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Microsoft slashing price of Xbox 360 model (The Hollywood Reporter)

Microsoft will cut the price of its most popular Xbox 360 model, the 20GB Pro, by $50 to $299.

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Dierks Bentley Battles Fans on Xbox 360's Game With Fame (cmt.com)

Dierks Bentley is the first country artist to participate in the Xbox 360 promotion, Game With Fame, where he played Halo 3 with online fans and gamers. Xbox Live has 12 million members worldwide.

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North American Xbox 360 Price Cut? (Voodoo Extreme)

A $50 Pro price cut in time for E3? That's the rumour: Microsoft will cut the price of its most...

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Throw This Stock Away (The Motley Fool)

If you find something better, replace it.

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Into the Eye of the Credit Storm (BusinessWeek)

Our Sloan student is ready to enter the job market, and in these uncertain times, he's heading straight for the high-yield and distressed debt sector

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Portable Gaming Solutions offers Xbox 360 laptops to the daring (Engadget)

Filed under: Gaming So you're hankering for a little Halo on the go but you're not willing to put your skills to the test and build an Xbox 360 laptop yourself ? Never fear -- we've got just the sketchy web store for you. For just $550, a one-man shop in Kansas called Portable Gaming Solutions promises to convert your 360 into a suitcase-sized 15-inch laptop complete with ...

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Cadbury chocolate, Xbox 'Halo' ads win; see video (USA Today)

The rivalry of Web vs. TV commercials ended in a tie for the top prize at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

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Marketing Survey Points to Possible Future Halo Games (1up.com)

Could EGM's April Fools joke become reality?

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Farewell Mr Gates (BBC News)

The hits and misses of his leadership of Microsoft

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The hits and misses of Microsoft (BBC News)

As Bill Gates finally bows out of Microsoft to pursue his charity interests, we look at some of the hits and misses of the software company he founded.

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Portable Gaming Solutions offers Xbox 360 laptops to the daring (Engadget)

Filed under: Gaming So you're hankering for a little Halo on the go but you're not willing to put your skills to the test and build an Xbox 360 laptop yourself ? Never fear -- we've got just the sketchy web store for you. For just $550, a one-man shop in Kansas called Portable Gaming Solutions promises to convert your 360 into a suitcase-sized 15-inch laptop complete with ...

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Cadbury chocolate, Xbox 'Halo' ads win; see video (USA Today)

The rivalry of Web vs. TV commercials ended in a tie for the top prize at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

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Marketing Survey Points to Possible Future Halo Games (1up.com)

Could EGM's April Fools joke become reality?

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Valuable certificate at Weber State - Business and Technology (The Weber State University Signpost)

The week-long gamers' camp that was held last week united gamers everywhere in a good way. Rather than spending eight hours with their buddies playing Halo on Xbox Live, high school students were using that time doing what they loved and creating something in the process.

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Battlefield: Bad Company [Review] (Total Video Games)

Explosions aplenty Battlefield: Bad Company arrives on the Xbox 360 and PS3 with a bang...

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Portable Gaming Solutions offers Xbox 360 laptops to the daring (Engadget)

Filed under: Gaming So you're hankering for a little Halo on the go but you're not willing to put your skills to the test and build an Xbox 360 laptop yourself ? Never fear -- we've got just the sketchy web store for you. For just $550, a one-man shop in Kansas called Portable Gaming Solutions promises to convert your 360 into a suitcase-sized 15-inch laptop complete with ...

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Cadbury chocolate, Xbox 'Halo' ads win; see video (USA Today)

The rivalry of Web vs. TV commercials ended in a tie for the top prize at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

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Valuable certificate at Weber State - Business and Technology (The Weber State University Signpost)

The week-long gamers' camp that was held last week united gamers everywhere in a good way. Rather than spending eight hours with their buddies playing Halo on Xbox Live, high school students were using that time doing what they loved and creating something in the process.

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Gamers shooting for record (Florida Today)

Two Port St. John teens clashed with aliens in an attempt to hinder their attacks on human colonies in the Halo universe. In between battles, Nick Ray and Mat White paused to celebrate what could be a world record in gaming.

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Gorilla grabs Cannes’ Film Grand Prix (Mad.co.uk)

Fallon UK’s “Gorilla” campaign for Cadbury’s has shared joint honours for the Film category at the Cannes International Advertising Festival Film. The Gorilla ad received a joint prize together with the Halo Xbox web film campaign devised by McCann San Francisco.

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X-Blades Hands-On [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)

A girl, two blades, and a trail of dead creatures make up the world of this hack-and-slash game.

