Electronic Arts Pressured to Outperform in Soft Videogame Market

Electronic Arts will be under pressure to report strong financial results this afternoon after the industry experienced a disappointing holiday period.
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With Burn Note, Self-Destructing Emails Vanish After They’ve Been Read

A new email service promises to expunge any trace of email exchanges after a note has been read. But, in the age of digital data, is anything ever really erased?
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These Boots Are Made for Tracking: GPS Technology Comes to Shoes

The souped-up shoes are aimed at caretakers who need to monitor people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. However, they raise some technical — and legal — questions.
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Digital Turning Point

We believe that America is at a major digital turning point. Simply, we find tremendous benefits in online technology, but we also pay a personal price for those benefits. The question is: how high a price are we willing to pay?

Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future, after a 10-year study by the Center incorporating more than 100 major issues involved in the impact of online technology in the United States

Digital Game Revenue Wasn’t Enough to Offset Broader Industry Declines in Q3

Revenue from mobile and social games, among other categories, is growing, but not at a fast enough clip to offset the declines witnessed in the traditional games market.
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New York Times Starting CEO Search Without a Search Firm

But they are using one to fill a board seat vacated in June. Draw your own conclusions.
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The Louis C.K. Window

Louis C.K. isn’t the first performer to sell directly to his fans using the Web. But if he wants to, he can keep working with Big Media, too. Clever.
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An Apple Gift for the Holidays: Free Beatles (Book) on iTunes

You’d have to be a Blue Meanie not to enjoy this.
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No Launch Date in Sight for Polaroid’s Lady Gaga Goggles

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-roma-mamaa! Ga-ga-ooh-la-la! Where’s your slick product?
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The Rise of Google, the Ascent of Facebook and the Decline of Everyone Else

Very reasonable bet: Google + Facebook will own 50 percent of the Web ad market by the end of this month.
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Amazon’s Tablet Test Starts Now

Warner Music Group Gets a New Boss