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  • BlackBerry Playbook launch day sales 50,000 strong. Tablets, BlackBerry, BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM, Stats,  0

    BlackBerry Playbook launch day sales 50,000 strong

    Possibly a slow burner 21 April 2011 16:07 GMT

    Launch day sales for RIM's new Blackberry PlayBook tablet have emerged which, although better than expected, still aren't the massive numbers seen when the Apple iPad 2 was launched last month.

    According to Mike Abramsky, the General Manager...

  • VIDEO: Android's world domination visualised

    VIDEO: Android's world domination visualised

    Brilliant activation graphic 25 February 2011 15:52 GMT

    Ever wondered just what the Android revolution would look like if it was plotted on a futuristic neon map?

    Sure you have, and luckily for you Google has produced that very graphic, showing the Android world assault take hold with huge numbers...

  • iPad blamed for poor PC sales

    iPad blamed for poor PC sales

    And it's only going to get worse apparently 13 January 2011 10:39 GMT

    "Modest" PC sales in the final quarter of 2010 have been blamed on the boom in tablets, particularly the success of the Apple iPad.

    Business analysts IDC and Gartner both reported that PC sales were much lower than expected; with just a 2.7...

  • Steve Jobs' Apple annual salary still just $1

    Steve Jobs' Apple annual salary still just $1

    But he's got quite a few shares mind 12 January 2011 13:49 GMT

    If you're employed then the chances are that you earn more through your salary than Steve Jobs does from Apple.

    The Cupertino Computers CEO gets paid just $1 per year for his work at Apple - and has done for the past 10 years.

    But don't...

  • Nintendo DS becomes all time best-selling gaming system in US. Gaming, Biz, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Stats,  0

    Nintendo DS becomes all time best-selling gaming system in US

    Passes PS2 for pole position 5 January 2011 12:18 GMT

    Nintendo has announced that its super-popular handheld gaming device, the Nintendo DS, has achieved the title of the best-selling gaming system in US of all time.

    The figures are obviously pretty impressive, with over 47 million units sold...

  • Zuckerburg Time Person of the Year as Facebook crime soars. Online, Facebook, Cybercrime, Social networking, Stats,  0

    Zuckerburg Time Person of the Year as Facebook crime soars

    More than 100,000 in Britain over last 5 years 15 December 2010 15:03 GMT

    Mark Zuckerburg, billionaire founder of Facebook, has just been made Time magazine's Person of the Year under the shadow of reports that Facebook is becoming a hive crime - both oniline and in the real world.

    A report just out has marked...

  • Personal use of company laptops putting companies

    Personal use of company laptops putting companies "at risk"

    Workers consider equipment "their own" out of work hours 20 March 2009 14:33 GMT

    Research carried out by Opinion Matters and Vodafone has found that people with work mobiles and laptops are potentially putting their companies at risk with personal use of the devices once 5.30pm comes around.

    Sampling from over 1000 business...

  • Mario Kart Wii tops global games chart for 2008

    Mario Kart Wii tops global games chart for 2008

    UK overtakes Japan in world gaming market 4 February 2009 1:35 GMT

    Global sales data has shown that Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii was the biggest selling game across the world in 2008, selling nearly 9 million games across the UK, US and Japanese markets.

    This data has been compiled from a collaboration between...

  • Brain Training

    Brain Training "does not improve mental sharpness"

    Research claims it is "charlatanism" to suggest it does 26 January 2009 15:28 GMT

    All those hours spent on your DS crunching numbers and memorising words on a brain training game, may well have amounted to nothing if a recent report is to be believed.

    Researchers at the University of Rennes in Brittany have concluded...

  • Nintendo consoles smash US sales records in 2008

    Nintendo consoles smash US sales records in 2008

    More than 10 million Wiis sold 16 January 2009 18:11 GMT

    Following the news that Nintendo's consoles managed to smash European sales records in 2008, new US sales data has shown it has done the same across the pond as well.

    In 2008, a total of 10.17 million Wii consoles were sold to the American...

  • Konami announces Wii Balance Board game

    Konami announces Wii Balance Board game

    Throws together a crazy mixture of marbles and ants 13 January 2009 16:52 GMT

    Konami has announced a new game due out later in the year that will utilise the Wii Balance Board.

    Called Marbles! Balance Challenge, the skill-based action title will see gamers trying to help an ant called Anthony save his colony by locating...

  • Microsoft to increase Xbox Live Friends limit

    Microsoft to increase Xbox Live Friends limit

    "It's on the list" 13 January 2009 15:14 GMT

    Microsoft executive Aaron Greenberg has said that plans are in the pipeline to up the number of Friends you can have on Xbox Live.

    "I can't commit to when that will happen, but that is something we want to do", he said in a recent interview.

  • Fifa '09 named best selling All Format game 2008

    Fifa '09 named best selling All Format game 2008

    But Nintendo puts in a strong appearance across the board 13 January 2009 11:49 GMT

    End-of-year data from ELSPA and Gfk-ChartTrack has shown that Fifa '09 was the best-selling All Format game of the year, thanks to two million copies being snapped up since October.

    Mario Kart came in a close second, but did make the best-selling...

  • Wii Sports becomes best-selling game of all time

    Wii Sports becomes best-selling game of all time

    All Nintendo line-up in the top 10 5 January 2009 15:42 GMT

    Wii Sports has pipped retro favourite Super Mario Bros. as the best-selling game of all time.

    In a list of worldwide sales put together by VGChartz, Wii Sports has apparently sold 40.52 million units (including bundle sales), while Super...

  • PlayStation console sales up 60% on 2007

    PlayStation console sales up 60% on 2007

    November sales up 93% on October figures 12 December 2008 18:01 GMT

    Just as Nintendo and Microsoft were celebrating on hearing the NPD data for their US November sales, Sony was doing the same, despite its PS3 console selling the least out of the three major players.

    Year-to-date sales of Sony's consoles...

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