Archive for December, 2009

The top 10 biggest TV blunders of the decade (Reuters)

Reuters - Perhaps executives toiling in the TV industry should get a pass given all the competitive distractions dwindling their audience, from video games to social networking. And yet, some of their decisions were so memorably boneheaded that we must celebrate these milestone mishaps. Let's start with...

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Don’t Steal This: Xbox 360 Thief Tracked by Gamertag (PC World)

PC World - If you steal an Xbox 360, don't forget to disable the auto sign-in feature before going online. That's the lesson high-tech crooks are probably gleaning from today's New York Post brief about a thief, 22-year-old Jeremy Gilliam, apprehended after logging into Xbox LIVE with his victim's online game id.

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Shanda and Kingsoft in expanded partnership (AP)

AP - Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, said Monday it is partnering with Kingsoft Corp. in a joint venture aimed at developing new online games.

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China cracks down on online games: report (AFP)

A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe. China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday.

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  • Sony delays videogame over offensive music (Reuters)