Well, it’s going to be a busy day on Xbox Live Marketplace. The first downloadable Halo 3 maps are here for multiplayer. And that’s a good thing. Even I am getting a little too familiar with the maps that came with the game. It costs you 800 points to download.
First “Halo 3” Downloadable Content Arrives as Heroic Map Pack Hits Xbox 360
Award-winning multiplayer experience evolves with three new maps now available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace
The international award-winning “Halo 3” gets even better as the “Halo 3” Heroic Map Pack launches today on Xbox 360’s Xbox LIVE Marketplace. After launching to incredible acclaim and fanaticism, more than five million “Halo 3” players worldwide can now enjoy a package of three all new multiplayer maps. The Heroic Map Pack is the first in a series of downloadable content from Bungie Studios.
Available for 800 Microsoft Points exclusively on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, each map offers a unique experience. Standoff’s symmetrical valley, with its entrenched bases and fields of boulders is ideal for mid-sized objective and Slayer game types, while Rat’s Nest’s vast, labyrinthine passages bring something new to the “Halo” multiplayer experience: an indoor vehicle paradise, strongly influenced by the Campaign mode, ideal for big team battles. Finally, Foundry is the ultimate Forge map – players can edit every single object in this voluminous industrial warehouse, place stairways, walls, bridges and tunnels to create an entirely new play space and build almost any kind of map they can think of.
As if the legions of “Halo 3″ players needed more reasons to stay logged on to Xbox LIVE and fragging, Forge also allows players to edit and customize all three maps, keeping “Halo 3’s” multiplayer experience fresh, exciting and evolving. In addition, ongoing updates to “Halo 3’s” matchmaking playlists ensure that ranked and social gameplay remains dynamic and competitive.
The maps of the Heroic Pack are available in matchmaking today to those who have purchased the download. All three maps will become available as a free download via Xbox LIVE Marketplace in Spring 2008, just prior to the next wave of all new “Halo 3” multiplayer maps.
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2007/12/first_downloadable_map_packs_arrive_for_halo_3_on_xbox_live.html
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Vikram Pandit New Citigroup CEO
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 U.S. financial-services giant Citigroup Inc., one of the credit-market turmoil's biggest casualties, named Vikram Pandit as chief executive officer Tuesday.
He replaces Charles Prince, who resigned Nov. 4 as Citigroup disclosed it faced up to $11 billion in fourth-quarter losses tied to the bank's exposure to mortgage-related investments.
The losses were on top of some $6.4 billion in third-quarter write-downs, including about $1.6 billion stemming from subprime mortgages.
Also Tuesday, Citigroup named Acting CEO Win Bischoff as chairman, succeeding former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who stepped into the job when Prince, who also served as chairman, resigned.
Rubin will return to his previous duties as board member and chairman of the board's executive committee, the bank said.
Pandit -- a former Morgan Stanley executive who joined Citigroup this year when the bank bought his Old Lane Partners hedge fund for $800 million -- said he would work with Bischoff, Rubin and Citigroup's board "to assure that our strategy, structure, scale and diversification position the company for growth."
"Simplifying the company's organizational structure and aligning our businesses and resources with appropriate goals and economic realities will be among our initial priorities," he said.
Citigroup's stock price, which had plunged 38 percent this year, closed down $1.54, or 4.43 percent, at $33.23 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Copyright 2007 by UPI
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/157028.html
He replaces Charles Prince, who resigned Nov. 4 as Citigroup disclosed it faced up to $11 billion in fourth-quarter losses tied to the bank's exposure to mortgage-related investments.
The losses were on top of some $6.4 billion in third-quarter write-downs, including about $1.6 billion stemming from subprime mortgages.
Also Tuesday, Citigroup named Acting CEO Win Bischoff as chairman, succeeding former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who stepped into the job when Prince, who also served as chairman, resigned.
Rubin will return to his previous duties as board member and chairman of the board's executive committee, the bank said.
Pandit -- a former Morgan Stanley executive who joined Citigroup this year when the bank bought his Old Lane Partners hedge fund for $800 million -- said he would work with Bischoff, Rubin and Citigroup's board "to assure that our strategy, structure, scale and diversification position the company for growth."
"Simplifying the company's organizational structure and aligning our businesses and resources with appropriate goals and economic realities will be among our initial priorities," he said.
Citigroup's stock price, which had plunged 38 percent this year, closed down $1.54, or 4.43 percent, at $33.23 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Copyright 2007 by UPI
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/157028.html
Monday, December 10, 2007
Polaroid T737 7 MegaPixel Digital Camera Under $150
The Polaroid T737 is a digital camera that is very useful and offers great performance, this might be due to the camera being 7 megapixels. The Polaroid T737 is PictBridge capable and has an optical zoom of 3x, and 4 x digital add to this its image stabilization and you have a great recipe for a versatile digital camera, says ImagingInsider.com in its Polaroid T737 digital camera review.
A good deal for a Christmas gift is Polaroid t737 digital camera. For $129.99 you get a 7 MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom & Image Stabilization, says blog.pcnews.ro
Someone already Digged the deal news about Polaroid T737 7 Megapixel digital camera and writes "The new Polaroid t737 is a high specification digital camera for under $150 with features normally associated with a price tag of $250. Click to find out what all the excitement is about."
Polaroid T737 Digital Camera Specifications
# t737 - 7.0 megapixel resolution
# 3" bright color TFT LCD
# 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom
# Takes AVI video clips with audio
# 16MB built-in storage
# SD compatible for expanded memory
http://www.huliq.com/44393/polaroid-t737-7-megapixel-digital-camera-offers-great-performance
A good deal for a Christmas gift is Polaroid t737 digital camera. For $129.99 you get a 7 MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom & Image Stabilization, says blog.pcnews.ro
Someone already Digged the deal news about Polaroid T737 7 Megapixel digital camera and writes "The new Polaroid t737 is a high specification digital camera for under $150 with features normally associated with a price tag of $250. Click to find out what all the excitement is about."
Polaroid T737 Digital Camera Specifications
# t737 - 7.0 megapixel resolution
# 3" bright color TFT LCD
# 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom
# Takes AVI video clips with audio
# 16MB built-in storage
# SD compatible for expanded memory
http://www.huliq.com/44393/polaroid-t737-7-megapixel-digital-camera-offers-great-performance
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