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Xbox Manager Slams Sony for Every PlayStation 3 Misstep
by Marcus Yam - DailyTech.com
Microsoft pulls no punches in pointing out PS3 mistakes.
Console wars are the sweet fuel to all fanboy discussions, and whenever a representative of a particular games company says something particularly scathing about the competition, explosions are sure to follow.
Xbox product manager Aaron Greenberg recently spoke out in an interview with Destructoid […]
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Microsoft Contests $1.4bn EU Fine
by BBC News
Microsoft has appealed against a 899m euros ($1.4bn; £680.9m) fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.
The penalty - the largest ever from the European Commission - came after it failed to comply with a 2004 ruling that it abused its market position.
The ruling said that Microsoft […]
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Alarm at Google Yahoo Partnering
by Maggie Shiels - BBC News
Regulators in the US are being urged to investigate any potential online advertising and search partnership between Google and Yahoo.
The call by a coalition of 16 American civil rights and rural advocacy bodies comes despite the fact no firm deal has actually been announced.
“We all suffer in such […]
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Sales of Blu-ray Disc Not Enough to Stop Home Video Slump
by Marcus Yam - DailyTech
Blu-ray Disc sales growing, but home video revenues are still down .
The future of home video is thought to be set now with Blu-ray Disc emerging as the victor in the high-definition format war, but things aren’t quite so rosy in the present market.
Blu-ray Disc sales have jumped considerably in 2008, […]
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Temasek Bought $600 Million Merrill Shares in February
by Saeed Azhar - BNet.com
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore state investor Temasek (TEM) exercised an option to buy an additional $600 million worth of Merrill Lynch (MER) shares in February, raising its investment in the U.S. bank to $5 billion, the sovereign wealth fund said […]
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Yahoo lukewarm on Microsoft bid
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Internet search engine Yahoo says it is “not opposed” to Microsoft’s takeover bid, but wants a better price.
The letter from Yahoo’s board was a swift response to a deadline issued at the weekend by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for Yahoo to agree to the deal.
Microsoft warned if […]
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