Neowin News Feed for: Records

Classic Apple I computer sells for whopping $630,000

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:47:13 +0000

A classic Apple I computer, Apple's first production PC built by Steve Wozniak's hands in 1976, has sold for a record breaking $630,000 to an anonymous internet bidder at a recent auction Read more...

Google maps car hits a deer, records it all. Oh deer

Brad Sams — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:07:07 +0000

Update: Google has responded and states "the deer was able to move and had left the area by the time the police arrived". It's a sad fact that deer get hit by cars everyday... Read more...

UK government forces ISPs to keep email records

James Hall — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:23:07 +0000

With what is being considered yet another attack on the right to privacy, all ISPs in the UK will be obliged to store information about emails, including spam, that people in the country receive and... Read more...

Records shattered by GTA IV

Steven Parker — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:28:40 +0100

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Nearly 1 million copies sold in first week... Grand Theft Auto IV seizes the top spot in the ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats chart, outselling former No.1 Wii Fit by over 9 to 1. Sales for... Read more...

Video Game Sales Break Records

RangerLG — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:03:22 +0000

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NPD Group reports a record-breaking year in video game sales. Video game sales topped $17 billion last year, according to the NPD Group, making 2007 by far the biggest year in gaming history. These numbers... Read more...

Researchers Break Internet Speed Records

Slimy — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:29:46 +0100

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At the Internet2 consortium's spring meeting in Arlington, Virginia, it was publically announced that a group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo had broken Internet speed records – twice in two days. On... Read more...

Guinness World Records to produce videogame edition

Slimy — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:13:38 +0100

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Guinness World Records has announced plans to debut a new videogame series of the famous annual book, starting by unveiling the Videogame Edition 2008 on stand D505 at the London Book Fair (April 16 –... Read more...

PS3 Breaks UK Records

Joe Cashman — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:25:21 +0100

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It took a while, but the PS3 finally arrived in the UK last week, and already it has raked in some impressive stats, selling an estimated 165,000 in the first two days of sale, an... Read more...

Device records smells to play back later

DJDY — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:46:41 +0100

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Imagine being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images.Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan are building an odour recorder capable of... Read more...

EMI records 150% increase in legal music downloads

Timmah — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:59:28 +0100

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One of the world's most commercial record labels has today given the digital downloads market a friendly jolt by announcing that the surge in demand will account for a 12% rise in its annual profit... Read more...

Google Moving Search Records Out of China

malebolgia — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:15:59 +0000

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In an effort to protect users of its Google.cn Web site, Google is moving search records out of China and into the United States, a company executive said this week. Google.cn is a version... Read more...

Nintendo DS Smashes First Weekend Sales Records

Laughing-Man — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:21:51 +0000

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The Nintendo DS got off to a flying start last weekend in the UK, becoming the fastest-selling console ever with sales topping some 87,000 units in the first two days at retail, according to Chart-Track... Read more...

TiVo records new DVR patents

malebolgia — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:37:21 +0000

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TiVo is revving its patent engine to get a jump on the growing number of competitors in the market it pioneered. The Alviso, Calif.-based digital video recorder company announced Tuesday it has... Read more...

World of Warcraft Shatters Day-One Sales Records for PC

malebolgia — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:54:58 +0000

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Blizzard Entertainment today confirmed that World of Warcraft has broken day-one sales records in North America, making it the most successful PC game launch ever. The subscription-based MMORPG sold through to over 240,000 customers at... Read more...

San Andreas smashes UK first week sales records

Dice — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 22:34:00 +0000

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has comprehensively smashed the all-time UK sales record for a videogame's first weekend, selling an estimated 677,000 units according to UK research body Chart-Track. That figure is more... Read more...

From gold records to gold MP3s

malebolgia — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:17:34 +0100

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It might not be the same as having a big gold record on the wall, but the Recording Industry Association of America has issued its first gold, platinum, and multiplatinum certifications for digital downloads. ... Read more...

Microsoft Records 106 Million SP2 Downloads

lardiop — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:46:46 +0100

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The tally is in: Just two months after Windows XP Service Pack 2 was publicly distributed, users worldwide have downloaded in excess of 106 million copies of the update. According to Microsoft, approximately 90 million... Read more...

The Sims 2 sells a million, smashes EA records

Dice — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:23:32 +0100

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The hugely anticipated sequel to the biggest selling PC game of all time, The Sims 2, has made its mark as Electronic Arts' biggest ever PC launch, selling through a million units worldwide in just... Read more...

Madden NFL 2005 smashes EA sales records

malebolgia — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:16:03 +0100

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Electronic Arts' Madden NFL 2005 has broken the company's own sales records, with the title selling some 1.35 million units across five platforms in its first week on sale in North America. That's the fastest... Read more...

Guinness World Records Recognizes Cisco Router

Premgenius — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 22:37:31 +0100

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The same book that boasts the world records for most glasses balanced on a chin, the tallest snowman and longest continuous clapping session, now includes Cisco Systems Inc.'s new machine that directs Internet traffic. ... Read more...