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Michael Moore to premiere film online

News Reznor said last month that to that point the album had generated 781,917 transactions and $1.6 million. Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to premiere his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free, forgoing the traditional theatrical...

Tags: film, album, released, fans

5 September 2008, 10:08

Xbox 360 price drops for Japan and US

News The new price point makes the bottom-end model of Microsoft's console the cheapest current-generation console on the US market, undercutting the $249 (£140) Nintendo Wii by $50 (£28). I'm not at a point where I can say we're going to beat Nintendo...

Tags: generation, sales, xbox, console

4 September 2008, 9:02

News.blog: Microsoft's Flickr rights shockr

News We approached Microsoft on this point today, and were assured that the competition's final stage -- planned but as yet without a date -- would feature photographs for which Microsoft is "currently obtaining the copyrights".

Tags: imaging, photographs, rights, marketing

13 August 2008, 8:56

News.blog: YouTube, Viacom to mask user info

News To this point, the agreement appears to make everyone a winner: Viacom will look like a responsible Internet citizen, Google will no doubt be credited for standing up for Internet rights and most importantly, and

Tags: privacy, records, viewing, youtube

15 July 2008, 8:50

News.blog: Fake Steve Jobs says goodbye

News But he also wrote withering posts about other tech companies and executives from Jobs' point of view. Fake Steve Jobs is no more. Dan Lyons, the former Forbes writer and soon-to-be Newsweek writer, announced on Wednesday in a rambling post that he...

Tags: jobs, tech, writer, steve

10 July 2008, 8:55

Photos: Legless photographer snaps from ground up

News I knew at that point that I had gotten the shot, and I don't think anyone besides me could have that exact shot," he said. Kevin Connolly, a 22-year-old photographer born without legs and self-described 'camera geek', is probably best-known for The...

Tags: shot, shots, exhibition, skateboard

4 July 2008, 9:28

Asus Eee Monitor photos leaked

News It is hard to tell at this point what components are inside the machine, but it's likely that they will not be dissimilar to those inside the Eee Box, which is set to launch in August. Seemingly official-looking pictures have emerged of Asus's...

Tags: machine, wi fi, ports, asus

3 July 2008, 8:34

Ending an era with Bill Gates' best quotes

News But there came a point when we realised it was happening faster and was a much deeper phenomenon than had been recognised in our strategy. As the world's most famous tech boss, Bill Gates has been quoted more times than you can shake a stick at...

Tags: industry, speech, magazine, cnet news

27 June 2008, 9:00

Symbian Foundation phones due in 2010

News However, Öistämö -- who was speaking at a London press conference on Tuesday morning -- was keen to point out that applications created today for Nokia's S60 platform would be forwards-compatible with the final SF platform.

Tags: press, symbian, ericsson, motorola

25 June 2008, 9:26

News.blog: Android phones pushed to end of year

News With a lower price point, a developer kit already released and a concrete launch date of 11 July -- not to mention faster Web access and a built-in GPS chip -- the appeal of the new iPhone may have pushed Android to the back burner for some...

Tags: iphone, phones, powered, handsets

24 June 2008, 9:19

Asus Eee Box ready for August release

News Unlike previous iterations in Asus's Eee range, the Eee Box will not initially be made available in a Linux flavour, although the manufacturer's spokesperson told ZDNet.co.uk that such a version would follow the XP version at some point.

Tags: linux, box, operating system, xp

23 June 2008, 9:09

News.blog: Yahoo, Google agree to ad deal

News This agreement provides a source of funds to both deliver financial value to stockholders from search monetisation and to invest in our broader strategy to transform display advertising and advance our starting-point objectives with users," Yahoo...

Tags: cash, ads, displayed, deal

13 June 2008, 9:51

News.blog: Asus shows off Eee Monitor

News Details surfaced in January and suggested a $499 (£250) price point. Pictures of the Eee Monitor, the upcoming all-in-one desktop PC from Asus, have surfaced. A PC World reporter at the Computex trade show in Taipei snapped a few photos of a...

Tags: asus, inches, eee, imac

6 June 2008, 9:11

Broadband Blighty gets a rural flavour

News And DAB digital radio penetration -- which stands at 22 per cent nationally, a four point rise. Broadband Britain is flying a tweed flag: fat pipe penetration in rural areas has outstripped urban areas for the first time, according to an Ofcom report.

Tags: rate, cent, points, connected

23 May 2008, 9:50

BBFC: Online game ratings inevitable

News He said, "I think there may well be legislation at some point if you look at games. The BBFC is quick to point out that the new classification won't extend to games hosted online, such as massively multiplayer online games, for example.

22 May 2008, 10:25