Year: 2005

Aspyr, CompUSA offer discounted games

CompUSA retail outlets are now offering a range of Aspyr game titles at reduced prices, including MTX, Black Hawn Down and Tom Clancy’s Athena Sword. Now US$9.99 – Indiana Jones Emperor; Medal of Honor Allied Assault Breakthrough; MTX: Mototrax; and Star Trek: Elite Force II. Now $19.99 – Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of World War II; Delta Force: Black Hawk Down; SimCity 4 Rush Hour; Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword; and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield.

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Think Secret files motion to have Apple lawsuit dismissed

The dePlume Organization, Think Secret’s owner, filed a special motion on Friday to have Apple’s lawsuit against the Mac site dismissed on First Amendment grounds. The motion was filed in California Superior Court, Santa Clara County, under the California Anti-SLAPP Statute, a law designed to stem meritless lawsuits that attempt to quiet constitutional exercises of freedom of speech. The response includes declarations from prominent journalism experts Professor Thomas Goldstein and Dan Gillmor.

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Sony names new CEO

Sony has named the UK-born head of its US operations, Howard Stringer, as its new chairman and chief executive officer. “Determined to break with its past, Sony tapped a foreigner as CEO Monday and vowed to turn around its lagging electronics sector by linking it with its entertainment businesses–a goal that has long eluded the company. A native of Wales who later acquired U.S.

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Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Update 11.1.1

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Update 11.1.1

Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) has announced the availability
of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Update 11.1.1, which includes improvements
to Excel add-in calculation, increased PowerPoint and Word 2004 stability,
additional support for device drivers and enhanced appearance of imported
graphics.

Update 11.1.1 provides prioritized fixes based on customer feedback from a
variety of sources such as Microsoft Error Reporting Protocol (MERP) and
product support calls.

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