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    Why the Xbox 360 Supports HD DVD

    <div class='quotetop'>(Xbox360Fanboy.com)</div><div class='quotemain'>After reading Sunday?s New York Times (requires registration), I really wanted to find out a bit more around HD DVD. So I sat down with some folks working on Xbox 360?s upcoming HD DVD drive*, and asked: Why HD DVD? Why not...
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    G4TechTV Canada launches new show dedicated to internet culture

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>March 3, 2006, Toronto ? G4techTV Canada is pleased to announce the launch of Torrent, a weekly one-hour Internet culture show for tech-savvy audiences looking for unique first-person pop-tech stories from around the world starting Thursday...
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    Rockstar presents Grand Theft... Ping Pong?

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>March 3, 2006 - Earlier this week I spoke with Rockstar's COO Terry Donovan about Rockstar Games' newest endeavor. He had hinted earlier in the summer that Rockstar was working on something new and that I wouldn't believe it when I heard it...
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    Nintendo France Marketing Director Predicts Launch Plans

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>In a recent interview with gaming site Jeux-France, Nintendo of France's Marketing Director Mathieu Minel discussed the company's launch plans for its next-generation console, code-named the Nintendo Revolution. First, Minuel stated that the...
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    Strike three for Intel

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>The giant is taking a nap. Intel warned on Friday that its revenue for the first quarter would come in at between $8.7 and $9.1 billion, roughly $500 million lower than estimates the company issued in January. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based...
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    AOL to pay e-mail tab for nonprofits

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>America Online intends to pick up the costs for nonprofit groups that wish to send e-mails to AOL members, a move that comes less than a week after a consortium spoke out against the company's plan to charge for a new bulk e-mail service...
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    Testing cell phone radiation on human skin

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Finland's radiation watchdog is to study the effects of mobile phones on human proteins by direct tests on people's skin, to see if handset transmissions affect their health. A pilot study, to be conducted next week, will expose a small area of...
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    Apple patches serious Mac OS flaws

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Apple Computer on Wednesday released a security update for Mac OS X that fixes 20 vulnerabilities, including a high-profile Web browser and Mail flaw disclosed last week. The set of patches addresses a variety of security flaws, including...
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    Live: Google faces off with analysts

    I have nothing to say since it would take me around 2 min to read. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6045103.html?tag=st.num
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    Philly moves forward with Wi-Fi plan

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>The city of Philadelphia detailed its plan to blanket the city with Wi-Fi after signing its final contract with EarthLink, which will build and operate the network on behalf of the city. The city said Wednesday that pricing of the broadband...
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    Microsoft whispers Origami details

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Microsoft updated the Web site for its secretive Origami Project on Thursday, offering a more elaborate tease, but also confirming key details about the Windows-based mini tablet. "I am everywhere you are, but never in the way," reads the...
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    Virus makes leap from PC to PDA

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>A group of security researchers claims to have found the first virus that can jump to a mobile device after infecting a PC. The malicious software, dubbed "Crossover," was sent anonymously to the Mobile Antivirus Researchers Association, the...
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    Microsoft: Our engine better than Google soon

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Microsoft will introduce a search engine better than Google in six months in the United States and Britain followed by Europe, its European president said on Wednesday. "What we're saying is that in six months' time we'll be more relevant in...
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    Google slowdown no surprise

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Google shares tumbled Tuesday after the company's chief financial officer said, "Really most of what's left is just organic growth, which means you have to grow your traffic and you have to grow your monetization." Google Chief Financial...
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    Details unfolding on Microsoft's Origami

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>As rumors unfurl about a new gadget upcoming from Microsoft, the company's Origami Project is starting to take shape as a very small tablet computer, one perhaps affordable enough to appeal to mainstream consumers. The concept, which Microsoft...
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    Apple launches new Intel Mac Minis, iPod Hi-Fi

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>CUPERTINO, Calif.--Apple Computer on Tuesday introduced its third Intel-based Mac, a revamped version of its petite Mac Mini. The new Mac Mini will be available, starting immediately, in two models. The low-end model sells for $599 and comes...
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    Microsoft sees Dance Dance Revolution in e-mail

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Microsoft is looking to make scrolling through e-mail less work for your hands, and more work for your feet. The software maker's research unit has developed a prototype e-mail program in which cubicle dwellers can wade through e-mail and...
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    Is Mac OS as safe as ever?

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Apple Computer fans have long loved to point out the safety of using Mac OS X, which has mostly been left alone by hackers. But the recent arrival of three threats has some asking: Is the software's charmed security life over? In the past two...
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    BLACK not coming to the 360 but BLACK 2 is!

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Alright, some bad news leavened with some good news: If you had any hopes of playing BLACK, EA's new gun-crazed FPS, on the 360, developer Criterion's Alex Ward has a message for you. He told Eurogamer, "I keep reading all over forums that we're...
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    Kim Talks Halo 3 and Second Wave

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>We caught up with Shane Kim at the recent DICE summit to talk about the various issues surrounding first and third party Xbox 360 development. Not surprisingly, we wanted to talk about Halo 3, but Kim points out there's a whole lot more going on...