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When the iPhone was first announced, few people would have anticipated the waves the device would make in the gaming community. Now, only a few days before San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference, a separate iGames Summit addressed the growing popularity of the iPhone gaming platform.

News from Gameloft about its new Terminator Salvation game, based on the movie, Ngmoco's sequel to a best-selling game, the unlikely iSperm and a game that will take you back to the days of Dragon's Lair are what tops this week's iPhone game roundup.

Steve Ballmer is trash-talking Apple again. No surprise there, as Microsoft's famously loud-mouthed CEO has taken plenty of swings at Cupertino over the years, such as when he snickered at the iPhone back in 2007. Ballmer's most recent shot came Thursday at the McGraw-Hill Companies' Media Summit New York, where Ballmer was interviewed via webcast by BusinessWeek editor-in-chief Stephen Adler.

The video-game industry is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise grim economic environment. According to figures compiled by market research firm NPD Group, sales of games and hardware were 10 percent higher in February compared to a year before, bringing in a robust $1.47 billion in revenue.

Video games may not be recession-proof, but they're sporting some enviable economic kevlar. Gloomy economics notwithstanding, NPD Group's February 2009 game sales figures are coming up roses for Nintendo, Microsoft, and — that's right — even Sony.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. video game sales rose 10 percent in February to $1.47 billion, led again by Nintendo's blockbuster Wii console, as gaming continued to show resilience despite an economic downturn that has sapped consumer spending.

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2009 (AFP) - Ping pong diplomacy helped thaw US-China relations and YouTube diplomacy may do the same for US ties with Iran.

It's time to ramp up mobile TV in the USA, said Bill Stone, the new president of mobile TV company MediaFLO USA. He's planning to greatly improve coverage, distribution and pricing for the relatively little-used service, in an attempt to make it much more mainstream.

NEW YORK - Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday it plans to buy Pure Digital, the company behind the popular Flip Video camcorder, for about $590 million in stock.

Chasing massive profits, crooks have unleased a flood of rogue antivirus programs that attempt to fool or scare unsuspecting PC users into forking over cash for an app that does nothing worthwhile.

A study by NSS Labs of 6 major web browsers shows a large difference in their ability to block "socially engineered malware." The study was funded by Microsoft.

Computer security researchers have devised a new Twitter attack that they say could spread virally, much like a worm on the microblogging service.

When the iPhone was first announced, few people would have anticipated the waves the device would make in the gaming community. Now, only a few days before San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference, a separate iGames Summit addressed the growing popularity of the iPhone gaming platform.

News from Gameloft about its new Terminator Salvation game, based on the movie, Ngmoco's sequel to a best-selling game, the unlikely iSperm and a game that will take you back to the days of Dragon's Lair are what tops this week's iPhone game roundup.

Steve Ballmer is trash-talking Apple again. No surprise there, as Microsoft's famously loud-mouthed CEO has taken plenty of swings at Cupertino over the years, such as when he snickered at the iPhone back in 2007. Ballmer's most recent shot came Thursday at the McGraw-Hill Companies' Media Summit New York, where Ballmer was interviewed via webcast by BusinessWeek editor-in-chief Stephen Adler.

OpenLogic is revamping its commercial support offerings for open-source projects with a new three-tier system that will be available starting next week.

This is an exciting time for Web browsers. Google Chrome is now available in alpha for Linux, and I downloaded it for Ubuntu. Despite the fact that I was running it on my rather underpowered Dell Mini 9, it started in the blink of an eye. Additionally, any JavaScript-heavy sites like Gmail or Google Docs were so responsive that it's almost unbelievable.

GPS device maker TomTom has shot back at Microsoft with a claim of patent infringement, after the software giant raised concerns in the Linux community with a recent lawsuit against TomTom.

BANGALORE (Reuters) - IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc for at least $6.5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported, in a deal that could bolster their computer server products against rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Elvis Presley memorabilia including a performance jumpsuit and a grand piano he played at Graceland went on auction on Monday in a demonstration of his commercial appeal 31 years since the King left the building.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as 75 percent of U.S. doctors will be writing electronic prescriptions within five years, thanks to new federal spending to encourage e-prescribing, according to a forecast released on Monday.