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Microsoft sells just 244 copies of Vista in China
by Brad Linder Apr 19th 2007 at 10:00AM
Chasing after software pirates in the US is one thing, but China's a whole other ballgame. Pirated copies of Windows Vista are widely available throughout the country, for as little as $1.So while Microsoft spent millions to promote Vista in China, the company apparently sold just 244 copies of the operating system during the first two weeks it was legally available in China.
Microsoft has spent a lot of time and effort making it as difficult as possible for pirates to activate copies of Windows Vista. But just last week Microsoft admitted that there were two working activation cracks that the company has no plans to fix. It's not clear what method Chinese users are using to activate pirated copies of Vista.
[via Electronista]
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Steven said 2:00PM on 4-19-2007
"... but China's a hole other ballgame."
A "hole" other ballgame? Add a "w" please!
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Racetrack-Owner said 2:02PM on 4-19-2007
Cool! Another article about stuff to download!
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