While other U.S. industries have been hit by hard times and falling numbers recently, last month’s figures from NPD Group show that the video games industry has largely been immune, continuing to surge ahead. Industry sales jumped 28 percent fr...
Apple head Steve Jobs has claimed that the 3G iPhone sold one million units in its first weekend. That’s impressive, but he’ll be rubbing his hands with glee if the chips at banking giant HSBC fall the right way.In an interview with ZDNet...
Have you, like so many others, simply been sitting at home, twiddling your thumbs and waiting for the new Microsoft operating system? If so, you can relax a little. On Thursday Windows unit head Bill Veghte told a group of Microsoft financial analyst...
The software company's search unit head says that Microsoft will deliver an API that Facebook can use to integrate Web search and the company's paid search results into its social network.
For months, the Nintendo Wii has outsold its competitors by a landslide, consistently capturing top sales honors every time the NPD numbers came in. The Xbox 360, though, remained the king of total sales, with more sold units in players’ hands ...
It’s been a year of change at VoIP company Skype. First they appointed a new president, Josh Silverman, in March. Then they announced the beta of their Skype 4.0 upgrade. And now they’ve got a new chief operating officer in Scott Durschla...
Rarely do I come across a display that performs as well as the Samsung LN52A750. At the $3500 asking price, it should perform well. But even a cursory search of the Internet will show you that this unit can be had for a significant discount (as low a...
Sony Computer Entertainment president Kazuo Hirai, speaking at a press event at Sony headquarters in Tokyo, has said the company plans to launch a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 video game console. The service will launch in the United ...