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Widespread Use of Computer Games Has Benefits for Kids

Widespread Use of Computer Games Has Benefits for Kids

Computer games foster social interaction and civic engagement and do not incite users to violence...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 10:24
It’s OK For Teens To Play Computer Games

It’s OK For Teens To Play Computer Games

Despite of what was known and believed, computer games appear to have a positive social impact on...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 04:05
Update:Sony Confirms Movies Download Service For Its PlayStation3

Update:Sony Confirms Movies Download Service For Its PlayStation3

It seems like finally Sony has decided to officially confirm its long-rumored movies download...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 11:43
TGS 2007: Sony Delays Home, Unveils DualShock 3

TGS 2007: Sony Delays Home, Unveils DualShock 3

In a rather disappointing speech Kazuo Hirai, the President of Sony Computer Entertainment,...
» read full story September 20th, 2007 - 13:06
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News: Business

Sony BMG Joins Nokia’s “Comes With Music” Service

Sony BMG Joins Nokia’s “Comes With Music” Service

Nokia, the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones, and Sony BMG, the world’s second...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 17:44
Sony's Profits Drop 68%

Sony's Profits Drop 68%

Sony, world's second-largest electronics maker, posted Wednesday a 71.8 billion yen (596.6 million...
» read full story May 16th, 2007 - 13:53
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Report: New Nintendo DS Is Coming This Year

Report: New Nintendo DS Is Coming This Year

Apparently, two years after the launch of Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo is ready to revamp its...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 07:59
AMD Fusion To Turn Lazy PCs Into Super-Mega Gaming Platforms

AMD Fusion To Turn Lazy PCs Into Super-Mega Gaming Platforms

This week, AMD proposed a new solution to improve the gaming experience by launching “The Future...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 15:00
Microsoft Tries To "Zune" Apple's Event With New Zunes

Microsoft Tries To "Zune" Apple's Event With New Zunes

While everyone is busy to guess what will unveil Steve Jobs during the upcoming event entitled not...
» read full story September 09th, 2008 - 00:40
Sony Revives Japanese Console Competition With PSP-3000

Sony Revives Japanese Console Competition With PSP-3000

Sony is working on improving its gaming sales as of this fall by introducing the new PlayStation...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 15:13
Hillcrest Labs Challenges Nintendo Giant Over Wii Remote Patents

Hillcrest Labs Challenges Nintendo Giant Over Wii Remote Patents

A small Rockville technology company requested a U.S. trade panel on Wednesday to prevent...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 17:00
Report: Games Are AppStore's Top Paid Downloads

Report: Games Are AppStore's Top Paid Downloads

While free stuff rules the AppStore download charts, among the paid software downloaded, games rank...
» read full story July 18th, 2008 - 10:29
Movies: The New Battleground For Sony's PS3 And Microsoft's Xbox 360

Movies: The New Battleground For Sony's PS3 And Microsoft's Xbox 360

After Microsoft announced it will cut the price of its Xbox 360, yesterday was Sony’s turn to wow...
» read full story July 16th, 2008 - 12:40
Introducing Seagate Barracuda - World's First 1.5-Terabyte Desktop

Introducing Seagate Barracuda - World's First 1.5-Terabyte Desktop

Seagate, the world leader in computer hard disk design and manufacturing, revealed on Thursday the...
» read full story July 11th, 2008 - 14:39
iTunes, Watch Out! Nokia Comes With More Music Than Ever

iTunes, Watch Out! Nokia Comes With More Music Than Ever

Nokia wants all four major music labels to join its “Comes With Music” program before the official...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 13:56
Lenovo Brings IdeaCentre K210 Desktop PC To U.S.

Lenovo Brings IdeaCentre K210 Desktop PC To U.S.

Lenovo made a debut into the consumer desktop market “outside of China” this week with the launch...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 12:11
Sony Announces PS3 Downloadable Movies, Virtual Globe

Sony Announces PS3 Downloadable Movies, Virtual Globe

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai announced in Tokyo streaming video for both the Japanese...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 20:16
IBM Roadrunner Crowned Fastest Supercomputer

IBM Roadrunner Crowned Fastest Supercomputer

The International Supercomputing Conference, which was held in Dresden, Germany, has made public...
» read full story June 18th, 2008 - 21:56
AMD - The Perfect Gaming PC Shopping Advisor

AMD - The Perfect Gaming PC Shopping Advisor

Are you ready for the next generation of gaming PCs? AMD unveiled on Monday a new program designed...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 15:01
Dell Lays Off On XPS Line, Turns To Alienware

