Posts Tagged ‘ United States ’

GameStop and Valve Partner on Steam Wallet

May 15, 2012
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GameStop, the biggest specialist video game retailer in the United States, and video game developer Valve have announced that they have entered into a partnership designed to allow the Steam Wallet initiative to be funded directly from real-world stores. Customers who usually use GameStop will be able to purchase physical Steam Cards in the...

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International Sony Xperia Ion (LT28i) Goes on Sale in Taiwan

April 30, 2012
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Sony promised earlier this year that it would launch an international variant of the Xperia ion, which is currently available for purchase in United States via major carrier AT&T. Dubbed Sony Xperia ion LT28i, the smartphone has just been introduced in Taiwan, but the Japanese handset maker has yet to announce the phone’s suggested...

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NPD Group: 40 Percent of Free Game Players Spend Money to Enhance Experience

April 24, 2012
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A report from the NPD Group has shown that 40 percent of those gamers who have engaged with a free-to-play title have ended up making at least one in-game payment in order to enhance their experience or to extend their playtime. The Freemium Games Market report has surveyed more than 6,000 individuals, including both...

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Better Business Bureau Says BioWare Falsely Advertised Mass Effect 3

April 12, 2012
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Since gamers began experiencing the end of Mass Effect 3, a significant number of them criticized the BioWare-made finale to the series and even filled complaints about it with a number of organizations, in an effort to get the developers to make significant changes. Now the Better Business Bureau, an organization that has evaluated...

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Analyst: Max Payne 3 and Diablo III Will Not Save the Video Game Industry

April 11, 2012
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An analyst watching the United States video game industry believes that the NPD Group numbers that will be released later during the week will show a sharp decline in sales for both the hardware and the software sectors. He thinks that long-term prospects are bleak as well despite the release of high-profile titles like...

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Nokia Lumia 900 and HTC Titan II Go on Sale at AT&T

April 8, 2012
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The day has finally arrived and Nokia Lumia 900 is now available for purchase in the United States via major carrier AT&T. Along with Nokia’s first LTE smartphone, the carrier also introduced the HTC Titan II. Customers can now purchase the Nokia Lumia 900 for only $99.99 with a new two-year agreement, or the...

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First 100 Gbps Fiber DC-CAN Network Created in Washington

December 9, 2011
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Homes and businesses in Washington D.C. will soon get to communicate over the network at speeds they could never have reached before and at an affordable cost too. DC-CAN is a 100 Gbps network that delivers affordable “middle-mile” services to government entities and private-sector Internet Service Providers (ISPs). “As Internet use moves toward video...

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Facebook Users Expected to Upload More Than 1.2 Billion Halloween Photos

October 30, 2011
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Halloween is one of the most popular American holidays, especially since it allows people of all ages to get creative and dress up in creepy outfits. Therefore, it would not come as a surprise if the same persons took to Facebook to show off their costumes. Zuckerberg’s social network is currently estimated to have...

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Sennheiser Informs the Public About Counterfeit Headphones for Sale

October 13, 2011
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Sennheiser, one of the most respected brands in the audio equipment market, has just issued a warning for its customers that advices them to pay a close attention to the Sennheiser products they buy as counterfeit headphones have started to make their appearance in both Europe and the US. Lately, the audio equipment manufacturer...

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Prostate Cancer Linked to Excessive Vitamin E Intake

October 12, 2011
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The results of a large-scale clinical trial conducted in the United States appear to indicate that consuming high-doses of dietary supplements containing vitamin E is associated with an increased risk of developing prostate cancer for men. These conclusions were published just a couple of days after another study showed that women who consume vitamin...

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