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Back in 2005, Microsoft inked a deal with partners Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh to create a film based on the company's Halo gaming franchise—and later expanded the deal to include an installment of the Halo game plus a separate gaming title. Over the years, absolutely nothing has come out of those high-profile deals: the Halo movie was apparently scuttled by studio infighting. Although Jackson's partnership with director… Read More

Activision has announced another video game in its franchise tying in with the History Channel: History Civil War: Secret Missions promises to let player take part in some of the most crucial covert operations that took place during the U.S. Civil War. Fighting for either the Confederates or the Union, players will be able to fight behind the lines in now-legendary battles. "There is a rich history to the Civil War, especially in… Read More

It may become the pickup line of the digital generation: “Is that an iPod in your pocket…or are you just really hot?” Atlanta's Danny Williams says his nerly two year-old iPod nano caught fire in his pants pocket while he was at work in a kiosk at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Williams claims the flames leaped up to his chest, and the fre lasted about 15 seconds—in… Read More

Electronics retailer Best Buy has announced an agreement to acquire DSL provider Speakeasy for approximately $97 million. In 1994, Speakeasy started out in Seattle as one of the first Internet cafes; eventually, the company turned into one of the United States' largest providers of DSL and data services. Best Buy's interest in Speakeasy is primarily to bolster the retailer's business operations: it plans to offer… Read More

Barely a week after Universal and Fox pulled out of a co-financing and distribution deal for a movie based on Microsoft's Halo video game franchise, word comes from producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh's WingNut Films that the studio and Microsoft have jointly agreed to suspend work on a Halo feature film. A statement released by WingNut Films reads in part: At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner,… Read More

Looks like Master Chief still has to overcome some fiscal enemies before he gets to kick some alien butt on the big screen. A little over a year ago, Microsoft inked a deal to bring its Halo video game franchise to the big screen, with Universal Pictures handling the actual production of the movie as well as its domestic distribution, while international distribution would be handled by Twentieth Century Fox. The movie then brought on… Read More

Microsoft announced yesterday that it has entered a partnership with Oscar-winning husband-and-wife team Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh to create the third installment of the Halo Xbox video game franchise, as well as an entirely original game. Director, writer, and producer Jackson and screenwriter Walsh brought the enormously successful Lord of the Rings trilogy and (more recently) King Kong to movie screens and innumerable DVD players… Read More

In what has us even more pumped for the new Halo movie is today’s announcement that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as the executive producers of the new Halo film based on the popularvideo game for the Microsoft Xbox. Peter Jackson is known for his Lord of the Rings trilogy and the upcoming King Kong movies. Jackson’s award-winning companies Weta Digital Ltd.and Weta Workshop Ltd. will provide creatures, miniatures and… Read More

As part of the agreement, Microsoft will provide funds that Gateway expects to use for marketing initiatives, including advertising, sales training and consulting, as well as the research, development and testing of new Gateway products that can run current Microsoft products and Microsoft's next-generation operating system and productivity software. “Gateway continues to enjoy a strong relationship with Microsoft and… Read More

Motorola, the world's second-largest cell phone maker behind Finland's Nokia , said the V295 phone was not needed and demand would be met in China by two other camera models it already offers, the A760 and E365. “We killed the program,” Motorola spokesman Alan Buddendeck told Reuters. “Any company, you make strategic decisions about how you're going to manage the products you bring to market.”… Read More

  With the recent launch of Microsoft® Xbox® Music Mixer, the new add-on feature that turns the Xbox console into the ultimate party machine, Microsoft Corp. allows “American Idol” wannabes to test their vocal talents in front of trusted friends or family members before they face the Simon Cowells of the world. With the resurgence in popularity of karaoke nationwide, Xbox Music Mixer makes the perfect gift for the… Read More