Keznews Dangerous MS Update Early Warning System
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in our forum. Steve Jobs wrote:
15 May 07 - Since a few days, most of the known Office 2007 keys do not pass the Genuine test anymore.
You can still use them to install your Office 2007 and change the key later.
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17.5.2007 I Run Windows 7 Big in Japan
Microsoft is in the final stages of the development process for the next iteration of the Windows client. With RTM planned by the end of July 2009 and worldwide General Availability scheduled for October 22, the Redmond company has unveiled a set of initiatives designed to build up to Windows 7 hitting the shelves.
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6.7.2009 Xbox 360 Off to Slow Start in Japan
Microsoft may have to try a little harder in marketing the Xbox 360 to Japanese consumers if initial reports coming out of the country Saturday are correct. According to several press outlets, reaction to the new console from Japanese customers appeared to be somewhat apathetic.
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11.12.2005 Xbox 360 In Japan Selling Almost As Well As PS3
Another sign of Sony’s sinking fortunes came out last week, when the Japanese hardware sales chart showed that the Xbox 360 was gaining on it.
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29.6.2007 Windows 7 pre-orders sold out in Japan
Microsoft's upcoming Windows operating system, Windows 7, is slated for an October 22 release; however, the Redmond software giant allowed people to begin pre-ordering much earlier to beat the rush... and it seems this offer was quite well received in Japan.
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30.6.2009 Windows 7 Seeing fantastic Sales in Japan, Says Ballmer
Initial sales of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, were "fantastic" in Japan and helped spur PC sales in the country, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
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5.11.2009 PS3 launch in Japan Spring 2006 under US$400?
So we got a tip from some guy who kind of knows somebody who is friends with a dude at Joystiq who posted about a 1UP story linking to a Japanese blog called CoolGamer that 1UP says has been pretty spot on with gaming news in the past.
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Japan-only 20th Anniversary Edition Windows XP
Localization be damned, since Microsoft has decided to release a special edition of Windows XP only in Japan to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first Windows. Finding details about what has changed versus previous XPs is difficult (probably because nothing changed), but we do know that it will feature a special ?20th anniversary edition? desktop theme. Err, does that even count?
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22.11.2005 Microsoft switches Japan Xbox chief, not strategy
The new head of Microsoft Corp's Xbox division in Japan acknowledges that sales of the game console have not fully met expectations, but says there will not be a major shift in strategy following a slow start.
"Sales have not necessarily lived up to everyone's expectations since launch," Takashi Sensui, who was tapped on Thursday to replace Yoshihiro Maruyama as general manager of the Xbox division in Japan, told Reuters in a phone interview.
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16.2.2006 88,400 PS3s Sold in Japan in 2 Days
Supplies of the PlayStation 3 are all but gone after retailers blew through their inventory in under a week, Japanese gaming magazine Enterbrain reported. 88,400 units were sold over the weekend, nearly all of the 100,000 units initially available.
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13.11.2006 Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 price in Japan
TOKYO - Microsoft is slashing Xbox 360 prices in Japan by about 13 percent as the price war among video game consoles heats up around the world ahead of the key year-end shopping season.
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22.10.2007 Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 price in Japan
Refusing to give up on the game console market in Asia/Pacific, Microsoft has cut the price of its Xbox 360 console in Japan, and is also adding a new model.
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2.9.2008 Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan
Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan in September, beating the rival machine in monthly unit sales for the first time in Sony's home market, a game magazine publisher said.
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5.10.2008 Microsoft aiming to sell 1m Xbox 360s in Japan
Xbox Japan's business manager, Yoshihiro Maruyama, has announced that Microsoft is aiming to sell 1 million Xbox 360 units in the region by summer 2006.
In an editorial published in Dengeki Xbox 360 magazine, Maruyama wrote: "It's only a target, but the one million mark is a figure we'd like to reach by next summer."
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5.12.2005 Microsoft Japan sees 80 Xbox 360 games by year-end
Microsoft Corp.'s Japan unit said on Thursday Xbox 360 game console users in Japan will have more than three times as many game titles available by December as now, a move seen as preparing itself for an upcoming battle with Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3.
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6.4.2006Yahoo teams up with eBay on auctions in Japan
The alliance pairs eBay with the company that pushed it out of the market in Japan in 2002...
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04.12.2007Sony Debuts New PS2 in Japan
Sony is about to release a new version of its aging PlayStation 2 console in Japan ahead of the upcoming holiday season...
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06.11.2007Wii Widens Lead Over PS3 in Japan
Sony's PlayStation 3
continues to fall further
behind in Japan, data from
Japanese gaming magazine
publisher Enterbrain
indicates. In June, the
Nintendo Wii outsold the
console by a six-to-one
margin...
