The James Logan Courier

By Benjamin Pimentel
MarketWatch (MCT)

SAN FRANCISCO — As the stalemate over Microsoft Corp.'s bid to buy Yahoo Inc. enters its third week, some analysts are already pointing to a winner in the impasse: Google Inc.

Two weeks after Yahoo rebuffed Microsoft's merger proposal and the software giant's vow to explore all options, it remains unclear how the situation will play out. But the uncertainty in what could turn into a protracted battle is giving crucial openings to the two titans' common rival, Google, some analysts said.

"In the interim, we foresee disarray at Microsoft and Yahoo," analyst Marianne Wolk of Susquehanna Financial Group wrote in a note. "We believe the deal has distracted the engineers."

By Tawab Fakhri, Courier Technology Writer

When the term "video games" comes to mind, normally people immediately think of Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, and of course, the hundred of millions of game-addicted teenage boys around the world. However, it is very rarely that people think of the casual every day gamer.

More and more, people are getting into games beyond the big name consoles. Now, thanks to rapidly developing technology, we can play games anywhere anytime, with almost anything. From playing Tetris on our cellphones to playing blocks on our iPods, everyone seems to be becoming a "casual" gamer.

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

"THE CLUB"
For: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC
From: Bizarre Creations/Sega
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood, strong language, violence)

"The Club" is a fun game stuck in an obnoxious game's body. And if you can will yourself into ignoring the obnoxious part — which, incidentally, is also the game's purported selling point — you might find a way to enjoy what's left.

At its base, "The Club" is a typical third-person shooter with a typical premise: stay alive and reach the end of a level — in some cases, before time runs out.

The hook, in this case, is that in addition to being shot at, you're being scored as well. "The Club" rewards you points for stylish and impressive kills, and rewards you exponentially more for stringing those kills together. Achieving a target score is as paramount as staying alive. Total mastery means constantly sprinting through the levels, taking down enemies as quickly as possible without any thought to taking cover, finding secret areas or doing other things that come naturally in other shooters.

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ACTIVITIES:
Come and enjoy the Black History Month Celebration on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6:00 pm in the Spot.

All students performing in the Black History Celebration must meet every day after school in the Spot.

Come see the Logan Track and Field teams against defending State champions Mt. Pleasant High School. Start time 3:15 pm on Friday, Feb. 29.

Courier Staff Report

Troubles with the New Haven Unified School District's web server continue to hamper The Courier's efforts to produce a daily online newspaper.

The trouble started last week, when editors discovered that they could no longer access The Courier from school, where much of the production of the paper occurs.

Would-be Courier readers are also blocked from accessing the paper from school.

The problem and its solution are out of the hands of The Courier and its staff.

Pleas for assistance have been made to the district's technology department. No estimate of when or even if the problem will be solved have been offered.

Readers from off-campus and around the world are still able to access the paper, which is hosted off-site by Visionhead Technologies.

The Courier will be operating at a reduced level until the problem is fixed.

We apologize for the inconvenience.