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GAME REVIEW: 'Ninja Gaiden II' benefits from fast pace, intensity (The State)

"Ninja Gaiden II" FORMAT: Xbox 360 STYLE: Single-player action PUBLISHER: Microsoft Game Studios DEVELOPER: Team Ninja

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Saling The World: Metal Gear Solid 4, Mario Kart Wii Top U.S. Charts (Gamasutra)

Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five real-time Amazon.com sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from June 19th, 2008, find Mario Kart Wii competing head-to-head with Metal Gear Solid 4 in North American multiplatform sales, while ...

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McCain ad uses Medal of Honor score (GameSpot)

Republican presidential candidate adopts European Assault music for campaign commercial; Obama-supporting composer "dismayed."

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'Penny Arcade,' 'Teenage Zombies' bring the funny (The Pantagraph)

Late last year, when I was playing Valve’s brilliant puzzle game “Portal,” I felt a weird sensation: Laughter.

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X-Blades Hands-On [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)

A girl, two blades, and a trail of dead creatures make up the world of this hack-and-slash game.

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GAME REVIEW: 'Ninja Gaiden II' benefits from fast pace, intensity (The State)

"Ninja Gaiden II" FORMAT: Xbox 360 STYLE: Single-player action PUBLISHER: Microsoft Game Studios DEVELOPER: Team Ninja

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Games That Europe Loves To Play (Forbes)

Forget action and shooter videogames. Europeans prefer more subtle fare.

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User Friendly Blog by Ted Landau - Grand Theft Auto IV vs. games on the Mac (The Mac Observer)

I read the other day, in a New York Times article, that Grand Theft Auto IV "racked up first-week sales of $500 million." This is a truly incredible statistic. In contrast, I know that games for the Mac aren?t getting much buzz these days ? even among Mac owners

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No Halo 3 size release due - Kim (Ferrago)

Freshly promoted Microsoft exec Shane Kim has admitted in a new interview with Next-Gen that Microsoft don't have a game as big as Halo 3 to push the Xbox 360 going into the festive season.

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No Halo 3 size release due - Kim (Ferrago)

Freshly promoted Microsoft exec Shane Kim has admitted in a new interview with Next-Gen that Microsoft don't have a game as big as Halo 3 to push the Xbox 360 going into the festive season.

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Xbox Live getting avatars, motion-sensing mic? (GameSpot)

Marketing-research firm apparently leaks Microsoft's plans for Mii-like customizable in-game characters, karaoke game with Wii remote-like accelerometers; new Scene It? also spotted.

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Microsoft Loses Creative Force Behind Halo 3 Launch (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

InformationWeek - Jeff Bell's departure has sparked a shakeup in the company's Xbox-related business groups.

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Video game sales on winning streak, study projects (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The video game industry is expected to shoot from $41.9 billion in global sales last year to $68.3 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent and better than all other media sectors except for online advertising and access.

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X-Blades Hands-On [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)

A girl, two blades, and a trail of dead creatures make up the world of this hack-and-slash game.

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No Halo 3 size release due - Kim (Ferrago)

Freshly promoted Microsoft exec Shane Kim has admitted in a new interview with Next-Gen that Microsoft don't have a game as big as Halo 3 to push the Xbox 360 going into the festive season.

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Xbox Live getting avatars, motion-sensing mic? (GameSpot)

Marketing-research firm apparently leaks Microsoft's plans for Mii-like customizable in-game characters, karaoke game with Wii remote-like accelerometers; new Scene It? also spotted.

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Microsoft Loses Creative Force Behind Halo 3 Launch (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

InformationWeek - Jeff Bell's departure has sparked a shakeup in the company's Xbox-related business groups.

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X-Blades Hands-On [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)

A girl, two blades, and a trail of dead creatures make up the world of this hack-and-slash game.

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Director chosen for "Gears of War" feature (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

New Line is putting "Gears of War" in motion, setting Len Wiseman ("Live Free or Die Hard") to direct the video-game adaptation.

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No Halo 3 size release due - Kim (Ferrago)

Freshly promoted Microsoft exec Shane Kim has admitted in a new interview with Next-Gen that Microsoft don't have a game as big as Halo 3 to push the Xbox 360 going into the festive season.

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Microsoft Loses Creative Force Behind Halo 3 Launch (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

InformationWeek - Jeff Bell's departure has sparked a shakeup in the company's Xbox-related business groups.

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Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 Pricing at E3? (I4U)

In May the Sony PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 nurturing rumors that Microsoft is going to cut the Xbox 360 price next month at the E3 Media and Business Summit 2008. Microsoft could also announce new Xbox 360 hardware. After all they still have not answer...

