According to AllthingsDigital, Microsoft is in early talks with MySpace in an effort to have MySpace Music tied-in with the MSN online portal.
Microsoft has its own service, MSN Music, but traffic ranks significantly lower than MySpace Music and Microsoft has been looking to kill off the service for some time.
As of April, AOL ranked on top with AOL Music at 30 million unique monthly visitors and MySpace Music fell in second at 27.4 million. MySpace’s numbers are expected to be bigger now. MSN Music was far back at 7.4 million.
Says a source close to MSN in regards to its entertainment properties: “It’s a decision to make it so MSN does less better. So there will be a focus of attention on a smaller number of categories in which we can be either #1 or #2 in, rather than #4 or #5.”
Financial details are unknown.
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In June, Nintendo released the Wii console with a black colorway in Japan and the company has announced today that the same limited edition console will be headed to Europe for the holiday season. 
The Wii launches on November 6th in both the UK and Ireland and will carry an MSRP of £179.99. The system will come bundled with Wii Sports Resort, original Wii Sports, black Wii remote with Motionplus and a black Nunchuk controller.
Adds Nintendo UK product manager for Wii Rob Lowe: “Nintendo has always taken the European market seriously and this isn’t the first time a product has launched in the UK or Europe before the US. We are keen to launch the black Wii in time for the Christmas sales season and this starts slightly earlier in the UK and Republic of Ireland [than elsewhere].”
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Wireless carrier 02 has noted today that the Palm Pre smartphone is selling very well in the UK and Germany where it launched last week. 
“We’ve sold more Palm Pre alone today that we normally sell total devices on a Friday,” added a spokesperson, via TechRadar . “And one in two customers is buying a Touchstone charger, with the majority buying two.”
The Touchstone charging kit, is a dock that requires a “Touchstone” back cover for your device. If you own the dock and the special cover, you can simply place the device on the device and it will magnetically snap together and begin charging, allowing for wireless charging.
O2 did not give any exact figures however, but analysts are claiming the iPhone 3GS likely outsold the Pre in the regions by over five-to-one ratio.
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The e-tailer Amazon has slashed the price of the Nintendo Wii to £139.99 in the UK, down from £179.99.
The Amazon bundle includes one wireless controller and the game Wii Sports and seems to be a way to clear stock for the more expensive Wii MotionPlus bundle.
That bundle will sell for £179.99 and include Wii MotionPlus, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort.
Some retailers have increased the price of the Wii Sports Resort bundle, given low supply and high demand, with Play.com even charging £199.99 for it.
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