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United Air Lines Enters Digital Content Distribution - Trade Miles for Music, Videos
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
Ever since American Airlines introduced the frequent flier award program in early 1980s, miles were usually collected everywhere and then spent on upgrading class of service or free flights. Not anymore.
On 8/20/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
PROFILE: David J. Kenyon, BSN*s Worldwide Channel Executive for 2011
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Starting today, we're introducing a new section on BSN, which is executive profile. Over the course of next couple of weeks, we are going to feature executives that make the difference.
On 10/26/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

PC Gaming to Overtake Consoles by 2014?
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
According to DFC Intelligence report, and published by NVIDIA, the analyst firm now expects for PC game market to overtake the consoles in 2014, and firm its lead in 2015.
On 9/26/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Microsoft Nokia Best Case Scenario: 8% Market Share in 2013
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
We take a look at the future of Nokia's alliance with Microsoft and what are the real potentials of such an alliance, given the current market trends.
On 7/25/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more

Battlefield 3 First Impressions
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWS
While at E3, we got a chance to take a look at EA's upcoming hot title Battlefield 3.
On 6/9/2011 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
Nokia 2011 Analysis: The Heart has Stopped
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
The Patient Heart Has Stopped. Now the Doctor 'helps' by starting to strangle the patient too (read: Stephen Elop's incompetence).
On 6/7/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more

New Carmageddon Announced
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Without any doubt, 2011 is the year of comebacks. Duke Nuker Forever, Diablo III, Deus Ex III were just a small sample of titles that are coming back to the market. Now, Carmageddon franchise joins the fold.
On 6/6/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
24 Hours After Its Debut, Mac App Store Tops a Million Downloads
APPLE, SOFTWARE NEWS
It's been a day since Apple's new digital software store opened for business and people have already downloaded over one million Mac applications.
On 1/7/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more

Mac App Store Opens for Business With Thousand Apps, Children Run Scared
APPLE, SOFTWARE NEWS
Apple's new Mac app bazaar just went live with a thousand apps. It aims to simplify desktop software management while the influx of iOS developers creating Mac apps should hopefully lower the cost of desktop apps as well.
On 1/6/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more
Step Away iTunes, Intel Preps 1080p Video Rentals
HARDWARE, CLOUD COMPUTING, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Would you like to stream cool flix like Inception off the cloud and beam it in full HD glory to your big screen TV - wirelessly? That's exactly what the new Intel Insider technology does for you, due with new PCs this Spring.
On 1/3/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more

Fallout: New Vegas Rakes $300 Million at Launch, $50M+ Online
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
We received news from Bethesda Softworks on the financial effect of Fallout: New Vegas. The company shipped five million units for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, with surprise revenue coming from digital download.
On 11/8/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
King of Digital Distribution: Steam Reaches 30 Million Active Accounts
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS
Valve announced that the Steam digital distribution platform reached 30 million active accounts, an annual growth of 178% and 200% growth in sales.
On 10/18/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Netflix Goes Canadian
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
Its first excursion outside the US has taken Netflix into Canada. However, Canadians can only get streaming video over the internet, no snail mail deliveries. Netflix promises a better catalog to sweeten the deal.
On 9/26/2010 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
Steam Survey January 2010: Windows 7 overtakes Vista
HARDWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANALYSIS
We expected that Windows 7 will overtake Vista in popularity among 25 million users and it happened with the Christmas PC purchases - Game over for Vista?
On 2/15/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Steam: Godzilla of Digital Distribution reaches 25M accounts
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
When we started covering Steam Hardware Survey, we knew that Steam is the largest survey of hardware users in the world. Recently, we learned how big it actually is - 25 million active accounts worldwide.
On 1/31/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
1000th Story: Microsoft goes against Valve's Steam
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
Even though we can consider Games for Windows - LIVE to be user-unfriendly annoyance, Microsoft is stepping up and evolving GfW - LIVE to a level of a competing service to Steam.
On 12/18/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Steam Hardware Survey July '09: Windows XP in strong decline
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANALYSIS
We are closely following the results of Steam's hardware survey, largest PC survey in the world - what hardware is run on more than 20 million computers with Steam accounts?
On 8/18/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
The End: Swedish software firm acquires The Pirate Bay
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS

It finally happened: in a bid to secure $3.6 million for the fine, The Pirate Bay founders sold the site for $7.8 million.

On 6/30/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

EA has a tough quarter - but finally praises the PC platform
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

After EA focused on the wrong gaming platforms [Xbox, PS3], the company lost 600 Million USD in 2008. Now, EA magically sees PC platform as the savior of the company.

On 5/9/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
"Strong Bad" game goes from online-only distribution to DVD
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

It appears Telltale has started a flood of games for fans of crazy cartoonish adventure games. This time around, Telltale is not happy with online-only model, and launched a pre-order for the DVD version of the game. Region Free.

On 4/27/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more

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