A right to bear virtual arms? Xbox Live removing guns from Avatar Marketplace
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| Looks like there’s no such thing as a Second Amendment in the world of virtual goods. A new policy taking effect Jan. 1 will remove “gun-like” items from Microsoft’s Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace, the online store where gamers can buy items to dress up and accessorize their avatars, according to a forum post by a community manager for Epic Games, the company behind the blockbuster Gears of War franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console. Virtual weapons affected by the new policy include the Gears of War Lancer, the combination chainsaw/assault rifle being brandished by my Xbox Live avatar in the... |
Microsoft confirms $8.5 billion Skype purchase
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| Skype, the IP telephony company founded and part-owned by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström, has been bought bought by US software giant Microsoft, the firms confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. The statement confirmed speculation over the deal to buy the firm, whose product allows users to conduct video and telephone calls over the internet. Microsoft confirmed that the deal is worth some $8.5 billion, dwarfing the $6 billion the US firm paid for online advertising firm aQuantive in 2007 and its largest acquisition since its founding in 1975. The news of the pending deal has shocked analysts who consider the price to... |
Microsoft Labels Autistic Boy A Cheater On Xbox Live
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| There's a bit of a she-said, they-said situation going on near Seattle, with the mom of an 11-year-old boy saying Microsoft reset his gamerscore unfairly and the company saying it was done because he was cheating. Regardless of the truth, the boy has been branded a cheater on Xbox Live and has to earn whatever achievements he had before all over again. Jennifer Zdenek told Q13 FOX News that her son Julius Jackson went online recently only to discover that his gamerscore had been reset and his account branded as belonging to a cheater. |
Man Played Video Game While He Was Being Gang Raped
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| Alleged sodomy recorded on video and mobile phoneTwo Emiratis, with other two fugitives and a person who is now dead, allegedly forcibly sodomised another Emirati and recorded the act on a video camera and a mobile phone. According to the accusation sheet, in October 2009, AMH, 27, jobless and AIM, 28, employee, participated and assisted the other two fugitives and a third who later died, to sodomise SAM in AMH’s house. AMH brought the victim to his house and the men sodomised him as the video recording that was found on his mobile shows. Four recording sketches each were for... |
Xbox Blocks W.Va. Gamer Over Town's Name: Fort Gay
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| (AP) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay - a name the company considered offensive. The town's name is real. But when Josh Moore tried to tell Seattle-based Microsoft and the enforcement team at Xbox Live, they wouldn't take his word for it. Or Google it. Or check the U.S. Postal Service website for a ZIP code. |
Barack Obama's warning against iPod, Xbox
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| Barack Obama's warning against iPod, Xbox 2010-05-11 05:30:00 US President Barack Obama has criticized new forms of technology, such as the iPod and the Xbox. The leader, while addressing students at Hampton University, Virginia, also pointed out that journalists and news outlets these days have become obsessed with superficial coverage. "You're coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always rank all that high on the truth meter," the Telegraph quoted him as saying. He added: "With iPods and iPads... |
The President's Trick Or Tweet
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| Free Speech: President Obama, while addressing college graduates, condemns our access to new media as a subversion of democracy. Is the iPad a threat to democracy or exactly what Thomas Jefferson had in mind? At Hampton University in Virginia on Sunday, the president lamented that in an age of text messaging, the Internet and the iPad, information and its unfettered exchange had become a diversion that was putting a strain on democracy. We are not making this up. The "24/7 media environment," he told the students, "bombards us with all kinds of comments and exposes us to all kinds of... |
Obama bemoans 'diversions' of IPod, Xbox era (What!)
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| HAMPTON, Virginia — US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy, in his latest critique of modern media. |
Steve Ballmer To Create U.S. Debt-Reducing Game
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| President Obama's administration has asked Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer to create a game about reducing the U.S. deficit. Erskine Bowles, co-chair of Obama's fiscal commission, wants the game to be made so the general public can have a go to balancing the budget, reports USA Today. Such a game, should it be created, would be part of the U.S. Government trying to find a solution to addressing the United States' $12.8 trillion debt. Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska says the game could "go viral." |
U.S. Video Game Sales Earn Low Score
Monday 6th of February 2012 12:19:42 AM
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| The video game industry posted another disappointing sales month in the U.S. in February, with revenue down 15% from a year ago. Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories totaled $1.26 billion, vs. $1.48 billion in February 2009, the NPD Group said late Thursday. Sales of game consoles took the biggest hit last month, with revenue down 20% to $426 million. “Honestly, I had expected the industry to perform somewhat better this month,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. “Nonetheless, strong new releases, and Easter gift-buying bodes well for industry performance in March.” |
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