Technology trialled in the Foothill district of Los Angeles has been showing up the police analysts, surpassing their accuracy at predicting future crimes in areas at risk. More...

When Circuit City announced that it was closing all of its stores it showed the true signs of the economy. Circuit City was a massive corporation employing over 30,000 employees which would all be... More...

Circuit City, the nation's No. 2 electronics retailer, approved millions in cash incentives to retain its top talent following the departure of several key executives over the past year. Executive vice presidents could claim retention... More...

Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's second biggest consumer electronics store chain, said Thursday it swung to a loss in its second quarter as sales fell. The company lost a reported $62.8 million, or 38... More...

The City of Toronto has banned its 23,000 employees from using the social networking site Facebook on work computers. Politicians, however, are exempt from the ban because they use Facebook to communicate with their constituents,... More...

This weekend gaming fans will be celebrating the third birthday of City of Heroes, the massively multiplayer game that continues to be one of the most successful comic book-based PC games on the market. City... More...

Thanks to the Cloud Networks, the City of London is now home to a new Wi-Fi network that uses mesh technology to provide continuous connectivity to more than 350,000 users located in the 2.6-square kilometre... More...

Circuit City has announced a partnership with Napster that realizes a subscription music service dubbed "Circuit City + Napster" which will offer "all the same great music discovery and community features such as personalized recommendations,... More...

Best Buy Company Incorporated and Circuit City Stores Incorporated have both reported high demand for Windows Vista in their retail stores. In separate earnings statements, the two retail companies said that PCs with Vista preinstalled... More...

Circuit City is firing 3,400 employees (8% of Circuit City's total work force) and bringing in lower-cost workers to fill their roles. The company says that the move is aimed to help realign its cost... More...

Circuit City is closing stores 62 stores in Canada and seven underachieving stores in U.S. cities as well as reshuffling its corporate ranks. A support center in Barrie, Ontario will also be closed along with... More...

Cabs are to New York as freeways are to Los Angeles; that is to say, they're an integral part of the landscape and no matter how hard you try, you're going to have to engage... More...

The long awaited follow up to the PSP's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories has today received what Rockstar are calling a "giant official site update" as well as a third trailer - "In so... More...

In a bid to remain internationally competitive and encourage technological advancement, the city of Paris has made plans to blanket the entire city with free wireless internet access by the end of 2007. The system... More...

New Year's Eve 2006 revelers from all around the world now have the opportunity to experience nonstop streams covering New York City's Times Square New Year's Eve countdown event in real time via an... More...

AOL said on Thursday it bought Circuit City Stores Inc.'s digital music subscription service MusicNow LLC, a move that thrusts Time Warner Inc.'s Internet unit into competition with RealNetworks, Yahoo, Napster and other subscription services.... More...

NCSoft North America announces today that City of Villains has gone gold and will be made available in North America at the end of October. NCSoft also confirmed that customers who pre-ordered the game and... More...

Google's expansion into public Wi-Fi could be a boon to the embattled municipal broadband movement and presents intriguing new possibilities for the search giant, though putting the traditional carriers out of business isn't likely to... More...

Kuju Entertainment has announced they are looking to replace bankrupt publisher Hip Interactive as developers of City of the dead. Kuju plans to do this with the help of the receivers, Ernst and Young Solicitors.... More...

Paragon City is a battleground where heroes unselfishly man the thin, embattled line between good and evil. It's a never-ending fight full of danger and sacrifice, one that requires all heroes to seek new ways... More...

NCsoft™ Europe is pleased to announce the arrival of City of Heroes™ Deluxe Edition in stores throughout Europe this week, exclusively for PC. "We are extraordinarily happy with how well the European Beta went," says... More...

Second US concert featuring composer Nobuo Uematsu's score sounds off in Chicago next February; North American tour in the works. If you need additional proof that games are about more than just... More...

Cryptic Studios cofounder and lead designer Jack Emmert talks about the next update to the online superhero game. GameSpot recently had an opportunity to chat with Cryptic's Jack Emmert on the next... More...

Legendary comic book company slaps Korean publisher and development studio with copyright-infringement suit. When you hear the words "comic books," two companies spring to mind: DC and Marvel. Despite having a checkered... More...

