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Apple's new MobileMe Internet service still rocky
emi.endo@newsday.comTwo weeks after it hobbled out of the starting gate, Apple's new Internet service is still limping. A month before releasing the latest version of the iPhone, Apple announced an upgrade to its Internet service, through which subscribers can publish...Tags: Internet, New Products, Long Island, Bensonhurst, iPhone
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Games you might love
Clueless about what classic game to buy? Adam Rolnick, owner of People Play Games, will set you straight: •If you like "Grand Theft Auto IV," you'll love "Driver 2" for the original PlayStation: "Carjacking does take place, and it is set in...Tags: Sega Corporation, Nintendo Company Ltd., Video Games
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Rebooting the video-game habit
Something in your past lures you to People Play Games, a new store in the Wrigleyville neighborhood. Are you there to recapture a childhood wasted playing Intellivision, ColecoVision or Super Nintendo games on your mom's couch? Are you longing to...Tags: Game Playing, Wrigleyville, Wilmette, Sega Corporation, Nintendo Company Ltd.
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Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, Hail to the Chimp
Special to The TimesShh! Don't tell any of the kids who play Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, a brilliant cross between Sim City and the classic strategy board game Risk: They might learn something. The perfect mix of strategy and action, Civilization lets gamers select...Tags: United Nations, Cartoons, Nintendo Company Ltd., James Frey, Video Games
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FCC appears likely to approve Sirius-XM merger
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFederal regulators appeared poised Wednesday to give final approval to the merger of the nation's only two satellite radio operators, which would bring together the two struggling companies after a 17-month quest. Deborah Taylor Tate, a Republican who...Tags: Radio Industry, Radio, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Incorporated, Oprah Winfrey, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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More vintage values
People Play Games isn't the only place to indulge your gaming nostalgia. Video Games Then And Now (4351 N. Harlem Ave., Norridge; 708-457-2260): Sean Kelly, a co-founder of the yearly Classic Games Expo (which is taking a hiatus this year), has been...Tags: Wii, Game Playing, Norridge, E-Commerce Industry, Nintendo Company Ltd.
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Strategy is king in 'Civilization Revolution'
The Associated PressAlexander the Great, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan and Napoleon earned their legendary status one way: They were conquerers. Today, conquest is an important part of our play. From chess and Risk to laser tag and football, the object is to invade the other...Tags: Game Playing, Defense, Nintendo Company Ltd., Armed Forces, Abraham Lincoln
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Black market in stealing your data is thriving
It wasn't clear what freaked Jerrell Ellerbe out more: when I read him his mother's maiden name, or the part when I told him his date of birth. I'm guessing, though, that what disturbed him most was when I supplied his e-mail address and then read his...Tags: Internet, Symantec Corporation, Banking, TJX Companies Incorporated, Business
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Hotels get hip to the needs of 21st Century travelers
Special to the Chicago TribuneFrom radio-frequency-controlled door locks to Nintendo Wii, hotel rooms are getting techier. Plain vanilla rooms are going the way of the Ma and Pa motels strung along long-forgotten byways. Showing up in hotels and other lodging establishments are Wi-...Tags: Chicago Weather, Internet, Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tourism and Leisure
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Toys combine reality and cyber worlds
keiko.morris@newsday.comThese days, playing on a cyber playground requires a real-world toy. Toy producers, aiming to replicate and expand on the success of Webkinz -- stuffed animals linked to an online world -- have unleashed a slew of items and are planning to debut a...Tags: Usher, West Islip, Clubs and Associations, Consumer Electronics Industry, Nintendo Company Ltd.
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