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Microsoft advises partners on how to sell Windows 10 S and Pro

Usama Jawad — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:02:01 +0000

At an Inspire 2017 session last week, Microsoft provided updated guidance to OEMs, partners, and resellers on how they should sell Windows 10 Pro and S; by 'lighting up' their services. Read more...

Microsoft sues recycling company for the unauthorized sales of 70,000 copies of Office 2010

Usama Jawad — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 05:06:01 +0000

Microsoft has sued recycling company, GER, for the unauthorized sales of 70,000 unused product keys of its Office 2010 software, which had been entrusted to the firm for safe disposal. Read more...

Amazon shocks with net loss for quarter

Paul Ferson — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:26:22 +0000

Despite being a massive global retailer, Amazon has shocked with the announcement that they have recorded a loss for the quarter, due to increased spending on their own infrastructure. Read more...

iPad buyer in Wal-Mart receives a box of notepads

Paul Ferson — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:12:11 +0000

An iPad buyer was left disappointed in Texas after receiving an iPad box stuffed with notepads rather than Apple's tablet, leaving one very disappointed teenager on their birthday. Read more...

Apple rejects iBook for making reference to Amazon

Paul Ferson — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:28:22 +0000

Apple rejected an iBook from its store, due to the book guiding readers in how to market their own novels. The book made reference to Amazon, and was rejected over mentioning a competing company. Read more...

Twitter to sell 'Promoted Accounts'

Alan Cone — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:49:35 +0000

When the social networking site Twitter started up, the founders clearly stated that they would not place advertisements on the service. To combat this, earlier this year they set up a Twitter deal alert service.... Read more...

NPD Group: Top selling PC games for May

Joshua Seed — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:01:25 +0000

The NPD Group, the top game-industry research firm, released its list of the top 20 PC game titles this past week for the month of May. The month's most popular title was World of Warcraft:... Read more...

Top 10 best selling PC games of 2008

Brad Wardell — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:18:14 +0000

IGN has released the 10 best selling PC games of 2008. They were: Spore (Electronic Arts) Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Funcom) Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts) The Sims 2 FreeTime... Read more...

China selling Blu-Ray rip offs

Brad Sams — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:41:23 +0000

If you're heading to China anytime soon be on the lookout for Blu-ray rip offs. Not that this is a surprise to you or I, but Chinese pirates are attacking Blu-ray full force.... Read more...

Woolworths stores to stop selling HD DVD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:26:05 +0000

Woolworths has through its high street heft behind the Blu-ray Disc format. From March, it will no longer sell HD DVDs in its shops. The change will coincide with the release of Pixar's Ratatouille, but... Read more...

Currys stops selling analogue TVs

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:47:55 +0000

Currys, Dixons and PC World are to stop stocking analogue televisions and will instead promote "integrated" sets with built-in digital Freeview tuners. The chains said more than 90% of the TVs they sold were already... Read more...

Hellgate: London tops US best selling PC games

Todd Tanner — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:24:03 +0000

Guess all the negative reviews didn't really put a dent in sales for Hellgate: London eh? Go on Flagship Studios! Here are the Top 10 best selling PC games for the week ending November 3rd:... Read more...

Samsung Stops Selling Most Products in Japan

Christopher Vendemio — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:15:20 +0000

Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that it will no longer sell consumer electronics in the country of Japan. While Samsung will continue to do business to business sales involving LCD computer monitors, memory, and mobile... Read more...

Google to Stop Selling TV Downloads

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:26:36 +0000

According to an email sent to customers yesterday, Google will stop offering download-to-own and download-to-rent programs Aug. 15, a service which the search company has been offering since January of 2006. The move shows that... Read more...

Fraudsters Use Charities Before Selling Stolen Credit Cards

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:44:08 +0000

Internet security company Symantec claims that Internet fraudsters are donating money to charities as a way to check the validity of stolen credit cards prior to resale. Unfortunately, Symantec doesn't have any figures to indicate... Read more...

Dell Starts Selling Unlocked Mobile Phones

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:02:38 +0000

Dell seems just as interested as anyone else in terms of the ultra-high-end mobile phone market. The world's second largest PC-maker is using its online store to sell Nokia mobile phones which are completely unlocked,... Read more...

China tells 'dating' websites to stop selling sex

Sun, 27 May 2007 18:32:56 +0000

The Beijing Online News and Information Panel has accused 12 dating websites in Beijing of being a cover for prostitution and has ordered them to clean up their act: "The outrageous pimping content in some... Read more...

Amazon Starts Selling Pink Zune 30GB Digital Media Player

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:30:39 +0000

Here's a quick note for all of those interested in a Pink Zune. Amazon.com has began selling the Pink coloured Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player, not to be confused with rumoured Zune 2.0 in... Read more...

U.S. man gets jailed for selling pirated software

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:22:04 +0000

36-year old Courtney Smith from Anderson, Indiana, has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Barker to 27 months in prison for selling more than $700,000 worth of counterfeit computer software on eBay.com. Smith... Read more...

