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Report: Nintendo's Wii Tops February U.S. Game Console Sales

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 16, 2007 - 10:28am.

Los Angeles - Nintendo's Wii was the top-selling video game console in the U.S. during the month of February, and its DS handheld outsold all other game hardware, according to sales data from market research firm NPD Group.

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Two Arrested in Japan in First Crackdown on Internet File-Swappers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 4, 2003 - 6:36am.
Kyoto -- Japanese police have arrested two men accused of using a file-sharing service to offer a copy of the movie "A Beautiful Mind" as well as several video games, in the first such criminal crackdown on illicit file-sharing in the country, Japan's Mainichi Daily News reported. Police also raided the home of the software developer credited with distributing the "Winny" file-sharing application, and shut down the website from which it was being offered. Police began their investigation after requests from both Nintendo, whose "Super Mario Advance" game was one of those offered for download by the two men, and the Japan and International Motion Picture Copyright Association. "This can be described as an exposure that warns against the morals of users," an association spokesperson told Mainichi Daily News.
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