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Wii Mean Business |
| E3, the largest annual trade show for video game enthusiasts, officially kicks off today (June 2). Still, the place had a ridiculous buzz yesterday. The biggest news from the showroom didn't revolve around The Beatles' involvement with the newest Rock Band or have anything to do with screenshots from Assassin's Creed 2. The chatter in L.A. was all about the new motion-tracking technology called Xbox Fluid that will allow gamers to user their bodies to act out what their characters do in a video game. |
| Posted: 06/04/2009 10:50 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Microsoft Windows 7 to hit market end-October |
| SEATTLE - Microsoft said on Tuesday its new Windows 7 operating system will be generally available on October 22, well ahead of its original schedule and in time for the holiday shopping season. |
| Posted: 06/02/2009 3:27 P By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Experts warn mobile phones face hacking threat |
| Accessing your bank account using your mobile phone might seem safe, but security experts say would-be hackers can access confidential information via a simple text message seemingly from your service provider. |
| Posted: 06/01/2009 10:51 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Time Warner to spin off AOL, ending ill-fated deal |
| NEW YORK - Time Warner Inc. is dumping AOL after spending nearly a decade trying to build a new-age media empire only to wind up in a weaker position than when the marriage began. |
| Posted: 05/28/2009 11:43 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Microsoft poised to enter handheld gaming fray with Zune HD |
| Confirming weeks of speculation, Microsoft has officially announced the Zune HD. The specs -- a 3.3 inch OLED touchscreen, the ability to output in HD, an HD Radio receiver, a full-screen web browser and built-in Wi-Fi -- are pretty impressive, but perhaps the most exciting tidbit is that the Zune marketplace will be fully integrated into Xbox and Xbox Live as a replacement for the current Live video service. |
| Posted: 05/28/2009 11:41 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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IE8 set for automatic roll-out |
| Microsoft will begin to push out the latest version of its flagship Internet Explorer browser to users with older editions from next week, according to the firm.
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| Posted: 04/14/2009 12:47 P By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Businesses will postpone Windows 7 rollouts |
| Windows Vista's left such a bad taste in the mouth it's become one reason most organizations won't be moving to Windows 7 next year.
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| Posted: 04/14/2009 12:44 P By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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PS3 Price Cut in April |
| Would you buy an 80GB PS3 for just $300? Would a $100 price drop have swayed you to nab a PS3 in lieu of an Xbox 360 or Wii over the holidays? |
| Posted: 01/14/2009 12:24 P By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Motorola Announces $1,999 Aura Cell Phone |
| Motorola, still searching for its next RAZR-sized hit, announces the Aura, a new luxury mobile phone geared specifically for those with high-end tastes and even higher-end salaries. |
| Posted: 10/28/2008 1:19 P By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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GM Charges Forward with a Volt of Inspiration |
| The biggest US automaker envisions the Volt to be the new symbol of what General Motors is today; a leader of cutting-edge automotive design and technology. |
| Posted: 09/17/2008 2:50 P By: Andre Burgin |
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Blu-Ray sales tank for good reasons |
| Blu-Ray player sales are sucking wind as well they should. According to CNET, sales of the DRM infected format players are dropping like rocks. |
| Posted: 05/07/2008 9:58 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Microsoft offers hope for people who want to keep XP |
| Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer today (April 24) offered a glimmer of hope to fans of the company's XP operating system, saying customer demand may see the company reconsider a decision to stop selling XP in June. |
| Posted: 04/24/2008 11:52 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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News Corp. May Join Yahoo Bid With Microsoft |
| Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions. The combination, which would join Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corporation's MySpace, would create a behemoth that would upend the Internet landscape. |
| Posted: 04/10/2008 11:46 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Microsoft Threatens Hostile Takeover if Yahoo Does Not Agree to Buyout |
| Microsoft has sent a letter to the board at Yahoo and given them a deadline of April 26 to agree to their $41 billion buyout deal or face a hostile takeover. Yahoo rejected the offer earlier in the year, saying it undervalued the company. |
| Posted: 04/10/2008 11:45 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Coming Soon: Super Fast Internet |
| The internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. |
| Posted: 04/07/2008 12:15 P By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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The worst computer viruses of all time |
| If you haven't experienced a computer virus yet, just wait -- you probably will. Fortunately, you missed the real heyday of computer viruses when anti-virus software wasn't very widely used, and virus attacks caused millions of dollars in damages overnight. |
| Posted: 04/02/2008 9:45 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Google builds own undersea internet cable |
| A group of six international companies, including Google Inc. of the U.S., is building a $300 million underwater fiber-optic cable linking the United States and Japan. |
| Posted: 02/27/2008 3:33 P By: Blazinstreetz.com |
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Pakistan Blocks YouTube |
| Pakistan's government has banned access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube because of anti-Islamic movies that users have posted on the site, an official said Sunday. |
| Posted: 02/25/2008 12:51 P By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Blu-ray Trumps HD DVD: The Aftermath |
| Want a refund from Toshiba now that it's pulled the plug on its own format? Good luck. Also: HD DVD prices plummet, Universal and Amazon go Blu-ray, and more. |
| Posted: 02/21/2008 2:14 P By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Microsoft to buy maker of the Sidekick |
| Microsoft Corp. agreed Monday to buy cell phone software maker Danger Inc., strengthening its position in consumer mobile phones and building its defenses against a major Google Inc. initiative. |
| Posted: 02/18/2008 10:23 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Toshiba Halts HD DVD Production |
| Toshiba has halted production of HD DVD players and recorders and is close to making a decision on whether to throw in the towel on the high-definition movie disc format, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday evening. |
| Posted: 02/18/2008 10:20 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion |
| Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around US$44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services. |
| Posted: 02/04/2008 8:44 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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MySpace opens doors to developers |
| MySpace will open its doors to software developers allowing them to create games and media-sharing applications for the popular social network. |
| Posted: 01/31/2008 9:13 A By: BlazinStreetz.com |
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Google Funds Web-DNA Test |
| A private firm funded by Google Inc launched its Web-based DNA test in Europe on Tuesday, hoping to build on a successful start in the United States, where the $999 service went on sale in November. |
| Posted: 01/23/2008 4:55 P By: Blazinstreetz.com |
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