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Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million
- As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million in cash.
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EA posts 2Q loss, cutting 17 pct. of work force
- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.
- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.
Electronic Arts posts 2Q net loss, plans layoffs
- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.
- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.
Electronic Arts posts 2Q loss, plans layoffs
- Electronic Arts said Monday its loss widened in the latest quarter in what's been a difficult year for the company and the broader video game industry.
- Electronic Arts said Monday its loss widened in the latest quarter in what's been a difficult year for the company and the broader video game industry.
Tagged.com settles with NY, Texas in invite fight
- The social networking Web site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially stealing the e-mail addresses of some 60 million Internet users, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.
NY case spotlights Dead Sea Scrolls, fake e-mails
- Students and university officials started getting e-mails last year in which a prominent Judaic studies scholar seemed to make a startling confession: He had committed plagiarism.
Fort Hood victims include St. Paul soldier
- A Minnesota soldier and father of three who had a knack for making people laugh was among those killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas.
Lake Stevens man killed by police was Iraq veteran
- On the battlefields of Iraq, John LaBossiere's gun became his security blanket, his father believes.
News Corp. 1Q up but online paper fees delayed
- Media conglomerate News Corp. posted a surprise increase in quarterly profit Wednesday, but Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said the company might not meet its goal of charging fees for online versions of its newspapers by next summer.
- Media conglomerate News Corp. posted a surprise increase in quarterly profit Wednesday, but Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said the company might not meet its goal of charging fees for online versions of its newspapers by next summer.
Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks
- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.
Ochsner announces closing of a fertility clinic
- Ochsner Health Systems said it is closing its in vitro fertilization clinic after an independent audit found substandard work by a contract embryologist and concluded that embryos stored for 15 of 53 women should not be used.
School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix
- Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation.
Rapper releases video directed by Heath Ledger
- An Australian rapper who was a boyhood friend of Heath Ledger has released a music video the star directed shortly before his death.
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