Here's one trend Apple missed: headphones, a music lover's accessory that's as old as home stereo sound. Headphones made a huge comeback this holiday season, climbing up in the rankings of hot consumer electronics items. "For years, ...
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ComScore said weaker than expected online spending in the final week before Christmas means U.S. retail sites from desktop computers fell short of its expectations for the Nov. 1- Dec. 23 period. ComScore estimated U.S. retail e-commerce ...
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Scientists are testing a new thought-controlled device that may one day help people move limbs again after they've been paralyzed by a stroke. The device combines a high-tech brain-computer interface with electrical stimulation of the ...
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What is the Xbox One? If you're a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It's Microsoft's latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means cutting-edge adventures such as "Halo" and ...
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Microsoft on Friday releases its Xbox One game console, taking on Sony's PlayStation 4 in a battle for the hearts and minds of Internet-era home entertainment. Sony last week unleashed its new champion in the long-running console war, ...
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Microsoft on Friday crowed that more than a million Xbox One consoles were snapped up within 24 hours in 13 countries after hitting shelves for the first time in the morning. The US-based technology titan described it as the biggest ...
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The Xbox One won't quite replace your TV set-top box, but it comes awfully close. The latest game console from Microsoft takes a big leap toward being the main entertainment hub in your living room. It gives you a program guide for browsing ...
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Game has raised $222,344 An officially licensed Mega Man: The Board Game has been successfully backed on Kickstarter. The game, deemed a 'love letter to one of the best video game characters of all time' by creator Jasco Games, has ...
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The game consoles have landed. Millions of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners are getting their first taste of what to expect from this new generation of high-powered video games. Perhaps you weren't one of those eager fans who waited in ...
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The City of Bathurst unveiled the newly crowned 'Gran Turismo Drive' at Mount Panorama today, in acknowledgment of the circuit's inclusion in the upcoming Gran Turismo 6 video game. 'Gran Turismo Drive' is intended to pay tribute to the ...
What is the Xbox One? If you're a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It's Microsoft's latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means cutting-edge adventures such as "Halo" and ...
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The Walt Disney Co. is shuffling the executive ranks at its interactive division, which last week posted only its second profitable quarter since results began to be broken out in late 2008. Co-president John Pleasants is stepping down, ...
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US skid king Ken Block has teamed up with the Need for Speed franchise for his latest sideways adventure: Gymkhana Six. Filmed on what is dubbed as “the ultimate gymkhana grid course”, Gymkhana Six sees Block and his mental ...
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A Chevrolet SS influenced by US NASACAR driver Jeff Gordon has been revealed as part of the brand’s nine-car line-up set for today’s 2013 SEMA show in Las Vegas. With direct input from Gordon, the satin red Chevrolet SS ...
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Mount Panorama will be included in the upcoming Gran Turismo 6 video game, for the first time in the franchise’s 15-year history. The Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit, Bathurst, to give the track its full name, will be one of ...
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