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So how, exactly, is Microsoft putting its expensive new asset to use? A new report from CVG claims that every communications technology belonging to the company will soon be encircled around Skype – and that includes the online gaming service of Xbox Live voice chat. Quoting “a person familiar with the matter,” CVG reports that Microsoft is “consolidating all their communications technology” around the Skype platform. With the Xbox 720 expected to be announced (and quite possibly released) within the year, the plan will establish Skype as the console’s default communications service, in lieu of the generic Xbox Live voice chat....

At the start of the week, the group actually tilted a bit to the left. Although one third were registered Republicans, one-third registered Democrats and one-third independents, 24 of them had voted for Bill Clinton in 1992. Despite all the confetti and the hoopla in three nights of convention-watching, the voters said they still hadn’t heard enough specifics from the Republican nominee. But Bush’s speech seemed to satisfy their hunger....

“I could get up here and do some jumping jacks and backflips,” he joked. If he did, he will have earned it. Instead, the reigning Sporting News Executive of the Year prefers to lie low, which appears to just be his nature. He was that way in his early years with the Raiders, too — when he was justly viewed as a disaster, handling his first few years in charge as poorly as the organization, transitioning from owner Al Davis to son Mark, was handling everything else....

Instead of swinging between utopian and dystopian extremes, individuals, businesses and regulators should focus on what crypto technology can do now to improve our lives. It could, for example, provide a global, borderless and (almost) fraud-free transaction platform for e-commerce payments. This would deliver huge economic benefits, and humanitarian and development gains for remote workers in the Global South. That would be a welcome alternative to the outdated online payment systems we have today, which are expensive, inefficient and often don’t work across borders....

She did not stay for the important part though, when her first-round opponent was revealed. Which is just as well as she might have looked a little uncomfortable at the prospect of facing 2010 champion Francesca Schiavone. Schiavone, at 36, might not be quite the force she once was but is still a ferocious claycourt warrior and will be ready to capitalise on Muguruza’s fragile confidence. Spain’s Muguruza looked ready to establish herself as a dominant force in the women’s game when she overpowered Serena Williams in last year’s final....

Reinier set to arrive in Madrid According to several reports including Goal, Real’s latest raid on the Brazillian market will see Reinier Jesus of Flamengo move to the Spanish capital for a deal tabled to be around €35 million. Reinier has been dubbed the ‘New Kaka’ by several media outlets and his manager Jorge Jesus was far from happy, stating in an interview “You cannot sell Reinier for €30m! Flamengo still don’t know how to value their players,”...

While, as most know, the final name was settled on as an abbreviation of ‘DirectX Box,’ there were a few additional names considered that were much harder to explain. Some, in fact, are even downright confusing. As Seamus Blackley reveals in an interview with EDGE, the inception of the Xbox name started with internal codenames. Much like the Xbox One was codenamed Durango, the original Xbox went by several monikers including WEP (Windows Entertainment Project), Midway (for midway between a console and a PC), and DirectX Box, which the Microsoft team soon shortened to Xbox....

In footage shared to TikTok by Freddie Grogono, known on the app as RubberGoooooooose, you can see a litter of golden puppies lying together on a lawn. The sweet clip, which has been viewed by a whopping 3.9 million people, gets even cuter when another puppy starts running towards the group. The pets, who appear to be sleeping, are not responsive to the animal’s attempts to infiltrate the litter’s snuggles....

Yet it’s the game that features former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon — who was later involved in a 2009 lawsuit against the NCAA that led to the end of the EA Sports series — that I miss even more. “Coach K College Basketball” on the Sega Genesis is the most underrated sports video game of all time. Released in 1995, it was the first true college basketball game with actual players, 32 teams and eight throwback championship teams....

The airport limo driver had ignored travel advisories from the Idaho Highway Patrol. “You’re awful lucky that I’d drive the grade on a day like this,” he grumbled as he downshifted and eased the van into the snow-packed curves. “Must be damned important for you to reach Moscow today.” It was. My father was there in a nursing home. Before he surrendered the last vestige of lucidity, I had to talk with him, not about “How are you feeling?...

