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Articles tagged "microsoft" Multimedia ReviewKingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doomby Ryan Smith[23.Apr.08] :. There are so many head-scratchingly puzzling things about this Xbox 360 game that it's hard to know where to start.  NewsYahoo’s high price for coddling Googleby Elise Ackerman and Pete Carey [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][20.Mar.08] :. Almost eight years ago, Yahoo decided to lend a little start-up a helping hand, featuring its search technology on the Yahoo home page and giving it money at a critical juncture. In cut-throat...  NewsMicrosoft’s Gates says computers not cure-allby Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][28.Feb.08] :. Some people see baldness as a big issue. Not Bill Gates. And not because he has hair. “Malaria kills 1 million people a year; baldness hasn’t killed anyone yet,” he said last...  NewsHow Yahoo went from Web star to Microsoft preyby John Letzing [MarketWatch (MCT)][20.Feb.08] :. SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Two years ago, Yahoo Inc. acquired a vast patchwork of commercial lots in the heart of Silicon Valley, a prime location that local officials hoped would become home to thousands... NewsYahoo, AOL Microsoft striving to stay relevantby Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][20.Feb.08] :. In the 1990s, the Internet portal was the gateway and the gatekeeper to the Web, a place filled with a variety of content, from reprinted magazine articles to choppy playback of movie... NewsMicrosoft stretches online domain with Yahoo interestby Victor Godinez [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][5.Feb.08] :. Microsoft’s proposal to buy Yahoo for $45 billion doesn’t mean much directly for gamers. But it does illustrate just how small-potatoes the Xbox business is for Microsoft. Oddly, that... What’s next for Xbox?by Victor Godinez [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][8.Jan.08] :. Who’s ready to start talking about the next Xbox? Yeah, I know, it sounds idiotic - didn’t the 360 just come out? But one glance at a calendar suggests it won’t be long before we... Mass Effectby Ryan Smith[4.Jan.08] :. One of the major themes of Mass Effect is xenophobia and the reasons that certain species hate or mistrust the others. Microsoft wants to add Silicon Valley as a friendby Scott Duke Harris and John Boudreau [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][31.Oct.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Time was that Silicon Valley loved to hate Microsoft, casting it as a ruthless monopoly whose tactics richly merited antitrust lawsuits from the Justice Department, state attorneys... Featured Article Multimedia ReviewHalo 3by Jason Cook[29.Oct.07] :. Halo 3 may be the most important video game of all time. Microsoft invests $240 million in Facebookby Scott Duke Harris and Mark Boslet [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][25.Oct.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Microsoft has acquired a minority stake in Facebook in a landmark deal that puts a stunning $15 billion valuation on the social networking Web business and highlights... New goodies heighten ‘Halo 3’ thrill factorby Victor Godinez [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][27.Sep.07] :. Halo 3 isn’t the greatest game ever made. Heck, it might not be the best game released this year. But it is a lot of fun to play, and I’ve got the haunted, sleep-deprived stare to... ‘Halo 3’ promos troublingby Brier Dudley [The Seattle Times (MCT)][19.Sep.07] :. Microsoft is saying its upcoming “Halo 3” video game “will make entertainment history.” I wonder, though, if the company will make another kind of history by releasing a... A climate change in the software environmentby Benjamin J. Romano [The Seattle Times (MCT)][29.Aug.07] :. SEATTLE - Consumers are getting used to retrieving their digital information and collections - contacts, photographs, e-mail, documents - on practically any computer and a growing number of mobile... Featured Article Multimedia ReviewTenchu Zby G. Christopher Williams[6.Aug.07] :. Ninjas are awesome. They are also, apparently, fascists. Shadowrunby Ryan Smith[3.Aug.07] :. Shadowrun feels like a briefly entertaining speed bump on the road to Halo 3. Featured Article Multimedia ReviewForza Motorsport 2by Arun Subramanian[27.Jul.07] :. Forza Motorport 2 succeeds on all levels because it is the racing game you choose to make of it. Consoles may get price cutby Victor Godinez [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][12.Jun.07] :. There’s a pretty good chance both the Xbox 360 and the PS3 will see price cuts of at least $100 by year’s end. That’s because Microsoft and Sony are running out of options in the... One stage, two tech titans: Microsoft’s Gates, Apple’s Jobsby Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][30.May.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Bill Gates and Steve Jobs will share a stage Wednesday night for the first time in more than 20 years to talk about technology’s present and future, but it’s their... Beta ‘Halo’ glitch plays havoc with gamersby Kim Peterson [The Seattle Times (MCT)][17.May.07] :. SEATTLE - That collective wail emanating across the Web on Wednesday was the sound of video gamers denied. Microsoft had promised to debut a beta, or test, version Wednesday of multiplayer... Talk of Microsoft-Yahoo merger peters outby Elise Ackerman and Jack Davis [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][6.May.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Friday’s dramatic bounce in Yahoo’s stock on reports of a deal with Microsoft - later discredited - reflects the pressure facing the third- and second-largest Internet... Crimson Skies: High Road to Revengeby Sean Trundle[10.Mar.04] :. From the first minute of the opening cinematic, when our protagonist chases down a plane on foot and then jumps on to catch it, you know that any notion of 'realism' will be taking a back seat in this game. |
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