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Nintendo Wii sales up, despite financial crisis

Brian Maher — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:33:40 +0000

It looks like the credit crunch isn't hitting everyone as hard as the media makes out, as Nintendo have just announced that sales figures for the Wii, are up by 38% compared to last year... Read more...

Firefox Gets No Respect From PC Makers, Despite Popularity

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:36:53 +0000

By some estimates, Firefox has surged to take anywhere from 12 percent to more than one-third of the overall Web browser market. But PC makers are acting like they couldn't care less. And that doesn't... Read more...

Intel claims silicon crown despite AMD Barcelona

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:09:50 +0000

Intel is confident, with a few benchmark exceptions, that it will still have the fastest x86 processor in the market following today's launch of AMD's Barcelona Opteron processor. "We feel quite good about our performance,"... Read more...

Symantec Vista security advances despite Patchguard

Steven Parker — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:32:39 +0000

Symantec has released a public beta of its Norton Internet Security 2007 and Norton AntiVirus 2007 suites for Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista operating system. While the software supports both 32 and 64-bit versions of the... Read more...

GeForce 8800GTX on track despite resistor fault

Steven Parker — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:43:04 +0000

French hardware site Clubic is reporting that the a faulty resistor has been found on the 8800GTX model making the card unstable at high load and may cause image corruption (or tearing). nVIDIA has said... Read more...

Music sales slide despite RIAA's best efforts

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:05:25 +0000

2005 proved one thing. The music industry really is as dumb as you think. US CD sales in 2005 fell 3.5 per cent year-over-year, according to Nielsen Soundscan. That's quite a blow given that CD... Read more...

Rockstar pushes ahead with "Bully" despite concerns

Steven Parker — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:16:47 +0000

Any PR, even bad, is good PR it seems with Rockstar. The game publisher has announced another controversial title due to hit the shelves October this year. Rockstar Games describes the upcoming title... Read more...

Sony profit soars despite PS2 weakness

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:52:12 +0000

Shrinking PlayStation 2 shipments and sales send revenues from the game division tumbling. Sony Corporation reports that the game division of Sony's developement reduced sales of Playstation 2 hardware as well as... Read more...

Atari year revenues fall despite Enter The Matrix success

Sat, 08 May 2004 15:44:30 +0000

Publisher Atari has announced its financial results for the full year to March 31st, revealing a major decline in both revenues and income despite the commercial success of stand-out title Enter The Matrix. Net revenues... Read more...

Gates Promises Longhorn Beta In 2005 Despite Security

Tue, 04 May 2004 23:50:46 +0000

Microsoft has recommitted to releasing Longhorn, its next-generation Windows client and server, into beta testing in 2005 even though its chairman acknowledged that security concerns threaten his dream of enabling seamless connectivity and Web services.... Read more...

Free software project undaunted despite Apple threats

Tue, 04 May 2004 06:45:59 +0000

The PlayFair free software project is likely to come online again soon, despite efforts by Apple Computer Inc. to close it down. Apple last month shut down last the free software project, which lets tool... Read more...

Lindows Preps for IPO Despite Setbacks

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:38:26 +0000

Lindows Inc., fresh from changing the name of its flagship product, is preparing to go public as it struggles to earn a profit. The San Diego-based company on Tuesday filed an initial... Read more...

Sony Takes PlayStation 2 to China Despite Pirates

Marcel Klum — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:19:59 +0000

Sony Corp will launch its popular PlayStation 2 game console in China next month, saying on Friday it must be "courageous" in the face of rampant piracy that has plagued the vast potential market. The... Read more...

Dell sees record profits ahead despite general market downturn

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:16:17 +0000

The computer maker announced after market close on Thursday that it recorded a profit of $501 million, or 19 cents per share, on revenue of $8.46 billion for its second fiscal quarter, which ended Aug.... Read more...

File-Swapping Sites Multiply Despite Legal Tangles

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:09:56 +0000

The number of file-swapping, or peer-to-peer, Web sites, has grown more than five-fold in the past year, a study said on Monday, despite legal efforts by Hollywood, music companies and software firms to shut them... Read more...

Flaws dog Microsoft, despite IE patch

Darren Bolton — Sat, 30 Mar 2002 11:33:34 +0000

Microsoft released a patch late Thursday for a pair of "critical" security holes in its Internet Explorer Web browser but was still investigating a widely publicized vulnerability in its Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating... Read more...

AOL still master of its domains despite expirations

Sat, 23 Mar 2002 04:16:12 +0000

According to "Whois" searches today, the registrations for most of the crown jewels in AOL Time Warner's Internet address portfolio have expired. AOLTimeWarner.com, the domain name used by the media conglomerate for... Read more...

Gator branded a trojan horse despite security fix

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 03:22:40 +0000

Gator has corrected a security flaw in the Web-based installer program for its popular digital wallet software, but some anti-virus utilities still brand the program a Trojan horse. Responding to a report... Read more...

Kazaa Still Up Despite Orders

Sat, 02 Feb 2002 03:06:09 +0000

Thanks Uqiq for the heads up. The website of file sharing service Kazaa remained up and running Thursday, despite a ruling by a Dutch court prohibiting its software be made available for downloads.... Read more...

Increase tech R&D despite downturn: Bill Gates

Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:08:58 +0000

Microsoft spent US$3.8b last year on R&D. It plans to spend even more this year COMPANIES worldwide should continue to increase their spending in technology research despite the tough economic environment, says... Read more...