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YouTube to block all premium music videos in the UK
It seems the legal battles and disputes between companies is going to again have the bloody aftermath trickle down to the consumers. The most recent event is regarding YouTube, and the Performing Right Society (PRS). The news comes from BBC News, and only affects those living in the UK. Starting...
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Microsoft to discontinue the Xbox 360 Elite?
Rumors are flying that Microsoft may just be killing off it's high-end Xbox 360 model, the Elite. The news comes from FUDZilla, and will reportedly happen sometime during the second quarter of this year. The hardware that the Elite features will apparently be saved only for the Limited Edition Xbox....
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Call of Duty 4 takes three Baftas
Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4 took three awards at the 2009 British Academy of Film and Television Arts video game ceremony last night, while best-seller Grand Theft Auto IV received no awards, despite several nominations. Call of Duty 4 received awards for Story & Character, Gameplay and the publicly voted GAME Award 2008. Perhaps surprisingly, the Game of the Year award went to ...read more
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NBC and Microsoft partner up for Xbox Europe
Today Microsoft announced that they have signed a deal with NBC Universal to allow their movies to be distributed through Xbox Live Marketplace in Europe. David Gosen from Xbox Europe commented on how this will be a major addition to an already popular entertainment center for gamers and non gamers alike, "This agreement makes the Xbox Live film offering bigger and better than ever. For Xbox, we ...read more
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Nintendo sets date for DSi Europe release
If you are looking to purchase the DSi and your from Europe then this will be useful news to you, yesterday Nintendo released the launch date in Europe for the hand held console. The great news for Europe is they will get a chance to buy the handheld device before America as the date is 3rd April which is 2 days ahead of the US release which is the 5th. Currently the price has not been revealed ...read more
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eBay Auction Tool Site Hacked, ebay News
A Trojan horse lurking on servers belonging to Auctiva.com, a Web site offering eBay auction tools, infected people's PCs last week. The problem became very public when Google's malware warning system kicked in as people tried to browse the site, saying Auctiva was infected with malware. Google will display an interstitial page warning people of certain Web sites known to contain malware. ...read more
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Last.fm sends a memo to Techcrunch: You're full of s**t
A few days ago we reported that U2's latest album, dubbed No Line on the Horizon, had leaked to the Internet despite huge efforts put in place by Paul McGuinness. After all was said and done, everyone's eyes turned to Last.fm, a web service that lists your recently played tracks. Techcrunch ran a story stating that, "Last.ft, which is owned by CBS, actually handed the data over to the RIAA." The ...read more
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Why Facebook users must still be cautious
Facebook bounced back, pumping out spin to media outlets big and small, about how they were retreating from the "forever" addition to their TOS. They retreated to their previous TOS which, following their spin campaign, was supposed to make everything in the world all right again. Clarifications about how you remain the owner of your content--clarifications that do not appear in older versions of ...read more
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The Pirate Bay trial, '80% of our torrents are legal'
The ongoing trial for The Pirate Bay is attracting international attention over the court case that could change the internet forever. everyone has been keeping up with the trial and the latest argument from TPB ( The Pirate Bay) is that "[a]n internal survey revealed that 80% of 1000 torrents observed are, in fact, legal". Sunde, the spokes person for TPB, went on to argue that there is more ...read more
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Microsoft warn over fakes
Hackers target Xbox Live players Xbox Live is being targeted by malicious hackers selling services that kick players off the network. The booting services are proving popular with players who want a way to get revenge on those who beat them in an Xbox Live game. The attackers are employing data flooding tools that have been used against websites for many years. Microsoft is "investigating" the ...read more
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