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02.07.2007PS3 Sales Dropping in Japan
There is increasing evidence
worldwide that sales of the
PlayStation 3 are beginning to
slow significantly. A firm
says sales of the console in
Japan this past week were the
worst since launch...
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19.01.2007PS3 outsold Xbox 360 2:1 in Japan
For all ex-Microsoft, now EA
Sports man Peter Moore's
claim that the PS3 isn't
doing too well in Japan, the
latest sales figures from that
country show the Sony has
shifted a darn sight more
next-gen consoles than Moore
managed.
According to
Japanese games magazine
publisher Enterbrain - by way
of the Reuters news agency -
Sony had sold 1.01m PS3s in
Japan between from the
console's 11 November 2006
debut there to 15 July 2007.
The Xbox 360, which
arrived in Japan in December
2005, almost a year before the
PS3, has only racked up local
sales of 420,705, between that
date and 8 July, Enterbrain's
numbers show...
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18.07.2007PS3 outsells Wii in Japan during November
For the four weeks ending November 25, the PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii by around 15 percent in Japan, but it still has quite a bit more
catching up to do...
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30.11.2007Nintendo Launching 'Wii Fit' in Japan for Holidays
Nintendo said Wednesday that it will begin selling its previously announced Wii balance board in Japan for the holiday shopping season...
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10.10.2007Yahoo Japan to Feature iTunes
Yahoo's Japanese arm said
Monday that it had entered
into an agreement with Apple
to direct searchers for music
at the search company's
Japanese portal to tracks on
iTunes Japan...
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18.06.2007Skype for Sony PSP delayed in Japan, still on track for US, EU
Sony's game unit announced the rollout of Skype VoIP services for the handheld would be delayed in Japan due to microphones not meeting
specifications...
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24.01.2008Napster Brings Music Service to Japan
While it is struggling to
retain subscribers in the
United States and even
considering a sale of the
company, Napster on Tuesday
launched its subscription
music store in Japan,
following through on a promise
made last year - albeit six
months late...
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03.10.2006Online gamer arrested for 'virtual murder' in Japan
She isn't accused of homicide, exactly, but a woman in Japan could spend five years in jail on charges related to "murdering" her virtual
husband in revenge for a virtual divorce...
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25.10.2008'Metal Gear Solid 4' gives PS3 a sales boost in Japan
It's good to be on top of the heap, Sony discovered for perhaps a brief moment, and today gaming analysts are giving the PS3 a ray of hope for Japan.
But that depends on just how carefully you slice the pie, as the market leader remains Nintendo...
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03.07.2008Wii Continues Dominance in Japan
Nintendo's Wii console
continues to be the surprise
success in the next-generation
console race, outselling the
Sony PlayStation 3 by a
two-to-one margin in Japan
during the month of January...
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06.02.2007Sony's new PSP selling faster than original in Japan
Sales of Sony's new PlayStation Portable in Japan have topped 1 million in just two months, hitting the milestone two weeks sooner than the original
PSP did three years ago...
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26.11.2007Microsoft Committed to Xbox in
Japan
Microsoft told reporters in
Tokyo Thursday that it planned
to triple the number of games
it will offer in Japan by the
end of this year. The console
has struggled in the country,
largely out of a lack of
Japanese-centric games and
consumers' wishes to wait for
Sony's PlayStation 3...
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06.04.2006YouTube to Meet With Japan Group
Following requests by a
Japanese entertainment group
for YouTube to implement
stricter copyright policies,
the social video site has
acquiesced to some of its
demands and plans to meet with
the group in Japan shortly, it
said Tuesday...
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20.12.2006Xbox 360 Not a Hit in Japan
Confirming initial reports, a
survey released Tuesday shows
that Saturday's debut of the
Xbox 360 in Japan fared much
worse than the launch of the
original Xbox in the country
in 2002. Microsoft's failure
to excite Japanese gamers
could mean early trouble for
the console...
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13.12.2005Japan Reverts To Xbox Ignoring Habits
The Xbox 360's Japanese
victory over its hi-def console competitor was
short lived. Xbox buying fever has broken in a big way overseas, with the flagging console returning to last place on the Media Create hardware
charts. Not that Sony's PlayStation 3 is doing that much better right now. At least Microsoft can blame its drop on
depleted stock.
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23.08.2008MS to Sell Core Xbox 360 in
Japan
Microsoft has decided to sell
the Core Xbox 360 System in
Japan at a price lower than
it's US counterpart, but also
with two games included. Does
Redmond's move signal a
better deal soon for American
consumers?..
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08.09.2006Japan to Get Xbox 360 Elite in October
In a likely attempt at turning
its fortunes around there,
Microsoft will begin selling
the Xbox 360 Elite in Japan
starting October 11. The
company hopes its feature set
will attract discerning
Japanese gamers...
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