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Bach answers the call at Microsoft

Insight Top exec Robbie Bach reflects on the iPhone, Windows Mobile 6 and whether a Zune phone makes sense.

Tuesday, February 13 2007 10:02 AM

Tags: Pocket PC compatibles, Pocket PC

Zeebo won't shake up games market

News Low-cost games console, Zeebo, will complement rather than compete against existing consoles such as Xbox or PS3, when it launches in Asia next year.

Tuesday, April 14 2009 07:09 PM

Tags: Game players, Games, Product development and design, Sony Playstation, Wireless, Zeebo, Shailendra Pandey, Steven Bailey, 3G Network, payment

Nintendo to make Game Boy online, new Pokemon game

News Nintendo Co said it will sell an adapter that links its Game Boy handheld game unit to the Internet through a cell phone, keeping pace with similar moves by rival game makers Sony Corp and Sega Enterprises Ltd.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:55 PM

EA-Playfish: Social gaming deals gain buzz

News Electronic Arts' acquisition underscores booming demand for online social games and may prompt rival game publishers to follow suit.

Wednesday, November 11 2009 04:50 PM

Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, Facebook, Apple Inc., UbiSoft Entertainment, casual game, console game, Playfish, revenue

Nintendo reveals online plans

News The company announces plans to bring Internet play to its GameCube, making it the last console maker to step into the as-yet unproven online market.

Tuesday, May 14 2002 10:12 AM

NEC builds new chip factory to fill Nintendo order

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Friday, June 01 2001 02:55 PM

Plans for Linux game console fizzle

News Indrema, which hoped to carve a niche in the lucrative video game industry with a console based on the Linux operating system, announced Wednesday that it is going out of business.

Thursday, April 12 2001 10:39 AM

Microsoft sets Xbox 360 pricing

News Company names the console's price in U.S., Britain and Europe but shies away from offering an exact launch date.

Thursday, August 18 2005 10:31 AM

Tags: Game players

Demand for elusive PlayStation 2 swamps e-tail sites

News Anxious parents and hard-core video gamers are clogging the Web sites of several online stores in search of the popular PlayStation 2.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:20 PM

Are consoles squeezing out PC games?

News The next generation of video gaming will reside in your living room, not your den.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:28 PM

Nintendo's profit rises 72% on foreign-currency gains

News Nintendo Co's annual profit surged 72 percent after the weaker yen boosted the value of the No 2 video-game maker's foreign-currency holdings.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:34 PM

Vivendi unveils Aussie game plan

News Vivendi Universal says it plans to target the Australian games market head-on when it opens a subsidiary operation in Sydney next month.

Friday, June 22 2001 03:20 PM

Online gaming: What are the rules?

News At the E3, after the major hardware makers in the video game business painted their visions of an online future, the industry started asking questions about how it will work.

Monday, May 21 2001 09:22 AM

Intel Capital unveils second China venture fund

News The US$500 million fund--more than twice the size of the first one--will focus on investments in wireless broadband, media, telecommunications, and 'clean technology'.

Wednesday, April 09 2008 09:57 AM

Tags: Processors, Venture capital, Green IT, Mobile/Wireless

DVD Express to fold into Maximum Holdings

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Friday, June 01 2001 03:10 PM