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Microsoft will launch a movie and TV download store for net-connected Xbox 360s on November 22, the company announced Monday. Xbox Live users will be able to rent high-definition movies from Warner Bros., and purchase high-definition TV shows from CBS. The service will also offer standard definition video content from Paramount, MTV Networks, Ultimate Fighting Championship and Turner's Cartoon Network...
...launch of the Xbox Live Marketplace video store is part of Microsoft's current strategy to draw non-gamers to the platform, migrate "version 1" Xbox users to the newer Xbox 360 system and keep the 360 competitive with the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii consoles...
...long way from the little bricks I played with as a kid. The company now manufactures 15 billion bricks and other pieces a year. The first motorized Lego kit appeared in 1966, and the mechanical Technic systems debuted in the late 1970s. In 1998 Lego teamed with M.I.T. to launch the first edition of Mindstorms, which brought together motors, mechanical parts and a simple programming language for the purpose of--what else?--building robots...
When Deval L. Patrick ’78 spoke on a panel at his 25th reunion in 2003, an audience member asked him to run for U.S. president. Today, Patrick seems poised to launch his political career by becoming Massachusetts governor. A CBS4 poll of 664 likely voters released on Nov. 2 shows Patrick, the Democratic candidate, leading with the support of 55 percent of likely voters. His Republican opponent, Kerry M. Healey ’82, trailed with 34 percent. Patrick, a former chair of the Dunster House Committee, has focused on health care, education, and the environment throughout...
...Arabic TV network that has irked the U.S. by airing al-Qaeda videos will mark its 10th birthday with the launch next week of an English-language channel available worldwide--even...