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Published on September 14, 2012
MICROSOFT TO OPEN LONDON-BASED TABLET GAMING STUDIO
- Microsoft has announced plans to open a dedicated tablet gaming studio in London, Digital Spy said citing MCV.
The new studio will focus on developing games for Windows 8 tablets and will be headed by former Rare production director Lee Schuneman.
Opening in November, the studio is currently hiring staff, including a creative director, incubation director, studio release manager and product manager.
Schuneman said that he was excited to be part of the project, before praising the potential of Microsoft's new entertainment platform.
"Adding a fourth UK-based studio to the incredible roster of talent already in place not only increases our in-region studio presence, but will allow Microsoft Studios to explore the many creative and business opportunities that developing new games and entertainment experiences on Windows 8 tablet devices and platforms will afford," he stated.
Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system for desktops, laptops and tablets will go on sale on October 26, alongside its Surface tablet.
There will be two Surface models available, one running Windows 8 Pro and fitted with an Intel x86 processor, while the other will run Windows RT and come with an ARM-based chipset.
Both Surface tablets will also feature Xbox integration and have Microsoft's new SmartGlass feature, creating greater integration of content across multiple screens.
The tablets' casings double as keyboards and trackpads, while an integrated kickstand props the device at a viewing angle for watching video.
Headlines for September 14, 2012
EX-PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN TO MEET MPS, OLIGARCHS IN MOSCOW - PAPER
Ex-president Robert Kocharian will meet a group of Armenian parliamentarians and oligarchs over the weekend in Moscow, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyn daily said.
According to some rumors, domestic policy issues ...OIL ABOVE $99 AFTER U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE VOWS TO JOLT ECONOMY
Oil prices rose above $99 a barrel Friday in Asia after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a plan to jolt the U.S. economy and unrest in the Middle East heightened concerns about supply, AP reports.
...PELE TO RECEIVE GOLDEN FOOT AWARD IN MONTE CARLO
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to the world as Pelé, will receive the Golden Foot Award in Monte Carlo as the greatest football player to have ever played the game, according to goldenfoot.com.
...PAKISTANI EX-PM'S SON ARRESTED IN DRUGS CASE
Pakistani police arrested the son of a former Prime Minister on Friday, Sept 14, in connection with a drugs case, the latest twist in a power struggle between the increasingly assertive Supreme Court ...CHINESE SHIPS ENTER WATERS NEAR DISPUTED ISLANDS
Six Chinese surveillance ships have entered waters near islands claimed by both Japan and China, according to BBC News.
China said the ships were carrying out "law enforcement" to demonstrate ...UK MAY WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN SOONER THAN EXPECTED
British troops could pull out of Afghanistan sooner than expected, the Defense Secretary has indicated, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The speed at which the Armed Forces are leaving the country could ...LIBYA ARRESTS CONSULATE VIOLENCE SUSPECTS
Libyan authorities have made several arrests in connection with the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in which the ambassador was killed, BBC News reported.
New Libyan Prime Minister Mustafa Abu ...IPHONE 5 AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER IN 9 COUNTRIES
Following Apple's announcement of the iPhone 5 on September 12, the new smartphone is now available to preorder in the company's nine initial launch countries, which include the US, Australia, Canada, ...INDONESIA URGES CALM AHEAD OF EXPECTED PROTESTS OVER ANTI-ISLAM FILM
Indonesian leaders and a prominent cleric have urged calm in the world's largest Muslim majority nation ahead of expected protests over an anti-Islam film that has sparked anger among followers, The ...KENYAN POLICE SEIZE CACHE OF EXPLOSIVE-LADEN VESTS, RIFLES
Kenyan police seized a cache of explosive-laden vests, grenades and automatic rifles in an overnight raid on a Nairobi apartment on Friday, Sept 14, thwarting an imminent attack by Somali Islamist militants, ...NETANYAHU SAYS HE IS NOT MANUFACTURING CRISIS WITH OBAMA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed as "completely groundless" allegations he is manufacturing a crisis with U.S. President Barack Obama just before the November 6 election to influence ...EBAY UNVEILS NEW LOGO, KEEPS FAMOUS COLORS
eBay Inc executive Devin Wenig unveiled a new logo, a re-design he said reflected a shift by the online marketplace away from auctions and collectibles toward full-priced, buy-it-now merchandise, Reuters ...POPE BENEDICT TO VISIT ARMENIAN CATHOLIC CONVENT IN LEBANON
Pope Benedict XVIarrives in Lebanon on Friday, Sept 14, to bring a message of peace to a region torn by civil war in neighboring Syria and strained by violent Islamist protests against the United States ...DARCHINYAN GETTING READY FOR DEL VALLE BOUT
Vic Darchinyan is getting ready for his NABF super bantamweight title fight at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut against Luis Orlando Del Valle on Sept 29, hyefighters.com reports.
