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Russia Bans 'Modern Warfare 2,' Microsoft Co-Founder Has Cancer

by Leila Brillson on November 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM


Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • In communist Russia, video games play you -- by being a source of discord and controversy. In the new 'Modern Warfare 2,' much ado has been made over a level in which a group of Russian terrorists massacre an entire airport of civilians, and over general Russian antagonism. Despite the fact that producer Infinity Ward offers a non-playable patch for the level, the government still recalled all copies and banned the sale of the game until further notice. [From: Destructoid] [Ed. note: According to recent reports, Activision denies that Russia has banned the game. The company removed the controversial "No Russian" scene from the game. From: The Escapist and Joystiq]
  • Microsoft co-founder (and Seahawks/Trailblazers owner) Paul Allen has announced that he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer affecting the immune system. The 56-year-old multi-billionaire battled Hodgkin's lymphoma over 20 years ago with success, and hopefully will be victorious this time around, too. [From: Huffington Post]
  • There's big news in the world of Adobe. The maker of Flash will roll out a beta version of Flash 10.1, offering bug fixes and multi-touch support across all platforms. Windows users, however, will get an additional boost with HD acceleration for Web video (just in time for the YouTube revamp). That seems strange, seeing as Adobe has always been in Apple's back pocket. [From: Lifehacker]
  • In its quest for more professionally produced content (which lures advertisers way better than teenagers hyperventilating over 'Modern Warfare'), YouTube has acquired the rights to Univision, America's most-watched Spanish language TV channel. [From: NYTimes.com]
  • Language lovers might have noticed a change in Google Translator, which has updated its look with more streamlined, easy-to-read content. For those translating into English, audio pronunciation is now available, as is phonetic spelling for non-Roman words. The multi-language-ization of the Net is almost complete. [From: Download Squad]

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