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1. ASRock announces motherboard with Vista Premium logo

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

     ASRock recently announced that its ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 motherboard officially received the Windows Vista Premium logo, which makes it among the first Vista Premium motherboards in the world. ASRock ...

2. Verizon launches PlayLinc in-game messaging to compete with Xfire

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... to give gamers direct access to one another without leaving the context of their games. As Viacom discovered last April with the purchase of Xfire, instant messaging gives media providers a lucrative way ...

3. Viacom's MTV Networks acquires net content producer Atom Entertainment

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... April, in-game messaging firm Xfire was also acquired by Viacom, to be rolled into its MTV Networks suite of brands. Like Xfire, Atom has its own distinct product - Atom's is a distribution service for ...

4. E3 2006 Preview: The showdown between consoles and PCs

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... of in-game messaging firm Xfire, and Microsoft's astonishing buyout just earlier this week of in-game advertising firm Massive Inc., estimated at as much as $400 million, suggest another set of dynamics ...

5. Microsoft to acquire video game advertising company, says WSJ

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... announced takeover of gaming services firm Xfire by media giant Viacom, The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Microsoft will pay between $200 and $400 million for in-game advertising services ...

6. Xfire gaming network to be acquired by Viacom, rolled into MTV Networks

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   In a clear indication that the gaming support industry is booming at least as much as the video gaming industry itself, Xfire, a manufacturer of an in-game messaging tool for online gamers, announced ...

7. Yahoo and Xfire settle patent dispute

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

     According to a filing with the Northern District of California Court in San Jose, Yahoo and Xfire have settled a patent infringement suit that was brought by Yahoo against Xfire in February of this ...

8. PC gamers muster using Xfire

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

   ... it Xfire. The free instant-messaging program effectively solved the scheduling riddle, letting PC gamers know when their friends were online bouncing around as electrons in online games and reach them ...

9. Counter-strike Players Can Play Team3D Using Xfire

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

     Ultimate Arena today announced that gamers around the world can get a chance to play Team3D, one of the top Counter-Strike clans in the world, online on Sunday the 22nd by using Xfire. Ultimate ...