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Updated: SpaceX Falcon 1 Suffers Anomaly During Launch

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:59:31 +0000

At 11:36 pm EDT August 2, 2008 the Falcon 1 lost contact with the base in Hawthorn, California. After aborting the first launch at .5 seconds, the counter was reset to 11 minutes and... Read more...

4.3 Million Xbox 360 Consoles Sold During Christmas Quarter

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:13:06 +0000

Microsoft was able to sell 4.3 million Xbox 360 units during the fourth calendar quarter 2007 (fiscal Q2 2008). The number is slightly down from 4.4 million units the company sold during the Christmas season... Read more...

Microsoft Sells 310,000 Xbox 360s During Black Friday Week

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:49:22 +0000

Coming on the heels of Nintendo of America's announcement of its best North American sales week ever -- with 350,000 Wiis and 653,000 Nintendo DSes sold -- a CNBC report states that Microsoft has announced... Read more...

Video game sheds light on brain activity during danger

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:35:16 +0000

A computer game in which volunteers had to move a blue triangle through a 2D maze while avoiding a red dot "predator" has shed light on how the brain reacts to imminent danger. If the... Read more...

Nintendo Wii Outsells Xbox 360, PS3 During February

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:53:17 +0000

Market research firm NPD Group reports that during February, consumers bought 335,000 Wii consoles, while Xbox 360 sold 228,000 units, followed by PlayStation 3 with 127,000. The Wii is simply the cheapest console and it... Read more...

Wii sells 325,000 during Euro launch

Marcel Klum — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:16:15 +0000

Nintendo has revealed that Wii's opening weekend sales figures across Europe were every bit as impressive as its record-breaking UK debut – with 325,000 units snapped up in the territory.Retail outlets across the continent sold... Read more...

88,400 PS3's Sold In Two Days During Japanese Launch

Todd Tanner — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:30:01 +0000

Thanks to Andy07 for the head's up on this story. Sony... Read more...

Microsoft Planning Vista Promotions During Holidays

Christopher Vendemio — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:35:48 +0000

When Microsoft announced that it would not release Windows Vista in time for the holiday season, many industry analysts felt the entire PC market may suffer as people put off purchases until the next generation... Read more...

Public Guild Wars demo during E3

Todd Tanner — Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:37:47 +0000

On May 12 through May 14, many who work in the gaming industry will be in Los Angeles attending E3, and one of the tradeshow's draws is the chance to get an exclusive early look... Read more...

Game Stops Responding Or Quits Unexpectedly During Intro Video

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:25:16 +0000

Thanks prasanth from our Security Bulletins, Patches and Updates Forum This update addresses the "Game Stops Responding or Quits Unexpectedly When Introductory Video Clip Is Played" issue in Windows XP, and is... Read more...

WinXP Patch: Computer May Hang During Heavy Load With Ericsson HIS Modem

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 08:09:43 +0000

This update addresses a system crash when networking over a modem and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article Q319810. Download now to prevent a system crash while networking over a modem. You connect... Read more...

Yahoo! Shopping Volume Surged During Sale

Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:32:37 +0000

Yahoo! Inc. on Thursday said a special three-day sale it offered last week produced a 25 percent increase in gross merchandise sales over normal levels on Yahoo Shopping. The company, which does... Read more...