5 Hardcore Competitions for GameboysMay 4th, 2009 There are millions of video games around the world which we play for fun and on our own interest. But there are some who make a living out of these games.
Ubuntu Gaming Community - First step towards FOSS gaming?April 27th, 2009 Free and open source software or FOSS have never been able to penetrate into the gaming world effectively. What they needed to do was perhaps to build up a community of gamers, a platform for the game freaks so that from there it can start off with a strong userbase.
10 Beautiful Desktop Peripherals April 6th, 2009 Even the geeks want their desktops to look as smart and sleek as possible these days. Though in this world of netbooks and laptops, desktops have gone almost retro with huge size and peripherals - each of them being as big as a full tablet PC almost.
XBox 360: Major Trouble Ahead From Wii & ItselfJuly 24th, 2007 Wii continues to dominate the US market. Nintendo shifted 381,800 Wii consoles and 561,900 DS handhelds in June compared to 98,500 PlayStation 3 units and 198,400 Xbox 360 consoles.
Swedish software company buys Pirate Bay filesharing site for $7.8 millionJune 30th, 2009 Swedish software firm buys Pirate BaySTOCKHOLM — A small Swedish software firm announced Tuesday it has purchased The Pirate Bay, the popular filesharing Web site, for 60 million kronor ($7.8 million). Global Gaming Factory X said the deal would include rights to use the Pirate Bay domain name and accompanying Web sites.
74,000 .eu Domains By Three Companies SuspendedJuly 24th, 2006 Over 74,000 .eu domains have been suspended and 400 registering companies sued by EURid, the non-profit organisation in charge of the European Union's top-level domain. EURid has taken legal action after a review of the system for .eu domains (which went live in April) revealed that only three companies had registered several hundred phantom companies in order to manipulate the system.
10 Amazing First Person Shooter GamesApril 21st, 2009 Action games have been and are the most sought after gaming category in the world. The advent of strategy, sports and other types of attractive gaming genres have always lagged behind the popularity of Max Payne or Project IGIs.
Nintendo profit tumbles 61 percent in April-June on fewer hit gaming titles, stronger yenJuly 30th, 2009 Nintendo profit tumbles as gaming hits dwindleTOKYO — Nintendo's quarterly profit tumbled 61 percent, hurt by a stronger yen and fewer blockbuster games for its popular Wii gaming console and DS handheld device. The Kyoto-based company said Thursday its April-June net profit fell to 42.3 billion yen ($445.2 million) from 107.3 billion yen a year earlier.
Dell XPS M1710 Laptop Rocks Mobile Gaming WorldApril 19th, 2006 It is arguably the fastest mobile gaming machine with Intel dual core processor and nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX. Specifications:
Operating System: MS Windows XP Media Center
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo T2600
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
RAM: 2048 MB
Hard Drive Capacity: 100 GB
Graphics: nVidia GeForce Go 7900GTX
Primary Optical Drive: DVD+R DL
Wireless: 802.11a/g
Screen Size: 17 inches
Screen Size Type: widescreen
System Weight: 8.8 lbs
Price: 2558-2902-3474 (base configurations) from Dell Direct
XPS M1710 is equipped with six grills, lacing the laptop's edges, that light up in a myriad of user-definable colors.
Nokia N85: Detailed ReviewMay 18th, 2009 The Nokia N85 mobile phone is a gorgeous and neatly compact slide design handset to add to the N-series of Mobile Phones. Launched on the last quarter of 2008, it is now one of the most sought after products of N series.
Video game site lets players win (or lose) money based on their gaming skillsJuly 29th, 2009 Video game site lets players bet on their skillsNEW YORK — Although you can win or lose real money, BringIt.com is not considered online gambling, and it's legal in 39 states. The site, which lets players challenge other gamers for money, says it is different from online poker and other games of chance because video games are considered a game of skill.
What are the Differences between PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360?March 30th, 2009 Let's talk of games today and reigning kings and their emperors where avid gamers like us are bound to get glued. X-Box 360 and Playstation 3.
Nintendo profit tumbles 61 percent in April-June on fewer hit game titles, stronger yenJuly 30th, 2009 Nintendo profit tumbles as game hits dwindleTOKYO — Boredom, not the recession, may be Nintendo's biggest villain. Sales of the once unstoppable Wii console have tumbled for the first time since its launch three years ago, sending the gaming giant's quarterly profit down 61 percent.
Squeezed by recession, video game sales see biggest drop since 2000July 17th, 2009 June video game sales drop sharplyNEW YORK — Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June, the largest year-over-year decline the industry has seen in nearly nine years.
US video game retail sales tumble 29 percent in July, market researcher NPD Group saysAugust 14th, 2009 July video game sales show sharp declineNEW YORK — Hurt by the recession and few hit game launches, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in July, showing an even bigger decline than what many analysts were expecting.