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Controlling the Future of Gaming and Entertainment Starts with Game Consoles
A study by JPR found the PC gaming market to be 2.6x larger than console gaming market… that includes every Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii together (totally somewhere around 74.7 million units worldwide) with an estimated 196 million “gaming machine” class of PC shipped world wide. Yet, big companies and analysts have been claiming that [...]
Continue reading...30 Year Study – Happy People Socialize, Unhappy People Watch TV
Saturday, November 15, 2008
A University of Maryland study of 30 years worth of national data confirmed that watching television may provide temporary pleasure, but lead to long-term depression while socializing with friends and reading lead to longer term happiness. The study also found a direct correlation between watching TV and times of economic crisis (e.g. now), with many people [...]
Continue reading...“Gamer” Stereotypes Slowly Changing
Friday, October 24, 2008
Having been a gamer for over 20 years it was not until recently that I began to notice gaming become more popular and main stream. While it is not something I’ve really spent a lot of time thinking about it seems pretty obvious that casual games have found a way to get people into gaming [...]
Continue reading...Vodafone Study Confirms 25% of Security Breaches are due to Mobile Devices
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Interesting tid-bit from Vodafone UK this morning, looks like after a long-winded study they found that: 25% of companies experience a security breach due to mobile device (notebook, cell phone) use in unapproved ways. 50% of employees have no idea their companies have mobile device use-policies in place. Sounds to me like the companies are the issue here [...]
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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