) presentation begins at minute 2:30 ;)
Yesterday I have upgraded my VMware Workstation from the version "5.5.3 build-34685" to "6.0.0 build-45731".
I started my machines and everything was looking fine but the machine’s Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility was still "Workstation 5".
Then I installed the updated VMware Tools and upgraded the VM's Virtual Hardware to "Workstation 6" (Menu: “VM” -> “Upgrade or Change Version...” -> “Next” -> “Workstation 6” -> “Next” -> “Alter this virtual machine” -> “Next” -> “Finish” -> “Close”).
After I booted my Windows VM, all new hardware has been detected but the "Game Port for Creative" (Deutsch: "Gameport für Creative"). It appeared with a yellow exclamation mark in the Device Manager.
The device has following status:
"This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)
If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system."
Deutsch:
"Für dieses Gerät sind nicht genügend Ressourcen verfügbar. (Code 12) Wenn Sie dieses Gerät nutzen möchten, müssen Sie ein anderes Gerät mit Anschluss an den Computer deaktivieren."
Resolution:
Shut down your machine and downgrade the Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility to "Workstation 5" again and then upgrade it to "Workstation 6" without starting the machine between these two changes!
All the glitches will be gone next time you start your machine.