Your ISP may be selling your web clicks

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:41:05 +0000

At the Open Data 2007 Conference in New York, David Cancel, the CTO of the web market research firm Compete Incorporated, revealed that many Internet service providers make millions by selling the clickstream data, meaning... Read more...

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games Dec. 24th - 30th

Todd Tanner — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:22:14 +0000

Another week, another top 10 list I always say. As usual the NPD group has released the top 10 best selling PC games for the week of December 24th through the 30th. So obviously this... Read more...

Best Selling PC Games Of Christmas

Todd Tanner — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:13:17 +0000

Related to my recently posted Top 10 of the lead in week to Xmas, here now it the best selling games of the actual holiday itself. These are PC only, I haven't seen a... Read more...

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games Dec 17-23

Todd Tanner — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:01:50 +0000

So, what game do you think was the #1 best seller for the lead up week to the big Christmas holiday? Well for PC games you should know right off the bat which games will... Read more...

Hackers Selling Vista Zero-Day Exploit

Steven Parker — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:03:14 +0000

Underground hackers are hawking zero-day exploits for Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system at $50,000 a pop, according to computer security researchers at Trend Micro. The Windows Vista exploit—which has not been independently verified—was just... Read more...

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games Week Ending Nov. 18th

Todd Tanner — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:29:16 +0000

Here we go again, yet another NPD Group Top 10 Best Selling list, this time for the week ending November 18th. World of Warcraft is still in there, as are the obligatory The Sims 2... Read more...

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games Week Ending Nov. 4th

Todd Tanner — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:12:00 +0000

Here we go again, NPD's top selling PC games for the week ending November 4th. You'll notice something amazing this go round, World of Warcraft is not in the top 3 this week! The end... Read more...

Top 20 Best Selling PC Games For October

Todd Tanner — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:53:18 +0000

The NPD Group has released their Top 20 Best Selling PC games list for the month of October. Sims and World of Warcraft will seemingly never drop out of the top 5 best sellers, which... Read more...

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games for the week of October 15-21

Todd Tanner — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:57:21 +0000

Yes, its that time of the week again. The NPD Group has released the newest Top 10 list for PC games (and consoles of course, not listed here though) in the US and guess who... Read more...

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games for the week of October 8-14

Todd Tanner — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:57:34 +0000

I might start making this a weekly thing when the Top 10's are announced. So here are the Top 10 best selling games for the week of October 8th through the 14th. There are a... Read more...

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games for the Week of October 7th

Todd Tanner — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:12:54 +0000

Once again, even though I don't do it every week or two, here is the NPD Groups list of the Top 10 best selling PC games for the week of October 7th. Notice what game... Read more...

Universal to Begin Selling CDs at iTunes Prices

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:20:38 +0000

Universal Music has revealed plans to sell its back-catalogue CDs at iTunes-matching prices, beginning in September. The company will split its CD offerings into three price and product ranges, The Guardian reports. The basic... Read more...

MTV to Join List of Channels Selling Shows on iTunes

Dave Legg — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:23:23 +0000

MTV are set to join the growing list of TV channels who are now offering their shows for download over Apple's popular music download service, iTunes. Original programs from the channel can now be downloaded... Read more...

Apple's MacBook Could Become Best Selling Mac This Year

Sat, 20 May 2006 16:28:47 +0000

American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu thinks there's plenty of pent-up demand for the new MacBook, but warns that the high-end black configuration may be too highly priced. "Apple appears to be confident that... Read more...

Best Buy selling DS USB connector

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:43:39 +0000

What was originally sold exclusively through Nintendo.com, Best Buy is now selling the Nintendo DS USB connectorin stores for $39.99. No word on how long the promotion will last or its availability, so run on... Read more...

Dell selling AMD chips. But why?

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:15:26 +0000

Dell has quietly started selling processors from Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, that range in speeds from 2.0GHz to 2.8GHz with price tags starting at $219.27 for the Athlon 64 3500+ to $1,102.91 for an Athlon... Read more...

Best Buy Quietly Tests Selling Used Games

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:41:09 +0000

Best Buy today confirmed that four stores in Illinois and California have begun selling used video games, a market that major retail chains have kept away from and left to stores such as Gamestop and... Read more...

Google Studies Selling Print Ads To Online Clients

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:37:23 +0000

Google is looking at taking its online advertising program into print. The Internet search leader, which draws the bulk of its revenue from online advertising, said it has bought advertising space in PC Magazine, only... Read more...

Siemens Selling Mobile Phone Unit to BenQ

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:08:07 +0000

Siemens AG stated today that it will be selling its struggling mobile phone unit to Taiwan's BenQ Corp after finishing months of talks about the division's future. The decision to sell the unit... Read more...

ATI persists in selling AGP cards

Steven Parker — Mon, 23 May 2005 14:52:02 +0000

Which is a good thing I suppose.. - ED Tech Report has an interesting article about the new AGP Radeons. Seems as if ATI has finally acknowledged that AGP is (still) not... Read more...

Sony's Everquest Embraces Selling of Virtual Items

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:59:59 +0000

Starting in late June, SOE will begin offering a new service called Station Exchange. This secure service will allow EverQuest II players on specific servers to buy and sell the right to use items, coin... Read more...