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The crowds, the fluorescent lights, the sales clerks who ignore you and the lines, lines, lines. Some people love Christmas shopping. I assume they also like sleeping on a bed of nails. Here are 10 reasons you should consider shopping online. 1. Unique gifts: You can find the coolest and most unusual stuff online. From remote-controlled Ferraris at hipstergifts.com to Gummi ...

'A new study claims to have found modest links between video game play and poor relationships.' - Video games are either the scourge of the Earth or a great way to spend some time with friends and family as well as an outlet for aggression depending on who you speak with. There have been many studies that have looked into the ...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 - has been a massive international success selling over $310M USD in software in the U.S. and UK alone.  Developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision, the first person shooter primarily puts you in control of a soldier in a multinational commando unit known as ...

NEW YORK - You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting. He's also a vessel, devoid of a real personality so you can live vicariously through him. Mario, the pot-bellied Italian plumber with a penchant for rescuing princesses, collecting golden coins and gobbling magic mushrooms, has been around for ...

It may only be early November but the holiday-themed ads are already on TV and the more excitable retailers are dusting off their decorations. Likewise, it may seem a little early to be making predictions for the coming year, but a lot of what is likely to happen can already be seen. It's a bit like the unlit Christmas lights that ...

NEW YORK - Footage leaked from "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" reveals that players of the upcoming video game can shoot innocent civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack. The game, which has an "M" rating for mature audiences, comes out next month in what its publisher hopes may be the most lucrative launch ...

Nov. 2 - There are more than 100,000 iPhone applications in existence. Some provide users with valuable media and information. Others plaster fake mullets on photos of friends. Here are a few you just might want to check out. COOL AND INNOVATIVE In 2002, James Hom was working on a lab assignment at Stanford University when he mentioned to teaching ...

Nov. 2--While most people were turning their clocks backward over the weekend, Microsoft research chief Craig Mundie was moving his forward, five to 10 years into the future. Mundie last year took over Bill Gates' job guiding long-term strategy at the world's biggest software company. He's an erudite evangelist who travels the globe, talking up the big computing concepts Microsoft ...

'World of Warcraft reaches milestone in the lead up to the release of Wrath of the Lich King expansion.' - In a press release Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the subscribership for World of Warcraft has exceeded 11 million players worldwide. This milestone was reached as Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft's second expansion, nears its worldwide launch ...

We all knew that once the Sony PS3 Slim hit the market at $299 that the other console makers would likely make similar cuts. Shortly after the PS3 Slim launch, Microsoft slashed the price of its Xbox 360 Elite to $299 as well. It didn’t take long to see that the new $299 PS3 Slim was very popular with Sony seeing ...

Addictions make people do horrible things.  For example, it can make people play video games on the job, despite their better judgment.  That's what happened with one particularly addictive video game system, the Nintendo Wii.  And it wasn't just any average Joe that was playing it -- a group of cops were apparently caught playing the Wii during a drug raid.  ...

Sony's PlayStation Portable is the most high-powered handheld video-game machine on the market, but it's usually my third choice when it comes to on-the-road action. It's all a matter of size. Apple's iPhone, which has become a solid casual-gaming platform, slides easily into a pants pocket. Nintendo's DS fits a little more snugly. But even the slimmest version of the ...

NEW YORK - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Friday extended by nearly a month its tender offer for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. but also lowered the price it will pay for each share of the "Grand Theft Auto" maker. EA's offer will now expire on May 16 instead of 11:59 p.m. EDT Friday. As of Thursday, about 6.4 million ...

MINNEAPOLIS - A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction against a Minnesota law that would have kept children under 17 from renting or buying violent video games. A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Minnesota has a compelling interest in the psychological health of children. But the judges wrote that the state didn't have enough ...

NEW YORK - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. may be retracting its hostile bid for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., but a deal - and a friendly one at that - is more likely than ever. Take-Two, best known for the popular "Grand Theft Auto" video game series, confirmed Monday it expects to sign a confidentiality agreement with EA ...

'But many consumers are pirating Spore to avoid DRM.' - Spore, the new evolution game from Electronic Arts, is one of the most anticipated and hyped games to be released in recent memory. Electronic Arts implemented a strict DRM (Digital Rights Management) copyright protection called SecuROM that limits the number of computers the game can be installed on to three. This ...

'Sony "has a business to run" and shareholders come first.' - Sony has clearly said “no” to calls for a PS3 price cut in time for the holiday season. At the Games 3.0 conference in London, Sony Computer Entertainment managing director Ray Maguire told Videogamer.com a PS3 price cut was not planned. Maguire was asked directly if Sony was feeling any ...

PC gamers are moving to consoles for their online shooters. Although the PC represents gaming’s latest technologies, gamers are flocking to consoles for their entertainment. No other company is more aware of this fact than Epic Games, maker of Unreal Tournament and Gears of War. Once a hardcore PC games developer, Epic now finds itself split between computer and console development. ...

'New update replaces last week's 2.40 firmware, which bricked some PS3 consoles.' - Last week, Sony released its 2.40 firmware update for the Playstation 3 to much fanfare from owners. The 2.40 firmware brought a few new features to the table including Trophies and in-game XMB access. Thing quickly turned sour, however, when a number of people reported random problems with ...

'OCZ branches out to include notebooks under its growing umbrella.' - While most people know OCZ Technology as a memory company, it has recently branched out into many sector of the computing market. OCZ's portfolio has now expanded to include video cards, power supplies, memory cards and solid-state drives (SSDs). OCZ hopes to branch out even further with the announcement of ...