According to leading market research company, The NPD Group, U.S. retail sales of video games, which includes portable and console hardware, software and accessories, generated revenues of close to $19.66 billion, an 8 percent decline over the $21.4 billion generated in 2008.
Retail sales in the PC game software industry also experienced declines, with revenues down 23 percent, generating $538 million in 2009. The total console, portable and PC game software industry generated $10.5 billion, an 11 percent decline vs. the $11.7 billion generated in 2008.
“December sales broke all industry records …
LG Display Co., Ltd. [NYSE:LPL, KRX:034220], a leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, announced it has developed the 19-inch flexible e-paper – the world’s largest.
The 19-inch wide (250×400mm) flexible e-paper is almost as big as a page of A3-sized newspaper. Approximately eight times larger than e-books of 6-inch class, the product is optimized for an e-newspaper and able to convey the feeling of reading an actual newspaper. Additionally, as the product measures 0.3 millimeters thin, the e-paper weighs just 130 grams despite its 19-inch size.
LG Display …
Google, the world’s top search engine, said it might shut its Chinese-language google.cn website after China-based cyber attacks on dissidents using its Gmail service.
At the company’s China headquarters in Beijing’s university district, a dozen locals laid a bouquet of red roses and white lilies on Google’s sign at the company entrance.
They praised the company, shouting some salty Beijing slang.
“We want to express outrage, but not at Google. Coming here is a type of support for Google,” said IT worker Zhao Gang, 30.
“Google faces very strict and adverse conditions in China. …
Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that it has filed lawsuits against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Limited (RIM) alleging the infringement of Kodak digital imaging technology.
The Kodak complaint, filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), specifically claims that Apple’s iPhones and RIM’s camera-enabled BlackBerry devices infringe a Kodak patent that covers technology related to a method for previewing images. Separately, Kodak filed two suits today against Apple in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York that claim the infringement of patents related to digital …
Recent attack on Google in China related with IE vulnerability.
Microsoft is investigating a report of a publicly exploited vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This advisory contains information about which versions of Internet Explorer are vulnerable as well as workarounds and mitigations for this issue.
Our investigation so far has shown that Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 is not affected, and that Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, and Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer …
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced the latest addition to its Android™ portfolio: BACKFLIP™ with MOTOBLUR™. The Motorola BACKFLIP, which combines the social saviness and personalization of MOTOBLUR with the multitasking performance of a smart phone, will be available in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia beginning in Q1 2010. The unique reverse flip design makes it easy to enjoy videos, music and photos, and the QWERTY keyboard allows you to blast through e-mails, texts, news feeds, social network messages and more.
“Since introducing our first MOTOBLUR-based device, we’ve remained focused …
Google Nexus One is a mobile phone powered by Android. The best thing is the phone was produced by Google but manufactured by HTC.
Size and weight
Height
119mm
Width
59.8mm
Depth
11.5mm
Weight
130 grams w/battery
100g w/o battery
Display
3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen
800 x 480 pixels
100,000:1 typical contrast ratio
1ms typical response rate
Camera & Flash
5 megapixels
Autofocus from 6cm to infinity
2X digital zoom
LED flash
User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver
Video captured at 720×480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions
Enjoy the unboxing …
Cloud Hosting, Cloud Computing and Cloud Architecture are the latest and fast emerging technologies. There are many explanations to the term Cloud. Many get confused between the terms Grid Computing and Cloud Computing. Cloud Hosting systems are becoming more and more popular, because web hosts, basically Shared Hosting providers have to deal with a large amount of websites which require growing amount of resources.
One can find the best possible definition of Cloud Hosting in Wikipedia. I would like to take it as an entirely new and advanced method of computer …
Whenever we deal with a physical system constructed by man the term of availability is mandatory. The availability of a system represents the time for which the users have access to that system. The term is mostly used when speaking about servers or other type of hosts. If a user wants to access the server, but the server cannot respond to the request it is said that the server is down. The availability of the server is the total time for which that server is not down. The two notions …
Read the full story »Ask most video game fanatics and they’ll tell you that first-person shooters just play better using a keyboard and mouse. That’s why Penguin United has created the Eagle-Eye Converter in order to meet this specific need. The Eagle-Eye is an adapter that converts any standard USB HID keyboard and mouse into a turbo charged controller for the Sony PS3 video game console. The Eagle-Eye Converter will be on display at CES January 7-10, at Booth #5413, North Hall.
The Eagle-Eye Converter provides a customized key mapping feature for all PS3 controller …
New Wind U135 Fever Grows with a Limited Edition 1 Millionth Commemorative Edition
The MSI Wind U Series’ newest star, the U135, will shine while on display at 2010 CES. The U135 continues the superior traditions of MSI U Series notebooks with equally smart and light exterior designs and a 10″ LED backlit display with 1024×600 screen resolution, which not only increases the read speed and visual display of web pages and documents, but also provides rich and vivid colors. The new generation U135’s exterior design features significant improvements, with four …
Samsung CorbyPRO B5310 is a hybrid slider phone from Samsung with a full QWERTY keyboard. It is an upgrade version prom previous
This latest Motorola phone that will be using Android 1.5 has been seen in Brazil. The code name is Motorola
Today sees the announcement of Sony Ericsson Aspen™, the business mobile phone with green credentials at its core. The newest
Enjoy Mozart in the park. Watch blooper videos on the train. Rewind and relax as you please. And the Sony Ericsson Hazel is great for