Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 price in Japan: Nikkei (Reuters)

August 31, 2008

A model stands at Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 display at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 20, 2007. (Issei Kato/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp will cut the price of its Xbox 360 game console in Japan by about 30 percent, aiming to gain market share from leader Nintendo Co (7974.OS), the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.


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Microsoft readying apps store for Windows Mobile? (CNET)

August 31, 2008
CNET - It looks as though Microsoft is joining Apple and Google in the mobile "apps store" market.No tag for this post.













6 Internet providers disclose Web tracking for ads (AP)

August 31, 2008
AP - The nation's largest Internet service providers all say they haven't partnered with Silicon Valley startup NebuAd Inc. to monitor Web surfing and deliver targeted advertising to their subscribers. Here is a look at six smaller service providers, however, that have conducted trials. The companies say all the tests have ended, often to review privacy and related issues. No provider is known to be currently using NebuAd.No tag for this post.