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EA putting micro-transactions “into all of our games”
— “Consumers are enjoying and embracing that way of business.” — EA is building micro-transactions into all of its PC and console games, the company has announced. — The decision comes despite the recent controversy surrounding micro-transactions …
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Sony tells Eurogamer: PlayStation 4 will not block used games
— Shuhei Yoshida confirms it. Plus: source tells EG patent wasn't PS4-related. — Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Eurogamer that PlayStation 4 will not block the use of second-hand games …
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Why Xbox failed in Japan
— The inside story on Microsoft's greatest ever challenge. — Bill Gates was preparing to walk out on stage to deliver his much-anticipated keynote at the Tokyo Game Show on Friday 30th March 2001. The Makuhari Exhibition Hall was packed with a 4000-strong audience.
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Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 Karaoke app will charge you by the hour
— An upcoming app from Microsoft and The Karaoke Channel will let you stream songs for an hourly fee. You'll able to purchase singing time in blocks of two, six or 24 hours with your Microsoft Points, PlayXBLA reported.
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Sony outlines NGP “asynchronous gaming”
— Sony has moved to calm excitement that its Next Generation Portable will allow users to game online while out and about using its 3G function. — Actual simultaneous gameplay will “depend very much on the degree of data traffic that's being driven …
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The Edge of Reason?
— Paris, 2009 — “It's painful, living with this constant threat. You go home for the weekend and it's all you can talk about with your friends, yet not one of them can help you. You feel alone and there seems to be no way out. It is hard to sleep and to concentrate.
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Microsoft sources play down reports of new Xbox in 2010
— Sources close to Microsoft have downplayed 1UP's report that a new Xbox console will launch in autumn 2010. — Aaron Greenberg, director of product management, told Eurogamer: “I think part of the excitement about this announcement …
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.