Dell Lays Off On XPS Line, Turns To Alienware

If people want gaming PCs, Dell is going to deliver just that! The computer maker had a change of...
» read full story May 14th, 2008 - 12:10
Sony's Virtual World, Home, Delayed Second Time

Sony's Virtual World, Home, Delayed Second Time

Sony has delayed its Playstation 3 virtual world, home, for the second time. Kazuo Hirai, president...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 16:41
Sony's PlayStation Home Won't Make It This Spring Either

Sony's PlayStation Home Won't Make It This Spring Either

Once again, PlayStation Home didn’t make it for this spring’s release, as Sony Computer...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 10:38
Report: Sony To Start An Online Video Service

Report: Sony To Start An Online Video Service

An old rumor is making new rounds: The Los Angeles Times reported that Sony’s online video...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 01:14
Gaming Community Loses Gary Gygax, Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator

Gaming Community Loses Gary Gygax, Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator

The gaming community suffered a terrible loss on Tuesday, when Ernest Gary Gygax, the role-playing...
» read full story March 05th, 2008 - 13:33
AMD Challenges Nvidia With Its Dual-Processor Graphics Card

AMD Challenges Nvidia With Its Dual-Processor Graphics Card

AMD took a new step in the race against its rival Nvidia on Moday, when it launched the ATI Radeon...
» read full story January 29th, 2008 - 12:02
BECTA Shuns Vista and Office 2007

BECTA Shuns Vista and Office 2007

The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) said in a report that is does...
» read full story January 11th, 2008 - 21:24
100 Million Copies Of Windows Vista Sold. Is That Enough?

100 Million Copies Of Windows Vista Sold. Is That Enough?

During his last speech, Bill Gates not only spoke about the first and second digital decade, but,...
» read full story January 08th, 2008 - 15:18
BT Group PLC to Bring Television Services to Microsoft’s Xbox 360

BT Group PLC to Bring Television Services to Microsoft’s Xbox 360

Good news for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 users! The American software maker has just announced it will...
» read full story January 07th, 2008 - 21:14
Bill Gates’ Last CES Keynote

Bill Gates’ Last CES Keynote

The year CES will mark also what could be the last keynote address by Microsoft’s chairman Bill...
» read full story January 06th, 2008 - 13:46
Jack Tretton About PS3: Short-Term Sacrifices For Long-Term Gains

Jack Tretton About PS3: Short-Term Sacrifices For Long-Term Gains

Kristin Kalning, the games editor from MNSBC, has just published a very interesting...
» read full story December 04th, 2007 - 18:21
Greenpeace Blasts Game Console Makers

Greenpeace Blasts Game Console Makers

Greenpeace issued its sixth "Guide to Greener Electronics" which ranks electronics...
» read full story November 28th, 2007 - 09:19
PlayStation Phone, Just A Rumor

PlayStation Phone, Just A Rumor

Last week a new rumor has spread all around the Web: Sony is working on a PlayStation phone, a...
» read full story November 25th, 2007 - 13:49
Intel Buys Irish Company Havok

Intel Buys Irish Company Havok

Intel's involvement in the gaming-industry is no mystery to anyone these days, but apparently...
» read full story September 16th, 2007 - 12:19
Microsoft Tries to Launch XBL in Europe with BBC Content

Microsoft Tries to Launch XBL in Europe with BBC Content

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Elite launch in Europe last month is to be followed by the launch of the Xbox...
» read full story September 11th, 2007 - 11:09
WSJ: Sony Is Preparing A Video Download Service

WSJ: Sony Is Preparing A Video Download Service

According to Wall Street Journal, Sony is planning a new iTunes killer, a video download service...
» read full story September 04th, 2007 - 23:57
Nokia Opens Doors to Richer Media Experiences on Mobiles

Nokia Opens Doors to Richer Media Experiences on Mobiles

Nokia’s decision to revive the N-Gage brand has been seen by many as a curious one, considering the...
» read full story August 29th, 2007 - 15:44
Happy Birthday, Dear Compact Disc!

Happy Birthday, Dear Compact Disc!

We have all got used to the new technology’s devices, as if we were born with them at our feet....
» read full story August 17th, 2007 - 23:19
Turn On the TV and Order a Movie!

Turn On the TV and Order a Movie!

