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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 ...

'NVIDIA cuts price of GTX 280 and GTX 260 in response to pressure from ATI.' - ATI has been unusually competitive on both price and performance against NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 cards with its recently introduced Radeon HD 4870. In response to the pressure ATI has put NVIDIA under, NVIDIA slashed prices on its high-end GeForce GTX ...

'Wii is a "weird virus," says the president of Epic Games.' - There’s no disputing that Epic Games continually pushes the envelope of gaming technology, particularly in the area of visuals. The game developer’s Unreal Engine 3 powers a number of current-generation games with some whiz-bang graphical effects on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but not any on the Wii. ...

One MD reaches out to the medical community, urging them to take steps to combat what he sees as a virtual epidemic with very real effects. Anyone familiar with South Park's 2007 Emmy winning episode Make Love, Not Warcraft knows that popular culture has already started to recognize that addiction can come in virtual forms, especially with the ever-expanding online world. ...

CHICAGO - Katherine Graden doesn't really like shoot-'em-up video games. She prefers games on her Wii system that test her fitness and agility - the ones her guy friends tease are her "sissy games." "I'm like, `Fine! Go play your violent games. I'll stick with mine,'" the high school freshman from Chicago says, chuckling. It's a common scenario, according to a ...

'New GAME! platform aims to make buying gaming PCs easier.' - Video games are a huge industry and a large part of the money to be made from video games lies in hardware needed to enjoy them. Some gamers gravitate towards game consoles like the PS3 or Xbox and some gamers prefer the PC for their gaming needs. Both the PC ...

'SideWinder X6 keyboard has movable number pad.' - Today at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany Microsoft made the SideWinder X6 keyboard official. The new X6 keyboard's most innovative feature is the ability for the number pad to be moved to the right or left side of the keyboard. This is an interesting feature for gamers, who can move the number ...

NVIDIA announced its latest Quadro graphics card today, called the FX 5800. The card goes into the Quadro line, which features some of the most expensive graphics cards to roll off big green's assembly lines.

CHICAGO - Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries. The usual stretching and lifting exercises that help the sick or injured regain strength can be painful, repetitive and downright boring. ...