Star Wars

Player declines have been reduced, but Activision is facing a harsh reality that its beloved MMORPG is headed to its grave. To most young consumers, Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) is known for publishing the most successful first-person shooter franchise in the history of gaming: Call of Duty. With...

On the day when several websites are going dark in protest of SOPA, Google and Facebook are up and running as normal. Those who visit Wikipedia will be greeted by the same landing page, but English-speaking visitors who conduct a search will come up short. Instead of retrieving a detailed...

It seems that most consumers are stuck on a galaxy far, far away. In the category of movie searches, you would think that the latest Twilight film, Breaking Dawn, would be a contender for the most-searched film of the year. And it was a contender – but, despite the mountain of hype, the cornucopia...

Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) announced this week that it believes it should be able to “grow revenues and earnings per share for the full-year 2012 versus 2011.” This is good news for the toy manufacturer, which has been having a bit of a rocky 2011. Over the past six months, Hasbro has been watching its...

The company that popularized the art of shooting with a DSLR is about to release the next evolution in digital cinematography. Last week, Canon (NYSE: CAJ) unveiled the C300, a new camera designed specifically for high-end filmmakers. Due for release in January at a price of $20K, the C300 comes...

Do they grow on trees? Did they come from another planet? Is there a secret lab in South America that builds them from scratch? No one knows for sure. But after encountering dozens of these creatures myself, I figured it was time to investigate. Let's start by taking a closer look at the four...

This morning, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced it was buying Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) at a whopping premium, over 60%. Many are questioning why would Google, a software provider, go after a hardware company? Patents, patents, patents and more patents. Ever since a group led by Apple (NASDAQ...

You might have heard the news that the final Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2", had the biggest second-weekend decline of all time by a blockbuster movie. When you take a closer look at the numbers, it's easy to see that Harry and his fellow wizards are laughing...

It's the finale that will leave fans cheering and tearing at the same time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which hit theaters last night at midnight, has already broken records and is about to become the biggest film of the year. My colleague is under the impression that Potter...

Like so many of the world's most well-known billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg has taken the first step in becoming a grand-scale philanthropist. The Wall Street Journal reports that Zuckerberg has signed onto the Giving Pledge, which asks its signatories to commit publicly to give away the majority of...