What if a digital-media company went public and nobody came?
The Orchard (Nasdaq: ORCD) began trading as a standalone company on Wednesday. Trading was somewhat brisk, but care to guess the trading volume on its second day as a public company?
Sometimes you lose by winning the game. Online game publisher The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) is doing well by most metrics. Last night's third-quarter report found the company growing revenues by 35% to $42.2 million.
The official date has been set for the launch of Halo 3 and Xbox 360 Messenger accessories in the retail market. For gaming enthusiasts in the US, the magic date is September 4, 2007. On that date, they will be able to pick up the Halo 3 Limited Edition Wireless Controllers and Headset as well as the Xbox 360 Messenger Kit.
Apple Inc. has introduced a reason for fans of the Beatles to rejoice by including sixteen albums of the legendary John Lennon in its iTunes music store. He is the third of the fab four to have his solo work digitally available. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have already made their digital debuts.
Will it, or won't it? That's been the question surrounding the long-rumored price cut for Sony 's (NYSE: SNE) high-end PlayStation 3 model, with a high-ranking executive denying such a move as recently as last week. Hey, another day, another story, and it turns out Sony is indeed reducing the price by $100 here in North America.
Microsoft does a 360 Finally! Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is standing by its sick-prone Xbox 360, even if it's going to have to put its money where its mouth is. The console maker announced that it is taking a $1 billion charge as it extends the video game system warranty for a full three years.
Now that Shanda (Nasdaq: SNDA) is back on the growth track, its acquisitive juices are starting to flow. The Internet gaming pioneer is buying smaller rival Aurora Technology for an undisclosed price.
Wii's online digital store is about to become an open shop. Nintendo 's (OTC: NTDOY.PK) next-generation gaming platform is looking to share the fat margin wealth of digital delivery to aspiring game developers with its WiiWare initiative.
The cyberspace halls are pretty quiet right now. Several Internet radio providers are staging an aural hunger strike, going silent today to protest pending royalty rate hikes that may put many of them out of business.
It's good to be Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) these days. Just the very whiff of a Financial Times report over the weekend -- indicating that Apple was in talks with major studios
