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Google's New Purchase Called Adscape |
 ...petitors is Microsoft's Massive Inc. This in-0game ad company was bought by Microsoft Corp. by $ 200 million. It has already made a deal to place its ads in several on-line games developed by UbiSoft Entertainment SA, THQ Inc. as well as Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.
Although Adscape looks forward to deal with major publishers, its value is still to be based on the team working within the company, a team that pla... |
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YouTube to Award Best Videos |
 ...isaNova, comic commentator, who was also spotted on MadTV.
Those that are being nominated can now start promoting themselves on the website and till Friday lead for votes.
However, despite all the entertainment provided by YouTube, some companies, like Viacom, are thinking of introducing an additional category called "Best Professionally Produced Copyrighted Video." Last week the owner of MTV and Comedy Central assets ... |
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Microsoft Upgrades Its Xbox 360 |
 ...rade is meant to encourage the Xbox 360 users to download media from the Internet, which require more additional money spending.
Peter Moore, Microsoft's corporate vice president for the interactive entertainment business, said that today's gamers have a thirst on various high-definition content, and the new upgrade is meant to settle this thirst down.
The Xbox 360 Elite is to be announced today and should be available ... |
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New Technology to Prevent DVD Theft |
| ...os. The Chief Executive at Kestrel Wireless, Paul Atkinson, mentioned that some deals are to be announced this summer.
It is worth mentioning that the retail theft of video games, along with other entertainment products, is estimated at $400 million each year. This data was provided by the Entertainment Merchants Association. The majority of retailers today keep their products behind glass cases, which, however inhibit... |
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Xbox 360 Elite - Accessories and Components |
 ... there's a list of accessories and components that the Xbox 360 Elite comes packed with:
Xbox 360 console, which has black finish and three core processors that are able to produce the best in HD entertainment, 16:9 cinematic aspect ratio, anti-aliasing specially developed for smooth textures, full surround sound, HDMI output along with a DVD playback.
Detachable 120GB hard drive for Xbox 360 with the help of whi... |
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Microsoft Surface - Innovative Table-Like Computer |
| ...eristics and a price list. Customers will be able to drag icons that represent parts of a service plan onto the phone. Then they will send the virtual package to be registered for purchase.
Harrah's Entertainment and Starwood Hotels and Resorts are also planning to use Microsoft Surface. Visitors of a restaurant, for example, will be able to split a tab in no time ... |
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There Are Successful Bloggers in Africa Too |
 ...internet for the first time. William Kamkwamba got an opportunity to surf the net when he attended a TEDGlobal conference in Arusha, Tanzania, aimed to promote new ideas in the technology, design and entertainment fields. The 19-year-old high-school student was invited to the conference to share his personal experience of designing and building a windmill completely on his own.
Kamkwamba left school when he was 14 as ... |
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Boeing 787 - Less Weight with More Efficiency |
| ...-free.
Boeing didn't hesitate to use modern technologies when designing the plane's interior. At the beginning of 2007 the engineers introduced wireless technologies in the plans to build a modern entertainment system inside the aircraft, thus getting closer to 'losing weight' due to less cable used inside the plane.
However, the Dreamliner is not 100% ready for its first flight. According to Boeing, the 787 will n... |
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Web is a Fun Place for Most Users |
 ...A new survey revealed that most users use Internet to search for news and entertainment rather than to make the most of it by searching useful information or sending e-mails, for example.
A research conducted by Nielsen/NetRatings showed that entertainment and social networking sources are the most popular sites on the web, surpassing the use of search engines and online shopping.
According to the findings, the ti... |
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Apple.com Gains an 18% Overall Traffic Growth |
 ...0 in Q4 2006 and 3,719,000 in Q4 2007).
The fastest growing services for Microsoft were the following:
Microsoft MSDN, with 194% visitors' growth (2,339,000 in Q4 2006 and 6,872,000 in Q4 2007);MSN Entertainment, with 60% traffic growth (1,432,000 in Q4 2006 and 2,297,000 in Q4 2007);Bungie Studios with 58% growth (492,000 in Q4 2006 and 780,000 in Q4 2007);MSN Dating&Personals with 44% growth (2,202,000 in Q4 2006 and ... |
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Sony and Microsoft Talk about Blu-ray Drive Incorporation in Xbox360 |
 ...sions on the possibility of making Blu-ray-equipped Xbox 360. "If Microsoft wants to release Gears of War 3 on a Blu-ray Disc, I think we can make that happen," said Scott A. Steinberg, Sony Computer Entertainment America's vice president of product marketing.
"While of course we are excited that the Blu-ray won the format war and knew that our decision to include Blu-ray in PS3 would pay off, the Blu-ray format is an ... |
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Pioneer Presents Its 400GB Optical Disc |
 ... Tokyo-based multinational corporation that deals with digital entertainment products, Pioneer, claims to create world's first optical disc with 16 layers. The company's officials did not reveal any details regarding the format of the medium, but they said that each data layer features the same capacity as a Blu-ray disk.
Having 16 layers, each with a capacity of 25 GB, means that the disk can store information on a 4... |
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Average Daily Dose of Peace for a Person is 63 Minutes |
 ...Because of endless news and entertainment on television, Internet and radio, people only have an hour of freedom each day. The media researchers M-Lab discovered that 1 in 3 adults do not dispose of even one hour of rest while 1 in 5 have not more than 30 minutes of media-free time.
About 32 percent of people who participated in the study said that they were disturbed at night by the sound of television or radio. Almost... |
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