Life’s good, and more and more simple to live. The gadgets’ industry is flourishing and people...
» read full story July 11th, 2007 - 21:45
NVIDIA Intros Tesla GPU for Advanced Computing

NVIDIA Intros Tesla GPU for Advanced Computing

High Performance Computing (HPC) has always been the dream of many scientists around the world, for...
» read full story June 21st, 2007 - 13:43
Bill Gates: We Sold Nearly 40 Million Windows Vista Licenses

Bill Gates: We Sold Nearly 40 Million Windows Vista Licenses

Speaking at WinHEC, Bill Gates said Microsoft shas sold nearly 40 million Windows Vista licenses...
» read full story May 15th, 2007 - 23:46
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News: Health

Urge for Text Messaging and Emailing May Suggest Mental Disorder

Urge for Text Messaging and Emailing May Suggest Mental Disorder

Text messaging and emailing are fun as long as you don’t become addicted to them, an article in...
» read full story March 27th, 2008 - 14:05
Less Television and Computer Gaming May Keep Children Slimmer

Less Television and Computer Gaming May Keep Children Slimmer

A new study by researchers from the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York...
» read full story March 04th, 2008 - 12:10
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News: Gadgets

New Firmware Makes PS3 Most Advanced Blu-ray Player

New Firmware Makes PS3 Most Advanced Blu-ray Player

Sony announced that the next software update for its gaming console, PlayStation 3, will add...
» read full story March 21st, 2008 - 10:49
Skype-Enabled PSP Postponed In Japan

Skype-Enabled PSP Postponed In Japan

The Japanese fans of PSP won’t get their hands on the Skype version of Sony’s gaming handheld this...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 14:05
Sony Partners with Skype; PSP to Get Internet Phone Function

Sony Partners with Skype; PSP to Get Internet Phone Function

In just a few years video gaming consoles that allow you only to play games would be called simply...
» read full story January 08th, 2008 - 12:05
Sony Celebrates 1,2 Million PS3s Sold During Holiday Season

Sony Celebrates 1,2 Million PS3s Sold During Holiday Season

It seems like the tide is turning and Sony’s PS 3 has started its road to recovery. The Japanese...
» read full story January 07th, 2008 - 11:05
PS3 Outsells Wii in Japan. A Sign Of Revival?

PS3 Outsells Wii in Japan. A Sign Of Revival?

Finally, one year after the official launch of its gaming platform, Sony did the right thing. The...
» read full story December 01st, 2007 - 14:41
Console War Heats Up Over Holidays

Console War Heats Up Over Holidays

The Nintendo-Playstation-Xbox war is heating up over holidays, as expected. Sony isn't about to...
» read full story November 23rd, 2007 - 19:17
Sony Out of the Closet: Cheaper 40GB PS3 for US

Sony Out of the Closet: Cheaper 40GB PS3 for US

Although there have been rumors for weeks or even months about a 40 GB version of the Sony...
» read full story October 18th, 2007 - 16:59
Sony Introduces 40 GB PS3 In Europe On October 10

Sony Introduces 40 GB PS3 In Europe On October 10

Surprise, surprise! Although last month in its speech at Tokyo Game Show 2007 Kazuo Hirai, the...
» read full story October 06th, 2007 - 10:56
Sony Confirms a Plethora of New Features for PS3, PSP

Sony Confirms a Plethora of New Features for PS3, PSP

This year’s Games Convention from Leipzig has witnessed Sony’s mea culpa towards Europe: lots of...
» read full story August 23rd, 2007 - 12:59
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News: Video Games

The New Xbox Live Experience

The New Xbox Live Experience

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that Xbox Live users are in for a surprise, as a major update of...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 18:29
Report: New Nintendo DS Is Coming Next Week

Report: New Nintendo DS Is Coming Next Week

Apparently, two years after the launch of Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo is ready to revamp its...
» read full story September 28th, 2008 - 12:23
Electronic Arts Faces Class Action Suit Related to “Spore”

Electronic Arts Faces Class Action Suit Related to “Spore”

Giant computer games developer Electronic Arts (EA) faces a class action suit related to its...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 13:07
“Force Unleashed”, the New “Star Wars” Star!

“Force Unleashed”, the New “Star Wars” Star!

