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T-Mobile is adding Voice over IP to its list of offerings, the wireless carrier announced Wednesday. The new service, T-Mobile @Home, will enable subscribers to switch from traditional wireline plans but continue using their current telephone, the service for which can be rolled into another T-Mobi...

Console gaming sales continued at their record-breaking pace in May, according to sales figures released by the NPD Group Friday. The video game industry raked in a total of $1.12 billion on sales of accessories, hardware and software for the month. That's a 37 percent increase over the same period ...

If you've ever wondered what goes on in the inner sanctum of a prospective employer or wondered how your salary compares with others in your field, a new Web site launched Tuesday could have the answer. The site, Glassdoor.com, allows current and recent former employees to anonymously report their s...

AOL announced Friday it is setting up its Platform-A Internet advertising service in Europe. The expansion is part of the Time Warner unit's effort to extend the reach of its advertising business worldwide by the close of 2009. The move comes less than one year after Time Warner flipped its AOL scri...

Qore, an interactive monthly program, will launch on Sony's PlayStation Network on June 5, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced Tuesday. Available the first Thursday of each month, Qore is the current console generation's version of the disk giveaways many PlayStation 2 owners may remember....

In the two weeks following the launch of Nintendo's "Wii Fit" for its popular Wii video game console, consumers have found the exercise game challenging -- challenging to find, that is. Trying to locate the $90 game/controller combo at retailers such as Amazon.com, Best Buy, Circuit City and GameSto...

Two and a half years after its launch, the Xbox 360 has sold its 10 millionth unit in the U.S., making it the first console of its generation to reach that milestone, according to Microsoft. Worldwide, consumers have purchased a total of 19 million Xbox 360s. "The 360 milestone is significant in tha...

Dell has reportedly decided to scrub several models in its high-end line of XPS PCs. The computer maker is turning away from the XPS machines to limit competition with its Alienware systems, according to a Tuesday report. Dell acquired Alienware back in March 2006 but allowed the gaming PC maker to ...

AMD on Monday launched a new line of PCs targeting small and medium-sized businesses. Through its business class initiative, the chipmaker aims to provide desktop solutions to customers stuck between consumer PCs and enterprise-class systems. "Often, SMBs don't need all the higher level performance ...

The hottest gadgets of today will look old and tired a year from now. Sellers of mobile handsets, smartphones, MP3 players, gaming consoles, camcorders, digital cameras and laptops constantly push the latest and greatest technology, leaving yesterday's choice items in the dust. Then there's the fact...

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe confirmed Wednesday it will release an official "Grand Theft Auto IV" bundle exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Available the same day the game launches, April 29, the "GTA IV" package will include the 40 GB model PS3, a Sixaxis wireless controller and, of course, ...

Voice over Internet protocol service provider Skype announced new and expanded calling plans Monday. The new offerings will enable subscribers to make calls to more than one-third of the world's population for a single monthly flat rate, the company said. The three new subscription plans come with n...

The video games industry racked up hardware and software sales of roughly $1.7 billion in March, according to NPD Group, a consumer sales tracking firm. Total sales in March 2008 were some 57 percent higher than the $1.1 billion the industry made just one year earlier. "You'd never know that the U.S...

Another company is making a play at online video. Launched Wednesday, PluggedIn is the new kid on the block in a market of heavy hitters that includes MySpace Music, Yahoo Music, AOL Music, MTV.com and of course YouTube. PluggedIn, however, offers at least one thing those other sites do not have -- ...

MySpace on Thursday announced a new partnership with ShineReveille International under which original content developed for MySpaceTV will be distributed internationally. The information was revealed at the MIPTV conference in Cannes, France. Under the plan, online shows such as "Prom Queen," "Quart...

Electronic Arts' hostile takeover attempt for Take-Two Interactive continued Friday with EA's announcement that it has amended its offer for the fellow gaming publishers' investors. Included in EA's amendments to its bid is an extension of the tender offer deadline from April 11 to April 18. The cha...

A little less than two weeks after Electronic Arts offered Take-Two Interactive stockholders $2 billion in a hostile takeover bid, Take-Two's board unanimously urged shareholders to reject the unsolicited proposal Wednesday morning. Take-Two's board said the $26 per share price is "inadequate" and "...

Consumers sent the video game hardware and software industry a $1.33 billion valentine for the month of February, a 34 percent increase over sales during the same time period in 2007, according to figures released by the NPD Group, an independent market research firm. The Wii's reign continued as th...

The relationship between Activision and Gibson Guitar went off-key Tuesday. The two companies had until now worked in concert with one another after the hugely successful release of the third installment of the "Guitar Hero" series. Recently, however, Activision filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Cour...

Hulu, the video Web site from NBC Universal and News Corp., will open its virtual viewing rooms to the public Wednesday. Announced nearly one year ago, the free video streaming site launched in October with an invitation-only beta. Hulu offers its users a wide variety of video content from NBC Unive...