What is it with these Japanese RPG's and their strangely unsuitable names? Look back towards what most consider the ultimate JRPG series, the Final Fantasy games, and ponder just why Square decided to call them FINAL Fantasy. Final? Considering the vast number of spin-offs and sequels in the series there's nothing final about them.

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Microsoft has released figures that show the November sales for Xbox in Europe were the biggest in its six-year history in the region, with sales up 124% on last November. ...

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A few percentage points may not seem like a big deal, but analysts are still pouncing on the fact that Microsoft Window's share of the operating system market has fallen below 90%. ...

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Sales of some Microsoft software is set to give the NSPCC's Child's Voice Appeal an extra fund-raising push. ...

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The computer mouse is to celebrate its 40th birthday next week. Invented by Doug Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute in California, the input device method first debuted in 1968. ...

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We have now been living with the New Xbox Experience for a week, and what a headline grabber it has been. Stories of RRoD fails; consoles laid to waste left, right and centre. Well, perhaps it wasn't quite as drastic as that, but it certainly upset a fair number of people. But my question was, right from the start - does the Xbox need a new experience? ...

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On 1 December, which is also World Aids Day, MSN will launch new music service (RED)WIRE. The service, that we've reported on previously as coming soon, is part of the larger, Bono-backed (RED) charity effort that treats people with AIDS in Africa. ...

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Yet another key Yahoo executive has announced their departure from the ailing internet company. ...

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For those who are fond of a nice collage, and we're not sure we'd count ourselves in that group, Microsoft Research has released its AutoCollage 2008 tool that's currently free on a 30-day trial. ...

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It's official - an unhealthy number of us spend hours trawling the net to find out what diseases we could have from symptoms only we ourselves have detected. ...

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Not to be outdone by the rest of the industry, Lenovo has introduced a netbook. ...

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Microsoft has announced that sales of its Xbox 360 console have beaten the total sales of the original Xbox, just days after the 360 celebrated its third birthday on 22 November. ...

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Sony Ericsson has launched two new "panels" for the Xperia X1, teaming up with Facebook and Microsoft Windows Live. ...

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Greenpeace has released its tenth edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics that shows, in the organisation's words, "that most consumer electronics companies have been slow to get serious about climate change." ...

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In this week's roundup - the woes of Yahoo, BT threatens to put its super fast broadband plans on hold as more jobs cuts are announced, the worrying rise in online ID theft, and last up, our views on USB 3.0. ...

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It seems the launch of the new experience on Microsoft's Xbox 360 hasn't gone as we might have expected with users reporting a host of glitches with the new software update. ...

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Yahoo's shares momentarily soared by 10% when current CEO Jerry Yang announced he was stepping down. ...

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Microsoft has announced "landmark agreements" with both major and independent music labels for a new subscription music model for its Zune MP3 player. ...

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Microsoft is to stop selling its all-in-one security and management package OneCare, but is launching a new software suite to keep machines protected. ...

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Poor old Jerry Yang - he's faced a takeover bid from Microsoft, the wrath of his shareholders when he rejected it, job losses, and now the market seems to have applauded his decision to stand down as CEO. ...

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The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced the completion of the USB 3.0 specification. ...

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The highly-anticipated New Xbox Live Experience finally launches tomorrow, which Microsoft says will "transform instantly" the 25 million Xbox consoles around the world sold in its 3 years on the shelves. ...

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Asus is claiming a world first in it's P656. ...

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Following the soft launch of the UK version back in June, Microsoft has debuted its online store in the States. ...

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Microsoft has realised that it is unable to take on the combined force of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook and instead decided to become an aggregator of content with its latest update to its Windows Live service. ...

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Carphone Warehouse is recalling its own-brand "webbook" from all its stores, in order to change the netbook's operating system, industry sources are reporting. ...

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Microsoft has announced that debut weekend sales of the Xbox 360 game "Gear of War 2" topped 2 million units worldwide. ...

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After its ad deal with Google fell through, Yahoo's CEO Jerry Yang admitted that a deal with Microsoft may be the best thing for the company. ...

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According to a survey of nearly 2000 UK digital TV viewers, commissioned by Microsoft's Connected TV Business, over a quarter of digital viewers rely on flicking through all the channels to choose what to watch, apparently wasting more than 1 week a year channel surfing. ...

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When the news was announced that the Google and Yahoo ad deal was off, poor old Yahoo was just left expressing its "disappointment". ...

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Microsoft has revealed that it is prepping Windows 7 - its next operating system after Vista - to launch in time for Christmas 2009. ...

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All of your fav Sega games are being gathered together in one colossal collection ready for release early next year. ...

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When it was announced that developers of the stunning RPG Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion were working on the latest in the Fallout series, interests with immediately piqued. Though quite dated (visually at least) isometric RPGs, the first two Fallout titles were praised for their freedom, fantastic humour, and incredible atmosphere.

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Both Microsoft big wig, Steve Ballmer, and rebel Yahoo shareholder Carl Icahn said last month that they believed a takeover by Microsoft of Yahoo would be a huge benefit to both companies. ...

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The software world has seen an end of an era at the start of this month with the news that Microsoft has finally ended support for Windows 3.x. ...

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Microsoft has announced a programme to give start-ups free software and support as a way to try and guarantee future revenue from the companies. ...

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Ever since Gears of War hit the Xbox 360, there's always been one trying question that was desperate to be answered. Just how could it get any better?