  LucasArts representatives claim “The Force Unleashed” is their fastest-selling game, ever...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 14:25
Study: Video Games Generate Civic Experiences Better Than School

Study: Video Games Generate Civic Experiences Better Than School

Video games and children are usually two things that parents are advised to keep apart. However, a...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 14:00
Sony PSP-3000 Revives Japanese Gaming Console Competition

Sony PSP-3000 Revives Japanese Gaming Console Competition

Sony is working on improving its gaming sales as of this fall by introducing the new PlayStation...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 09:21
PlayStation 3 with additional storage due in late October

PlayStation 3 with additional storage due in late October

Leipzig, Germany  - Sony has announced plans to begin offering the Playstation 3 in a version with...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 10:27
Update 2: In July Nintendo On Top, Gamers Play NCAA 09 For Xbox 360

Update 2: In July Nintendo On Top, Gamers Play NCAA 09 For Xbox 360

The latest sales figures for the U.S. console gaming market released by NPD Group this week...
» read full story August 16th, 2008 - 10:10
Video Game Sales See 53 Percent Boost in June

Video Game Sales See 53 Percent Boost in June

U.S. sales of video game hardware and software received a 53 percent boost last month, mainly due...
» read full story July 19th, 2008 - 16:14
E3 2008: Sony To Release $399 80 GB PS3, Adds Movies

E3 2008: Sony To Release $399 80 GB PS3, Adds Movies

After Microsoft announced it will cut the price of its Xbox 360, yesterday was Sony’s turn to wow...
» read full story July 16th, 2008 - 11:33
Metal Gear Solid 4 Wows PS3 Gamers

Metal Gear Solid 4 Wows PS3 Gamers

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was finally released today, 10 years after the release of...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 21:01
DiCaprio To Portray Nolan Bushnell In “Atari”

DiCaprio To Portray Nolan Bushnell In “Atari”

Leonardo DiCaprio, the man whom for many viewers will remain Jack Dawson from “Titanic”, will...
» read full story June 09th, 2008 - 16:54
Sony’s Computer Entertainment Has New President

Sony’s Computer Entertainment Has New President

This year’s February had come with bad news for Sony Computer Entertainment, as its president,...
» read full story May 16th, 2008 - 16:29
Telltale Games Announces Sam & Max for Wii

Telltale Games Announces Sam & Max for Wii

After rumors have circulated for a while, Telltale Games has finally confirmed the planned release...
» read full story April 04th, 2008 - 21:06
Game On! 72 Percent Of The US Population Does It

Game On! 72 Percent Of The US Population Does It

The NPD Group has just released a new report, "Online Gaming 2008”, about the state of the...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 21:04
Is Xbox 360 In Trouble?

Is Xbox 360 In Trouble?

As the NPD Group released its latest data about the gaming console sales, the Xbox 360’s situation...
» read full story March 14th, 2008 - 23:26
Phil Harrison Leaves Sony. For Atari?

Phil Harrison Leaves Sony. For Atari?

Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios and one of the key men...
» read full story February 25th, 2008 - 15:41
The Gaming Console War is Still Undecided, Wii to Take Lead

The Gaming Console War is Still Undecided, Wii to Take Lead

During the last months of 2007, Sony has made significant efforts to boost the sales of its gaming...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 15:06
Three FPS Games Win Top AIAS Awards

Three FPS Games Win Top AIAS Awards

BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and The Orange Box won the most prizes, four each, at the...
» read full story February 08th, 2008 - 22:07
NVIDIA Buys AGEIA, The PhysX Maker

NVIDIA Buys AGEIA, The PhysX Maker

The graphic cards maker, NVIDIA announced the acquisition of AGEIA Technologies, the company...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 01:18
The Folding@home Reaches 1 Million PS3 Users Milestone

The Folding@home Reaches 1 Million PS3 Users Milestone

Sony announced today that the total number of users who donated their PlayStation 3’s power for...
» read full story February 04th, 2008 - 23:35
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue To Go Whroom…On April 17

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue To Go Whroom…On April 17

After a not-so-great year, Sony’s PlayStation 3 finally seems ready to catch up with its main...
» read full story January 29th, 2008 - 20:46
Midway lets Shari Redstone lead the way in 2008

Midway lets Shari Redstone lead the way in 2008

The Chicago, Illinois-based publisher has announced that its current chairman of the board, Kenneth...
» read full story December 25th, 2007 - 11:21
Wii Is Still The Champ, But PS3 Sales Increase

Wii Is Still The Champ, But PS3 Sales Increase

One year after its official launch in US, Nintendo Wii is hotter than ever and it could be a...
» read full story December 16th, 2007 - 17:38
Dell Launches XPS 1730 Special Edition Notebook for World of Warcraft Fans

Dell Launches XPS 1730 Special Edition Notebook for World of Warcraft Fans

Dell seems to have always had a crush on gaming, as the computer maker has always created special,...
» read full story December 05th, 2007 - 17:25
Omedetou Gozaimasu Sony! PS3 Outsells Wii in Japan In November

Omedetou Gozaimasu Sony! PS3 Outsells Wii in Japan In November

In an announcement that could mean the revival of Sony’s PS3 Enterbrain, the research company that...
» read full story November 30th, 2007 - 13:22
Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 Starts the Winter Holiday Season Attack

Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 Starts the Winter Holiday Season Attack

Although Sony Corp.’s has been left on the third place for about one year now, since its...
» read full story November 04th, 2007 - 15:08
Will The $100 Price Cut Boost PS3 Sales?

