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Microsoft & Yahoo Top Executives Have Met to Discuss MS Takeover According to an Unnamed Source

By on Saturday, 15. March 2008

A leak from an unnamed source has indicated that Microsoft and Yahoo have officially met to discuss MS’s failed takeover bid with a view to finding an amicable way forward following MS’s apparent willingness to mount and increasingly hostile takeover campaign.

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New Upgraded Nokia N810 With WiMAX Functionality Available in April? – Speculation Mounts

By on Thursday, 13. March 2008

According to an apparently anonymous tip passed to BGR, Nokia’s much anticipated WiMAX capable N810 (touted as being the N830 by some) could be released this April – though we should stress that this is as yet unsubstanciated by Nokia.

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Xbox 360 DivX Compatibility in the Pipeline, at last?

By on Sunday, 11. November 2007

There’s been a great deal of speculation as to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaining its much requested DivX compatibility some time in the future but, at last, there appears to be a glimmer of hope on the horizon thanks to a inadvertent slip by Kevin Hall, a company spokesperson, whilst being [...]

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Segate Maxtor PS3200 External Hard Disk Drives Supplied with Virus Targeting World of Warcraft

By on Sunday, 11. November 2007

According to a press release from Segate, anyone who has purchased one of their Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 external hard disk drives since August 2007 to date may have received a unit pre-infected with Virus.Win32.AutoRun.ah which will not only search for passwords relating to a host of online games (including [...]

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Apple’s Legal Team Targets Websites Using Trademarked iPhone Name

By on Thursday, 1. November 2007

Websites using Apple’s trademarked iPhone term in their names have already begun to receive letters from Apple’s much feared legal team in a move that’s sure to send shockwaves through the blogging community and occasion more than its fair share of controversy, according to reports surfacing today.

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Halo 3 Xbox 360 Red Ringing - Killer Game, Killing XBoxes

By on Wednesday, 3. October 2007

Could Microsoft have possibly known in advance of Halo 3’s apparent ability to route out Xbox consoles on the verge of hardware failure causing them to commit hara-kiri when they acted to extend Xbox warranties (at an envisaged cost of $1.5 billion) recently – who can tell, but what’s not [...]

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One Million Free Flip Video Camcorders to Highlight World Issues

By on Wednesday, 26. September 2007

Pure Digital Technologies, the makers of the Flip Video YouTube Camcorder, have announced that they are to give away one million free Flip Video camcorders over the next five years to non-profit organisations to help them document world issues and highlight the invaluable work they do across the globe – [...]

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