| BioShock 2 Cleans Up, Xbox 360 Overtakes Wii in February Game Sales
(PC World)
- PC World - Down again overall, with upticks in Xbox 360 and PS3 sales and BioShock 2 ruling the software roost, that's February's US video game narrative in a nutshell courtesy NPD Group's retail industry figures. Overall video game industry sales slumped 15 percent, falling from $1.48 billion to $1.26 billion, raising year-to-date sales to just $2.42 billion, a 14 percent deficit against last year's $2.82 billion for the same period.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT
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| Opera Mini 5 Beta Released for Android Phones
(PC World)
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PC World - Do you want to try a different browser on your Android phone? The folks at Opera Software announced a beta version of the Opera Mini 5 browser that provides a PC-like browsing experience on smartphones and other handheld devices that run on the Android platform.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:36:00 GMT
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| Summary Box: Video game sales drop 15 percent
(AP)
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AP - THE GAMES: Video game software sales dropped 15 percent in February compared to a year ago to $624.4 million. "Bioshock 2" from Take 2 Interactive, which launched in February, and "New Super Mario Bros." from Nintendo were the top two sellers.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:03:04 GMT
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| SkillSoft 4Q net income falls 16 pct
(AP)
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AP - SkillSoft PLC, an education software company that has agreed to be taken private, said Thursday its fourth-quarter net income fell 16 percent from a year earlier, when it benefited from a tax windfall.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:59:37 GMT
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| New iPhone OS Rumored To Finally Allow Multitasking
(NewsFactor)
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NewsFactor - Version 4.0 of the operating system for Apple's iPhone, iPod touch, and the forthcoming iPad will represent a major overhaul of the software and will feature a "full-on solution" to one long-standing gripe about Apple's devices -- their inability to multitask.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:57:02 GMT
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