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| BioShock 2 Cleans Up, Xbox 360 Overtakes Wii in February Game Sales |
12 Mar 10, 08:00 ET |
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| PC World - Down again overall, with upticks in Xbox 360 and PS3 sales and BioShock 2 ruling the software roost, that's February's US video game narrative in a nutshell courtesy NPD Group's retail industry figures. Overall video game industry sales slumped 15 percent, falling from $1.48 billion to $1.26 billion, raising year-to-date sales to just $2.42 billion, a 14 percent deficit against last year's $2.82 billion for the same period. |
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| Opera Mini 5 Beta Released for Android Phones |
12 Mar 10, 00:36 ET |
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| PC World - Do you want to try a different browser on your Android phone? The folks at Opera Software announced a beta version of the Opera Mini 5 browser that provides a PC-like browsing experience on smartphones and other handheld devices that run on the Android platform. |
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| Summary Box: Video game sales drop 15 percent |
11 Mar 10, 22:03 ET |
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| AP - THE GAMES: Video game software sales dropped 15 percent in February compared to a year ago to $624.4 million. "Bioshock 2" from Take 2 Interactive, which launched in February, and "New Super Mario Bros." from Nintendo were the top two sellers. |
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| SkillSoft 4Q net income falls 16 pct |
11 Mar 10, 18:59 ET |
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| AP - SkillSoft PLC, an education software company that has agreed to be taken private, said Thursday its fourth-quarter net income fell 16 percent from a year earlier, when it benefited from a tax windfall. |
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| New iPhone OS Rumored To Finally Allow Multitasking |
11 Mar 10, 18:57 ET |
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| NewsFactor - Version 4.0 of the operating system for Apple's iPhone, iPod touch, and the forthcoming iPad will represent a major overhaul of the software and will feature a "full-on solution" to one long-standing gripe about Apple's devices -- their inability to multitask. |
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| RadiSys acquires Pactolus; terms not disclosed |
11 Mar 10, 17:47 ET |
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| AP - RadiSys Corp., a maker of servers that support wireless phone networks, said Thursday it acquired privately held Pactolus Communications Software Co. Terms were not disclosed. |
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| OnLive taking videogames into the Internet "cloud" |
11 Mar 10, 16:02 ET |
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| AFP - California startup OnLive plans a June 17 launch for a service that streams videogames over the Internet, meaning players can avoid buying expensive consoles or packaged software. |
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| Motorola to add Microsoft's Bing to smart phones |
11 Mar 10, 14:08 ET |
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| AP - Motorola Inc. said Thursday that it will add Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search and map functions to its smart phones that use Google Inc.'s Android operating software. |
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| Opera Mini 5 Released for Android-Powered Smartphones |
11 Mar 10, 13:28 ET |
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| NewsFactor - Opera Software launched an Android version of the company's Opera Mini 5 mobile browser Thursday that promises to significantly improve page loading and speed on compatible smartphones. The beta release continues the company's campaign to increase the visibility of its browser on a global basis. |
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| No Camera on Apple's iPad, After All? |
11 Mar 10, 12:22 ET |
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| PC World - Apple's latest iPad software development kit nixes references to video calling and chatting, creating uncertainty about the chances of a camera coming to the iPad. |
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