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Games development gets training boost in S'pore

Games development gets training boost in S'pore

News update Center set up by Nanyang Polytechnic and Sony Computer Entertainment Asia will train students to develop games on PlayStation platforms.

Thursday, April 09 2009 02:57 PM

Tags: Games, Product development and design, Training, Sony Playstation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony PlayStation Portable, Singapore, Games Development, Sony PlayStation 3, industry


Asia must localize for global gamers

Asia must localize for global gamers

News Asian countries keen to be game hubs still need to work at localization and content issues for a larger market, say market experts.

Tuesday, September 23 2008 05:41 PM

Tags: Games, Gamer, Game players, Market, India, China, revenue, barrier, talent, incentive


S'pore body unveils digital media mentorship

S'pore body unveils digital media mentorship

News Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation and Media Development Authority launch program to mentor country's interactive digital media startups.

Friday, October 31 2008 05:34 PM

Tags: Digital media, Software, IP Television, SingTel, Singapore, interactive digital media industry, Industry Body, mobile digital media, network, broadcaster


The business reality of being a S'pore gamer

Blogs The Beijing Olympics came to a close last weekend, and Singapore spent much of this week celebrating the nation's lone m...

Friday, August 29 2008 09:04 AM


Social games widen Asian audience

News Online games with easier gameplay and lower hardware requirements open Asia's games market to new demographics, say industry watchers.

Tuesday, December 01 2009 06:45 PM

Tags: Games, Game players, Gamer, Facebook, Apple Inc., revenue, Gamer, International Data Corp., Singapore, Online Game


Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games

News In Chris DeWolfe's new venture, sources say, he'll attempt to snowball a bunch of social online games properties and pit himself against industry leader Mark Pincus of Zynga.

Monday, November 02 2009 09:22 AM

Tags: Games, Facebook, MySpace, Rupert Murdoch, CEO, Online Game, News Corp., entertainment, TechCrunch, private equity


S'pore govt, Razer unveil games R&D lab

News New US$21 million initiative aims to mentor local game startups and allow them to learn from, and exchange ideas with global game powerhouses.

Thursday, September 17 2009 06:01 PM

Tags: Games, Game players, Digital media, Software, Gamer, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, game company, Digital media, Microsoft Xbox


PlayStation Go digital, but not all to follow

News Digital downloads can help "lock out" content pirates, but games companies say they will not shift business model solely to online platform.

Tuesday, November 03 2009 07:01 PM

Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, Microsoft Xbox Live, software, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Singapore, entertainment, Microsoft Xbox


'PS3 Slim' rumor fervor hard to fathom

News commentary Given that Sony's flagship video game console has lagged badly behind its Nintendo and Microsoft rivals, it's hard to see why people are so worked up over a device that might not even exist.

Tuesday, August 18 2009 10:23 AM

Tags: Game players, Product marketing, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Corp.


Video game industry sales finally take a hit

News Industry still performing better than most, but in March, for the first time in the recession, its year-over-year revenues dropped.

Friday, April 17 2009 08:50 AM

Tags: Games, Game players, Video Game, hardware sale, Video, Sales, Nintendo Wii, Hardware, Sony PlayStation 3, NPD Group Inc.


Early returns show strong holiday video game console sales

News Microsoft said its Xbox 360 had the strongest holiday season of its lifetime, while Sony and Nintendo both tout their own sales success.

Tuesday, January 06 2009 11:08 AM

Tags: Games, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Microsoft Corp., Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Sales, Video Game Console, Forecasting


Video games industry defies recession

News Sector's sales in February increases 10 percent year-over-year to reach US$1.47 billion, according to data released by analyst NPD Group.

Friday, March 20 2009 09:54 AM

Tags: Digital media, Games, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Sony PlayStation 2, Sales, Digital media, Video Games Industry, Nintendo Wii


Thailand's video games potential

News International experts view Thailand as a professional and fast growing source for game and animation development and services, advising that now is the right time to bring Thai products to the global market.

Thursday, February 26 2009 08:09 AM

Tags: Games, Video Game, Thailand, Animation, Video, game company, 3D, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Apple iPhone


Game over for UK games industry?

News Britain is in danger of losing its edge in the global games industry as investment flounders and broadband remains too expensive, a report from thinktank Demos warns.

Monday, July 09 2001 04:25 PM


China, India ready for games industry

News The games industry is set to become big business in China and India.

Monday, September 01 2003 03:20 PM


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Hands-on programming: Extract plain text from documents with Syncfusion's components

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Justin James recently tried Syncfusion's Essential DocIO and Essential PDF to help him extract text from documents he downloaded from the Internet. Here's the code he wrote to get the plain text.


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Will technology divide us further?

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So I finally watched 2012 over the weekend, but the film left me feeling extremely agitated.

The possibility that the world may meet its watery end in three years didn't..... by Eileen Yu

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Tags

  1. china
  2. digital media
  3. game
  4. game players
  5. gamer
  6. games
  7. games development
  8. idmpo
  9. india
  10. industry
  11. industry body
  12. ip television
  13. market
  14. nintendo co. ltd.
  15. product development and design
  16. singapore
  17. singapore infocomm technology federation
  18. singtel
  19. sony computer entertainment inc.
  20. sony corp.