John BramleyJim Carrey plays the miserly Scrooge and several other characters in the animated movie "Disney's A Christmas Carol." "Disney's A Christmas Carol" is a fine film for families in need of a few hours of peace and joy during the ...Read More
Ready for another long, drawn-out copy and paste controversy to overtake your every waking moment for a year or two? Good: Microsoft just mentioned in a Q&A session here at MIX10 in no uncertain terms that clipboard operations won't ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Disney is shutting down a facility in the San Francisco Bay area that was used to capture Jim Carrey's acting in "A Christmas Carol." It's a move to further cut costs at Disney's movie studio.
The Walt ...Read More
Sony finally shared details of the new PlayStation 3 motion control system that's going to battle it out with Microsoft's Project Natal (and the Wii) this holiday season. The word from San Francisco, where it was shown last night at the ...Read More
Fans of Valve's inventive 2007 first-person puzzle game Portal can finally stop begging for a sequel. The developer announced today that Portal 2 is coming this holiday season.
The news follows a series of cryptic updates to the original Portal - ...Read More
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal said Thursday he will not seek re-election, ending speculation that the popular Democrat might try to overturn a state law that would have prohibited him from pursuing a third term. Freudenthal, 59, said he ...Read More
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. -- Kohl's Corp. grew its profit in the fourth quarter as it kept its inventory levels lean and took advantage of shoppers' trend toward buying value-priced goods, the discount retailer said Thursday. The department store chain, known for ...Read More
Macy's Inc. returned to a fourth-quarter profit Tuesday as lower expenses helped the department store operator even as sales dipped.
During the holidays, Macy's kept a tight lid on inventory to avoid having to clear items out at steep discounts, which ...Read More
J.C. Penney posted a fourth-quarter profit on Friday that beat Wall Street estimates, but a key sales measure lagged behind key competitors Kohl's and Macy's as it did all it could to avoid clearance sales. On the company's conference call, CEO ...Read More
NEW YORK ? After nearly 50 years of hammering competitors with discounts, Wal-Mart is getting a taste of its own medicine.
The world's largest retailer has seen sales at its U.S. Walmart stores fall for the first time, as price-cutting competitors ...Read More
At long last, Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7 Series (the official name for Windows Mobile 7) at a packed press conference on the first official day of the Mobile World Congress. Slated to launch on handsets by holiday season 2010, ...Read More
* Q4 EPS $1.17 vs Wall St view $1.12 * Q4 U.S. same-store sales down 1.6 pct * Sees Q1 oper shr 81-85 cts vs Street view 85 cts * Shares down 1.9 pct in early trading (Adds quote from U.S. chief, details ...Read More
NEW YORK, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Can arming toy hamsters keep the Zhu Zhu Pets phenomenon alive? The toy hamsters, which flew off shelves last Christmas and won the "toy of the year" award at the toy fair in New York, ...Read More
Zhu Zhu Pets, move over: An iPod Touch-like toy for preschoolers could become the holiday season's hottest new toy.
At the American International Toy Fair in New York on Monday, Mattel Inc. Chief Executive Robert Eckert singled out the iXL electronic ...Read More
Reporting from New York - It's Goldilocks time for the nation's toy merchants: Not too pricey, but not too cheap. Innovative, but still fun to play with.
For the thousands of retail buyers at the nation's largest toy fair this week, ...Read More
Microsoft took the wraps off of Windows Phone 7 Series (the official name for Windows Mobile 7) here Monday at Mobile World Congress. Slated to launch on handsets by holiday season 2010, Windows 7 is a complete overhaul from previous ...Read More
NEW YORK - If Zhu Zhu Pets taught a lesson, it's that a bit of technology and a low price tag can go a long way. Toymakers are taking that experience to heart. From a digital Scrabble game that checks the ...Read More
NEW YORK-If the Zhu Zhu Pets taught a lesson, it's that a bit of technology and a low price tag can go a long way. Toy makers are taking that experience to heart.
From a digital Scrabble game that checks the ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless benefits tumbled last week, a government report showed on Thursday, reversing a recent spike that had raised concerns about renewed labor market weakness.
Initial claims for state unemployment ...Read More
Remember the Nook? Last fall, when the e-reader race was largely defined by Amazon, Barnes & Noble's device seemed as if it might make a bit of noise: It had an interesting-looking two-screen approach, and–crucially–the bookseller could sell the gadget ...Read More
Though iPhone sales grew 18 percent in the fourth quarter, the overall market saw even greater growth, leaving Apple with a smaller market share during the holiday season, a new study has found. The data from ABI Research, via The Wall ...Read More
