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Default New math equation: Xfire = $102million - 04-26-2006, 11:11 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193020,00.html

[quote:da96b]NEW YORK — Viacom Inc. (VIA) on Monday said it will buy Xfire, an online games technology company, for $102 million in a bid to dominate the youth market on the Internet as it has on television.[/quote:da96b]

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Default 04-26-2006, 11:14 AM

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Default 04-26-2006, 11:17 AM

viacom..what the hell are they going to do with xfire?
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 11:22 AM

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viacom..what the hell are they going to do with xfire?
dominating the youth market on the Internet


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Default 04-26-2006, 11:24 AM

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[quote:ac19a]iacom, owner of MTV Networks, Nickelodeon and the Paramount movie studios, said Xfire has 4 million registered members who use its instant messaging and social networking technologies to accompany their massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMPORGs)[/quote:ac19a]

it is another way to get in contact with kids besides TV since many gamers are children/teens.


  
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Default 04-26-2006, 11:43 AM

flood it with more ad's, great nag:
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 11:59 AM

I never use xfire anymore.
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 12:02 PM

Xfire increases my ping by 10! Awesome!
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 12:06 PM

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[quote:03ff9]iacom, owner of MTV Networks, Nickelodeon and the Paramount movie studios, said Xfire has 4 million registered members who use its instant messaging and social networking technologies to accompany their massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMPORGs)
it is another way to get in contact with kids besides TV since many gamers are children/teens.[/quote:03ff9]Increase their markets and profits..alright.
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 01:25 PM

xfire owns all your cocks.


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Default 04-26-2006, 01:31 PM

I think not, my cock is still in my pants.
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 02:14 PM

i really dont think Xfire will change at all
Its a good IM system i'll still use it


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Default 04-26-2006, 02:17 PM

Just finished reading a piece in the wall street journal detailing a deal with microsoft with a company called Massive which puts ads in games..guess games are the new medium for consumer products.
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 02:34 PM

i hope if viacom does buy it, they will improve xfire a lot more
  
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