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Sex angle pushed by online game makers
Apr 6 2006 9:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Online games have so far mainly revolved around the killing of fantasy monsters. The occasional fight with a Stormtrooper provides some variety. Companies are now developing a handful of games _ though calling them that is a stretch _ designed to give players a very different option: making love, not war.
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HP shows off products tailored for India
Apr 6 2006 9:30PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. on Thursday showed off new products and research tailored to India, including a writing tablet that makes it easier to enter characters from two of India's national languages into a computer.
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Dell Inc. updates recycling plans
Apr 6 2006 8:19PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc. plans to triple the amount of electronics it can recycle by 2009, the company said in an annual report outlining its environmental goals and achievements.
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Microsoft buys Lionhead Studios
Apr 6 2006 4:56PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it had bought Lionhead Studios, a British company that developed the "Fable" role-playing games for its Xbox videogame consoles.
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Microsoft to triple Xbox titles in Japan
Apr 6 2006 4:56PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The new head of Microsoft's Japanese video-game business expressed determination Thursday to make the Xbox 360 a success in Japan, where the console has struggled, by more than tripling the number of games it offers by the end of the year.
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Review: Microsoft's 'Kahuna' falls short
Apr 6 2006 3:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - I signed up for my first Hotmail account in 1996 when a tech-savvy friend told me it would be part of the wave of the future.
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Microsoft's MSN Search restored
Apr 6 2006 3:45PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp.'s MSN search engine stopped working for about four hours Thursday.
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Japanese watching TV shows on cell phones
Apr 6 2006 3:32PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's 90 million cell-phone users already play video games, download songs, exchange messages, read news, trade stocks, store digital photos and surf the Web on their tiny screens. Now, they're doing something less tech-savvy and more mundane: watching TV.
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PayPal offers text message payment
Apr 6 2006 11:47AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Customers of the PayPal online payment service can now use their cell phones to instantly send money, buy items or donate to charities.
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Japanese cos. check employee computer use
Apr 6 2006 8:52AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - For many years now, companies have been able to keep track of every Web site visited, e-mail sent and file accessed by their workers through readily available tracking software.
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Apple ruling unlikely before Easter
Apr 6 2006 7:42AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A High Court judge is unlikely to rule before Easter in the legal fight between Apple Computer and the Beatles' Apple Corps record label over the use of the apple logo.
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