An IDC report found that RIM - the company who makes the Blackberry - grabbed 44.5% of the market for the first three months of 2008, up from 35.1% in the previous quarter. Apple’s iPhone came in second place with 19.2% of the market in the first quarter, a drop from 26.7% the quarter before.
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Ben Mattes, producer of the upcoming Prince of Persia title, disagrees with Phil Harrison’s notion that the industry will move away from single-player games.
Ben Mattes: I read that, and I don’t totally agree. I know where he’s coming from - I certainly see a lot of the industry moving in the direction of…
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Anyone VoIP or online gamer who has a roommate or a family member who uses BitTorrent (or any P2P application) knows what a nightmare it is when BitTorrent is in use. I decided to do some research on this and ran a series of tests which resulted in some very interesting data.
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Louderback revealed that his company likely would not pursue legal action in the form of a lawsuit, describing it as a fairly “small new-media” operation, whose total traffic loss over the three day weekend of May 24-26 may have amounted tens of thousands of dollars. “Maybe $100,000,” he said. All in all, it wouldn’t be worth the judicial trouble.
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Did anyone know that so many good games were coming out this summer for the Xbox 360? Well there is, and they look pretty damn good. Soul Calibur IV, UT3, Mercenaries 2…all coming out this year. Finally a great summer for gaming.
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Two years ago, the Swedish police raided the Pirate Bay in an attempt to take down the site for good. Since then, the site has not only bounced back, but gained millions of new users and public support seems to be stronger than ever.
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So Konami doesn’t want reviewers can’t mention the 90 minute cutscenes, the grotesque install size, and other items if they want to review MGSIV? EGM said, “Screw that! We got journalistic integrity over here. Keep your damn MSGIV.” Well done EGM.
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Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android “Android”, including all the core platform components and libraries needed to port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used, industry standard licenses, says Google.
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Apple’s relentless quest to spread the iPhone to every corner of the universe has officially nabbed yet another carrier. Movistar has been announced as an official partner for Spain, though no clues have been given about the launch date
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British Police have just confirmed that several users of BitTorrent site OiNK were arrested recently. TorrentFreak broke the news last Friday after sitting on the story for a while but the mainstream press have been holding back over the weekend, waiting for confirmation. Just seconds ago, confirmation came.
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