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April Microsoft Patch Preview Includes IE Fix
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft set to patch browser, Windows, and Office on April 11.
Microsoft Buys Lionhead Studios
(AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it had bought Lionhead Studios, a British company that developed the "Fable" role-playing games for its Xbox videogame consoles.
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Microsoft to Triple Xbox Titles in Japan
(AP)
 AP - The new head of Microsoft's Japanese video-game business expressed determination Thursday to make the Xbox 360 a success in Japan, where the console has struggled, by more than tripling the number of games it offers by the end of the year.
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Microsoft Game Studios Adds Lionhead to the Fold
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Game Studios division of Microsoft announced Thursday that it has purchased famed game maker Peter Molyneux's Lionhead Studios. The disclosure follows weeks of speculation in the gaming community as to what the fate of the faltering UK-based game developer might be.
Review: Microsoft's 'Kahuna' Falls Short
(AP)
 AP - I signed up for my first Hotmail account in 1996 when a tech-savvy friend told me it would be part of the wave of the future.
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Microsoft's MSN Search Restored
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s MSN search engine stopped working for about four hours Thursday.
Microsoft buys "Fable" developer's game studio
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday
said its in-house video game unit acquired Lionhead Studios,
the British developer started by the famed game maker Peter
Molyneux, in a deal that gives Microsoft exclusive access to
one of the industry's leading creators.
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Apple opens itself to Windows
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Apple Computer Wednesday released software that will allow Microsoft's Windows operating system to run on Apple Macintosh PCs - the latest move toward the mainstream for the iconoclastic PC maker. It's the first time that Windows - found on more than 90% of the all PCs - can run on unaltered Macs.
Microsoft vows new Xbox offensive with extra games
(AFP)
 AFP - The new head of Microsoft's Xbox division in Japan vowed to step up the battle against its rivals with a bigger range of games aimed at winning over the country's notoriously finicky players.
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Microsoft Japan sees 80 Xbox 360 games by year-end
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp.'s Japan unit
said on Thursday Xbox 360 game console users in Japan will have
more than three times as many game titles available by December
as now, a move seen as preparing itself for an upcoming battle
with Sony Corp.'s (6758.T) PlayStation 3.
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Sex Angle Pushed by Online Game Makers
(AP)
 AP - Online games have so far mainly revolved around the killing of fantasy monsters. The occasional fight with a Stormtrooper provides some variety. Companies are now developing a handful of games — though calling them that is a stretch — designed to give players a very different option: making love, not war.
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Consumers want more from phones: study
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Not many people use
their cell phone to buy movie tickets, watch videos or play
games, but a significant number of Americans are interested in
doing just that.
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Microsoft Buys Lionhead Studios
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it had bought Lionhead Studios, a British company that developed the "Fable" role-playing games for its Xbox videogame consoles.
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HP Shows Off Products Tailored for India
(AP)
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. on Thursday showed off new products and research tailored to India, including a writing tablet that makes it easier to enter characters from two of India's national languages into a computer.
PayPal Offers Text Message Payment
(AP)
AP - Customers of the PayPal online payment service can now use their cell phones to instantly send money, buy items or donate to charities.
Cingular to sell ringtones from MySpace bands
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S.
cellphone service, said on Thursday it plans to sell ringtones
from bands that put their music on MySpace.com, the social Web
site that is popular among teenagers.
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Texas Instruments, NEC, Matsushita mull 3G tie-up
(Reuters)
Reuters - Top mobile phone chip supplier Texas
Instruments Inc., NEC Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co. are in talks over possible cooperation in cellphones,
Matsushita and NEC said on Friday.
FDA questions latest cell phone safety study
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration on Thursday questioned a recently published
study that raised concerns about a heightened risk of brain
cancer in wireless phone users, but added the agency would
review all related data.
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Microsoft Launches Linux Site
(PC World)
PC World - Web site will offer info about the company's open-source interoperability efforts.
China Seeking Stable Trade Ties With U.S.
(AP)
AP - China expects some trade friction with the United States but views stable economic ties as crucial, a top Chinese trade negotiator said, as a trade mission signed more than two dozen contracts on products such as software, autos and soybeans.
Sex Angle Pushed by Online Game Makers
(AP)
AP - Online games have so far mainly revolved around the killing of fantasy monsters. The occasional fight with a Stormtrooper provides some variety. Companies are now developing a handful of games — though calling them that is a stretch — designed to give players a very different option: making love, not war.
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Cingular to sell ringtones from MySpace bands
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S.
cellphone service, said on Thursday it plans to sell ringtones
from bands that put their music on MySpace.com, the social Web
site that is popular among teenagers.
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Blockbuster says Netflix suit without merit
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Blockbuster Inc. said on Thursday
it would defend itself vigorously in a lawsuit brought by
online rival Netflix Inc. which accuses the No. 1 video rental
chain of violating two patents.
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Moscowitz tapped to top WMG indie group
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Todd Moscowitz has been
named president of Warner Music Group's newly formed
Independent Label Group, which comprises WMG's urban imprint
Asylum Records, its rock label East West Records and its
online/mobile e-label Cordless Recordings.
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Online tour of 1906 San Francisco earthquake launched
(AFP)
 AFP - A computer-generated recreation of the seismic pounding taken by San Francisco during the devastating 1906 earthquake was launched online by the US Geological Survey.
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Microsoft's MSN Search Restored
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s MSN search engine stopped working for about four hours Thursday.
EarthLink, Google tapped for San Francisco Wi-FI
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A San Francisco city commission
has selected a joint bid by Web search leader Google Inc. and
Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. to provide free
wireless access throughout the city.
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Internet firms Google, Earthlink to turn San Francisco wireless
(AFP)
 AFP - San Francisco has picked US Internet firms Google and Earthlink to enable computer users to get online wirelessly for free from any nook or cranny in the city.
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Napster boosts outlook, sending shares soaring
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Online music service Napster Inc. on
Thursday raised its quarterly outlook, citing strong subscriber
growth, sending its shares up 16 percent.
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MTV, NBA store in PayPal cellular text deal
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Online payment company
PayPal on Thursday said MTV and the National Basketball
Association and others will accept payment from its new service
offering purchases by mobile phone text message.
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