Electronic Arts latest sim-creation, The Urbz: Sims in the City has shipped to stores worldwide today for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Game Boy Advance. A version for the Nintendo DS will ship on... More...

NCsoft has announced that it has released the second update to the critically acclaimed MMORPG City of Heroes called Issue 2: A Shadow of the Past. The automatic update has players face an invasion of... More...

New York City is preparing to go fully wireless by January, 2005. The deal is currently being finalized between New York City authorities and six technology companies. To strengthen coverage and signal, 18,000 new lamp... More...

Preston has become the first English city to offer comprehensive wire-free internet coverage in the city centre. The technology, known as wi-fi, means people with laptops and PDAs will be able to surf... More...

NCsoft has announced that City of Heroes has reached 180,000 users in North America after being on retailer shelves for three months. "It's an amazing run by City of Heroes," says Brian Woods Executive Vice... More...

Banpresto's Super Robot Battle MX and a Fist of the North Star Pachinko Slot title from Sammy outstripped virtually all the competition in Japan last week, with previous number one Grand Theft Auto: Vice City... More...

"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life," Oscar Wilde once wrote. Little did he know that life would eventually also imitate video games. New York University students plan to stage a real, live... More...

The Multi Theft Auto people have sent word that progress is coming along great with version 0.4. The new version should be out real soon, and will be WAY better then the last version.. ... More...

The Haitian group suing Take-Two over alleged racist incitement in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is now pursuing the case as a state lawsuit in Florida, in a move which they believe will give them... More...

Maxis' Luc Barthelet tells French TV that development on the next virtual metropolis has begun. Maxis won't comment. According to the Web site for the German magazine PC Games, development on Sim... More...

A Florida city is determined to pass a law restricting children's access to violent computer games despite legal challenges to similar attempts elsewhere, and charges of censorship, its mayor said on Friday. The... More...

Looks like an over-eager online retailer caused the whole web to go mad with awry GTA stories It's now looking increasingly unlikely that the recent reports of Grand Theft Auto 4 being... More...

Browsing the Web from the Southern California city Cerritos may soon become an outdoor sport. The first phase of a project to establish citywide wireless Internet access is slated to begin next month.... More...

Sad news for all racing fans... The official Motor City Online site from EA features a last goodbye message.. Here is the full message:We at Electronic Arts and MCO Staff both past and present would... More...

This unsupported fix for Vice City will fix a graphic corruption issue. If you do not have any graphical problems do not install this patch! News source: FilePlanet ... More...

Thanks nikush The website for Grand Theft Auto : Vice City has opened. The game is due to be released on May 14 and will feature EAX 3.0 Surround Sound,... More...

Since its release in late October, "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" has sold 4.4 million copies. Assuming $50 per copy (the average price of the game), that puts cumulative gross revenues in the neighborhood of... More...

Thanks to nekrosoft13 in BPN for the heads up. In Take Two Interactive's financial conference call earlier this morning, company executives revealed some more info about upcoming release dates for games... More...

Found this over on DriverHeaven. To: Rockstar North, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. We value the consoles very much, but feel left out if the GTA: Vice City game would... More...

Thanks creamhackered from our BPN Forum. Just to confirm what we have already said, MS PressPass has released an official statment. -Ed Microsoft Corp. today announced that MSN® 8, the most... More...

The new GTA game takes place in the sun-drenched beachfront town of Vice City, which is based on Miami in much the same way that GTAIII's Liberty City is based on New York City. The... More...

A city twice the size, 120 vehicles, 50 weapons - it all adds up to a whole load of criminality A load of details have emerged of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City... More...

Saw this bit when browsing gamers.nl City of Heroes is a superhero based massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. The game is set in Paragon City, a modern day metropolis full of super... More...

Apple Computer said Friday that it will no longer sell its Macs at Circuit City. "We have mutually decided to go our separate ways," Circuit City spokesman Bill Cimino told CNET News.com on Friday.... More...

The Finnish city council of Turku that was considering moving to OpenOffice and Linux systems by the end of 2003 has come to a decision. And that's their decision. In a final... More...

Microsoft, on October 25th, will launch Windows XP in the theatre district of New York City, to be more precise, the Marriott Marquis Theatre. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said that Microsoft's... More...