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Microsoft to spin off 'Halo' creator with Chicago roots

Associated Press
Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Bungie Studios, the "Halo" video game developer acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2000, is once again operating as an independent company, Microsoft said Friday....
Japan turns to robots to help elderly

Associated Press
Oct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - TOKYO -- If you grow old in Japan, expect to be served food by a robot, ride a voice-recognition wheelchair or even possibly hire a nurse in a robotic suit -- all exampl...
What's in a name? Only Google knows

Newsweek
Oct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Eve Fairbanks knew something was up when her mother drove six hours to her college just to have lunch. After a meal of risotto came the moment of truth: "I know about th...
50 years ago, Sputnik changed the way we view world

By Matt Arado
Oct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fifty years ago today, a shiny metal sphere soared into the heavens and started orbiting the Earth. The world would never be the same. Americans reacted to the successfu...
Expert: Hackers migrating to video formats

Associated Press
Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Online videos aren't just for bloopers and rants -- some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer. As anti-spam technology impr...
Nokia buys Chicago mapmaker

By Dave Carpenter Associated Press
Oct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Nokia Corp. has agreed to buy Chicago-based digital mapmaker Navteq Corp. for $8.1 billion in a deal that shakes up the GPS device market and underscores the ...
eBay admits it paid too much for Skype

Associated Press
Oct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- EBay Inc. announced Monday that the co-founder and chief executive of its Skype division was stepping down, and that the parent company would take $1.43...
Universal remotes in harmony

By Nick Wingfield Columnist
Sep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Our love affair with entertainment gadgets has caused an unfortunate epidemic of remote controls. In my own house, there's a wicker basket on a coffee table with a jumbl...
Sony's HD Handycam falls short in software

By Ron Harris Associated Press
Sep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Review: Sony stuffs top-notch HD video into small camcorder, but included software falls short SAN FRANCISCO -- Consumers are racing to replace their aging televisions w...
Emerson buying Motorola unit

Reuters
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Diversified manufacturer Emerson Electric Co agreed to buy a Motorola embedded communications computing unit for $350 million in cash, the companies said Friday. Motorol...

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