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• Ridley Scott Talks 'Monopoly' Movie

  Published: August 6, 2007, 9:31 am

  Tags: Cinematical, Film, Monopoly, Movies, Ridley Scott, The La Times

  off the popular board game, Monopoly. Speaking to The LA Times, Scott says: "Monopoly is still the most popular board game -- I might be misquoting! -- in the world. So it's really finding the universe for that game. Because clearly it ought to be humorous and for the family -- the funny way it brings out, particularly when your uncle suddenly

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• Ridley Scott talks Monopoly Movie

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:23 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Family Films, Drama, Comedy, Monopoly, Ridley Scott

  Parker Brothers’ Monopoly board game. When I first heard rumblings that Ridley Scott was trying to adapt the game to the big screen, I tried to ignore them. I thought, ‘It’s probably one of those big money development deals that will fall by the wayside’, right? And why would the guy who made Blade Runner ever be

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• Monopoly: The Movie

  Published: August 7, 2007, 6:05 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Monopoly, Movie, Ridley Scott

  that there was a very real Monopoly movie in the works. I have to admit, I was skeptical myself until that same reader was kind enough to send us an article talking about that movie. And, to further the insanity, it looks like the movie will be helmed by famed “Alien” and “Gladiator” director, Ridley Scott, who recently

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• Before the bell: AAPL, ERTS, HAS, MSFT, AMZN, GOOG, WMT

  Published: August 10, 2007, 4:15 am

  Tags: Aapl, Before The Bell, Beforethebell, Electronic Arts, Electronicarts, Erts, Has, Hasbro, Inthenews, Iphone Screen, Iphone Screen Loss, Iphonescreen, Iphonescreenloss, Microsoft, Monopoly Video Game, Monopolyvideogame, Msft, Scrabble Video Game, Scrabblevideogame, Stocks To

  (NYSE: HAS), including Monopoly and other classic board games.Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has begun testing a quick "dashboard" view for its 300 million Windows Live users.Vivendi's world-leading Universal Music Group plans to license the sale of songs without digital copy protection. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Wal-Mart

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• Before the bell: AAPL, ERTS, HAS, MSFT, AMZN, GOOG, WMT

  Published: August 10, 2007, 4:15 am

  Tags: Aapl, Before The Bell, Beforethebell, Electronic Arts, Electronicarts, Erts, Has, Hasbro, Inthenews, Iphone Screen, Iphone Screen Loss, Iphonescreen, Iphonescreenloss, Microsoft, Monopoly Video Game, Monopolyvideogame, Msft, Scrabble Video Game, Scrabblevideogame, Stocks To

  (NYSE: HAS), including Monopoly and other classic board games.Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has begun testing a quick "dashboard" view for its 300 million Windows Live users.Vivendi's world-leading Universal Music Group plans to license the sale of songs without digital copy protection. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Wal-Mart

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• Electronic Arts and Hasbro Enter Blood Pact

  Published: August 10, 2007, 5:37 pm

  Tags: Games Industry, Gamer Life, Electronic Arts, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies, Digital Games, Electronic Arts, Games, Hasbro, Licensing Agreement, Mobile Telephones, Monopoly, Reuters, Scrabble, Worldwide Rights, Yahtzee

  games, which include Monopoly, Scrabble and Yahtzee. Electronic Arts will hold worldwide rights to create digital games for electronic devices including mobile telephones and over the Internet through 2013. The games are slated to start launching in 2008. “Our toy and game brands have been family-favorites for decades, and aligning

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• Feds, states at odds over Microsoft

  Published: August 31, 2007, 3:40 am

  Tags: Adobe, Apple, Competition, Inthenews, Linux, Microsoft, Monopoly, Msft, Windows

  to have unlawfully used its monopoly in personal computer operating systems to discourage computer manufacturers from loading non-Microsoft software on their machines." Now, the feds are saying Microsoft is doing just fine playing with others and the issue of competition has receded. Not so, say several state attorneys general. They don't

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• Feds, states at odds over Microsoft

  Published: August 31, 2007, 3:40 am

  Tags: Adobe, Apple, Competition, Inthenews, Linux, Microsoft, Monopoly, Msft, Windows

  to have unlawfully used its monopoly in personal computer operating systems to discourage computer manufacturers from loading non-Microsoft software on their machines." Now, the feds are saying Microsoft is doing just fine playing with others and the issue of competition has receded. Not so, say several state attorneys general. They don't

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• Is Apple the new Microsoft?

