Assassins Creed II Review
on Nov 21, 2009 in Gaming Reviews ACII asassins review nbs ACII Assassins Creed II review NBS Assassins II NBS review review Assassins Creed II Return of the Assassin One of the most anticipated games of 2009, Assassins Creed II is the squeal to the popular Assassins Creed. This new installment in the series improves on almost every flaw of its predecessor but is it a worth while experience...

AOL to fire 2,500 employees
on Nov 19, 2009 in Industry News Aol 2500 aol fires aol layoff colunteers aol layoffs aol spinoff The fallen Internet provider, AOL has announced that they will be cutting 2,500 jobs. The announcement comes during the company’s spin-off from its parent company Time Warner. The cuts are said to be being made in order to prepare for that transiti...

Modern Warfare 2 continues to break records World-wide
on Nov 18, 2009 in Gaming Industry News activision sales records modern warfare 2 records modern warfare 2 sales modern wrfare records According to Activision, Modern Warfare 2′s latest sales numbers have far exceeded any and all expectations. The latest numbers show that Modern Warfare 2 has made a total of $550 million in sales over a five day period worldwide. This has shat...

Droid sells 250,000 units in first week sales
on Nov 16, 2009 in Gadgets Industry News droid droid sales Droid units Motorola Motorola Droid Motorola Verizon Verizon ZVerizon sales Some of you may remember that last week we reported that the Motorola Droid sold some 100,000 units its opening weekend. This week it is being reported that the Droid has sold 250,000 units after its first week of release. Although the Droid’s...

HTC expecting a tough fourth quarter
on Nov 13, 2009 in Gadgets Industry News HTC HTC drop HTC fourth Quarter HTC hEro HTC poor sales HTC sales Just after the launch of the HTC Hero earlier this year, HTC is reporting that they are expecting a poor fourth quarter. They have been plagued by poor numbers for some time now, and although they expect the next quarter to be better, the current one...

Yahoo, IBM, and Microsoft compete for India’s Unique ID project
on Nov 11, 2009 in Industry News Technology IBM India India ID India ID numbers India ID project Microsoft India yahoo India India is taking on a huge task to ID their citizens, and since there are some 1.2 billion of them it won’t be easy. Indian Tech Czar Naden Nilekani is behind the project that aims to give every Indian citizen a unique ID number, which is much l...

100,000 units sold for Motorola Droid launch
on Nov 10, 2009 in Industry News 000 droid droid launch droid opening droid sales moto droid motorola droid 100 motorola droid launch motorola Droid sales motorola droid weekend The much anticipated launch of the Motorola Droid arrived last week, and with it a high expectation of the public response. Although the earliest reports indicated that Verizon stores had a lackluster turnout for launch, this week we have received th...

EA acquires Playfish for $300 million and a $100 million earnout
on Nov 9, 2009 in Internet Trends EA busy Playfish EA buys Playfish EA Playfish eletronic Arts Playfish Playfish aquisition playfish EA If you still think that social gaming is irrelevant, guess again! Today Electronic Arts has closed their acquisition of the social gaming startup Playfish, for $275 million in cash. EA also payed $25 million in stocks, as well as $100 million in earn...

Settlement reached on eBay sale of Skype
on Nov 6, 2009 in Industry News ebay lawsuit ebay skype ebay skype lawsuit p2p technology Skype skype lawsuit skype p2p The on-line auction site eBay has announced that the Ebay/Skype lawsuit has reached a settlement, and that the selling of Skype’s controlling interest will continue. The conflict began when Skype owners expressed their discontent with how eBay...

Microsoft cuts 800 jobs
on Nov 4, 2009 in Industry News microsoft 5000 layoffs microsoft 800 microsoft cuts 800 microsoft downturn microsoft layoffs microsoft profits microsoft windows 7 Micrsoft cuts Microsoft announced today that they will be cutting 800 more jobs worldwide, in order to cope with the decline in demand for their products. The latest cuts complete a round of layoffs first announced in January which total 5,000. CEO Steve Ballme...