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EA Montreal Re-Focusing On "HD-Quality" Products

EA Montreal General Manager Alain Tascan has told us that EA Montreal — as part of the EA Games label — is to refocus the studio on "action titles and HD-quality products" compared to its recent history of Wii titles such as Boogie Superstar and Skate ...

From MATHEW KUMAR, Edge Magazine,  24 Nov 2009

Square Enix Providing Deus Ex 3 Cinematics

Square Enix's Tokyo developers are to work on the cinematics for Eidos Montreal's upcoming Deus Ex sequel, the studio's general manager Stephane D'Astous told us. "Deus Ex 3 is going to be the first project which will be a concrete product of joint ...

From MATHEW KUMAR, Edge Magazine,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Capcom,  Wikipedia

Will the Fed let mortgage rates rise?

“I have advocated to keep the asset purchase program open but at a very low level, and wait and see what happens, and as information comes in about the economy we can adjust that program while the federal funds rate remains at zero,” Bullard told Dow ...

From MATHEW PADILLA, The Orange County Register,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dow Jones

McSweeney’s: Has Bell Invented the “Telegraph Killer?”

What if a tech blogger was writing about the launch of the telephone? McSweeney’s imagines for you: “We had difficulty reaching other users on the Bell apparatus, which Alexander Graham admits will have limited utility until they build a second ...

From MATHEW, mathewingram.com,  23 Nov 2009

Chrome Extensions gallery taking shape, landing page now invites devs

If you're trying to get an extension gallery for your web browser off the ground, it's important reach out to developers. After all, they're the ones who will be creating the snazzy addons you plan to showcase. So it's not surprising to see the change ...

From LEE MATHEWS, Download Squad,  23 Nov 2009

Union Station

@RogersKeith: cynical or not, I'd still love to try the beta :-) 35 mins ago agree with @digiphile's comment: http://is.gd/52eaV -- it's not enough to just pipe RSS feeds everywhere. need to really *be* there 54 mins ago a look at how a Web-native news ...

From MATHEW, mathewingram.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Newsweek

Tucson Considering Self-Funding Requirement for Initiatives

Direct democracy -- the Switzerland-inspired system of initiatives, referenda and recalls that allows voters to make and repeal laws in 24 states -- is poorly understood. It isn’t even very direct. Direct democracy has become blockbuster democracy: a ...

From JOE MATHEWS, New America Blogs,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New America Foundation,  Los Angeles Times,  Wall Street Journal,  The New Republic,  Washington Post Company

Ways to bulk up housing’s lifeline, FHA

The San Francisco Chronicle recently outlined some ways to pump up the reserves of the Federal Housing Administration, which runs a now critical mortgage insurance program. FHA has given a big boost to Orange County’s housing market, accounting for ...

From MATHEW PADILLA, The Orange County Register,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Housing Administration,  Fannie Mae

MIGS: 2D Economy

With the sumptuous looking Critter Crunch having just hit the European PSN Store, Nathan Vella, president of developer Capybara Games, spoke at Montreal Game Summit about the company managed to create its Miyazaki-quality artwork on the shoestring ...

From MATHEW KUMAR, Edge Magazine,  23 Nov 2009

AdSense on your desktop: Google starts embedding ads in Google Earth

Everyone cringed when Microsoft announced that Office 2010 Starter would be partially ad-supported, and it looks as though advertising in desktop apps may be something we'll just have to get used to. As Amit Agarwal at Digital Inspiration found out , ...

From LEE MATHEWS, Download Squad,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  AdSense,  Microsoft Corporation

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