Game over: Fla. cops caught playing Wii game in house they had just raided, face disciplineSeptember 22nd, 2009 Game over: Fla. cops caught playing Wii on the jobLAKELAND, Fla.
PlayStation Home v1.3 lets you launch games directly from itAugust 20th, 2009 If you are still unsatisfied with the good news of the PS3 Slim, here is another good news to make you happy. You can launch games like Street Fighter IV, Resistance 2, Motor Storm or Far Cry 2 directly from home.
Sony plans to come out with 3-D TV next year: ReportSeptember 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK - The Japanese electronics company Sony Corp plans to introduce a liquid-crystal-display television capable of playing 3-D programming by the end of next year, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Sony is to announce its plans for the new TV next week at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, an unnamed source familiar with the plans told the Journal.
Panasonic returns to profit in second quarter on improved sales of home electronicsOctober 30th, 2009 more images
more imagesPanasonic posts first quarterly profit in a yearTOKYO — Panasonic posted a quarterly profit for the first time in a year, buoyed by recovering demand for home electronics and appliances. Osaka-based Panasonic Corp.
Startup Spawn Labs begins selling box for playing console video games on a laptopSeptember 14th, 2009 Startup lets you play console video games remotelySAN FRANCISCO — As any a video game aficionado knows, it's easy to pop a game into your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and spend hours working your way from one level to the next. Without the hefty console, though, you're out of luck if you want to keep blasting those aliens while away from home.
Silent film-themed puzzle game 'P.B. Winterbottom' finds a home at 2K GamesAugust 26th, 2009 'P.B. Winterbottom' finds a home at 2K GamesLOS ANGELES — Matt Korba and his pals are busy turning his interactive media thesis project from a rudimentary silent film-themed video-game prototype into a fleshed-out puzzler featuring over 80 levels that will be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade early next year. That transformation is occurring in a small unassuming loft space above a chicken-wing eatery in downtown Los Angeles.
Sheriff embarrassed that drug investigators caught playing video game during Fla. raidSeptember 23rd, 2009 Fla. cops caught playing video game during raidBARTOW, Fla. — A Florida sheriff says he is embarrassed that investigators from a narcotics task force were caught on camera playing a video game while searching a convicted drug dealer's house.
Sony reports $1 billion yen annual loss and forecasts larger shortfall this fiscal yearMay 14th, 2009 Sony reports $1 billion yen annual lossTOKYO — Sony Corp. reported Thursday a 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) loss for the fiscal year ended March, its first net loss in 14 years, and forecast its red ink to swell this year amid a serious downturn in global electronics demand.
More training, hiring, equipment to get San Antonio Toyota plant back to full capacityAugust 28th, 2009 Toyota adding Tacoma to San Antonio plant in 2010SAN ANTONIO — Toyota's decision to move its compact truck production here should get the San Antonio plant closer to full capacity by next summer, adding jobs and helping to offset sluggish demand for full-size models. The plant, which opened in 2006, currently produces Toyota Motor Corp.'s Tundra, but the company has had to furlough workers and cut back to one shift as demand got hammered by high gas prices and then the recession.
Some video games can make children kinderJune 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Most of us are aware of the relationship between violent video games and aggressive behaviour. But now for the first time, researchers have found that some video games can make children kinder and more likely to help other people.
Sony reports 37.1 billion yen loss first quarter, keeps forecast for more red inkJuly 30th, 2009 Sony reports quarterly loss, expects more red inkTOKYO — Sony Corp., maker of the hit PlayStation game console, reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss but maintained its forecast for more red ink as it takes a beating from the strong yen and slumping global electronics sales. The Japanese electronics and entertainment company said Thursday its net loss for the fiscal first quarter was 37.1 billion yen ($390.5 million) compared with a 35 billion yen ($368.4 million) profit in the April-June period a year earlier.
Samsung says 2nd-quarter net profit rose 5.2 percent over last year's, sales riseJuly 24th, 2009 Samsung says quarter-2 net profit rose 5.2 percentSEOUL, South Korea — Samsung Electronics says second-quarter net profit rose 5.2 percent from the same period last year as sales rose. Samsung Electronics Co.
Samsung reports its first quarterly lossJanuary 22nd, 2009 SEOUL - Samsung Electronics Co, the leading South Korean electronics maker, posted its first quarterly loss, saying Friday that it was 20 billion won ($14.59 million) in the red in the final quarter of 2008. The world's largest maker of memory chips and liquid-crystal displays said the falling prices of memory chips and sinking demand for electronics during the global economic downturn was the cause for the loss after it had seen a profit of 2.21 trillion won in the same quarter a year earlier.
Sony reports $391 million quarterly loss, keeps forecast for more red inkJuly 30th, 2009 Sony quarterly loss $391 mln, expects more red inkTOKYO — Sony Corp. stuck to a forecast for big full year losses, citing falling gadget prices and a shaky global recovery, even as it posted less-dismal-than-expected results for the fiscal first quarter.
Videogame addicts may become problem gamblersAugust 21st, 2009 WELLINGTON - Teenagers who are addicted to video games are more likely to develop obsessive and antisocial tendencies leading to gambling, says a new research. A survey of 2669 teenagers aged between 13 and 17 by Adelaide University researchers found 56 per cent had gambled in the past year.
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