How I met your Download.com: CBS buys CNET
CBS is buying CNET. For $1.8 billion in cash. While that might seem like a drop in the bucket compared to some buyout offers we've seen recently, that's still a lot of cash flowing from an old media company to a new one.
CBS is no stranger to new media. The company purchased the internet radio service Last.fm last year. But according to a press release put out by CBS this morning, this acquisition will make CBS "one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the United States."
CNET Networks owns a whole slew of internet sites, including ZDNet, GameSpot, TV.com, MP3.com, Download.com, and of course, CNET and News.com.
[via Brian Alvey]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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nana said 9:56AM on 5-15-2008
thats a big news for this morning
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Todd said 9:37AM on 5-15-2008
Two elderly, out of touch, divorcées fall in love with each other and get married. Awwwwww. Sweet.
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Adam said 2:15PM on 5-15-2008
How much you be news.com is the new CBSNews homepage...
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tekman94 said 8:00PM on 5-15-2008
NO, NOT CNET. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.
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