Tag archive: biz

Inexpensive, super-portable, and (importantly!) low-cost netbooks might be one bright spot in PC sales in the current global economic downturn, but market analysis firm Biz360 finds consumers don't seem to be all that thrilled with the low-end notebooks—at least if online reviews and social media postings are any indication. Biz360 pointed its automated Opinion Insights tool at social media Web sites and online product reviews… Read More

Having a good domain name in the “.com” domain was once the gold standard of online presence, and the “.com” top-level domain literally defined the “dot-com” era in which the Internet and online commerce grew exponentially. But these days, according to a survey conducted by Lexicon Branding, consumers don't see a lot of difference between “.com” and the “.net” and… Read More

“Information about the briefing has emerged privately from senior sources close to Sony at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, with several senior staffers from the firm's overseas offices making the trip to the event next week. However, further chatter among some developers at the show which pointed towards a rather more public PS3 unveiling in Tokyo later this month has been officially denied, with a SCEE… Read More

“British technology news site The Inquirer reported yesterday that the new console will sport controllers very similar to the current Controller S design, but using wireless rather than wired connections to the console. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz this morning, developers working with prototype Xbox 2 hardware confirmed that while they have not seen final designs for the controller, Microsoft representatives have… Read More

“Senior industry sources, speaking to gamesindustry.biz over the weekend, have indicated that it is extremely likely that Xbox 2 – currently codenamed Xenon – will be unveiled during Bill Gates' keynote address at the International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas on January 5th, 2005. Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief-software-architect, was unveiled as the keynote speaker by the Consumer Electronics… Read More

According to Gamesindustry.biz, the grand poobah's of the industry have made some interesting predictions regarding the Xbox 2, at a recent Piper Jaffery conference in New York. JeffGriffiths, Electronics Boutique president, made a comment stating that the next-generation console could garner a 30 percent market share when released in late 2005. Mr. Griffiths then commented on the Microsoft's release strategy and how it could affect… Read More

Speaking to gi.biz at the Game Developers Conference, Microsoft's global head of game content Peter Moore has ruled out the possibility of the company launching a mobile games console to compete with PSP or GBA. Although the company will continue to support game developers working on its mobile operating systems – which are used in certain smartphones and PDAs – with the launch of a version of the XNA platform for these… Read More