Will The $100 Price Cut Boost PS3 Sales?

Desperate to keep up with Wii’s exponential growth and with Xbox 360’s surge after Halo 3’s...
» read full story October 18th, 2007 - 21:29
EA Gets Bigger with SCI Acquisition

EA Gets Bigger with SCI Acquisition

No, we’re not talking about the British publisher that owns Lara Croft’s assets from Eidos, we’re...
» read full story October 06th, 2007 - 00:25
Halo 3 Breaks Day One Sales Records

Halo 3 Breaks Day One Sales Records

As anticipated, Microsoft’s “system seller” Halo 3 brought the company more than $170 million in...
» read full story September 27th, 2007 - 14:20
Sony To Enroll BluRay Unit To Boost PS3s Sales

Sony To Enroll BluRay Unit To Boost PS3s Sales

Kazuo Hirai’s speech yesterday made the situation loud and clear about the problems Sony is facing...
» read full story September 21st, 2007 - 15:23
M-Rated Games Make More Money in the US

M-Rated Games Make More Money in the US

Violence, atrocities, blood, injurious language, they’re all ingredients that make up an M-rated...
» read full story September 11th, 2007 - 21:12
Kaz Hirai: PS3’s Raw Power Still Untamed

Kaz Hirai: PS3’s Raw Power Still Untamed

Kaz Hirai is still confident that the PlayStation 3 will eventually win the consoles’ battle and...
» read full story September 04th, 2007 - 16:58
Levine's BioShock Accused of Promoting Violence

Levine's BioShock Accused of Promoting Violence

2K Games’ “perfect” first person shooter BioShock has been welcomed with numerous applauses, but...
» read full story August 27th, 2007 - 17:03
Online Gaming More Popular than Video or Social Networking

Online Gaming More Popular than Video or Social Networking

Research firm Parks Associates has published a new study according to which online gaming is still...
» read full story August 17th, 2007 - 17:06
Alien vs. Predator Arrives on the PSP

Alien vs. Predator Arrives on the PSP

British game developer Rebellion is working on a new exclusive title in the Alien vs. Predator...
» read full story August 15th, 2007 - 11:23
Sony Plans to Add a Digital Tuner to the PS3

Sony Plans to Add a Digital Tuner to the PS3

As if the 5KG gaming monster wouldn’t be packed with enough state-of-the-art technology, Sony plans...
» read full story August 01st, 2007 - 22:48
Sony Says No 80GB PS3 for Europe, and NO 60GB PS3 FOR US!

Sony Says No 80GB PS3 for Europe, and NO 60GB PS3 FOR US!

Sony’s David Reeves confirmed for GameIndustry.biz that starting August no 60GB PlayStation 3 will...
» read full story July 13th, 2007 - 17:35
Killzone 2 Trailer Hits the Web Straight from E3

Killzone 2 Trailer Hits the Web Straight from E3

Sony’s long expected PlayStation 3 shooter has finally emerged from the darkness that covered its...
» read full story July 11th, 2007 - 15:07
Ken Kutaragi, Creator of PlayStation Brand, Steps Down

Ken Kutaragi, Creator of PlayStation Brand, Steps Down

As announced a couple of months ago, PlayStation’s father Ken Kutaragi is stepping down from the...
» read full story June 20th, 2007 - 16:37
PlayStation 3 Update: 1080p Resolution and Remote Play

PlayStation 3 Update: 1080p Resolution and Remote Play

Tomorrow Sony will roll out its latest software update for its gaming console, which will be...
» read full story May 23rd, 2007 - 21:55
Reinforcements For PlayStation 3 Are On Their Way

Reinforcements For PlayStation 3 Are On Their Way

PlayStation 3 is not doing so great in terms of sales compared to its rivals, Nintendo Wii and...
» read full story May 20th, 2007 - 15:38
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