Tiny Games For A Giant Market (BusinessWeek Online)
June 25, 2006BusinessWeek Online - Ask Alyson Hedstrom whether she prefers Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 or Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3, and she just scratches her head. Mention that the shoot-'em-up game Gears of War delivers a rollicking PC gaming experience, and her eyes glaze over. Hedstrom perks up, though, when she talks about a game called Diner Dash, in which she takes on the role of former stockbroker Flo who quits her day job and works to transform a roadside diner into a five-star restaurant.
Physics May Take Video Games to Next Lev (AP)
June 25, 2006
AP - In a June 21 version of this story, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of Ageia Technologies Inc.'s co-founder, chairman and CEO. His name is Manju Hegde, not Hedge.
Correction: Video-Game-Physics story (AP)
June 25, 2006AP - In a June 21 story about video game physics, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of Ageia Technologies Inc.'s co-founder, chairman and CEO. His name is Manju Hegde, not Hedge.
Sony chief confident about recovery, aims to sell 100 million PS3s (AFP)
June 25, 2006
AFP - The top brass of Sony Corp. have told shareholders that the electronics giant was firmly on the path to recovery and set a goal of selling 100 million PlayStation 3 machines.
AOL to co-produce CBS Saturday kids programming (Reuters)
June 25, 2006Reuters - AOL, the online unit of media conglomerate Time Warner Inc., on Wednesday said it will co-produce television network CBS's Saturday kids programming lineup, bringing together two of traditional media's biggest competitors -- the Internet and video games.
Americans prefer video to national parks: study (Reuters)
June 25, 2006
Reuters - Americans are less interested in
spending time in natural surroundings like national parks
because they are spending more time watching television,
playing video games and surfing the Internet, according to a
study released on Tuesday.
Veteran Xbox, Media Center Exec Leaves the Microsoft Fold (PC Magazine)
June 25, 2006PC Magazine - Lately, the Microsoft departures are looming a lot larger than the hires. Ted Hase, one of the original Xbox team members and co-creator of the Microsoft Media Center is one of the latest veterans to move on.