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Black Friday Online Spending Up Slightly

Black Friday Online Spending Up Slightly

We all know the economy is falling at a startling rate, and people are cutting back on their spending. But retailers had a lot pinned on Black Friday, the busiest day of the shopping year, with plenty of deals in place.

Internet research company comScore has been keeping an eye of what’s been going on. They reported that for a combination of Thanksgiving and Black Friday, online spending was $822 million, for a 2% rise over last year. Taken alone, Thanksgiving Day saw a 6% increase and the Friday a 1% growth.

Microsoft Teams with MTV for Xbox 2 Preview

MTV: Music Television and Microsoft have announced a global marketing alliance to unveil the next-generation Xbox video game system on MTV channels in the United States, Asia Pacific and Europe, allwithin a 24-hour window — a first for the video game industry. The highly anticipated console will be revealed to video game fanatics, music lovers and MTV viewers via a high-energy half-hourprogram titled “MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed.” The special will be hosted by entertainment icon, seasoned gamer and Xbox fanatic Elijah Wood, known globally for the AcademyAward-winning “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Island Records’ renowned Las Vegas rockers The Killers will deliver electrifying performances throughout the special. The global broadcast will premiereThursday, May 12, at 9:30 p.m. EDT in North America and on Friday, May 13 in other regions around the globe (local air times below).

Viewers will get an exclusive look at the Xbox vision for the next generation — one that ensures that the user experience is always connected, always personalized and always in high definition. The special will feature never-before-seen, action-packed gameplay of future Xbox games, a peek into the future of the Xbox Live online gaming service, backstage celebrity interviews and exclusive insider footage on the making of the next-generation console.

Anti-Piracy Group Targets Sharman HQ

On Friday, Music Industry Piracy Investigations obtained court orders to search 12 sites across Australia to hunt down evidence of copyright infringement. One of the targets of the searches was Sharman, owner of popular peer-to-peer software Kazaa.

“As a formality you always serve the papers on the registered company as well,” MIPI manager Michael Speck told ZDNet Australia. Sharman Networks incorporated itself in the island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific to capitalize on tax efficiencies.

Read the whole story at TheGlobeTechnology.

Microsoft releases Messenger 6.0

The Fast Cash Friday giveaway, which will occur each Friday between July 25 and Aug. 15, is the first of several summer promotions that will build on the consumer excitement and glowing media reviewssince the June 18 public-preview release of Messenger 6.0.

“Fast Cash Friday is our way of celebrating the completion and final release of MSN Messenger 6.0, our most feature-rich, personalized and coolest IM service ever,” said Lisa Gurry, MSN group product manager at Microsoft Corp. “This promotion and others we have planned for later this summer are our way of encouraging people to see for themselves how much fun they can have while IM-ing.”

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