Darchinyan ...BUS CRASH KILLS 4, INJURES 30 RUSSIAN TOURISTS IN GREECE
At least four Russian tourists were killed after their bus overturned in northern Greece on Friday, Sept 14, Russian officials said.
According to RIA Novosti, the bus was carrying 49 tourists from their ...JAPAN CABINET PANEL CALLS FOR ENDING NUKE POWER USE BY 2030S
A Japanese Cabinet panel has formally called for phasing out use of nuclear power by the 2030s as part of an overhaul of the country's energy policies following the Fukushima nuclear disasters, The ...ARMENIA AMONG SAFEST ANTI-TERRORIST STATES - NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
The National Security Council secretary commented on Armenia's inclusion on a list of 40 most dangerous countries for Americans to visit.
"Armenia is a very safe county from the viewpoint of security ...AZERIS THREATEN TO "SHED ARMENIANS' BLOOD" AT ANTI-SAFAROV RALLY IN MOSCOW
Moscow is hosting a rally to protest the extradition and release of Azeri criminal Ramil Safarov convicted for axe-murdering an Armenian officer in Budapest.
The Russian-Armenian Commonwealth organization ...IRAN SAYS NEW RESOLUTION JEOPARDIZES NUKE TALKS
Iran's Residing Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asqar Soltaniyeh warned that the new resolution of the IAEA's Board of Governors on Iran could complicate the situation ...AT LEAST 51 KILLED IN BUS COLLISION IN AFGHANISTAN
A bus and truck collided and burst into flames in eastern Afghanistan Friday, Sept 14, killing at least 51 people, according to The Associated Press.
The collision occurred in Ghazni province on a highway ...MICROSOFT TO DISTRIBUTE MORE DEVICES AMONG EMPLOYEES
Microsoft will be giving its employees a new Surface RT tablet, a new Windows PC, and a Windows Phone 8 device, company chief Steve Ballmer revealed at Microsoft's annual employee meeting in Seattle, ...NO CLASHES REPORTED AT ANTI-SAFAROV RALLY IN MOSCOW
Moscow is hosting a rally to protest the extradition and release of Azeri criminal Ramil Safarov convicted for axe-murdering an Armenian officer in Budapest.
As a rally participant told a PanARMENIAN.Net ...HUAWEI CALLS ON AUSTRALIA TO LIFT SPYING BAN
China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, which was banned from tendering for work on Australia's national broadband network, urged Australia not to discriminate against foreign communications companies, ...OPPOSITION LAWMAKER EXPELLED FROM RUSSIAN DUMA
Opposition lawmaker Gennady Gudkov was ousted from Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday over charges he said were "payback" for his involvement in anti-Kremlin protests, RIA Novosti reported.
...ARMENIA CLOSE TO SIGNING ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH EU - NSC CHIEF
By the end of 2013, Armenia will be close to signing Association Agreement with EU, National Security Council secretary said.
According to Artur Baghdasaryan, 3 days ago a new Armenia-EU roadmap was ...EGYPT'S PRESIDENT CALLS ON MUSLIMS TO PROTECT EMBASSIES
Egypt's president says it's up to Muslims as part of their Islamic duty to protect embassies and foreign diplomats who are guests in the country.
According to AP, Mohamed Mursi made the appeal on state ...GOOGLE'S MOTOROLA FACES BAN IN GERMANY
Google's Motorola unit faces being forced to recall its Android tablets and smartphones from Germany after losing a patent lawsuit against Apple, BBC News reports.
The case relates to one of the ...UK MINISTER FOR EUROPE TO WILL VISIT ARMENIA
The British Foreign Office Minister for Europe, David Lidington, will pay an official visit to Yerevan on September 18 -19.
