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Wall Street Journal:
Wii Fit, Other Innovations Unveiled — Nintendo unveiled its Wii Fit exercise game, part of a wave of innovations from videogame companies hoping to spur further growth in the industry.
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Dan Fost / New York Times:
They're Working on Their Own, Just Side by Side — CONTEMPLATING his career path a couple of years ago, a young computer programmer named Brad Neuberg faced a modern predicament. “It seemed I could either have a job, which would give me structure and community,” he said, “or I could be freelance and have freedom and independence.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Introducing The Most Advanced News Site On The Planet — Well, another news aggregator launched today. This one is called Newspond, and while they didn't set a record for baseless hyperbole, they come close. — The site, like TechMeme and Digg, tries to determine breaking and important news …
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New York Times:
Microsoft Said to Plan Proxy Fight for Yahoo — Microsoft has begun to make preparations to proceed with a proxy fight against Yahoo as it seeks to gain control of the Internet company, people briefed on the matter said on Tuesday. — The aggressive tactic is part of the hard-nosed takeover campaign …
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Darrren Waters / BBC:
Brain control headset for gamers — Technology editor, BBC News website, San Francisco — Emotiv's Tan Le wears the Epoc headset — Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone. — A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
HP's UMPC 2133 to cost $630 when shipping in April? — A report by the Commercial Times says that HP will launch its 8.9-inch UMPC in April for “more than” NT$20,000 or about $630 bucks. Sure sounds like the UMPC 2133 we showed you yesterday, eh? That's about right when you compare it to the $300, entry-level 7-inch Eee PC.
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Chippy / UMPCPortal feed.:
HP UMPC to feature VIA Inside. Not Intel. — The HP UMPC news is everywhere and I think it's obvious from the response that this UMPC represents something special. The comparisons range from the Eee PC to the Macbook AIR. Just think about that for a minute. Is this a single device that could compete in multiple markets?
Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Update on Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisite KB937287 — We've heard a few reports about problems customers may be experiencing as a result of KB937287, the servicing stack update I blogged about last week, and I wanted to provide a quick update for you. Immediately after receiving reports of this error …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1 prerequisite update
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
GenieTown Launches To Tackle Local Services — Palo Alto-based GenieTown launches this morning. They're trying to crack the local services nut - a huge market, but one that a lot of the big guys are eyeing, too. — The company says they are addressing the long tail of local services.
Bryan Gardiner / Epicenter:
Is Apple Ready to Bust a Blu-ray Move? — Apple has never been big on alliances, coalitions or other formal industry-wide groupings. Case in point: The company joined the Blu-ray Disc Association in 2005 promising to help promote the high definition format and then did pretty much nothing …
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
That Didn't Take Long At All: $89 Million Australian Internet Filters Called A Failure — Last August the Australian Prime Minister announced plans to spend many millions of dollars to offer free internet filters that parents could use to keep their kids from surfing porn.
Business Wire:
3Com and Bain Capital Partners Announce Mutual Withdrawal of CFIUS Application — MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS - News) today announced that the company along with affiliates of Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Huawei Technologies have withdrawn …
Joshua Chaffin / Financial Times:
MySpace in talks on music downloads — MySpace, the world's largest social networking site, is gearing up to partner with the major record companies to create an advertising-supported service that would allow consumers to listen to music for free on their computers.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft fleshes out small-, mid-size Windows server plans — Microsoft is sharing more details about its small- and mid-size servers due out later this year that will be built around Windows Server 2008. — Both of these servers are part of the newly-christened Essential Server Solutions Family.
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Sony selling Cell chip facilities to Toshiba for $835 million — We're pretty sure there's a load of irony here somewhere, but we just can't put our finger on it. Sony is selling its chip manufacturing facilities — including ones that build the Cell and RSX chips that go into the PS3 …
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Yahoo! Search Blog:
Hadoop Now at the Heart of Every Yahoo! Search — Those of you who listened to Yahoo!'s fourth quarter earnings call may remember Sue Decker mentioning our embrace of open source infrastructure. On a very related note, we're announcing today that we implemented what we believe …
TV Decoder:
Getting Ready for ‘The Endless Season’ — After months of speculation, NBC confirmed on Tuesday that it would sidestep the annual star-studded “upfront” presentation for advertisers and hold a series of client meetings with media buyers instead. — Perhaps more important for television viewers …
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