Amazon join the iPhone age
Amazon have debateably one of the best iPhone optimised websites to date, and as of today, also have an iPhone and iPod touch application available. Along with all the usual features you'd expect from Amazon (purchasing goods, one-touch checkout, order checking), there is also something called "Amazon Remembers". Effectively, you... Read on »
Massive continue work with Activision
In more Massive news, Activision have announced that they will continue their partnership with Massive Inc for a further 18 titles. If you've ever played "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock", or "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground", you'll probably have noticed product placement for various advertisers and products in the past... Read on »
A Blizzard hits Massive advertising
Blizzard Entertainment and Massive Inc today announced a multi-year advertising deal which will see Massive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, deliver advertising on Blizzard Entertainements websites and Battle.net. Blizzard's websites include the popular World of Warcraft game's official website, and titles using the Battle.net system include the StarCraft series,... Read on »
Xbox 360 claims historic Black Friday sales
Microsoft certainly is one company not feeling the economic downturn at the moment. During the biggest shopping weekend of the year, they... Read on »
Amazon, meet Abe
Amazon.com, Inc today announced that it has completed it's aquisition of AbeBooks. AbeBooks, for those that have never heard of it, is... Read on »
Microsoft plans to divorce viruses for free!
Ever heard of "Morro"? Neither had I until today. It appears the boys and girls at Microsoft have been planning a nice surprise for consumers. Focused on "core anti-malware protection", Morro is a streamlined solution expected in the second half of 2009 that will offer comprehensive protection from malware, including... Read on »
Need For Speed leaves virtual reality
EA, the publishers behind the Need For Speed series of games, have announced that fans of the popular series will be able to act out their car fantasies in real life in June 2009. Over the weekend of June 26th - 28th gamers and car enthusiasts will together be able... Read on »
You Dream It. Asus Builds It. Intel Inside.
Have you ever had an inspirational idea about the future of laptops? That stroke of genius that could change the face of how we use our laptops forever? Or maybe you just want to see something completely out of the ordinary and funny. Asus and Intel have now setup a... Read on »
BT release details of fibre optic rollout
If you receive your broadband through either of the following exchanges, now's a good time to start getting excited. BT have announced that Muswell Hill, London, and Whitchurch, South Glamorgan will be the first two opperational exchanges in their Fibre to the Cabinet ( FTTC ) scheme. The exchanges will... Read on »
Sony PS3 - no price cuts this year
With the recent price drops from Microsoft for their Xbox 360 console, it would have been a fair bet for anyone that Sony would have followed suit to compete. If you were a betting person, you'd have lost. Sony have confirmed that their pricing as it stands will be their... Read on »
Square Enix confirms Tecmo bid
In a press recent press release, Square Enix have confirmed that they have placed a bid to aquire TECMO, Ltd. Square Enix have offered a friendly take over bid worth 920 yen per share (approx $8), offering a 30% premium to closing stock as of August 28th 2008. Under the... Read on »
Vivendi 2nd Quarter Net Profit Up 12%
Vivendi SA, the majority shareholder in publishing giant Activision Blizzard, has reported a 12 per cent rise in net profit for Q2, 2008. The company announced a total of EUR 667 million for the three months ended June 30, compared to EUR 594 last year, with adjusted profit up 0.3... Read on »
HMV to Offer VAT-Free Games Instore
Entertainment retailer HMV is to begin offering VAT-free games via instore kiosks, under a new initiative called HMV Delivers. According to a report in The Guardian, the company plans to extend the controversial VAT-avoidance scheme used by the company's website to stores across the UK, offering games, CDs, DVDs and... Read on »
Analyst Calls for "Real" Xbox 360 Price Cut
Signal Hill analyst Todd Greenwald has said that "Xbox 360 needs a real price cut" in his latest note to investors. Microsoft dropped the price of the 20GB console in the US by USD 50 last week prior to E3, but Greenwald believes the company needs to do more in... Read on »
Blizzard wins Warcraft bot battle
Blizzard has won the first round of a legal battle against the maker of software that automates game play in World of Warcraft. It brought the case against MDY Industries claiming its WowGlider program infringed its copyright. An Arizona district court has ruled MDY does infringe Blizzard's copyright but not... Read on »
Nintendo and Sony Underwhelm at E3
The Japanese video game titans, Nintendo and Sony, announced wide-ranging, if not entirely breathtaking, constellations of new games and services at the E3 convention here on Tuesday, but did not appear to significantly alter their overall strategies in the fast-growing game market, as Microsoft did on Monday. Nintendo — which... Read on »
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