In Yerevan, the Minister will meet Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime ...WOZNIAK HATES PATENT FIGHTS BETWEEN APPLE, SAMSUNG
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he hopes the new iPhone 5 will take better photos than the ones he captures with his Samsung Galaxy S III, Bloomberg reports.
"I am always excited about every iPhone ...FRENCH ARMENIANS READYING "WARN WELCOME" FOR AZERI PRESIDENT
Paris will host a mass rally to protest President Ilham Aliyev's release of axe-killer Ramil Safarov on the day of Azeri leader's arrival to France on September 18.
Armenians worldwide continue rallies ...AMAZON'S KINDLE FIRE HD 7 GOES ON SALE
Revealed at a press event earlier this month, Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 7 is now available for $199 today, Sept 14, from Amazon.com, The Verge reports.
The 7-inch tablet includes a 1280 x 800 7-inch ...AIRSPACE OVER BENGHAZI AIRPORT CLOSED FOR SECURITY REASONS
The airspace over Benghazi airport has been closed for security reasons, the airport manager in the eastern Libyan city said on Friday, Sept 14, according to Reuters.
"Benghazi air space has been ...HUNDREDS OF AFGHANS TAKE TO STREETS TO PROTEST ANTI-ISLAM FILM
Hundreds of Afghans - some shouting "Death to America" - have held a protest against an anti-Islam film in the eastern city of Jalalabad, The Associated Press reported.
The film depicts the ...MGM PICKS UP SCREEN RIGHTS TO "METRO 2033" RUSSIAN SCI-FI BESTSELLER
MGM has acquired screen rights to "Metro 2033" a best-selling sci-fi novel by Russian author Dmitri Glukhovsky, TheWrap said.
The story follows one young man's journey through post-apocalyptic Moscow ...STEVEN SPIELBERG'S "LINCOLN" FULL TRAILER HITS THE WEB
Dreamworks Pictures debuted the full "Lincoln" trailer in a Google + Hangout, hosted live by director Steven Spielberg and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, TheWrap said.
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as an embattled Abraham ...ANONYMOUS SPOKESMAN ARRESTED, TAKEN INTO FBI CUSTODY
Self-styled Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown has been arrested at his apartment and taken into FBI custody, TG daily reports.
He was in the middle of an online video chat on Wednesday, Sept 12 evening ...U.S. REP. INTRODUCES RESOLUTION ON IRANIAN AZERIS' SELF-DETERMINATION
U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has introduced a House Concurrent Resolution that states the "Azeri people, currently divided between Azerbaijan and Iran, have the right to self-determination ...DINK MURDER INSTIGATOR MAY BE RELEASED SOON
Yasin Hayal, who is currently serving a life sentence for his role in the assassination of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, could be released in four months due to a legal loophole, according to ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 408,22 SEPTEMBER 14
Deals amounting to AMD 7 mln. at an average rate of AMD 407,24 /USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on September 14. The closing price totaled AMD 407,24.
The market average rate of USD totaled ...JAPAN GOING TO WIN EXTENDED WAIVER OF U.S. SANCTIONS ON IRAN OIL
Japan has made deeper cuts in crude oil purchases from Iran since it secured an exemption from U.S. sanctions in March, putting the country in a strong position to obtain a renewal when the United States ...THOUSANDS OF ANGRY MUSLIMS BURN U.S. FLAGS IN INDIA
Thousands of angry Kashmiri Muslims protested Friday, Sept 14, against an anti-Islam film, burning U.S. flags and calling President Obama a "terrorist," while the top government cleric here ...KEANU REEVES' "SIDE BY SIDE" TO OPEN PLUS CAMERAIMAGE POLISH FILM FEST
Plus Cameraimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography that takes place in Poland, has added Keanu Reeves' documentary Side By Side as its opening film, Deadline said.
The film's ...RUSSIA PREPARES TO LAUNCH EUROPEAN WEATHER SATELLITE
A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying a European weather satellite was delivered on Friday, Sept 14 morning to a launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for launch on September ...RESTORING TIES WITH ARMENIA A PRIORITY, HUNGARIAN FM SAYS
Restoring relations with Armenia is a priority for Hungarian diplomacy, Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi told reporters, according to Politics.hu website.
