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BioShock 2 Cleans Up, Xbox 360 Overtakes Wii in February Game Sales 12 Mar 10, 08:00 ET 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. more Opera Mini 5 Beta Released for Android Phones 12 Mar 10, 00:36 ET 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. more Summary Box: Video game sales drop 15 percent 11 Mar 10, 22:03 ET 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. more SkillSoft 4Q net income falls 16 pct 11 Mar 10, 18:59 ET 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. more New iPhone OS Rumored To Finally Allow Multitasking 11 Mar 10, 18:57 ET 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. more RadiSys acquires Pactolus; terms not disclosed 11 Mar 10, 17:47 ET 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. more OnLive taking videogames into the Internet "cloud" 11 Mar 10, 16:02 ET 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. more Motorola to add Microsoft's Bing to smart phones 11 Mar 10, 14:08 ET 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. more Opera Mini 5 Released for Android-Powered Smartphones 11 Mar 10, 13:28 ET 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. more No Camera on Apple's iPad, After All? 11 Mar 10, 12:22 ET 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. more

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