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It's a Halo of a way to become a pro gamer (Calgary Sun)

So you think you can game? Never mind those fancy-dancing reality shows that give winners a shot at 15 minutes of fame. If you've got the skills, you could get paid to play video games on a team backed by a major corporate sponsor. In Canada, no less.

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It's a Halo of a way to become a pro gamer (Toronto Sun)

IN TOMORROW'S PAPER:

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No Halo 3 size release due - Kim (Ferrago)

Freshly promoted Microsoft exec Shane Kim has admitted in a new interview with Next-Gen that Microsoft don't have a game as big as Halo 3 to push the Xbox 360 going into the festive season.

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Xbox Marketing Chief Leaves Microsoft (DesignTechnica)

Microsoft Xbox marketing chief will be departing Microsoft at the end of the summer to "pursue other opportunities."

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Xbox 360 UT3 gets Euro date News by (EuroGamer)

Midway has told Eurogamer that the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 will be heading here for 4th July. Or the day that Will Smith beat the aliens. That puts us a weekend ahead of the US for once, who will get the game the following Tuesday, 7th July.

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Shane Kim: 'We don't have a new game as big as Halo 3' (MCV)

But Fable 2 and Gears Of War 2 will do the job nicely in 2008, says newly promoted exec

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Unreal Tournament III dated for Xbox 360 (GameSpot)

Epic Games fragfest makes its belated arrival on Microsoft's console July 7 with new split-screen play, maps, and characters.

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Low-Cost Games Online Add New Dimension To Xbox 360, PS3, Wii (Hartford Courant)

Low-Cost Games Online Add New Dimension To Xbox 360, PS3, Wii If you are not a "Grand Theft Auto"/"Halo" kind of person, you might think the video game system you bought for the kids has nothing much for you. Sure, those "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero III" games are fun (and expensive), but you're more of a "Bejeweled"/"Zuma" fan who likes to match gems or shoot colored beads for a few minutes ...

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Easy, less pricey games you can download (The Record)

If you are not a Grand Theft Auto/Halo kind of person, you might think the video game system you bought for the kids has nothing much for you.

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Year ahead a "struggle" for Xbox News by (EuroGamer)

Clever industry analysts have laid into the Microsoft Xbox business, calling its attempts to grab the casual audience "disastrous" and predicting it will "start to struggle in the market" in 2008.

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Nielsen: Xbox 360 Most Popular Among Younger Gamers (Gamasutra)

A recent study conducted by Nielsen Media Research revealed that the Xbox 360 is the most popular next-generation console amongst 10-26 year olds, its users turning on the console an average 28 days per month, each average lasting 74 minutes. Though the average time spent during PlayStation 3 sessions, 72 minutes, wasn't that much less, users only turned on the Sony console an average 21 days ...

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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Nov 2006 22:50 UTC (New Mobile Computing)

Ars reviews the PlayStation 3 personal computer game console, and they say: "The PS3 doesn't have any grand ideas; Sony wanted something high-tech, so they started from scratch with the processor and GPU, but what does it get them? Very little so far.

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Year ahead a "struggle" for Xbox News by (EuroGamer)

Clever industry analysts have laid into the Microsoft Xbox business, calling its attempts to grab the casual audience "disastrous" and predicting it will "start to struggle in the market" in 2008.

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Nielsen: Xbox 360 Most Popular Among Younger Gamers (Gamasutra)

A recent study conducted by Nielsen Media Research revealed that the Xbox 360 is the most popular next-generation console amongst 10-26 year olds, its users turning on the console an average 28 days per month, each average lasting 74 minutes. Though the average time spent during PlayStation 3 sessions, 72 minutes, wasn't that much less, users only turned on the Sony console an average 21 days ...

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'GTA IV' retains Xbox 360 top spot (Digital Spy)

Grand Theft Auto IV is still top of the Xbox 360 gaming chart.

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14:00 (BST), 06/06/2008 Players Only with Scott Steinberg Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS PORTLAND, OR (June 6, ... (gamesindustry.biz)

PORTLAND, OR (June 6, 2008) – Technology supersite Digital Trends ( www.digitaltrends.com) today announced the availability of episode nine of Internet video show “Players Only with Scott Steinberg,” which considers why, despite retail domination by giants like Halo 3 and Gears of War, it’s independent games – small, quirky and low-budget productions – that are making the biggest strides ...

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Dark Void Preview [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)

Capcom shows off its Airtight-developed title that pits you against aliens and flying saucers.

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'GTA IV' retains Xbox 360 top spot (Digital Spy)

Grand Theft Auto IV is still top of the Xbox 360 gaming chart.