  Published: September 8, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Bad Apple, Badapple, Bunk, Microsoft, Mike Elgan, Mikeelgan, Monopoly, Pcworld

  is the worst kind of monopoly, where you must use iTunes with an iPod. He says, "Not fair, you might say. Any hardware device that syncs data with a PC as part of its core functionality has software to facilitate that syncing. True enough. But operating systems have browsers as part of core functionality, too. Doesn't Mac OS X come with

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• Is Apple, Inc. (AAPL) the new monopolist?

  Published: September 10, 2007, 12:45 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple Inc, Apple Inc, Ipod, Microsoft Corp, Microsoftcorp, Monopoly, Msft, Windows Monopoly, Windowsmonopoly, Zune

  that either company has a monopoly? It's interesting to see the author point out that Apple is doing things with its digital audio player ecosystem (iPod/iTunes) that would have landed Ole' Softie in court years ago -- something I agree with. Apple makes products that are easy to use and feed the customer need for "just make it work"

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• Is Apple, Inc. (AAPL) the new monopolist?

  Published: September 10, 2007, 12:45 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple Inc, Apple Inc, Ipod, Microsoft Corp, Microsoftcorp, Monopoly, Msft, Windows Monopoly, Windowsmonopoly, Zune

  that either company has a monopoly? It's interesting to see the author point out that Apple is doing things with its digital audio player ecosystem (iPod/iTunes) that would have landed Ole' Softie in court years ago -- something I agree with. Apple makes products that are easy to use and feed the customer need for "just make it work"

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• States want court oversight of Microsoft for another five years

  Published: September 11, 2007, 2:46 pm

  Tags: Anti Trust, California, Microsoft, Monopoly, States, United States Vs Microsoft, Unitedstatesvsmicrosoft

  Filed under: Desktops, Laptops Even with its highly visible attempts to clean up its image, "embrace" open standards and play "nice" with the Linux kids, Microsoft is still in the dog house as far as a California-led coalition of states is concerned. They want to extend court oversight of Microsoft, which is currently set to expire this November,

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• Electronic monopoly?

  Published: September 13, 2007, 4:58 pm

  Tags: 80 S, Banking, Debit Card, Debitcard, Electronic, Electronic Monopoly, Electronicmonopoly, Money, Monopoly, Plastic Card, Plasticcard, Silver Car, Silvercar, Television

  out? We have electronic monopoly! Ok, so I know there was a version out in the 80's that rolled the dice for you and that kind of thing, but this one is more like an electronic banking system--there's no paper money involved! Instead of cash players use plastic cards. Maybe my excitement over this product--which apparently has been out

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• EUROASIA: Europeans Versus The Rest Of The World [VIDEO]

  Published: September 20, 2007, 8:56 am

  Tags: Ues, Energy Market, Gazprom, Edf, Monopoly, Sergei Kupriyanov, Acer, Vasily Osmakov, Gdf, Alexander Shaahin, Protectionist Policy, Bajaenergy Tv, Rwe, European Commission, Eon, Endesa

  Europe Drops Energy Curtain What s going on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Monopoly Here and Now released at Macgamestore

  Published: September 21, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Apple, Gaming, Hasbro, Jobs, Lisa, Mac, Miltonbradley, Monopoly, Newton, Woz

  Hasbro (which now owns the Monopoly brand) had released a computer version of the famous real estate game, completely updated for 2007-- as in, there are Hybrid cars and RAZRs in the game (yeah, yeah, I'll get to that in a second), and luxury tax now costs you $150,000, instead of the quaint old $75. And it's now been released for the Mac-- you

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