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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007LONDON (Reuters) - British censors on Tuesday banned a video game for the first time in 10 years, rejecting U.S.-published “Manhunt 2″ for what they described as an unrelenting focus on sadism and brutal slaying.
The decision by the British Board of Film Classification, or BBFC, means the game, from publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, which made [...]
MySpace launches early version of messaging service
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007MySpace launches early version of messaging service
Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:47AM EDT
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp.’s Internet social network MySpace said it officially launched the early version of its instant messaging service, MySpaceIM, which has been available to some users for about a year.
The unit of Fox Interactive Media said the service uses high-end [...]
Microsoft to change Vista after Google complaint
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007By Peter Kaplan
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. has agreed to modify its Windows Vista operating system in response to a complaint that its computer search function put Google Inc. and other potential rivals at a disadvantage, the Justice Department and Microsoft said on Tuesday.
Under an agreement with the department and 17 state attorneys general and [...]
Melodeo plans music service from iTunes playlists
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007NEW YORK (Reuters) - Melodeo Inc. said on Tuesday it plans to help music fans expand use of their iTunes digital music collections beyond their desktop computer and iPod by streaming songs in personal libraries to mobile phones.
Privately held Melodeo, which already delivers Web-based audio clips to phones, said the service — now in test [...]
Intel, Asustek Plan Low-Cost laptop
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007By Duncan Martell and Sheena Lee
SAN FRANCISCO/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has detailed plans to team up with Asustek Computer Inc. (2357.TW: Quote, Profile, Research), the world’s largest maker of computer motherboards, to make a notebook PC that would cost as little as $200 and be aimed at mass markets in [...]
Leading Businesses Make the Move to Windows Vista
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Leading Businesses Make the Move to Windows Vista
Microsoft releases new tools and services to help businesses better plan for, test, deploy and manage the company’s latest operating system.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — June 5, 2007 — This week at the 15th annual Tech•Ed 2007 conference, Microsoft Corp. discussed how leading businesses such as Cerner Corp., Charter Communications [...]