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Xbox to Feature Streaming ESPN – Impact on Cable Providers

The NY Times is reporting that Microsoft is trying to expand the entertainment value of it's Xbox 360 console by offering streaming media such as live sporting events and movies. Microsoft is currently in negotiations with the Walt Disney Company (parent company of ABC & ESPN) to provide a per-subscriber fee for live sporting event streams similar to the ESPN 360 service offered to broadband users. Xbox Live users can already (for a monthly fee) get NetFlix movies streaming through their...
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German Government Advises Against using Internet Explorer

Well, the pile of bad news continues for Microsoft as a result of the cyber attacks on Google by the Chinese government. It originally broke that this happened as a result of a security flaw in the Internet Explorer browser, which Google tried to sweep under the rug because this showed that their employees were not using Chrome or Firefox (the two browsers that they have supported). Now the German government is recommending to web users worldwide not to use the Internet Explorer browser due...
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