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DMW Daily, August 3, 2007

Top Stories
o Postponed Release of Grand Theft Auto IV Sinks Take-Two Interactive
o Report: Google Shows Cellphone Prototype, Talks to Operators
o EA, Weather Channel to Provide Live Weather Conditions on Football Game
o New York-based Ziff Davis Acquires Developer Shed
o Illegal Video-Game Devices Seized In Fed Raid
o Edwards Criticizes Dow Jones-News Corp Deal
o Firms pull Facebook ads after link with BNP material
o Hoodiny Entertainment Group Raises $9 Million
o German Prosecutors Stop Identifying File Sharers on Behalf of RIAA
o Nokia Wins Market Share From Motorola With Popular Multimedia Devices
Opinion & Analysis
o LinkedIn & The Games Behind Modern Adult Social Networking
Briefly Noted
o American Airlines, AirCell Strike In-Flight WiFi Deal
o NYC's Primedia Division Completes Sale of Enthusiast Media Unit
o Nintendo Wii outsells Sony's PS3 in Japan in July
o Finish Line and Nike Join Forces
o Camera & Monitoring Company says it can Combat Bridge Failures
o “Hannah Montana” Actor Billy Ray Cyrus Debuts Disney Records Album
o Report: The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org
 Top Stories
o Postponed Release of Grand Theft Auto IV Sinks Take-Two Interactive 
New York - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive said Thursday that it is postponing the release of the latest game in its wildly popular Grand Theft Auto series. The delay is expected to have adverse effects on the broader video game industry during its crucial holiday selling season. [more..]
o Report: Google Shows Cellphone Prototype, Talks to Operators 
New York - Google Inc. has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal. The company plans offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine, e-mail and Web browser software applications. [more..]
o EA, Weather Channel to Provide Live Weather Conditions on Football Game 
In what's believed to be an industry first, Redwood City-based game developer and publisher Electronic Arts (EA) said that it has teamed with The Weather Channel to offer real-time weather conditions and updates in its newly released NCAA Football 08 game. [more..]
o New York-based Ziff Davis Acquires Developer Shed 
Ziff Davis Enterprise, a New York-based media company for the technology industry, has acquired Developer Shed, an Ohio-based network of websites for IT developers. [more..]
o Illegal Video-Game Devices Seized In Fed Raid 
Federal agents on Wednesday raided businesses, storefronts, and residences in 16 states in a crackdown on the importation of illegal devices used to play counterfeit video games, InformationWeek reported. [more..]
o Edwards Criticizes Dow Jones-News Corp Deal 
U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards criticized News Corp.'s plan to buy the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, saying it would stifle independent voices. [more..]
o Firms pull Facebook ads after link with BNP material 
Two companies yesterday, Vodafone and First Direct, pulled their advertising from Facebook after they were randomly placed on a page giving information about the British National party. [more..]
o Hoodiny Entertainment Group Raises $9 Million 
Miami - Hoodiny Entertainment Group, a full-service digital entertainment and content production company, and parent of elHood.com, has raised over $9 million from investors in the United States and Spain. [more..]
o German Prosecutors Stop Identifying File Sharers on Behalf of RIAA 
Offenburg, Germany - The Local Court (AG) in Offenburg has prohibited a local public prosecutor's office from obtaining the personal data from an ISP that match the IP addresses of alleged P2P network users citing citing "obvious disproportionateness”.
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o Nokia Wins Market Share From Motorola With Popular Multimedia Devices 
Helsinki, Finland - Handset-maker Nokia has increased its dominant share of the global mobile phone market during the second quarter, while Motorola tumbled from second to third place.
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 Opinion & Analysis
o LinkedIn & The Games Behind Modern Adult Social Networking 
Scott Goldberg discusses the games we play on social networks like and wonders if that's not the point of their existence. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o American Airlines, AirCell Strike In-Flight WiFi Deal 
American Airlines and AirCell announced this week a plan to launch in-flight WiFi service on intercontinental flights in 2008 after a testing period. [more..]
o NYC's Primedia Division Completes Sale of Enthusiast Media Unit 
o Nintendo Wii outsells Sony's PS3 in Japan in July 
Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 by a ratio of over 4 to 1 in Japan in July [more..]
o Finish Line and Nike Join Forces 
Finish Line Inc and shoe company Nike Inc have teamed up in a new back-to-school marketing campaign designed to sell Nike+ running shoes and boost the soft U.S. retail market for athletic shoes. [more..]
o Camera & Monitoring Company says it can Combat Bridge Failures 
A key to preventing tragedies like the Minnesota bridge collapse is surveillance, says Aging Infrastructures [more..]
o “Hannah Montana” Actor Billy Ray Cyrus Debuts Disney Records Album 
Singer/songwriter and star of the Disney Channel series “Hannah Montana,” Billy Ray Cyrus, cracked the Top 3 on Billboard’s Top Country Album chart with his Walt Disney Records album, Home At Last [more..]
o Report: The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org 
Stockholm, Sweden - SuprNova.org, a well-known BitTorrent hub, is apparently making a comeback after being forced to shut down three years ago.
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