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Sponsored Feature: Games for Zune with XNA Game Studio 3.0 (Gamasutra)

In the fifth Microsoft-sponsored article on Gamasutra's XNA-themed microsite, Microsoft's Frank Savage, development manager for the XNA Game Studio Express team, summarizes the capabilities of running XNA Framework games on its Zune portable music player. First announced at Microsoft's GDC keynote, the latest forthcoming version of XNA Game Studio will give developers cross-platform ...

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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 16th Apr 2007 22:22 UTC (New Mobile Computing)

Good point! "... why would anyone transfer them into a less-supported container format ?!?)" Here is why:Microsoft wants to enforce DRM on all available "surfaces" (note MS-coined new term for what we usually call platform/Operating System ) MS OS-es are still around 90% marketshare.Add to that new "surfaces" such Zune,XBox,mobile devices and what not and that's really impresive surface ...

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Total Clicks : (ZDNet India)

Bush and Clinton cameo at wireless show COMMUNICATION Former U.S. Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton on Thursday told wireless executives at an industry event here how important their work is in shaping democracies and economies around the world.

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FACTBOX - Facts about Microsoft Corp (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo Inc on Saturday after the Internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by $5 billion (2.53 billion pounds) to $47.5 billion (24.1 billion pounds).

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Microsoft Cuts Xbox 360 Prices in Four Asian Markets (Update4) (Bloomberg.com)

April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. , the maker of the Xbox 360 video-game console, cut prices on the system in four Asian markets to help stem market-share losses to Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp.

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