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Video game sales reached $2.2 bln in Q1 2005

NPD says Q1 2005 sales of video games in the US reached $2.2 bln, a 23% jump YTY. Q1 2005 unit sales reached 63 mln units, an 18% YTY increase. Portable hardware had sales of more than $293 mln, an increase of 162% YTY. Over 1.9 mln units of portable...

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Blog posts 2005-05-27

$2.2 bln of video games sold in Q1 2005

US sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 23% in Q1 2005 to more than $2.2 bln, according to NPD Group. Growth was lead by portable video game hardware, the revenues in the sector went up by 162%. Console games generated more than $1 bln in sales, a...

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Blog posts 2005-04-25

$2.2 bln of video games sold in Q1 2005

US sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 23% in Q1 2005 to more than $2.2 bln, according to NPD Group. Growth was lead by portable video game hardware, the revenues in the sector went up by 162%. Console games generated more than $1 bln in sales, a...

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Blog posts 2005-04-25

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Holiday Gift Guide 2008: MP3 players

I rarely see people carrying portable CD players anymore as it is much more convenient (size of players, amount of music, battery life) to burn your music to digital format or simply buy it online and download it to your PC/Mac. Many MP3 players support video too, but I'll focus...

Tags: Device, Apple iPod, Page, MP3 Player, Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Video, Apple iPod Touch, MP3, Music, Zune Device, E-series Walkman, SanDisk Fuze, Zen X-Fi, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-22

Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week

Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, the Flip Video MinoHD, and the BlackBerry Storm. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Handhelds, Hardware, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-11-22

Apple's ad spend almost a half-billion dollars

There's no doubt that Apple has become one of the most popular brands around the globe - iPod, iMac, iPhone, iTunes. I'm sure you've heard of them. Likewise, you probably know about Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" TV commercials and can spot an iPod billboard on a moving...

Tags: Advertisement, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-21

A live, more interactive Rev3

Television and the Internet are on a collision course that will revolutionize entertainment, but Revision3 is always one step ahead of the game. Today, they launched a new live video player that allows the user to be the director. That's right, you...

Tags: Episode, Media Players, Internet, Corporate Communications, Instant Messaging, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Online Communications, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Google Chrome to be pre-installed on PCs in 2009?

Google is reportedly thinking about cutting deals with PC makers to have its Chrome browser pre-installed on new computers, a move that could position the Internet giant to not only boost its presence in search but also put some of its branded apps - Gmail, Google Docs, Google Reader and...

Tags: Google Inc., PC, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Taleo's November to forget

An HR Soap Opera This month hasn't been a good one for Taleo. Here's the timeline of events and an analysis of the lawsuits that are originating from recent events. On 11/3/2008, the company announced its Q3 earnings and they didn't delight Wall...

Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Stock, Revenue Recognition, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Ulteo offers server based computing solution for Linux desktops, apps

Ulteo is now offering what Microsoft and Citrix will not: a server based computing solution for the Linux desktop and Linux applications. The company, which late last year launched the first OpenOffice open source desktop online, has announced the availability of the Open Virtual Desktop...

Tags: Linux Desktop, Citrix Systems Inc., Server, Ulteo, Open Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Terminal Server, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Nokia Reliability Labs puts the heat on Nokia devices

If you have ever seen one of almost 100 mobile devices I have owned you will know that I take extremely good card of all of them and they rarely even have a scratch on them. I have actually never had a mobile device break on me. I would like...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor tool

Two new pieces of malware affecting Mac OS X appeared this week, a Trojan horse and a hacker tool for creating backdoors. Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Trojan Horse, Tool, Hacker Tool, Intego, OSX.Lamzev.A, Lamzev, Spyware, Apple Mac OS X, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Mac OS X, malware, Trojan, backdoor, hacker, Adware & Malware, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2008-11-21

Go ahead...Hang out on MySpace. Wait, what?

The MacArthur Foundation just released a study suggesting that, not surprisingly, given the integration of social media into business and modern culture, the time kids spend with so-called new media, is generally neither wasted nor particularly harmful. In fact, as one of the lead researchers points out in the...

Tags: Youth, Media, Social Media, MySpace, Barack Obama, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-21

The future of... Ink [video]

Imagine a magazine that updates its articles whenever new information is available. A tablet that stores all the textbooks a university student will ever need. Or a supermarket shelf tag that automatically reflects price changes. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das shows us how electronic ink is turning the page on a...

Tags: Video, Tablets, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-21

News to know: Dell; Army bans USB drives; Salesforce; Microsoft

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging' Sam Diaz: Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising. Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Internet, Open Source

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Technology for Providing Educational Video on Demand on Campus

Much hope has been placed in the past on Educational Television for improving educational standards and distance education. However, in many countries the impact of this technology has been limited. Some of the reasons are discussed along with possible technical solutions. One solution that has been developed at HP Labs...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., VoD, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Video On Demand (VoD), E-learning, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-11-21

Bay Area mayors want to electrify their commuters

The three major cities in the San Francisco Bay Area want to lead the nation in electric autos. Today they took another big step in that direction. The mayors of San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland listed in order of population announced a plan to make battery-powered cars...

Tags: San Jose, Battery, Bay Area, Better Place, Coulomb Technologies, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Video Is Not The Future of the Internet. It's the Present.

Auto companies may be going out of business. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is shrinking dramatically, by the day. Consumer confidence is at a post-war low. But Internet traffic is unabated. Notably, it's led by consumers. And video. "We are living in unprecedented times,''...

Tags: P2P, Traffic, Video, Consumer Traffic, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Total video streams at JohnMcCain.com

John McCain August 2008 September 2008 Percent Change Video Streams (000) 1,176 3,235 175% Unique Viewers (000) 475 1,305 175% Source: Nielsen by NB

Tags: Video, Video Stream, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Amazon CTO: Cloud infrastructure keeps companies focused on innovation

On the night of the historic U.S. presidential election, news outlets across the country streamed live video of the news coverage on their Web sites. Obviously, the Web traffic that night, compared to others, was exponentially greater. But it's not as if news organizations went out and spent boatloads of...

Tags: Innovation, Amazon.com Inc., Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-20