New Microsoft video game “Halo: Reach” made $200 million in global sales on the first day of its launch ahead of the November release the company’s new gaming system. “Halo: Reach” is the latest in the popular “Halo” series and is an important video game for Microsoft as the holiday shopping season approaches. Microsoft will [ Read More ]
GoDaddy.com, the world’s largest Internet domain name registry, has put itself up for sale according to a Wall Street Journal report on Friday. The report said bidding could reach as high as $1 billion at auction for the privately held company, citing people familiar with the matter. Investment bank Qatalyst Partners have reportedly been hired [ Read More ]
Google now displays and changes search results before users finish typing their query. Google claimed the new technology, dubbed Google Instant, can reduce each search by two to five seconds and could entice users to perform more searches on its website. The technology gives Google fresh ammunition to promote its advantages to both web surfers [ Read More ]
Thousands of jobs will be at risk if Connaught, the UK property and environmental services giant, formally enters administration. The social housing specialist said in a statement late on Tuesday it was “in the process of appointing administrators”. The company said it was unable to secure funding to pay £220 million ($340 million) of debt [ Read More ]
The largest brewer in Australia, Foster’s Group Ltd (FGL.AX), turned down an offer deemed “too cheap” at up to $2.5 billion for its wine business, but the approach could encourage bids for the entire group. Foster’s shares climbed by six percent after the bid for the world’s second-largest wine business by an unidentified private equity [ Read More ]
Commuters who use the London Underground braced themselves for travel chaos on Monday as management and unions argued over new safety procedures. Approximately 200 maintenance workers on the Jubilee and Northern lines began industrial action over pay on Sunday evening and further 24-hour strikes are planned for 2 October, 1 November and 27 November. Up [ Read More ]
Manchester United chief executive David Gill has defended the club’s failure to meet the target set for season ticket sales. The Old Trafford club sold 51,800 season tickets, short of its 54,000 target, Mr Gill confirmed. However, he insisted the number was “pretty good in the current climate” and reassured that the United was “in [ Read More ]
Amazon.com Inc is planning a subscription service to rival Netflix Inc and has approached media companies. A source confirmed the company wants to provide users with unlimited access to some television shows and movies over the Internet. There is already a video-on-demand section on Amazon’s website which features numerous TV shows and movies which are [ Read More ]
The increasing popularity and availability of popular television shows online is at the heart of contentious programing fee negotiations between Walt Disney Co and Time Warner Cable Inc, according to a source close to the discussions. Millions of homes in major cities such as New York and Los Angeles could see their local ABC broadcast, [ Read More ]
Google Inc has acquired Angstro, a start-up company that sorts news and information across several social networks, including Facebook, said a spokesman for the search provider on Sunday. Angstro, based in Palo Alto, has developed applications to source photos on Facebook, combine Caller ID with LinkedIn profiles and other tools for Twitter. “The struggle for [ Read More ]
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