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Washington - Electronic Arts is ready to launch their own fitness game for the Nintendo Wii with EA Sports Active. The game is expected to be ready to release in March 2009 and is going to be far more intense than Wii Fit. The game is said to be like having your very own personal trainer at all times pushing you. This will help men and women get in shape without going to the gym by running, and doing other exercises. The game is said to ... Read More

Hollywood - YouTube, the popular video-sharing site is going to let advertisers pay to put ads into search results. Google has been trying to turn YouTube into a more profitable set-up. Google bought YouTube for $1.76 billion two years ago. YouTube does not have much of a revenue model just yet though, but that is soon to change. YouTube stated that the move is going to try and bring in new ways to help promote videos and such on the site. YouTube is going to allow videos ... Read More

Washington - Google has launched a brand new service that will allow us to track the flu. Google announced a free service this week that is going to show the number of flu cases across the U.S. The service is known as Flu Trends and will use computers to figure out how many people are searching for the flu and such. It will then show the results on a map of the U.S. and chart changes in flu activity. This will help link the Internet searches ... Read More

Washington (CMRT) - According to a new study, headphones can have a negative impact on heart devices. Researchers were led by Dr. William Maisel of Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston. For the study, they tested 60-patients to see how headphones impacted heart devices. They found that these headphones can harm those who have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator. It is best to keep them off the ears of those who have these types of devices in them. This is due to the fact that the ... Read More

User Outcry And Activist Outcry Causes Game Retirement New York City- The executives at Facebook wisely decided to drop a virtual reality game that allowed users to knife each other on the Internet. The game, called “Shank” was one that could previously be added by any Facebook member and it appeared as a small profile virtual “Knife” in their user profile with a small black blade. It allowed users with such a “Knife” to come up to and knife their “friends”. Read More

New Windows Mobile Device Aimed At Business User Messaging New York City- The Palm company released to the marketplace their newest Windows Messaging product, the Treo 800W. It is not a radical new product, it offers a lot of the same usage as their earlier models the 700W and the 750, but Palm has worked with provider Sprint to identify and fix a number of small glitches that were present in the earlier models. One of the main changes is the new 320 x 320 ... Read More

But Price Drop May Be Temporary And A Marketing Ploy Redmond, WA- Microsoft, frustrated at its position as number 2 in the Game Console battle is announcing the price cut on its low end Xbox gaming system. Up to now the price of the 20 GB version of the mid level Xbox 360 will be available for about $300 dollars, a price cut of about $50 dollars. This is a price cut, this is true, but it is also a kind of marketing ploy as ... Read More

New Acquisition Gives Live Search Capability San Francisco-Google and Yahoo are working on their projects such as indexing and making Flash sites available, but meanwhile Microsoft is pushing ahead with projects of its own. Microsoft announced on Tuesday its purchase of Powerset, a San Francisco based natural language and search company. Read More

Cell Phone Use While Driving Requires Hands Free Device California-The new law in California that requires the use of a hands free device when using a cell phone while driving began on Tuesday July 1st. The use of a cell phone without a hands free device for the first time is just a fine of $20 dollars. But the biggest change is in public opinion, and this will be a law that will Read More

Competition Loses Advantage In Chip Sales Race Santa Clara, CA-The competition for microprocessor chip supremacy is a constant struggle, but recently both Intel and AMD have made inroads against the sales of their competitors. Intel, which has its world headquarters in Santa Clara California, picked up a point in overall microprocessor market share in the worldwide market. Advanced Micro Devices was a winner also with a two-point market share gain over the last 12 months. Read More