MATT SLAGLE

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'Bioshock' Tops Best-Of Video Games

The over-hyped console wars are so last year.

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Dell Board OKs Share Repurchase Plan

Dell Inc. is reviving plans to buy back shares in the company and will begin to repurchase $10 billion in common stock this week, chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell said Tuesday.

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Vivendi-Activision Deal Blends Strengths

Vivendi's planned acquisition of Activision would blend each company's respective strength but won't necessarily lead to cross-pollination among game developers.

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Dell Shares Fall Friday

Shares of Dell Inc. fell nearly 13 percent Friday as investors took a pessimistic view on plans to re-ignite the computer maker's fortunes with a strategy that could lower profits in the short term.

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Dell Shares Fall Friday

An ambitious plan to re-ignite Dell Inc.'s fortunes got a mixed response from analysts and investors, who appeared split over how well — and how quickly — the computer maker can reinvent itself as an all-in-one technology juggernaut.

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Dell 3Q Profit Up 27 Pct, Shares Fall

An ambitious plan to re-ignite Dell Inc.'s fortunes got a mixed response from analyst and investors, who appeared split over how well — and how quickly — the computer maker can reinvent itself as an all-in-one technology juggernaut.

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Dell Turnaround Plan Gets Mixed Reviews

An ambitious plan to re-ignite Dell Inc.'s fortunes has met a mixed response among analysts and investors apparently split over how well — and how quickly — the computer maker can reinvent itself as an all-in-one technology juggernaut.

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Video Gaming at the Holidays

The holidays have always been a time to gather around the dinner table, the Christmas tree, the hearth or some other inanimate object. This year, why not make it the warm glow of your television?

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Dell, Celebrities Help With Wish Lists

Hoping it can boost holiday sales, Dell Inc. has enlisted Burt Reynolds, Ice T and other celebrities to help customers raise money to buy products for themselves or others.

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TV Makers Urged to Offer Safer Disposal

A national recycling coalition says television manufacturers need to make it easier for American consumers to safely dispose of aging TVs, which can seep lead and other hazardous chemicals into the soil around dumps, often in China, Nigeria and other countries.

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Restated Dell Profits Down $92 Million

Dell Inc. reduced profits by $92 million in restated earnings filed with federal regulators on Tuesday.

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Texas Instruments Shares Tumble

Shares of Texas Instruments Inc. tumbled more than 9 percent Tuesday, a day after the chip maker announced positive earnings results that were overshadowed by a bleaker earnings forecast for the upcoming quarter.

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Review: PlayStation Portable's Revamp

Maybe Sony Corp. should start watching one of television's many home makeover shows.

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'Manhunt 2' Game Still Banned in U.K.

British regulators on Monday banned a toned-down version of the violent video game "Manhunt 2," saying the changes didn't go far enough to alter the game's "bleakness and callousness of tone."

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Video-Game Review: `Heavenly Sword'

The hack-and-slash genre brings a certain mindless, yet simply satisfying, element to video games. Call it a quirk of gaming, but sometimes there's just an odd pleasure in pressing the same few buttons over and over again.

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Video-Game Review: `Stranglehold'

"Stranglehold" revives Inspector Tequila's starring role in John Woo's 1992 action flick "Hard-Boiled," this time as a video game.

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Company Presents a Boyish Robot

David Hanson has two little Zenos to care for these days. There's his 18-month-old son Zeno, who prattles and smiles as he bounds through his father's cramped office.

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Controversial Game Gets New Rating

The makers of "Manhunt 2" — a violent video game that had been threatened with a sales-destroying adults-only rating — will release a toned-down version in October.

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Rowdy 'Redneck Games' Irk Neighbors

There have been more than a few athletes accused of doping over the years — but the competitors at the "Texas Redneck Games" might just be dopes.

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Dell Introduces New Small-Business PCs

Dell Inc. is launching a new line of notebook and desktop personal computers called "Vostro" that are aimed at small businesses with 25 or fewer employees.

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New PlayStation to Go on Sale in August

Sony Corp. slashed the price of its current PlayStation 3 by $100, or 16.7 percent, and introduced a high-capacity model in an effort to spur sales of the struggling video game console. Starting Monday, the current 60 gigabyte model will cost $499, down from $599.

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Dell Gets a Splash of Color

Flamingo pink laptops, anyone?

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'Manhunt 2' Video Game Release Suspended

Players of the video game "Manhunt 2" would have assumed the role of a scientist with amnesia who escapes from an asylum and then goes on a bloody killing spree as he tries to remember his past. But consumers may never see it on store shelves.

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Fathers and Kids Bond Over Video Games

When Will Nickelson and his daughter want to spend some quality time together, they fire up Nintendo Co.'s Wii and play a few rounds of "Wii Sports" or "Mario Party 8."

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Review: MotorStorm a Graphics Showcase

Still wondering just how powerful that pricey PlayStation 3 is? The off-road racing video game "MotorStorm" is a mud-caked showcase of the system's excellent graphics.

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