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Nintendo's portable game console "Game Boy Advance" (released in 2003)

Nintendo's Game Boy turns 20

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Twenty years ago Japan's Nintendo Co. launched the Game Boy, the iconic handheld video game player that spawned characters from Super Mario to Pokemon and sold 200 million units worldwide.





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Global sales of Nintendo's Wii top 50 million

Technology / Business

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. said Thursday global sales of its popular Wii video game console have topped 50 million since it went on sale worldwide in late 2006.


"Fallout 3" crowned videogame of the year

'Fallout 3' crowned videogame of the year

Technology / Software

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 11

Post-apocalyptic adventure "Fallout 3" has been crowned Game of the Year at a major gathering of videogame makers in San Francisco.


Kazuo Hirai, Chairman and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., displays the new Sony PSP Go

Sony unveils new PSP Go

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Sony on Tuesday unveiled a sleek next-generation PSP Go handheld videogame, movie and music gadget in a direct challenge to Nintendo's freshly-launched DSi devices.


Brain exercise gives mind a workout

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 27, 2006 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A surge of new brain exercise products is offering baby boomers the hope of sharper minds, The New York Times reported Wednesday.


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AMD to License Graphics Technology for Handheld Devices

Technology / Other

created Feb 13, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

AMD today announced a new business focused on developing and licensing leading-edge graphics core technologies to semiconductor manufacturers throughout the handheld industry.


March video game sales slump more than expected

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. video game sales slumped more than expected in March and were flat in the first quarter when compared with a year earlier - hurt by the recession, a shift in the Easter calendar and fewer big game launches.


Timbaland unleashes his beats in 'Beaterator' (AP)

Timbaland unleashes his beats in 'Beaterator'

Technology / Software

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Timbaland is not afraid of wannabes stealing his flow.


Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go (AP)

Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go

Technology / Software

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- 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 ...


Recession casts shadow over video game conference (AP)

Recession casts shadow over video game conference

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created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game industry is holding up, but the gloom of the recession will be on the minds of thousands of people at this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, a key event for video game ...


A Japanese woman plays a game on the Apple's iPod in Tokyo

As phones get smarter, game makers ring the changes

Technology / Software

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tetsuya Ide doesn't own an iPhone, but the teenage computer boffin is betting that Apple's hit gadget is the key to having a new generation of video game players in the palm of his hand.



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