Take-Two settles 'Hot Coffee' sex content case

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* Take-Two settles 'Hot Coffee' sex content case
* 17 charged in massive ID theft bust
* Consortium unleashes A$50 million worth of IT jobs
* Nigeria favors Mandriva over Microsoft once more
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Take-Two settles 'Hot Coffee' sex content case
Game developer Take-Two Interactive Thursday announced a preliminary settlement on all consumer class action lawsuits in the U.S. related to a software modification called Hot Coffee, which unlocked sex scenes on the popular game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas."

Google shares fall back below $700
Shares of Internet darling Google Inc. dropped below US$700 for the first time in seven trading days Thursday, in part due to fears the U.S. housing loan mess will spill over into the wider economy.

17 charged in massive ID theft bust
The operators of a New York business have been charged with running a massive identity-theft and money-laundering operation that raked in more than US$35 million over a four-year period.

Consortium unleashes A$50 million worth of IT jobs
More than A$50 million (US$46.4 million) worth of Australian IT jobs and scholarships worth A$250,000 are on offer in the next 12 months, a consortium of ICT (information and communications technology) industry leaders including IBM, Microsoft, CSC and KPMG announced Thursday.

Nigeria favors Mandriva over Microsoft once more
Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all.


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