A new report from market research firm Hitwise summarizes the proportion of U.S. Internet searches handled by major search engines during June 2008, and finds Google handled nearly 70 percent of all online searches during the month. Compared to May 2008, the numbers haven’t shifted very much—Google picked up less than one percent, Yaahoo declined…
NVIDIA is taking a $200 million hit in the second quarter for costs related to laptop GPU failures, but some websites have claimed the company is hiding the true extent of the issue. The company tells Ars that only a "very small percentage" of its chips are "potentially affected." Tweet Source
Microsoft’s Shane Kim says it ain’t happening: Give up any hopes you might have had about adding a Blu-Ray player to your Xbox 360. Shane Kim, vice president of strategy and business development for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment business, tells me that the company has "no interest" in adding Blu-Ray functionality to its console, opting instead…
NCsoft has announced the complete merger of its City of Heroes and City of Villians titles into one game universe. Current subscribers who only had one of the titles will now have access to the features of both games, and new sales will grant access to both – the final step needed in preparing the…
Confusion has reigned over plans by Halo developer Bungie to announce a new game at E3 this week, with a countdown on their website being removed as a result of publisher changes. The timer was due to expire today, with rumors suggesting that Bungie was about to announce a new, possibly non-Halo related, title. The…
Variety reports that new lucrative deals are nearly set in stone for director Jon Favreau and lead actor Robert Downey Jr., and you can bet they will be dibble-dabbling with whatever Theroux produces, but you could also be pretty sure they approved his coming aboard. Could the original April, 2010 release date that…
