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Microsoft does seem to be taking an opposite route from that of Facebook when it comes to online advertising, as the former is making its exit from the business, while the latter does seem to want to go all in, so to speak. Why do I say that? Well, word has reached the news vine that Microsoft is selling off its Atlas Advertising Suite to social network Facebook, having announced the deal earlier this afternoon, and the entire deal’s price remain undisclosed, although Advertising Age did have a rough estimate that placed it at $30 million to $50 million, which is relatively pocket change for both companies.

Microsoft has finally cut off all ties with its inflated (relatively speaking) purchase of online advertising company aQuantive who owned Atlas tools back in 2007 for a massive $6.3 billion, which is more than twice what Google forked out for rival agency DoubleClick a few weeks earlier. Google seemed to have managed to come out better from their deal when it came to online display ads, and I guess Microsoft is just glad to have shed this earlier business purchase of theirs. Will Facebook be able to do wonders with their latest purchase?

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Here’s the latest desktop PC from PC Koubou, the Amphis BTO GSX300iCi7-SR3. Powered by a 3.50GHz Intel Core i7-3770K processor, the system sports an Intel Z77 Express Chipset, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB graphics card, a 16GB DDR3 RAM, a 240GB SSD (Intel SSD 520 Series), a 2TB hard drive, a Blu-ray drive, a 700W 80PLUS power supply and runs on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (SP1) OS. The Amphis BTO GSX300iCi7-SR3 is priced at 269,980 Yen (about $2,914). [Product Page]

Dospara is set to unleash their newest gaming PC namely the Galleria XBR ‘DmC Devil May Cry’. This DmC Devil May Cry certified gaming PC is equipped with a 3.40GHz Intel Core i7-3770 quad-core processor, an Intel H77 Express Chipset, an AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB graphics card, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 2TB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 550W 80PLUS BRONZE power supply and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1) OS. The Galleria XBR ‘DmC Devil May Cry’ will go on sale from February 28th for 109,980 Yen (about $1,187). [Product Page]

Here comes another powerful desktop PC from Dospara, the Galleria Titan XG-M. The system sports a 3.50GHz Intel Core i7-3770K processor, an Intel Z77 Express Chipset, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB graphics card, a 16GB DDR3 RAM, a 2TB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS. The Galleria Titan XG-M is available now for 249,980 Yen (about $2,676). [Product Page]

The Chromebook Pixel from Google is a thing of beauty, although whether it is relevant to the market or not is another question altogether. One thing we do know is this – someone on the Chromebook Pixel team must have been a real videogame fan, having thrown in an Easter egg that will actually activate a cool light show for those who are in the know. Basically, the Konami code, when tapped out using the Chromebook Pixel’s directional keys, will see the LED strip blink in a wild pattern of red, green, blue, yellow, purple and white lights.

Just in case you have been living under a rock for the better part of the past two decades and still have no idea on what the Konami code is, basically just tap up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right, followed by B, then A, and you’re good to go. The LED strip blinking show is depicted in the still as shown above. I wonder how many people, when they see their friend’s Chromebook Pixel, would proceed with the Konami code Easter egg first before checking out other aspects of the Chromebook afterwards.

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