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Microsoft Announces Online Gaming Service
(AP)
 AP - Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday announced a cross-platform gaming service that integrates games played on cell phones, Xbox 360 consoles and the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.
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Bill Gates pitches "anywhere" gaming at expo
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates
visited the world's largest video game expo on Tuesday to sell
a new vision of "anywhere" gaming that would link video game
consoles, cell phones and computers.
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Xbox 360 HD DVD player due for holidays
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. will release an HD
DVD player for its Xbox 360 video game machine in time for the
2006 holiday season and will have 10 million of its
next-generation consoles to market before its rivals debut
their new systems, company executives said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Releases Beta of Windows CE 6
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has lifted the lid on its latest "embedded" OS, promising a broader set of capabilities for devices ranging from set-top boxes to mobile phones and even "smart" fuel pumps.
For Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo - Game On
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - While Microsoft and Sony preached to hard-core gamers ahead of this week's E3 video game conference that starts Wednesday in Los Angeles, Nintendo said its goal was to expand the gaming market by attracting nongamers and lapsed gamers.
Microsoft Patches Windows, Exchange Flaws
(PC World)
PC World - Monthly updates repair 'critical' server hole and address Flash glitch.
Microsoft Security Patches Stanch Windows, Exchange Flaws
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - A trio security bulletins issued Tuesday by the software giant patched vulnerabilities sprinkled among Windows, Exchange, and a third-party product--Adobe's Flash Player
Yankee Group Urges Restraint on Vista Upgrades
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A new report from Yankee Group indicates that, despite Microsoft's earnest efforts to make Windows Vista a hassle-free system that offers airtight security, the software maker still has some work to do before Vista is ready for prime time.
Microsoft warns of two "critical" security flaws
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on
Tuesday warned of a "critical" security flaw in its Windows
operating system and another in its business Exchange software
that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.
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Sage CEO: Intuit Is Our Top Rival--Not Microsoft, Oracle, SAP
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - That's because Intuit "really 'gets' the [small-business] segment," according to Sage's Ron Verni.
Xbox 360 HD DVD player due for holidays
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. will release an HD
DVD player for its Xbox 360 video game machine in time for the
2006 holiday season and will have 10 million of its
next-generation consoles to market before its rivals debut
their new systems, company executives said on Tuesday.
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Verizon mulling phone line sales -report
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc. may
sell some of its traditional phone lines in two deals that
could fetch as much as $8 billion, according to a report on the
Wall Street Journal's Web site on Wednesday.
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Nokia launches new mid-range sports phone
(Reuters)
Reuters - The world's largest handset maker,
Nokia (NOK1V.HE), unveiled a new mobile phone model on
Wednesday, aimed at sports fans and strengthening its mid-range
offering.
TiVo in pact with Brightcove to deliver Web TV
(Reuters)
 Reuters - TiVo Inc. on Wednesday said
it has signed a deal with startup Brightcove that will allow
TiVo subscribers to receive television-like programs delivered
over the Internet.
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Nintendo's Wii game console due in Q4
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Nintendo Co. Ltd. said on Tuesday
its next-generation video game console, called Wii, will be
available in the fourth quarter, fighting for gamers' wallets
in the year-end shopping season with rivals Sony Corp. and
Microsoft Corp.
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Yahoo and Telemundo to merge Hispanic sites: report
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Internet media leader Yahoo Inc. and
broadcaster Telemundo are expected to announce a deal to merge
their Spanish language U.S. Web sites to court one of the
fastest-growing media audiences, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Wednesday.
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TiVo Inks Deal to Offer Web-Based Videos
(AP)
 AP - Digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. is teaming up with an online video service to deliver Web-based programming to TiVo's broadband television boxes.
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Warner Music in joint venture with SK Telecom
(AFP)
 AFP - Warner Music Group said it is merging the content side of its South Korean operation into a new joint venture with SK Telecom, for music to be made available on mobile phones and other digital platforms.
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Eclipse effort eyes server-side apps
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Server-side application deployment may get a boost from a project newly proposed to the open source Eclipse Foundation. The Rich Server Platform - User Interface Framework (RSP-UI) effort within Eclipse seeks to provide a UI framework to compose integrated server-side applications based on Eclipse and OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative) styles.
Microsoft Announces Online Gaming Service
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday announced a cross-platform gaming service that integrates games played on cell phones, Xbox 360 consoles and the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.
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Yahoo and Telemundo to merge Hispanic sites: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Internet media leader Yahoo Inc. and
broadcaster Telemundo are expected to announce a deal to merge
their Spanish language U.S. Web sites to court one of the
fastest-growing media audiences, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Wednesday.
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Verizon mulling phone line sales -report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc. may
sell some of its traditional phone lines in two deals that
could fetch as much as $8 billion, according to a report on the
Wall Street Journal's Web site on Wednesday.
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TiVo in pact with Brightcove to deliver Web TV
(Reuters)
Reuters - TiVo Inc. on Wednesday said it has
signed a deal with startup Brightcove that will allow TiVo
subscribers to receive television-like programs delivered over
the Internet.
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TiVo Inks Deal to Offer Web-Based Videos
(AP)
AP - Digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. is teaming up with an online video service to deliver Web-based programming to TiVo's broadband television boxes.
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Microsoft Announces Online Gaming Service
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday announced a cross-platform gaming service that integrates games played on cell phones, Xbox 360 consoles and the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.
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Next "GTA" video game to have Xbox 360 extras
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday
announced a strategic win for its Xbox 360 video game console,
saying the next game of the "Grand Theft Auto" series would be
released for its platform at the same time as Sony Corp's
(6758.T) unit and have special Xbox online extras.
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Warner Bros seals groundbreaking deal with former film pirate
(AFP)
 AFP - Hollywood's Warner Bros. studios said it had sealed a deal with file sharer BitTorrent, once a key haven for online movie pirates, to distribute its films and television shows.
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French Senate to Vote on iTunes Amendment
(AP)
 AP - Apple Computer Inc. could negotiate new deals with record labels and artists to sidestep French government plans to open the copy-protection technology of its iTunes music service to rivals, under a draft Senate amendment to be voted on this week.
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Warner Bros. Teams with BitTorrent
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Warner Bros., figuring that if you can't be them, then you might as well join them, has teamed up with BitTorrent, a file-sharing company once known as a bastion of movie and music piracy, to make hundreds of television shows and films available online as low-cost downloads.
MySpace.com Founders Among Webby Winners
(AP)
 AP - The founders of the popular social networking site MySpace.com are among the winners of this year's Webby online achievement awards.
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