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Feed Engadget: Microsoft to buy Logitech? (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Thursday January 10, 2008 @11:52AM

A rumor swirling about the bowels of the Internets says that Microsoft is about to launch a takeover bid for Swiss-based Logitech. If true, Microsoft, the largest software house in the world would become the world's largest maker of webcams, mice and other peripheral devices. Share prices are surging on speculation that Microsoft will make a takeover bid valued at 48 francs per share, a 38% premium over yesterday's closing price. Our take? We're pretty skeptical. Both companies have been extraordinarily successful without each other. And at first take, the union seems to offer neither company any advantage in the market. Perhaps the rumor mill confused Logitech with Japan's Logitec -- that would make perfect sense. Yeah.

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Comment Re:Yes, most games are done in C or C++. (Score 1) 5

by jbubriski on Friday September 07, 2007 @01:22PM (#20510627) Attached to: Is most game development done in C++? What about C#?

I see! Thanks for the info.

Journal Journal: Is most game development done in C++? What about C#? 5

Journal by jbubriski on Friday September 07, 2007 @12:21PM

I've been searching for a game programming book on Amazon, but it looks like the majority of them are for C++ developers. The only C# books I saw were beginner's books, and they seemed dated, and not that useful, judging by the ratings. Is there a reason there aren't many C# game programming books? Does this have something to do with the language? Is C++ better for game programming? What about XNA? That seems to work exclusively with Visual Studio C# Express Edition, and it looks like ther

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