The New York Times has announced that it will be including E-Books in its best seller lists from the start of next year, in both fiction and non-fiction. The New York Times has been publishing best seller lists for over 75 years, since 1935. The NYT has said that the lists will be compiled from … [Read more...] about E-Books Added To New York Times Best Seller Lists
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Activision:Black Ops Sets New First Day Sales Record Selling 5.6 Million Copies Sold
According to initial estimates from Activision, sales of their new Call of Duty: Black Ops have reached an astounding 5.6 million copies on its first day. This impressive figure surpasses last year's record set by the launch of Modern Warfare 2, which sold 4.6 million copies on its first … [Read more...] about Activision:Black Ops Sets New First Day Sales Record Selling 5.6 Million Copies Sold
Fusion Garage JooJoo Tablet Discontinued
This is something which is bound to put a smile on Michael Arrington's face. It seems that Fusion Garage has discontinued their JooJoo tablet. What started out as a collaborative project between Michael Arrington and Fusion Garage, originally called the CrunchPad tablet, ended up being sold as the … [Read more...] about Fusion Garage JooJoo Tablet Discontinued
Viacom Selling Rock Band Developer Harmonix
Viacom has today announced its plans to sell the Rock Band games developer Harmonix, reclassifying the Boston-based company as a "discontinued operation" in the Viacom third-quarter financial report. Viacom is already in talks with a number of buyers, said Philippe Dauman, Viacom’s president and … [Read more...] about Viacom Selling Rock Band Developer Harmonix
Droid 2 Global Gets A Video Tour (Video)
The Motorola Droid 2 Global has finally officially been unveiled by Motorola and Verizon, and they have now released a video of the Droid 2 Global in action, which you can see below. The Droid 2 Global features a 3.7 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 854 x 800 pixels, processing comes … [Read more...] about Droid 2 Global Gets A Video Tour (Video)
Google Employees Get A 10 Percent Pay Rise And $1,000 Holiday Bonus
Google is giving all of its 2,000 employees a holiday bonus of $1,000, and they are also all getting a pay rise of 10 percent from the start of 2011. The news came in an email which was sent out to Google employees from their CEO Eric Schmidt. Google are obviously looking to hold onto their … [Read more...] about Google Employees Get A 10 Percent Pay Rise And $1,000 Holiday Bonus
Elpida Memory Starts Shipping 768GB RAM Sticks
Elpida, the renowned Japanese memory module manufacturer created from the merger of NEC, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi DRAM businesses, has today announced the commencement of shipping the world's largest memory modules, boasting an impressive capacity of 768GB. Elpida's new 32-gigabyte Load Reduced Dual … [Read more...] about Elpida Memory Starts Shipping 768GB RAM Sticks
Microsoft Responds To Windows Phone 7 Handset Shortages
Yesterday we reported that there were only about 40,000 Windows Phone 7 smartphones sold on launch day, and it seems that this may have been down to actual shortages of the handsets rather than lack of demand for the devices. Microsoft has responded saying that supplies of Windows Phone 7 devices … [Read more...] about Microsoft Responds To Windows Phone 7 Handset Shortages
Fox Blocks Google TV
Following in the footsteps of NBC, CBS, and ABC, Fox Broadcasting today started to block Google TV from accessing its content. Sources say the main reason for the block by Fox executives is that they thought Google's "footprint was too small." Basically, this means that Google didn't have enough … [Read more...] about Fox Blocks Google TV
One Third Of The Top Grossing iPhone Apps Are Free Apps
You wouldn't expect free applications to make a lot of money for developers, but it seems they are reporting that one third of the top grossing iPhone apps are actually free applications. Out of the top 100 grossing iPhone apps, 34 of those applications are free apps. So, how do the developers make … [Read more...] about One Third Of The Top Grossing iPhone Apps Are Free Apps
Speedier Firefox 4 Beta 7 Nearly Finished (video)
The latest Beta release of Firefox 4 Beta 7 is nearly ready to roll out and has some very impressive speed enhancements over the current 3.6 version. Creators Mozilla say that Firefox 4 is a seriously impressive engine for rendering web pages and interpreting webapps and games. Thanks to their new … [Read more...] about Speedier Firefox 4 Beta 7 Nearly Finished (video)
Windows Phone 7 USB Tethering Discovered
Even after Microsoft saying that their Windows Phone 7 devices would not support tethering. It has now been discovered on a couple of Samsung Windows Phone 7 devices. If you own a Samsung Focus or Omnia 7 you are one of the lucky few that can now enable tethering on your devices. Step by Step setup … [Read more...] about Windows Phone 7 USB Tethering Discovered
