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The New Economy Star Wars: The Old Republic, the Force is with sequels
Star Wars: The Old Republic. The video-game industry is banking on new technology to revive sales. But sequels like 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' have built-in momentum.
06/15/2010 08:28 pm -
Horizons Jack White: Guitar Hero, Rock Band no substitute for real tunes
Jack White, the lead singer of garage band The White Stripes, has a stern lesson for aspiring musicians: Drop the toy guitar. Quit the Rock Band and Guitar Hero thing. And get a real instrument.
04/07/2010 05:26 pm -
The candy machine just sold me an iPod
Popping up in military bases, airports, fast-food restaurants, and hospitals is a new kind of vending machine that offers everything from a DVD rental to a digital camera.
03/24/2010 01:18 pm -
Horizons Can PlayStation Move, Natal revive video game sales?
February was a rough month for video game sales. One bright spot: demand for the Sony PS3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360 were up. Will PlayStation Move and Project Natal help?
03/12/2010 10:48 am -
Horizons Is 'Power Gig' the next step for music video games?
As sales of 'Guitar Hero' and 'Rock Band' continue to slip, Seven45 studios introduces 'Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring," which ships with a real electric guitar.
03/09/2010 05:20 pm -
Three ways iTunes, and its 10 billion in sales, changed music industry
As of Wednesday, Apple's iTunes has sold 10 billion individual songs. Here are three ways it has revolutionized the music industry, for better or for worse.
02/26/2010 07:57 pm -
Chapter & Verse Do you love your e-reader? You are not alone
A new survey indicates that most e-reader owners are quite happy with their devices.
02/04/2010 10:27 am -
PS3 price cut by $100; slimmer model to come
Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will cut the price of the currently available 80 gigabyte PlayStation 3 effective immediately, to $299. It is also launching a slimmer, lighter model with a 120 GB hard drive in early September; that version will also cost $299.
08/18/2009 01:00 am -
Horizons She's got game: Report says more girls are playing video games
07/02/2009 01:00 am -
Horizons As sales sag, Activision hints it could quit making games for Sony
06/19/2009 01:00 am -
Horizons iPhone-like carrier switches for T-Mobile's G1?
10/06/2008 01:00 am -
Horizons Victorious Blu-ray still stumbles in the sales charts
05/04/2008 01:00 am -
A Week's Worth: Quick takes on the world of work and money
Dow dives to 12800, some gift card advice, and get ready for California's real estate auction.
01/07/2008 12:00 am
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