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Microsoft Bows Out as Sponsor for Family Guy Television Special
Microsoft is now the latest to call foul on Seth MacFarlane, as the company relinquished sole sponsorship of the upcoming Family Guy television special.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsYahoo! and Microsoft Partner on Search Engine
It was announced today that Yahoo! will team up with Microsoft's Bing to form a search engine dream team of sorts, and while Google may not yet be quivering in its steel-toed boots, the partnership is still literally a big deal. Big, as in the 10-year planned partnership is expected to boost Yahoo!'s annual profits by $500 million.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsNew Xbox Console Rumor Stirred Up by Natal Hype
With the introduction of Microsoft's Project Natal, a camera that tracks motion and recognizes voice and facial expressions, comes the obligatory gossip and hype that sets in whenever a technology giant makes a giant leap in technology. The latest talk toys with a rumored new, refined Xbox 360 console that might be released along with the Natal camera system.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsBing: The Next Big Search Engine?
In an attempt to divert cursors away from Google's search engine and onto Microsoft-owned territory, Bill Gates' empire pulled out a big gun called Bing. The replacement for Microsoft's Live Search product was unveiled two weeks ago after investing about $100 million in ad campaign dollars, and it's generating quite a buzz.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsMicrosoft Wows E3 Conference With Myriad XBox 360 Plans
If you've ever felt the urge to update your Twitter or stream radio while playing your favorite video game, now you're in luck. On Monday, Microsoft announced at the E3 conference that XBox 360 will now offer gamers the ability to stream music from Last.fm, check and update their Twitter and Facebook accounts and stream more movies and television shows faster from Netflix. Finally, we can stalk our friends on Facebook while waiting for Madden to load.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsMicrosoft Sells Bonds, Raises Billions of Dollars, Now What?
This week, Microsoft began selling bonds and raked in the tidy sum of 3.75 billion dollars. Although some analysts claim that they'll be using the money to buy up cheap stock, Gizmodo.com, Nick Denton's tech blog, is speculating that they'll use the money to buy something "HUGE." Blogger John Herrman wrote, "Today is a great day for wild speculation about Microsoft, so have at it."... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsWikipedia trounces Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia to death
"F*%$! accuracy!" So seems to say the world in our high-speed, internet-crazed culture where the free, web-based, cooperative encyclopedia Wikipedia has just dealt the death blow to Encarta Encyclopedia. Maybe you recall your professors telling you that Wikipedia is not an official source? Or maybe you work for a magazine that does not verify its facts based on Wiki's word? ... read more
Found in: Books, NewsHalo Trilogy soundtrack previews Halo Wars
With Halo 3 having been released last fall and Halo: Wars... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBioWare reveals Star Wars: The Old Republic
Having just completed the fairly well-reviewed Sonic Chronicles RPG for the Nintendo DS, BioWare has finally pulled back the curtain on its next project: Star Wars: The Old Republic.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsHalo 3 spin-off announced for Fall 2009
Another Halo game for the Xbox 360 was a given; it is Microsoft's killer-app, mega-selling franchise, after all. So it certainly came as no surprise when Bungie, makers of all things Halo, announced a spin-off called Halo 3: Recon that will star a main character who isn't Master Chief.... read more
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