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Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Aiming to Bring Hardcore Gaming to Facebook

Tricia Duryee in Commerce May 21, 2012 at 9:03 am PT

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Comcast Turns the Broadband Meter On, and Moves to Usage-Based Billing

Peter Kafka in Media May 17, 2012 at 11:12 am PT

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Is YouTube’s Ad Pitch Working?

in Media on May 11 at 7:19 am PT

YouTube is trying to convince advertisers to spend big dollars on its upgraded content. They seem receptive.
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Microsoft’s Sneaky Success: The Xbox Is the Most Popular Video Player in the U.S.

in Media on May 10 at 11:41 am PT

New data says the game player serves up more video than the iPad, iPhone or Android. Google TV or Apple TV are so far behind they don’t even make the cut.
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EA Says Digital Will Offset New Console Investments for the First Time

in Commerce on May 8 at 2:45 pm PT

Despite having to sink $80 million into new console game development this year, EA’s CEO John Riccitiello is upbeat, saying that “we are absolutely a different company in a different spot.”
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Get Yer Subscription Xbox for $99 (And $15 a Month)

in News on May 7 at 11:03 am PT

Microsoft will sell the Xbox 360 game and media console, with the Kinect sensor, for $99 as part of a two-year, $15 per month “Gold” contract. The news was first reported last week by The Verge. Interested takers, however, will have to live near one of the 21 Microsoft stores across the U.S. to opt in to the deal.

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Microsoft Preparing to Sell Cellphone-Like Subscriptions for the Xbox?

in Commerce on May 2 at 10:43 am PT

The Verge is reporting that next week Microsoft is planning to sell subscriptions for the Xbox, similarly to how wireless carriers sell phones. Under the plan, the Xbox plus Kinect will cost $99 plus $15 a month for two years, including access to the Xbox Live Gold service and its streaming TV and music. Right now, the package appears to be cheaper than paying upfront for the console, though that doesn’t factor in any future price discounts for the aging hardware.

Motorola Scores Initial ITC Ruling Against Microsoft Over Xbox

in News on April 23 at 3:36 pm PT

An administrative law judge found that Microsoft infringed on four Motorola patents, but did not infringe on one other.
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Reed Hastings Goes After Comcast, Again, on Facebook. Again.

in Media on April 15 at 5:03 pm PT

What better place to accuse the cable guys of violating Net neutrality?
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Xbox Grows, With Users, Beyond Videogames

in The Digital Solution on April 10 at 3:32 pm PT

Apps for Microsoft System Feed Gamers Hungry for Other Entertainment.
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Xbox Users Clocking More Hours Gobbling Media Than Gaming Online

in Commerce on March 27 at 1:33 pm PT

Microsoft said today that for the first time, Xbox Live users are now consuming more movies, TV and music than using the service to play multiplayer games.
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Smithsonian Brings Classic Arcade Games to Life (Video)

in Media on March 24 at 9:00 am PT

Festivities highlighted the opening of a videogame art exhibit at the Smithsonian.
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U.S. Videogame Sales Sank Deeper in February

in News, March 9, 2012 at 10:00 am PT

YouTube’s Offer Video-Makers Can’t Refuse: We’re Putting All Your Stuff Everywhere

in Media, February 13, 2012 at 12:29 pm PT

Activision CEO Hirshberg Says His Call of Duty Is to Take Creative Risks

in Commerce, February 10, 2012 at 12:11 pm PT

Apple Poaches Another Xbox Marketing Vet

Jon Stewart and Siri Debate Foxconn

in Media, January 17, 2012 at 5:52 am PT

Xbox Accounted for 40 Percent of All Videogame Sales in 2011

in Commerce, January 12, 2012 at 5:57 pm PT

Hon Hai Plant Dispute Is Resolved

in News, January 12, 2012 at 9:02 am PT

eBay Is the Most Recent Bay Area Transplant to Seek Access to Seattle’s Talent Pool

in Commerce, January 12, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Kinect Helps Keep Aging Xbox at the Top of Its Game

in Commerce, January 10, 2012 at 3:23 pm PT

Microsoft Phoning In Its Last CES Keynote

in News, January 9, 2012 at 6:30 pm PT

Dynamic Dual Coverage: Ballmer’s Last Act in Vegas and the BCS Championship in 3-D

in News, January 9, 2012 at 4:00 pm PT

Americans Played Anything but Social Games During the Holidays

in Commerce, January 3, 2012 at 7:30 am PT

Boxee to Release Last Software Update for PCs

in Commerce, December 26, 2011 at 4:32 pm PT

Nintendo’s President Expecting a Strong Holiday and Says What He Really Thinks of Zynga

in Commerce, December 22, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Year of the Talking Phone and a Cloud That Got Hot

in Personal Technology, December 21, 2011 at 6:04 pm PT