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 Microsoft employees received a note on Friday explaining that the company will soon go through a review process. Some employees said the note also indicated a hiring and spending freeze. |
 McAfee plans to buy Secure Computing Corp for $465 million. The acquisition will add additional network security solutions for the company. |
 AMD has unveiled its new ATI Radeon HD 4530 graphics adapter. The new video card offers a low-budget option for PC video gamers. |
 2K Games announced Monday that BioShock for the Sony PlayStation 3 has gone gold. This means that the game has gone to the manufacturer for mass production. This also means a North American release of October 21st. |
 Florida attorney Jack Thompson has been disbarred in the state of Florida. Thompson is a controversial attorney who faught to have several video games banned. Among those games include BioShock and the Grand Theft Auto series. |
 Windows 7 will be released next month to developers at the Professional Developers Conference. Attendees will receive the new operating system pre-loaded onto a 160 GB USB drive. The build is labeled as an Alpha. |
 Mozilla has issued a patch for the latest Firefox version. The patch fixes the browser's rendering engine that can crash Firefox. The patch is for version 3. |
 If you can play Rock Band or Guitar Hero, you can play a real guitar. Game to Players lets gamers learn the real thing with less work. If you can play a Rock Band or Guitar Hero guitar, you can play the real thing. |
 World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack is the latest in the WoW saga. This expansion pack is rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB. Players must have World of Warcraft to play this expansion. |
 Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon was developed by Kheops Studio and published by Microids. Dracula 3 is an adventure game developed solely for the PC. Rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB. |
 Sinking Island was developed by White Birds and published by Microids. Sinking Island is an adventure game for the PC. Rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB. |
 Girl Gamer News: Rent a purse and get a with it. Rent a purse? Yes, designer purses are really available for rent. |
 The latest ad in Microsoft's $300 million campaign is out. And so is Jerry Seinfeld. In is a PC Guy that looks vaguely familiar to the Apple ads. |
 Reports are that the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate's Yahoo email account was hacked. Images of the contents were posted on a site called 4chan. Could be a Democrat attempt to discredit Gov. Palin. |
 Atari announced today the release of The Witcher Enhanced Edition. The Windows PC game in retailers across North America. Voted the best RPG of 2007 my many sites. |
 Google is reportedly looking at buying Valve Software. Their main interest is likely the Steam game distribution system. This is at least according to "well placed sources". |
 A study of kids playing video games shows it's okay. The Pew Internet survey dispels common myths about video games and kids. Especially with games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero. |
 Disney Interactive Studios is bringing Ultimate Band to the Wii and DS. Gamers get to perform like real rock band stars. All you need is the Wii-mote, Nunchuck, and a little rhythm. |
 Fallout 3 was facing stiff opposition due to the character's use of morphine in the game, some countries not allowing it to be sold. |
 Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates are joining forces in order to combat the Apple commercial series that has shown such great success. |
 Nintendo Wii sales are still on top followed by the Microsoft Xbox 360 and then the Sony PlayStation 3. |
 Electronic Arts new video game, Spore is facing some opposition from gamers over the copyright protection system and also from creationists. |
 NASA's new Ares rocket passed the initial design review for safety, technical, and budget requirements. |
 Star Wars: Force Unleashed demo available on Xbox LIVE. |
 MTV Games, Harmonix and Electronic Arts are all ready to ship Rock Band 2 for the Microsoft Xbox 360. |
 Monolith Productions sequel to F.E.A.R. receives a new, more descriptive name, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. |
 Microsoft has introduced a new mouse called the Explorer Mouse that is using a new Microsoft BlueTrack technology. |
 Activision announced that the Call of Duty: World at War betas will be held in October in preparation of a worldwide release. |
 Microsoft patched eight security vulnerabilities rated critical for Windows, Office, IE6, and Windows Media Player. |
 RealNetworks Inc. unveils RealDVD, a legal way to rip DVDS. |