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It's ad deal with Google may well be on the rocks, and it's only just recovering from the anger around its rejection of a takeover bid by Microsoft, but Yahoo has got a more immediate problem with a continuing exodus of staff. ...

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Likely to be welcomed by many, Amazon.com has launched "frustration-free packaging" a new initiative designed to "make it easier for customers to liberate products from their packages" ...

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Microsoft is said to be using "guerilla tactics" in its marketing attempts to boost Vista after Apple's recent bashing of the brand. ...

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LG Electronics and Microsoft have announced the signing of Memorandum of Understanding to "form strategic collaboration in Mobile Convergence" that includes collaboration in R&D, marketing and applications. ...

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There are investigations on-going in the States and Europe, and mounting opposition, including concerns from US politicians, but it seemed Google and Yahoo were determined to push ahead with a controversial ad sharing deal. ...

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DataViz has rehauled its Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync client, RoadSync 4.0. ...

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Motorola needs to save some money, co-chief executive, Sanjay Jha, has admitted to the Wall Street Journal. ...

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They're not promising anything but Yahoo and AOL may be one step closer to a merger. ...

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You might question the value of an external webcam as integrated solutions seem to be increasingly common, both on notebooks and now on monitors too. Microsoft has a range of cameras and the LifeCam Show is aimed at those on the move.

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Microsoft has outlined the key features users can expect in the company's new OS; Windows 7 at its Professional Developers Conference in the US. ...

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At its Professional Developers Conference 2008, Microsoft has shared the first full public demo of Windows 7. Microsoft says Windows 7 "extends developers' investments in Windows Vista" as well as encouraging the creation of new applications and services for the Windows platform. ...

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Microsoft has announced the Azure Services Platform at the ongoing Professional Developers Conference 2008. ...

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It has been working on it since December 2007, but Microsoft has finally come up with a version of Windows XP suitable for the One Laptop Per Child XO machine. ...

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Another Microsoft product another use of the explorer moniker. But is this finally a product from Microsoft really worth the "Explorer" name? We get clicking to find out.

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A Microsoft executive has dismissed the iPhone's strong sales figures on the basis that the stats are down to the device's high profile launch. ...

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Microsoft has revealed its financial results for the first quarter of 2009, up to September 30. ...

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Peter Molyneux is back, this time with a follow up to the 2004 hit, Fable. But can a new version, aptly named Fable II, capture our gaming hearts once again? We get playing to find out.

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Its shares are falling, it is chopping staff, and now analysts say it is only a matter of time before there is a mutiny at Yahoo. ...

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Bill Gates has quietly created a brand new company, complete with high-tech office space, a cryptic name and its own trademark. ...

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After declaring the 21 October as "Global Anti-Piracy Day", moves Microsoft has made with anti-piracy tools have angered many users in China. ...

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Microsoft is pressing ahead with its "I'm a PC" campaign with the hunt for "real" PC users to appear in a Microsoft advert. ...

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Microsoft has declared October 21 as "Global Anti-Piracy Day", that sees a simultaneous launch of education initiatives and enforcement actions in 49 countries on six continents to "combat the sophisticated, illegal trade of pirated and counterfeit software". ...

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HP has launched two new iPAQ smartphones that will be available in the UK on a handset-only basis, as well as through Vodafone. ...

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HMV has confirmed it will be expanding its reach into the pre-owned games market, under brand name Re/Play. ...

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Yahoo admitted way back at the beginning of the year that it was going to have to make as many as 1000 staff redundant. ...

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Microsoft has issued a short, and we mean short, statement following yet more rumours that the company is still interested in buying Yahoo following the almost collapse of the Yahoo share price. ...

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In a move that shows exactly how savvy politicians have to be - US presidential hopeful Barrack Obama has targeted gamers with his latest campaign. ...

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Yahoo's shares rose a whooping 17% after Microsoft chief exec Steve Ballmer hinted that a search advertising agreement between the two companies could be possible. ...

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Microsoft is facing a lawsuit over the infamous "red ring of death" failures for its Xbox 360 console. ...

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Following confusion from some quarters, Microsoft has explained its reasoning behind officially naming its next operating system "Windows 7". ...

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At the Apple launch event for the company's new line of notebooks, credit for recent sales success of Macs - particularly in the US market - has been given in part to Microsoft's Vista operating system. ...

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Microsoft's new consumer-aimed software bundle, called, Equipt is to see a launch in the UK. ...

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Microsoft has announced the availability of Silverlight 2, its Flash rival for creation and delivery of browser-based apps. ...

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Microsoft has revealed it will stick with its code-name for its forthcoming operating system, due the end of next year or early 2010. ...

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On the second Tuesday of every month, Microsoft is now accustomed to releasing the patches and fixes for its various software packages. ...

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Reuters reports that recent drop in the market value of BlackBerry maker RIM could leave the company open to a hostile take-over. ...

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The biggest story this week was the launch of the BlackBerry Storm, but what impact will this consumer-focused smartphone have on the market? And should Apple be worried? ...

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Microsoft has confirmed to Pocket-lint that the Seinfeld ads will never appear in the UK and that Americans are unlikely to get any more either. ...

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Recycled rumours suggest that the launch of the much-rumoured, and subsequently much-denied, and then maybe-d, Blu-ray drive add-on for the Xbox 360 is due soon. ...

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Microsoft's CEO has sworn blind that the company is not about to start making its own mobile phones. ...

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The software developer kit for the Surface tabletop computer will be made available to those attending Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference at the end of the month, reports CNet. ...

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