Zac Christensen, 16, admits he was "a little bummed." "Just at first," he said. "But not once I thought about it." Instead of piling gifts under the Christmas tree this year, his parents, Janice and Jason Christensen, of Downers Grove, ...
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Company strikes two-year deal with Fisher-Price for pre-school brand. Jumbo Games will launch a range of Little People games and puzzles in spring/summer 2013. The firm struck a two-year licensing partnership with Mattel's Fisher-Price ...
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Retail and supplier seasonal marketing spends are up year-on-year. Two thirds of toy firms surveyed by ToyNews say they’re spending more on marketing their products for Christmas. Some 66 per cent of firms have a higher ...
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In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially pricey cost of sending spam to victims. The trend, spotted by security vendor Cloudmark, poses a new challenge for ...
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With all this economic gloom inevitably affecting business confidence in the industry, a small device, no bigger that five inches square, lifted my spirits. I might just have seen a dot of light at the end of the tunnel. The device in ...
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After a brief closure Sunday night, GR88.com has re-opened sporting a major poker software update that includes a new Table Stats features, a re-vamped Tournament Lobby and new customizable time zones. After a brief closure Tuesday night, ...
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The worldwide chip market dropped from being labeled "stagnant" to "in a slump" this year, with one analyst firm downgrading its forecast to a level that puts the entire year in a decline. IHS iSuppli announced Monday that it is ...
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SOFIA, BULGARIA, July 19, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Masthead Studios, a leading independent game developer, announced today information about their upcoming title GUNS and ROBOTS set to release in December 2012. GUNS and ROBOTS is ...
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Sony said Wednesday that its new mobile gaming platform, which will allow "PlayStation-like" games to be played on third-party Android devices, will launch this fall in nine countries. The company said that its PlayStation Mobile has ...
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Social games provider Zynga swung to a loss in the quarter ended June 30, and lowered its outlook for the year, leading its shares to fall by about 40% in after-hours trading on Wednesday. The maker of popular online games such as ...
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ST JULIANS, MALTA, July 01, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Vegas Palms Online Casino has announced that it will be running another slots accumulator tournament, Supercash, between 2 and 8 July. The guaranteed jackpot for the tournament starts ...
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TA XBIEX, MALTA, July 11, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Maple Casino has released an enlightening ebook on how to play Roulette to benefit casino enthusiasts who aren't well versed in the game. The ebook, cleverly titled Roulette for the ...
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The top IT leaders in the UK talked to Computer Weekly throughout 2012 to share their opinions and experiences of modern technology leadership and transforming business and government through IT innovation. Their views are valuable not only ...
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Those popular mobile apps that everyone's buying from the official Android and Apple apps stores for business and fun are being torn apart by hackers who turn around and post these abused apps filled with malware, their content pirated or ...
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ST JULIANS, MALTA, September 14, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Royal Vegas Casino is celebrating Fashion Weeks across the globe with Fashion Like A Slots Star, the latest four-week promotion that's giving players the chance to win over $6,000 ...
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