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Yummy launches Gameshield for game copy protection

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Yummy Interactive has launched GameShield, a copy protection and license-management software suite geared exclusively to game publishers and game developers.

GameShield is a complete suite of product licensing, management and protection tools for an industry rapidly expanding into a complex array of retail and online business models. GameShield’s protection features can be embedded into the game code itself, and/or wrapped around an existing product.

GameShield also arms publishers and game developers with the ability to generate a single build for both their retail and online markets allowing for easy ongoing maintenance and deployment of updates, patches and expansion packs to end-users.

Originally posted on February 19, 2008 @ 5:01 am

Handheld devices post 16th consecutive quarter of decline, obviously dying

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The handheld device market failed to post a seasonal sequential increase in shipments during the fourth quarter. According to IDC’s Worldwide Handheld QView, vendors shipped a total of 683,004 units in the fourth quarter, marking a 53.2% decrease from the same quarter a year ago and a 6.0% decrease from the previous quarter. For the full year, vendors shipped a total of 3.0 million units worldwide, down 44.3% from the 5.5 million units shipped during all of 2006. The handheld device market posting its sixteenth consecutive quarter of year-on-year decline.

Originally posted on February 12, 2008 @ 10:38 am

IDG revives The Industry Standard

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IDG today relaunched an online-only version of The Industry Standard. The print edition ended its run in 2001.

“What we wanted to do was bring The Standard back online only. A print component wouldn’t make sense,” said Derek Butcher, the online publication’s vice president and general manager. “We’ll be covering the same topic area in terms of the online economy and the business of the Internet, which of course has grown quite a bit since the original Industry Standard was around. We really want to be true to the editorial integrity and professionalism and quality analysis of the original Industry Standard; we want to provide the what and the why, rather than just the what.” [Source]

Originally posted on February 4, 2008 @ 11:31 am

EDGAR Online recognized by Microsoft for its technology expertise

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EDGAR Online, Inc. has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions. As a Gold Certified Partner, EDGAR Online has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven its ability to meet customers’ needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel.

EDGAR Online is a premier source of financial information and corporate intelligence. The company’s innovative, productivity-enhancing tools such as I-Metrix enable professionals to easily analyze companies and investment opportunities.

Originally posted on January 30, 2008 @ 9:29 pm

Dell closes U.S. kiosks, focuses on direct retail business

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Dell announced that it is closing its 140 kiosks in the U.S. and will focus on direct retail business. The Dell Direct Store model, which began in 2002, enabled customers to touch and feel Dell products before purchasing systems direct from the company. In the past six months the company has adopted a retail strategy that enables Dell to connect with customers it has not necessarily reached in the past. Dell is applying the advantages of its direct business model into retail where customers can purchase laptop and desktop computers in more than 10,000 retail outlets worldwide.

Dell is committed, however, to its direct business, where a majority of customers choose to shop on the phone and via the Internet to buy laptops, desktops and associated products. The kiosks outside the U.S. are not affected with the changes the company is making today.

Originally posted on January 30, 2008 @ 6:18 am