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Times Online, 07.01.09 00:02 UTC

Grandparents join kids in the fight for sales between games and music

From Guitar Hero to Wii Fit and Grand Theft Auto, Britain has become a nation of gamers - and that means not only teenage sons hogging a console or a keyboard but entire families fighting for the ...

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Wired, 06.01.09 23:04 UTC

Macworld Already a Bummer, With or Without Apple

By Mathew Honan The big theme at this yearâs Macworld Expo is not a product, itâs a year: 2010. Next yearâs conference is touted on banners, information booklets and even the show badges, which ...

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The Register, 06.01.09 20:30 UTC

Microsoft moves Macs closer to PC parity

Macworld Expo Microsoft has announced two products designed to provide users of Office 2008 for Mac with improved access to existing server-based Microsoft services. The first of the two, Microsoft ...

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Seattle Times, 06.01.09 17:02 UTC

Microsoft picks Muglia to head Server and Tools Business unit

Microsoft has promoted Bob Muglia, a long-serving executive, to president of the company's Server and Tools Business, a unit that has turned 25 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth. The ...

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Seattle Times, 06.01.09 17:02 UTC

Microsoft sees extra-good sales for Xbox 360 in 2008

Microsoft is calling 2008 the best year yet for its video-game business. The company has sold 28 million Xbox 360s globally since launching in November 2005. Console sales increased 58 percent over ...

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BBC Technology, 06.01.09 10:00 UTC

Tech show bucks global downturn

The global economic downturn has not put many people off attending this week's Consumer Electronics Show.

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Seattle Times, 05.01.09 19:31 UTC

Steve Ballmer's rock-star moment as CES keynote

Not that he needed one, but Bill Gates had rock star Slash help him cap his performance at the International Consumer Electronics Show last year. After keeping Microsoft on center stage at the annual ...

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San Francisco Chronicle, 05.01.09 01:02 UTC

Big tech shows scale back

(01-04) 15:36 PST -- With the economy casting a gloomy shadow and industry titans Steve Jobs and Bill Gates stepping away, Macworld Expo in San Francisco and the Consumer Electronics Show in Las ...

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Seattle Times, 04.01.09 10:31 UTC

Peruvian who plans to ski in Olympics lives, trains in Seattle

Roberto Carcelen is a surfer and a runner, which does not make him unusual in his home country, Peru, but his newest sport does. He is aiming to be the lone Peruvian cross-country skier in the 2010 ...