Los Angeles, Aug 30: Microsoft has won federal approval for a wireless adapter for its Xbox video game console that allows players to connect to the Internet without cabling, according to a posting on a regulatory Web site. The site for the Office of Engineering and Technology of the US Federal Communications Commission shows that approval for the unit was granted late on Thursday.

A Microsoft spokeswoman said the FCC posted the information about the device in error, but she confirmed the adapter had been approved. She said the government office had agreed to a request to keep product details confidential ahead of a planned product launch.
Microsoft declined to say when the launch would be.
The approval on the federal office's site includes a number of exhibits, among them internal and external photographs of the device, as well as the user's manual that would presumably ship with the product.
However, the spokeswoman said the photos on the FCC Web site are not pictures of the final product. Bureau Report