Archive for December 21st, 2006

Nintendo Co.’s Wii is outselling Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 on auction site Ebay, according to the company’s latest research sales data.Under the Tech Gadgets category, Wii ranks as the No. 1 seller at 38,074 units sold. The innovative new console, which retails for $249, is sold to Ebay customers at an [...]

Apparently upset by the dominance of Microsoft’s media downloading program iTunes Skype and Sony have decided to introduce their own programs as counters to the well known program.
 Sony’s offering is to begin to allow movie downloads onto their PSP handheld unit.

 Initially the Microsoft service will allow users to download the movies onto their PCs and [...]

Steven Grossberg, who sells video games online from his home in Wellington, Fla., recently sent an enticing offer to 20,000 customers: $10 off any purchase over $30 using a new payment service, Google Checkout.
Traffic on his site more than tripled, and best of all, he said, Google picked up the tab for the promotion.
“I think [...]

US auction company eBay Inc may partner its PayPal online payments service with a local Chinese entity should it be required by local regulations, chief executive Meg Whitman said.
However, Whitman, speaking to media in Shanghai, refused to comment on a rumored venture between the payment service and UMPay, a joint venture between China Mobile Ltd [...]