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Xbox LIVE Gold Free Today Through Monday
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft wants you on Xbox LIVE for the weekend with, of course, a view toward forever, and it's prepared to temporarily waive the cover fee to grab your attention.
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You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Vapor was in the air this week as rumors swirled around two products that exist only as pixels, not molecules: the Google Phone and the Apple Tablet. In its war over 3G ads, AT&T fired back at Verizon (and missed); Twitter got dissed; and Activision dodged a Kalashnikov bullet with its wildly popular Modern Warfare 2. Can you hit the bull's-eye with this week's quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now: ready, aim ... fire!
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China tightens supervision of online games
(AFP)
 AFP - China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.
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Game sales lift GameStop 3Q profit 12 percent
(AP)
AP - GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game retailer, said Thursday that sales of new hot-selling games helped boost its third-quarter profit nearly 12 percent and offset a sales decline for video game hardware.
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Sony pushes back profit margin target, eyes 3D TV
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) pushed back an elusive profit margin target to March 2013, after narrowly failing to meet the goal last year, but it aims to make its video game and TV operations profitable next year.
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Review: Old Italy lives in 'Assassin's Creed II'
(AP)
 AP - Italian crime families have become a staple of video games over the last few years, starring in such hits as "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," "The Godfather" and "Mafia." And don't get me started on "Mafia Wars," the browser game that's consuming half of my Facebook friends.
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US PS3 Sales Leap 70% in October
(PC World)
PC World - After years of third-stringing it, Sony's beleaguered PS3 may finally be rallying, according to sales data cited on Sony's US PlayStation blog. The company's American division reports year-over-year October hardware sales lifted nearly 70 percent, and says its online PlayStation storefront clinched record revenues, with downloads up 60 percent over the same period last year.
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Sony Plans PlayStation Expansion
(PC World)
PC World - Sony is hoping to return its PlayStation business to profitability next year with the help of new hardware devices and expansion of its network-delivered services platform, it said Thursday.
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| Which FF7 character is your favourite? |
| Cloud Strife |
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62% |
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10 |
| Barret Wallace |
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0% |
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0 |
| Tifa Lockheart |
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6% |
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1 |
| Aeris Gainsborough |
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6% |
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1 |
| Red XIII |
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12% |
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2 |
| Cid Highwind |
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0% |
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0 |
| Cait Sith |
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0% |
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0 |
| Yuffie Kisaragi |
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12% |
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2 |
| 16 votes |
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