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10:23 (BST), 05/06/2008 The Princess Bride Game Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, ... (gamesindustry.biz)

New York, NY, June 5, 2008—Digital entertainment studio Worldwide Biggies, Inc. today announced that Grammy Award-winner Steve Horowitz, best known for his work on Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me, is serving as audio director and lead composer on the upcoming The Princess Bride™ Game, with Chris Burke, the 8-bit musician and creator of Halo machinima talkshow, This Spartan Life, providing the ...

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GAMERS CLOCK UP CANCER CASH (Isle of Wight County Press)

CONSOLE gamers raised hundreds of pounds for charity at the weekend in a marathon session. IXL, the Island Xbox 360 LAN event, at Smallbrook Stadium, on Saturday and Sunday, brought together gamers from across the Island to play against each other and raise cash for Cancer Research UK.

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GTA IV loses Live top-spot (Ferrago.co.uk)

A chink in the armour, or just a tiny hiccup? Either way, GTA IV has relinquished its grip on the Xbox Live popularity chart, plummeting from first to third in the space of a week.

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Xbox 360 (Games Radar)

Microsoft Game Studios recently showcased its Xbox 360 line-up for the rest of 2008, including big hitters Banjo-Kazooie, Fable 2 and Gears of War 2. But from what we've heard, there are two more planned for the end of the year...

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'GTA IV' retains Xbox 360 top spot (Digital Spy)

Grand Theft Auto IV is still top of the Xbox 360 gaming chart.

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Xbox 360 (Games Radar)

Microsoft Game Studios recently showcased its Xbox 360 line-up for the rest of 2008, including big hitters Banjo-Kazooie, Fable 2 and Gears of War 2. But from what we've heard, there are two more planned for the end of the year...

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17:26 (BST), 02/06/2008 Aces of the Galaxy and Roogoo heading for Xbox Live Arcade Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES ... (gamesindustry.biz)

- Experience the thrilling retro arcade space shooter “Aces of the Galaxy,” and enjoy a new type of action-puzzler, “Roogoo,” both launching on Xbox LIVE® Arcade this Wednesday 4th June, 2008 at 09.00.

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Call Of Duty 4 Sales Hit 10 Million (Gamasutra)

Infinity Ward studio head Vince Zampella has revealed that the company's Call Of Duty 4 has now sold 10 million copies worldwide, across the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC formats. A breakdown of sales by format was not provided, but speaking to website News.com, Zampella did indicate that the Xbox 360 version was the most successful. The game's sales makes it one of the most successful of all ...

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DFC: PS3 will surpass the Xbox 360 in 2009 (gamesindustry.biz)

In its May 2008 Dossier, DFC Intelligence is forecasting that the current generation of game consoles will exceed the installed base for the prior generation of consoles in 2011.

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Dynamics AX 2009: The 'Halo' for Microsoft's app platform (ZDNet)

Microsoft began rolling out to customers on June 2 the latest version of its high-end ERP application, Dynamics AX 2009. The latest Axapta release (also known as AX 9.0) has lots of new bells and whistles: A compliance center dashboard that displays all kinds of key performance...

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Opinion: Aggregation Vs Portals: Where Microsoft Is Going Wrong With Xbox Live (Gamasutra)

[In this impassioned opinion piece, Lionhead and Climax veteran Tadhg Kelly examines the recent Xbox 360 Live game de-listing changes, suggesting three major problems and six notable solutions that would silence the 'death knell' for Microsoft's digital download service.] In perhaps the most interesting news of recent weeks, Microsoft have announced that they are going to start de-listing ...

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Interview: Colleen DeCourcy, CDO, TBWA: 'Looking For Silver Bullet Is Killing Us' (CBS News)

Most of the money and attention traditional ad agencies lavish on digital goes to the media buying and planning side, while creative lags. It makes sensewith the online ad business dominated by search, targeting and metrics mean more than an eye-catching banner ad. But the growth of online video is slowly changing that dynamic. Few know more about it than Colleen DeCourcy, chief digital officer ...

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Interview: Colleen DeCourcy, CDO, TBWA: 'Looking For Silver Bullet Is Killing Us' (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

Most of the money and attention traditional ad agencies lavish on digital goes to the media buying and planning side, while creative lags. It makes sense—with the online ad business dominated by search, targeting and metrics mean more than an eye-catching banner ad.

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Assassin's Creed PC (AnandTech)

Assassin's Creed has made its way to the PC, and we have a review and performance analysis plus a dash of DX10.1 controversy thrown into the mix. Controversy aside, should PC gamers take time out for this console port?...

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