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'Rock Band,' 'Guitar Hero' drive digital song sales

EL1TE — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:27:32 +0000

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In the two months since MTV Networks and Harmonix released the music-based video game Rock Band, players have purchased and downloaded more than 2.5 million additional songs made available after the game's initial distribution. Activision,... Read more...

New Panasonic batteries 'longest lasting,' says Guinness

zhiVago — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:11:37 +0000

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Japan's Panasonic has created the world's longest-lasting alkaline battery, according to Guinness World Records. Panasonic promises its new Evolta battery cell — whose name is derived from "evolution" and "voltage" — will keep gadgets running... Read more...

I.B.M. to Push 'Cloud Computing,' Using Data From Afar

mlauzon76 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:16:45 +0000

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I.B.M. plans to build a sizable business by bringing Google-style computing to mainstream corporate customers. The I.B.M. strategy, to be announced today, seeks to exploit the technical work and commercial interest in large data centers... Read more...

Apple Confirms Some Leopard 'Blue Screens,' Posts Fix

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:51:06 +0000

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Apple is confirming that some installations of its Leopard operating system have left a "Blue Screen of Death," and recommends the OS be reinstalled or installers use "line commands" to get the systems booting properly.... Read more...

Scientists Develop 'Thinnest Material Ever,' One Atom Thick

Slimy — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:12:21 +0000

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British-based scientists have created graphene, supposedly the thinnest material in the world: a one atom thick layer of carbon formed in hexagonal gropus. The substance, which is about 200,000 thinner than a human hair, was... Read more...

Microsoft Has a Big Date Set with 'Black Hat ' Hackers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:06:09 +0100

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Microsoft's Windows Vista has a date with some of the world's smartest hackers. The software maker will use the spotlight of the Black Hat security conference in August to show off some of the key... Read more...

Facing 'new world of work,' Microsoft locks up Office

malebolgia — Tue, 24 May 2005 22:17:39 +0100

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Redmond, Wash.--For most of their 20 years, Word and Excel documents have had free rein within corporate walls. In the early days, workers used an array of floppy disks to shuttle documents... Read more...

'Madden,' 'ESPN' Football Score in Different Ways

malebolgia — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:02:11 +0100

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Was absenteeism a little high on Tuesday among the guys at the office? EA Sports would like to think it was because "Madden NFL 2005" came out that day, and some fans of the football... Read more...

TechEd Day2: Microsoft Shows Off 'R2,' New Roadmaps and More

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 May 2004 09:34:58 +0100

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Microsoft VP Andy Lees walked the TechEd crowd through a fast-paced set of demos and several new product roadmaps during his Tuesday morning keynote. If you looked closely, you could see lots of what to... Read more...

Microsoft Preps 'Symphony,' 'Slalom' Media Center Releases

Tom Warren — Mon, 24 Nov 2003 18:05:51 +0000

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Next two versions of Microsoft's home-entertainment-hub version of Windows are already in the works. Even though it has barely put the finishing touches on its Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 release,... Read more...

Microsoft Launches 'MSN 8.5,' Preps For 9.0

Tom Warren — Wed, 04 Jun 2003 19:03:42 +0100

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Watch for MSN to roll out new subscription services for music, e-mail collaboration, spam-protection and parental controls in its next upgrade. While it ended up ditching the 8.5 moniker, Microsoft rolled out... Read more...

'No conflict of interest,' as MS recruits top Brussels IT Eurocrat

Mr magoo — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:18:42 +0000

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Lol - what did i tell you chappies- MS has already started buying people out- that means their worried bad! "In a barely-registered coup earlier this month Microsoft recruited senior European Commission official... Read more...