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NEW DELHI: Computing storage device company Western Digital will buy Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a fully-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, in a cash and stock deal valued at about $ 4.3 billion, a company official said today. “The acquisition of Hitachi GST is a unique opportunity for WD (Western Digital) to create further value for our …

LONDON, March 29, 2011 (AFP) – Asamoah Gyan grabbed an injury-time equaliser as World Cup quarter-finalists Ghana snatched a 1-1 draw with England in an entertaining friendly at Wembley here Tuesday. Andy Carroll’s first international goal for England looked to have secured a 1-0 victory for Fabio Capello’s side until Sunderland striker Gyan took advantage …

In a presentation originally given at GDC 2011 titled “An Apology for Roger Ebert,” Infocom and LucasArts veteran Brian Moriarty (Loom) came to the defense of film critic Roger Ebert and his views about video games as art. Here, his lecture is reprinted in full with his permission.]The title of this lecture, “An Apology for …

When it was announced that the small Middle Eastern country of Qatar would play host to the 2022 World Cup, a few problems–or “challenges” as they are called in the corporate world–quickly sprang to mind. The nation is home to just 1.7 million souls, while the last World Cup alone brought over 370,000 people to …

Baseball is back, and FOXSports.com has Opening Weekend covered. Keep it right here all weekend long as we take you inside the sights and sounds of MLB’s return with our live blog from every series and join the conversation below. And check out the scoreboard to see how your team is doing. All times Eastern. …

The 2011 Cricket World Cup is down to four teams after the quarterfinals were played from March 23 to 26. And it did hold some surprise with the India vs. Australia game, the pick of the matches, while New Zealand are the surprise semifinalists, who now take on Sri Lanka. Meanwhile India will take on …

Alex Ferguson was angry.After only the second Premier League loss by his team thisseason, the Manchester United manager said David Luiz should havebeen ejected before Frank Lampard scored the go-ahead goal inChelsea’s 2-1 victory Tuesday night.Ferguson said Luiz, who already had a yellow card, should havebeen sent off by referee Martin Atkinson for fouling Wayne …

Data Analysis Opinion: Divided by more than a common languageBy Michael Kirby AC, CMG First published in The Age on 21 February, 2011.My days in court were easier.  At least there, participants generally spoke a common language.  Mostly they shared common assumptions.  Exchanges followed a generally predictable course.  Laws and traditions identified the boundaries for disagreement.  …

By: Laura Parker, GameSpot AU – Posted on March 16, 2011 In the first part of GameSpot AU’s Oz Industry Insights series, we looked at rising game prices in Australia. Now, we go back in time to look at the history of the Australian game development scene, tracking its meteoric rise through the 1980s to …

It’s a bountiful spring break at retail, as several high-profile new releases are out this week, including THQ’s war-at-home shooter, Sega’s open-world crime game, and 2K’s latest tennis title. Leading the pack this week is THQ’s Homefront for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Due out on Tuesday, the game was developed by Kaos …