Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

Guitar Hero, one of the most popular video games hit $1 billion in sales in North American retail alone in the time frame of 26 months, said a global research firm called The NDP Group.

The company’s latest installment, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is now that best selling single-year video game title of all time in terms of units and total dollar amount.

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• Student uses pen and gun powder to make pipe bomb as he make threats against his school.
• Alonso really needs a miracle to win after qualifying in fourth for the final race of the season.
• England got buried by South Africa in Rugby World Cup final.
• Finally, Xbox 360 outsells Wii - all thanks to Halo 3.

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• As the F1 season blazes to a great start in Melbourne, Iceman, Kimi blazes the track to win the first race of the season for Ferrari. Rookie Hamilton gets third!
• Meanwhile, Nintendo Wii continues to outsell PS3 and XBox 360 in console wars.
• If only you can eat your mom. Angelina Jolie’s voted the yummiest mummy!
• Japan dot-com mogul jailed in Japanese scandal.

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Owners of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console will soon be able to watch science fiction epics as well as play them.

Microsoft said tonight that it would offer movies and episodes of television shows for download through its Xbox Live online service in the United States, beginning Nov. 22.

With the new offerings, Microsoft is joining cable giants and Internet startups on the long list of companies hoping to profit from video downloads. But Internet-based services have had trouble getting traction because it can be complex to send a downloaded film to a television screen, and frustrating to watch it on the small screen of a computer. Owners of the Xbox have already connected it to a TV and, in most cases, the Internet.

“What makes this big is that there’s no PC in the middle,” said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.

Microsoft has negotiated the rights to rent or sell more than 1,000 hours of material from CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount, Warner Bros. and Turner Broadcasting, along with the martial arts show “Ultimate Fighting Championship.” Some programs will be available in high-definition video.

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• Sony PS3 to outsell Xbox 360, Wii: Japan publisher.
• Steve Jobs for Newsweek: I’m not impressed by Zune. So am I.
• Father of Madonna’s Malawi child wanted him back. That shows not every artist can adopt children like the angelic Brangelina.
• Police want Israeli president to be charged with rape. I see horns.
• Kramnik is World Chess Champion after beating Topalov in rapid tiebreakers.

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• Typhoon cuts power in central Vietnam.
• Now, we all know the Zune’s price, what’s next? A portable Xbox under the Zune brand?
• Michael Schumacher wins at Shanghai to tie points with Alonso. Glückwunsch Michael!
• Meanwhile, it was reported that there’s unlikely any survivors in the Amazon crash.

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Good day! It was a really quiet weekend amidst all the things happening.

• Capirossi wins MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan. Rossi gets second.
• 3 kids were killed in a grisly murder.
• Cops abuzz over MMS of naked police couple.
• Nobody’s perfect. Microsoft offering free repairs for all 2005 Xbox 360s.

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