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Two days ago rumours were swirling about a possible Microsoft takeover of Yahoo and at mid-afternoon yesterday, a bid was put into place by Microsoft. A hostile takeover bid at $31 per share, a premium over Yahoo's actual stock price. This is the largest takeover bid made by a technology company by far with the HP-Compaq deal coming in far second.

When I heard about ths site I was game for it and went to sign up. I am a huge Halo fan, although I'll admit I'm not totally informed so I was intrigued as to what this site would offer. Maybe I could learn a thing or two about my favourite game. This is my chance to dive into the exciting world of Halo. I just started playing Guitar Hero yesterday, yes just yesterday and I was amazed as to how addicting it was. My friends had told me that it was really good and wondered why I didn't want to try it. Another friend, like me, didn't know what all the hype was and didn't care whether or not she played it but then she played it and was hooked. Today I played Rock Band with 5 other friends and I can say it's an amazing game and I've gone from easy to medium in one day. A huge feat for someone like me.

Now back to the storey. Basically WeGame is a YouTube for gamers where they allow you to watch videos, upload, or record your own. There are many new video sites now opening for different topics like cooking, How-To, high quality videos, and many, many others. This is no exception and coupled with a short and sweet name with great site design, it is sure to be a hit.

The quality is pretty decent with 600kbps, double that of YouTube but the videos seem to be at a minimum. That's all about to change.
WeGame offers a desktop client to help minimize the pain that comes along with uploading gameplay content to sites. The desktop client works with DirectX to capture screencasts from the game without slowing it down and outputs it to AVI files that are small and can be uploaded quickly to the web. I tested the client to give you readers a low down on exactly how it works.

WeGame steps in by providing a free desktop client that works tightly with DirectX to capture screencasts from within games without slowing them down significantly. It also outputs those screencasts to AVI files that are small enough for quick uploading to the web, a process that occurs from within the client itself. To record a screencast, just hit a special key while in-game to start and then stop recording. Once you���ve exited the game, you can click the ���Upload to WeGame��� button, choose a title and description, and the client will convert the AVI file to Flash and publish to the WeGame site directly. Check out a screenshot of the client to the left to see what the interface for this looks like.

Open phone platforms are the new wave and it can enable easier interaction with remote services that store information. Out of the box, the phone can have amazing capabilities that only some people can install on their phone. The iPhone will allow such access as it uses a version of Apple's Unix-based OX. One thing that could possibly happen is you are making a call while taking notes on the phone.
With an open phone platform, many companies can offer you free or paid services. Currently only your own service provider can offer you services which limits development and can mean higher costs. Everybody knows, more competition means better programs and services plus lower costs.
Big things are about to happen and so I suggest if you are in the market for a phone right now, either hold it off for a year or so or pick a phone with hardware capable of supporting new technology that will be a great asset in the future. A good example is the iPhone or consider a Symbian based Nokia.