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• 2Nov 09

  Profits Down at the House of Mario

  Sony continues to lose money in it's entertainment division on sales of the PlayStation 3.And Nintendo continues to turn a profit on sales of the Wii.Then why are investors driving Nintendo's stock down and Sony's stock up?It's because they don't like thedirectionthat they're seeing Nintendo heading.Year-over-year profits at Nintendo are down almost 50% for the first half of 2009. Wii sales continue to slow, and even a recent $50 price cut hasn't seemed to spur additional sales of the console, worrisome news as we head into the holiday season when most sales are made.

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  • Posted Nov 2, 2009 4:01 pm PT
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• 2Nov 09

  My Problem With Cellular Providers

  Remember when the typical cellular phone advertisement showed a woman with a small child near a broken down car on a dark highway? Cell phone in hand, she would call a tow truck and be on her way. The message--don't let this be you or your wife/mother stuck out here on the road without a cell phone for emergencies.

  Back in that time, expansion was easy for the cellular providers. All they had to do was set up a few kiosks in the mall or a local retailer and wait for people to approach and sign up for new service. Contracts were typically one year long, and growth was simply made by adding new subscribers.

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  • Posted Nov 2, 2009 3:59 pm PT
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• 28Oct 09

  Netflix Streaming Arriving Soon on PlayStation 3

  Netflix's Instant Watchingfeature allows subscribers of the DVD rental-by-mail service to stream a select group of 17,000 movies to a PC or a compatible device. Up until now, the XBOX 360 was the only game console capable of streaming movies from Netflix, but that will soon change as the 360 is joined by its most direct competitor, the PlayStation 3.

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  • Posted Oct 28, 2009 6:44 am PT
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