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iPhone 3G refurb selling for $49

First posted as a Twitter message, ” iPhone 3G refurbs now as low as $49 while supplies last.” You can order the phone from att.com, at the best price it has ever been offered at.

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EU Windows 7 to have multiple browser options?

In an effort to settle a long standing antitrust case brought by the European Commission over the bundling of Windows OS’ with Internet Explorer , Microsoft has promised to give Windows 7 buyers their choice of rival web browsers when the OS ships in October. The OS will be pre-loaded with multiple browsers, and would-be buyers can choose from a “ballot” which browser they want. As always, users can choose one and then download another, or a few others and use whichever they want whenever they want.

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Microsoft bows to Apple’s pressure, changes Laptop Hunter ad

“As usual, the truth lies somewhere in between. But a little whining from Apple isn’t going to stop Microsoft from running the ads.” Looks like Devin was right, as he often is. Microsoft has updated the “Laptop Hunter” ad that had annoyed Apple, and now it’s much more benign

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‘Rock Band’ opens up to indie artists

MTV Games and Harmonix have announced that they plan to start the Rock Band Network next month, which will allow indie musicians to add their music to the popular instrument game. Cnet says that “to program songs for the game, you need a membership to Microsoft’s XNA Creators’ Club, which was launched a couple years ago to let independent developers create casual games to sell through the Xbox Live Marketplace; a membership costs $49.99 for four months or $99.99 for a year.” Once you have an account, log in and you will be greeted with instructions and free tools to create master recordings. The songs will then be submitted for critique from other creators and MTV Games for final official approval.

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Xbox Live download sales jump 73 percent, Nintendo boasts DS success

Microsoft has responded to the sales figures published by the NPD Group by revealing that paid downloads have increased on the Xbox Live service by 73 per cent year-over-year for H1 2009. The Xbox 360 console is the only home console to see growth so far in 2009, with Nintendo ‘s DS handheld portable also experiencing a sales increase over last year. In June 2009, Microsoft managed to sell 241,000 units of the Xbox 360 console, roughly a 20 percent increase over June 2008

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Glittergossip time!

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Top 10 Halo 3 Ricochet Kills: Episode 34 (Machinima)

HALO Go to http://www.YouTube.com/Top10Series to see the Honorable Mention video. Go to http://www.Top10Series.com to submit for Episode 36: Amazing Kills http://www.youtube.com/v/V1-SLXfDnOc&f=standard&app=youtube_gdata Here is the original post: Top 10 Halo 3 Ricochet Kills: Episode 34 (Machinima)

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Extreme Makeover: Toddler Edition

Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. http://www.youtube.com/v/wXU2D1Dx-Bk&f=standard&app=youtube_gdata More here: Extreme Makeover: Toddler Edition

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Project Natal tech for more than gaming, says Gates

Microsoft ‘s chairman Bill Gates revealed in an interview with CNET that the project Natal technology coming to the Xbox 360 platform is also in development for non-gaming uses with Windows. He said the project evolved from Microsoft research, and is now being commercialized by Windows and Xbox units

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Microsoft site plunges as Windows 7 promo starts

On its first day of a Windows 7 promotional drive, Microsoft ‘s European online store quickly went offline . Customers were instead greeted with a message claiming the site was, “experiencing a higher level of demand than usual” but that it would be back up and running as soon as possible.

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