Armenia decided to break diplomatic ties on August ...CINEDIGM NABS MYSTERY DIRECTOR'S "COME OUT AND PLAY" HORROR
Cinedigm Entertainment Group has acquired U.S. distribution rights to horror film Come Out and Play and is aiming for an early 2013 theatrical release, followed by a rollout on VOD and other digital platforms, ...ST. CROSS LEBANON-BASED ARMENIAN CHURCH DESECRATED
An act of vandalism was committed in St. Cross Armenian church in Lebanese city of Zalka. The desecrators demolished the statue of St. Rita, some icons and looted the secretariat, L'Orient-Le Jour ...SYRIA CRISIS MAY SPREAD SECTARIAN WAR ACROSS REGION- UN'S EX-ENVOY ANNAN
The violent struggle between the Syrian government and opposition forces risks tearing the country apart and spilling over its borders to spread sectarian war across the region, former peace envoy Kofi ...HUNGARY'S ARMENIANS DEMAND PROSECUTION FOR SAFAROV EXTRADITION OFFICIALS
Armenian National Autonomy of Hungary issued a statement urging to prosecute those responsible for extradition of Azeri criminal Ramil Safarov convicted for axe-murdering an Armenian officer in Budapest.
...SUDANESE PROTESTERS STORM GERMAN EMBASSY AMID MOHAMMAD FILM ROW
Sudanese demonstrators incensed by a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad broke into the German embassy in Khartoum on Friday, September 14 and hoisted an Islamic flag, while one person was killed in ...MICROSOFT TO OPEN LONDON-BASED TABLET GAMING STUDIO
Microsoft has announced plans to open a dedicated tablet gaming studio in London, Digital Spy said citing MCV.
The new studio will focus on developing games for Windows 8 tablets and will be headed by ...RUSSIAN NAVY TO ADD 100 NEW SHIPS TO FLEET
The Russian Navy is planning to receive over 100 new auxiliary ships by 2020 to satisfy the need for logistics support of its expanding combat fleet, Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov said, ...TRIO OF U.S. UNIVERSITIES DISRUPTED BY VIOLENT THREATS
A trio of universities were disrupted by violent threats this morning although all three campuses were later determined to be safe, according to the schools, according to ABC News.
University of Texas ..."KON-TIKI" ADVENTURE TALE NAMED NORWAY'S OSCAR ENTRY
Norway has floated the high-seas adventure tale Kon-Tiki by directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning in the race for the 2013 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, The Hollywood Reporter said.
The ...PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO AMERICAN SCHOOL IN TUNISIA
Several dozen protesters briefly stormed the U.S. embassy compound in Tunisia's capital Friday, Sept 14, setting fire to cars and raising a flag with the Muslim profession of faith written on it as ...PROTESTERS TORCH AMERICAN SCHOOL IN TUNISIAN CAPITAL
Protesters set fire to the American School in the Tunisian capital on Friday, September 14 after hundreds of people incensed by a U.S.-made film that demeans Prophet Mohammad invaded the U.S. embassy ...FURY ABOUT ANTI-MUSLIM FILM SPREADS TO JERUSALEM
Fury about a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad tore across the Middle East on Friday, Sept 14, including the Palestinian territories, with protesters attacking U.S. embassies and burning American ...NATALIE PORTMAN TO STAR IN "ARTIST" HELMER'S "GARDEN OF BEASTS" ?
Michel Hazanavicius has entered talks for In the Garden of Beasts, with Natalie Portman being sought for a role in the film, Digital Spy reported citing Deadline.
The Tom Hanks-starring movie will adapt ...U.S. DENIES REPORTS ON ADVANCE WARNING OF BENGHAZI ATTACK
The United States said Friday, Sept 14, that reports it had advance warning of the attack on its consulate in Benghazi which killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya were "absolutely wrong," AFP ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1854 The allies check the advance in Crimea during the Crimean War.
- 1915 Start of the battle of Mount Moossa (Sooetia, Western Armenia). The battle lasted forty days and resulted in the defeat of the Turkish forces sent to carry out the Genocide of the Armenians living there. Franz Werfel's novel ("The Forty Days of Moossa Dagh") is based on this event.
- 1934 The Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Armenian SSR and the Council of the People's Committee create the People's Commissariat of Internal Trade.
- 1958 The Kotayk irrigation canal is operational.
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