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Ellie Gibson / eurogamer.net:
Man robs EB store at gunpoint — It's only been on sale since midnight and the Yanks are already going crazy for the Xbox 360, with many queuing for hours to get their hands on a console and some shops reporting that they've already sold out. — Some gamers have gone to even greater extremes …
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Reuters:
Gamers Wait in Rain for Xbox 360 — NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters)—Hundreds of video game fans braved chilly temperatures on both U.S. coasts on Tuesday to be among the first to get their hands on Microsoft Corp.'s new Xbox 360 video game console, which went on sale in North America on Tuesday.
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:XBOX MANIA! — Michael Gartenberg: The Xbox Live Arcade Experience …
Paul Miller / Engadget:PS3 will be $300 to $400 at launch, according to Sony CEO
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Great Google Wipeout — Chronicle of a corporate death foretold. — It wasn't like it had never happened before in the tech world. At the beginning of the 1980s, an Apple computer was the only box a self-respecting user would own. Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, IBM PCs, CompuServe …
Gavin Clarke / The Register:
RSS 'extensions' published by Microsoft — Microsoft has released details of a set of proposed extensions to Really Simple Syndication (RSS), billed as making it easier to receive and share data. — A draft of Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE) version 0.9 for RSS 2.0, and Outline Processor Markup Language …
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Lora / What Is New:
Touch and ink do work together — Fujtisu is now shipping its Lifebook P1510D notebook with Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 operating system. The P1510D is an interesting notebook from several standpoints, including that it uses a touch screen instead of an active digitizer.
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Ars Technica:
Xbox 360: shortages no joke — While some people insisted that the talk relating to Xbox 360 scarcity was just a veiled publicity stunt, I headed out this morning to see what the scene looked like on the ground. In a word: chaos. — The shortage is very real, and it has plenty of people angry and frustrated.
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Gary Gentile / Associated Press:
Hollywood, BitTorrent Reach Agreement — LOS ANGELES - In a deal aimed at reducing illegal Internet traffic in pirated films, Hollywood reached an agreement Tuesday with the creator of the popular file-sharing software BitTorrent. — The agreement requires 30-year-old software designer Bram Cohen …
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Barry Fox / newscientist.com:
Invention: Landmine arrows — For over 30 years, Barry Fox has trawled the world's weird and wonderful patent applications each week, digging out the most exciting, intriguing and even terrifying new ideas. His column, Invention, is now available exclusively online.
Spencer Ante / Business Week:
A Digital Dodge City — The high-stakes battle between Verizon and Cablevision over a Long Island town is in the hands of a court and state regulators — James Altadonna Jr. won a heated election in 2001 to unseat the incumbent mayor in Massapequa Park, a comfy middle-class suburb …
tivo.com:
TiVo To Bring TV Programming To Apple Video iPodTM and PSPTM (Playstation® Portable) — TiVo to Provide New Capability for Quick and Easy Transfer of Viewer's Favorite TV Shows to iPod or PSP — ALVISO, CA — NOV 21, 2005 — TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO ), creator of and a leader …
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Houston Chronicle:
Note to readers — Today you'll notice a more colorful look to chron.com, a home page that highlights more of site's content, new features, improved menus and a powerful search tool that will make it easier get around. — Unfortunately, you may also notice pages loading very slowly sometimes …
Andrew Marra / Palm Beach Post:
West Palm looks to cameras to spot crime — A test of surveillance cameras might lead to widespread use in the city. — WEST PALM BEACH — Police are rolling out surveillance cameras downtown and in the city's most violent neighborhoods, the first step in an ambitious plan to make West Palm Beach …
Reuters:
CBS says in talks with Google for video search — NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. television network CBS is in discussions with Internet media company Google Inc. for video search and on-demand video, CBS chairman Leslie Moonves said on Tuesday. — Viacom-owned CBS, which is in the process …
Brendan / Open Source:
The End of the Name Game — Roger Simon emailed yesterday that he was about to call with good news. Then he called, and it was good. What was OSM will once again be Pajamas Media. Roger assured us they had no intention of causing us any trouble and, given what they're creating, it's easy to imagine they've got a lot to deal with.
