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NVIDIA Forms Chinese Gamer Alliance:

NVIDIA Corporation and Chinese Gamer International Corp., a leading developer and service provider of online games, announced today that they have reached an agreement to collaborate on the development and marketing of games created by Chinese Gamer. The first title to bear the fruit of the cooperation is Jing Yong Online 2.0 which, like its predecessor, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the famous martial art novels of the author Jing Yong.

MSN Shopping Spikes Up 30%:

Sales on the MSN® Shopping channel are on course to top last year's. Total spending and site traffic rose 30 percent over that of November 2003, fueled by great bargains, an expanded selection of gift guides, holiday specials and exclusive promotions, along with other features shoppers have come to expect: familiar, trustworthy brands; easy-to-use search and compare features; and a hosted free shipping page and returns center. This year's increase builds on last year's preholiday sales spike, when spending and site traffic increased by 50 percent in November.