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Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo

Seeded on Fri Feb 1, 2008 6:59 AM EST (TechCrunch)

Microsoft has made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. The bid, which would consist of cash and Microsoft stock, values Yahoo shares at $31 a share, a 62% premium on Thursdays closing price.

yahoo, technology, buyout, microsoft

A first look at profy; the new blogging/feed reading platform.

Seeded on Fri Feb 1, 2008 6:54 AM EST ()

Borrowing heavily from gmail in the looks department, your profy dashboard presents a grid view snapshot of your latest blog posts, the latest posts from blogs that you're tracking, recent comments on your blog posts and messages.

rss, technology, blogging, blog, social-networking, feed-reader, web-feeds

McCain 'wins' crucial US primary

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 9:06 PM EST (BBC News)

John McCain has won the Republican presidential primary, according to projections from US media outlets.

politics, mccain, republicans, new-hampshire-primary

Rumor: Paramount set to jump ship, HD DVD all but dead

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 7:00 AM EST (CrunchGear)

The Financial Times is reporting that Paramount has a purported clause in their contract that allows them to switch sides in the event Warner Bros. backs out of HD DVD.

technology, dvd, warner-bros, paramount, hd, hd-dvd, blu-ray

Father Shoots Son After Xbox Dispute

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 2:30 PM EST (Wired News)

According to police reports, the boy asked his father to "look at his Xbox 360 video game system." When his father refused, the boy handed him a .22 caliber rifle, told the older man to shoot him, and his father complied. See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!

xbox, us-news, gamevine010708

Xbox 360 IPTV to start with British Telecom

Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 11:07 PM EST (Wired News)

British Telecom, the UK's largest telecommunications company, will be the first in the world to offer IPTV service through the Xbox 360. The news came from Microsoft Entertainment and Devices head Robbie Bach during Bill Gates' CES keynote in Las Vegas today.

entertainment, television, microsoft, iptv, bt, xbox-360, british-telecom, gamevine010608

Warner Backs Blu-ray, The High Definition DVD War is All But Over.

Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 8:55 AM EST (The New York Times)

But by supporting Blu-ray, Warner Brothers, the largest player in the $42 billion global home entertainment market, makes it next to impossible for HD DVD to recover the early momentum it achieved.

technology, dvd, hd, hd-dvd, blu-ray, high-definition

A Sad Milestone: AOL To Discontinue Netscape Browser Development

Seeded on Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:53 PM EST (TechCrunch)

In an email exchange yesterday with Tom Drapeau, Director of AOL/Netscape development, he said that only a handful of AOL engineers are still tasked with keeping the browser updated.

technology, internet, web-browser, netscape, netscape-navigator

Rumor: Microsoft says "Me Too!" to Motion Sensing Controllers

Seeded on Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:35 PM EST (Wired News)

According to XboxFamily, Microsoft has contracted the California company Gyration to create a motion-sensing peripheral for 360 controllers. Gyration has already made a Vista-certified motion sensing remote for Microsoft's Media Center. See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!

entertainment, microsoft, xbox-360, motion-sensing, wii, gamevine122707

Bad Huck - The unhinged correspondence of Mike Huckabee.

Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:02 PM EST (TNR's The Worst Political Sex Writing The New Republic)

In a series of unpublished private letters dating to the mid-'90s that Huckabee faxed to Brantley, a surprising--and furious--side of the former governor comes through.

politics, mike-huckabee, max-brantly

Game|Life's Top Ten Vaporware Games of 2007

Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:30 PM EST (Wired News)

Wired's annual Vaporware Awards went up yesterday, and because this is the Internet quite a few of the slots went to videogames. But we're not nearly done yet. Perennial winner Duke Nukem Forever got a new teaser trailer just in time for its nth first-place victory.

entertainment, nintendo, xbox-360, ps3, psp, alan-wake, vaporware, wii, grand-theft-auto-4, super-smash-bros-brawl

Warren Spector (Wing Commander, System Shock, Deus Ex) Plans Retirement

Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:55 PM EST (escapistmagazine.com)

And I still love the medium, but there's a couple of factors. Firstly, my attitudes about life, the universe and everything have changed. And so I want to make games that more reflect my interests, and not so much the interests of an 18-year-old in a frat house who likes to frag.

entertainment, system-shock, theif, warren-spector, deus-ex, ultima-underworld, wing-commander, gamevine122007

Chevrolet Unwraps the 2009 Corvette ZR1

Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:53 PM EST (Wired News)

Picking up where the already pretty amazing, 505-horsepower Z06 leaves off, the scooped-and-spoilered ZR1 packs a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 with "at least" 620 horsepower and 595 pound-feet of torque (visible through a polycarbonate window in the hood).

travel, cars, corvette, chevrolet, zr1

Rumor: GTAIV Coming Early Spring?

Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:44 PM EST (Kotaku)

British trade types MCV have it on very good authority that Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV will be released in the UK on April 25. See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!

entertainment, rockstar, grand-theft-auto-4, gta-iv, gamevine122007

Lionhead Christmas Card Mentions "Other Game"

Seeded on Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:40 PM EST (Kotaku)

Hi Kotaku, Season's Greetings from all at Lionhead Studios! We wish you all the very merry Christmas and the best wishes for 2008, which will be a very busy gaming year (with Fable 2 and our other game...) Best wishes, Lionhead Studios

entertainment, christmas-card, lionhead, fable-2, gamevine122007

Internet Explorer 8 passes Acid2 test; Hell freezes over.

Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:57 PM EST (msdn.com)

Now, with all that context, I'm delighted to tell you that on Wednesday, December 12, Internet Explorer correctly rendered the Acid2 page in IE8 standards mode.

technology, internet-explorer, css, web-standards, wasp, acid2, ie8, acid-test

Zero Punctuation's Review of Mass Effect

Seeded on Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:02 PM EST (escapistmagazine.com)

Great stuff here. See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!

entertainment, mass-effect, gamevine121907

Nanosolar Is Gunning For Coal.

Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:38 AM EST (TechCrunch)

Roscheisen claims his company has produced "the world's lowest-cost solar panel – which we believe will make us the first solar manufacturer capable of profitably selling solar panels at as little as $.99/Watt." That would put energy systems made with Nanosolar panels wi …

technology, energy, coal, climate-change, electricity, solar, nanosolar

YouTube - Star Wars Lost Intro

Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:06 AM EST (YouTube)

A Missing Piece of Star Wars: A New Hope - "Luke on Tatooine, Spotting Leia's Ship and Toshi's Station"

entertainment, star-wars, george-lucas, luke-skywalker, a-new-hope

Your Favorite Video Game Characters UNMASKED!

Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:36 AM EST (gamerhelp.com)

Ever wonder who voices gaming's most iconic video game characters such as Boswer and Marcus Fenix? For most of you out there, seeing these familiar characters unmasked will not be easy, but we're right there with you. See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!

entertainment, video-games, super-mario, bowser, gamevine121807

EA Reveals Tiberium - New Command & Conquer Franchise

Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:21 AM EST (FastSilicon.com)

The game play looks to be a mix of real time strategy and first person shooter. While simultaneously controlling multiple armor, infantry, and air squads, the player is still in the middle of the action and fighting. See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!

entertainment, command-and-conquer, tiberium, gamevine121807

Rumor: LittleBigPlanet Gets BigBig Delay

Seeded on Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:21 PM EST (Wired News)

It's not looking good for LittleBigPlanet's release date. UK semi-official Sony blog ThreeSpeech says that the unbelievably creative PlayStation 3 title won't drop in Europe until "around September or October." See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!

entertainment, little-big-planet, gamevine121707

The Vegetable-Industrial Complex

Seeded on Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:01 PM EST (The New York Times)

At the moment, vegetable growers and packers are virtually unregulated.

america, health, produce, e-coli, farming, vegetables, food-supply

Dodd Filibuster Threat Wins; Spying Bill Postponed to Next Year

Seeded on Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:56 PM EST (Wired News)

Connecticut senator Christopher Dodd's threatened filibuster of a bill giving immunity to telecoms that helped the government spy on Americans without court approval unexpectedly carried the day Monday, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decided to postpone the vote on the bil …

senate, politics, telecoms, filibuster, reid, immunity, dodd, government-spying

DivX and Blu-Ray 1.1 come to PS3 in 2.1 firmware update.

Seeded on Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:35 PM EST (Kotaku)

Over on the UK PlayStation site they've laid out the details on firmware 2.10, which should be releasing tomorrow according to the date listed with the article. See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!

technology, sony, playstation, blu-ray, divx, firmware-update, gamevine121707

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