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Shanda Games IPO gets tepid reception

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year.


US computer software giant Microsoft announced plans to buy BigPark Inc., an interactive online game company

Microsoft buying Canadian online game company

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US computer software giant Microsoft announced plans on Thursday to buy BigPark Inc., an interactive online game company based in Vancouver.





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Court: Yahoo's LAUNCHcast not 'interactive'

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A federal appeals court in New York says Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service is not "interactive" enough to require separate licensing deals with recording labels.


DirecTV, Liberty Media detail spinoff plans

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV provider, said Monday it will be combined with the entertainment unit of Liberty Media Corp. and spun off into a separately traded company.


Briefs: Microsoft in licensing deal with 4Kids

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created Jan 17, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft Tuesday signed on 4Kids Entertainment as its licensing agent for Microsoft Game Studios.


Interactive textiles get 'in the groove'

Interactive textiles get 'in the groove'

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created Apr 03, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Top Australian netball and basketball players are using CSIRO-developed interactive textiles to get ‘in the groove’ when shooting goals.


Digital disruption dire for traditional advertising

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created Nov 08, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The advertising industry is facing more upheaval in the next five years than in the previous half century, according to a new report. “The End of Advertising as We Know It" from IBM Global Business Services shows more-empowered ...


US appeals court nixes Internet gambling challenge

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created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A U.S. appeals court has upheld an Internet gambling ban in a challenge filed by an association of off-shore bookies.


Britain with high hopes for digital TV

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created Jan 19, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Traditional television broadcast services are not necessarily the best way to deliver interactive television content, the British government said Thursday.


Developing long-term relations with robots

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created Apr 13, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London are leading an international project which is set to advance the relationship between robots and humans, as part of new European project called LIREC - Living with Robots and ...


MySpace buying online music sensation iLike

MySpace scoops up popular Facebook app iLike

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created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Social networking hub MySpace said Wednesday it is acquiring iLike, a popular music application on rival Facebook, in the first move by new management to expand after a series of drastic cuts and ...


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Web service Twitter proposes TV competition series

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created May 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Twitter, the Web site that asks what everybody's doing, says it wants to be doing a TV series.



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