The most vivid thing I remember was when the policeman caught us. We never expected nobody would find us. We were supposed to have two or three men watching the building across the street in the Howard Johnson’s. What happened to all the security we were supposed to be having.? We were looking for information about Mr. McGovern’s relationship with Mr. Castro. When we opened the door, we left the tape on the latch....

Transfermarkt had listed Rene Mihelic’s transfer from Delhi Dynamos to Persib Bandung on 29th April, triggering rumors that he was set to move to Indonesia. Two days prior to that, the 30-year-old had announced on the social media platform that he was bidding India adieu. A post shared by Rene Mihelič (@renemihelic3) on Apr 30, 2019 at 2:41am PDT As one can see on the above Instagram post, Rene Mihelic has acknowledged transfermarkt’s reference of being the second most viewed player on the website above the likes of Lionel Messi, Virgil van Dijk, and Cristiano Ronaldo....

As a war of recriminations erupted in Washington last week, the families of the victims of September 11 and its scarred survivors were caught in the middle. For some, the revelations were a bewildering distraction from the healing process. For others, they were a source of renewed heartache–and rage. Many families directed their ire at the government. They faulted the administration not just for failing to “connect the dots,” as the politicians and pundits kept repeating last week, but for lacking sufficient imagination....

That’s because legislators and community leaders in Honolulu are considering a move that would keep those who consistently break the law from entering tourism districts, according to Hawaii News Now. It’s an attempt by leaders to deter crime in business and tourism areas. According to HB1502, “A defendant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor, has four prior misdemeanor convictions, and each conviction was the result of an act that occurred within a single business district or resort zoned area may be sentenced to a probationary term of geographic restriction not exceeding years during which the defendant shall be prohibited from entering the district or area in which the acts occurred....

The defensive end was arrested earlier this month for an alleged sexual assault on a Baylor student, and now a 2013 police report has surfaced showing a pattern of violence toward women. The report was obtained by Rivals’ Alex Dunlap. In the incident report, the Waco police officer who arrived at the scene noticed injuries on the woman who had called police. She was hesitant to provide information at first but was eventually persuaded to provide a written statement in which she claims Oakman grabbed her under her armpits and “shoved her into the brick walls and cabinets and all the stuff that she was unpacking....

The conference will hold its men’s basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in 2018, according to SI.com’s Pete Thamel. An announcement is expected Tuesday. MORE: Remaining unbeatens in college hoops | Upset Saturday: Michigan, Miami lose | Struggles continue for UConn MSG has been the site of the Big East Tournament for three decades and will host the event through 2026. With Rutgers joining the Big Ten this season, a tournament at MSG makes sense as the conference tries to capitalize on its expansion into the New York metropolitan area....

Reports have linked Strong to the Hurricanes’ opening, saying he believes he would be interested if approached with the opportunity. However, sources told Rivals that even if Miami did offer him a contract, Strong will remain committed to Texas. MORE: Longhorns’ lowest points | Why Charlie Strong ‘cannot fail’ Despite winning 10 games in his two seasons at Texas, Strong doesn’t want to walk away after two seasons and be viewed as a quitter, the report says....

A report by Bloomberg reveals that the cheaper Nintendo Switch will “likely” launch by the end of June, though it does not state a specific date for the console’s release. The publication cites two anonymous sources familiar with Nintendo’s plans and one of them corroborated the rumor that a cheap console will launch in June. The report doesn’t address other rumors that the cheaper Switch console will not be able to connect to the television with the dock hardware....

PFT cited multiple anonymous league sources in their report. Ireland's alleged approach to the situation caused one former Dolphin, QB Sage Rosenfels, to weigh in on the Miami GM via Twitter. Rosenfels went on to tell a personal story of his own bad history with Ireland. MORE: Dolphins, NFL out of control | UPDATE: All the latest in Dolphins saga Barbaric as it may sound, Ireland's advice is not unlike what Sporting News NFL analyst—and former NFL player—Ross Tucker suggested in a video earlier this week....