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Microsoft sold 28 million Xbox 360s by end of 2008 (Reuters)

Reuters - Microsoft Corp sold 28 million units worldwide of its Xbox 360 video game console through the end of 2008, expanding the Xbox's lead over rival Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 console in worldwide unit sales, the company said on Monday.

Early returns show strong holiday video game console sales (CNET)
CNET - Updated at 5:28 p.m. to include additional data and analyst perspective.

Trends & Innovations - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - A majority of U.S. consumers -- 51% -- plan to reduce their spending on technology this year because of the recession, with the biggest drops in demand expected for smart phones, satellite radio, GPS units and video game devices. That's according to a survey of 5,000 adults by research firm Forrester. Some 63% of survey participants said they were less likely to buy a smart phone because of the economy. Some 66% and 62% said they're less likely to buy satellite radio and GPS units, respectively.

Lenovo Brings Wii Functionality to PCs (PC World)
PC World - Taking a page from Nintendo's Wii gaming console, Lenovo on Monday announced an all-in-one PC with a remote control that doubles as a motion-based gaming controller.

Beatles to zombies, videogamers set for varied 2009 (Reuters)

Reuters - For videogame publishers the start of 2009 marks a new phase in gaming with the release of new titles no longer confined to the top holiday sale months but spread throughout the year.

Nielsen's Top 10 PC Games and Consoles of 2008 (PC World)
PC World - World of Warcraft, Tetris, and the PlayStation 2 make strange bedfellows, but they each topped Nielsen's 2008 year-end scan of popular media trends in the U.S. World of Warcraft's a no-brainer on the PC games chart. But what about Alexey Pajitnov's twenty-some-year-old Tetris for mobiles? And are people really still playing the PS2?

The Wii Scream Heard Round the Blogosphere (PC World)
PC World - What is it about the Wii and video games and screaming kids that fascinates us? I'd sure love to ask the 108,911 folks who've viewed the YouTube clip below.

Do-It-Yourself Free Xbox 360 Wireless (PC World)
PC World - The words "free" and "Xbox 360" are like J.D. Salinger and a gaggle of paparazzi -- never seen together. Still, Popular Science just invoked them with this curious bit of homebrew trickery that might (and having not tested it, I stress might) save you the $100 Microsoft hoodwinks consumers to pony up for its vanilla Xbox 360 USB wireless adapter.

`GoodQuests' tie online mazes to charity (AP)

AP - If kids are playing video games, why not do some good while they're at it?

Researchers Show 'Secure' Sites May Not Be Safe (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The small image of a padlock in the corner of your browser may not accurately indicate that a Web-site connection is secure, according to new research. A team of U.S. and European researchers used a computing grid of more than 200 Sony PlayStation 3 video-game machines to create fake certificates and fool a browser into thinking it had a secure connection with a trusted site.

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