Europe
Reuters: Take That to perform at MTV Europe Awards
LONDON (Reuters) - British band Take That will perform at MTV's Europe Music
Awards in Liverpool next month, 14 years after they appeared at the first
edition of the annual show when it was held at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
The band will join the likes of Beyonce, P!nk, Duffy, The Killers and Kid Rock
on stage at the awards ceremony on November 6, following their comeback in 2006
and sellout tour in 2007.
"After having performed at the first ever MTV Europe Music Awards in 1994 and
having such fond memories of the event in Berlin, it is a great honor to be
asked back 14 years later," Take That said in a statement.
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Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:53:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Katy Perry to host MTV Europe Music Awards
LONDON (Billboard) - Katy Perry, the singer/songwriter of the summer smash "I
Kissed a Girl," will host the MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool on November
6.
The pop singer has been nominated in two categories -- best new act and most
addictive track for "I Kissed A Girl," which topped America's Billboard Hot 100
chart for seven weeks.
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Posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:55:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony may offer OLED TVs in Europe in 2009: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp plans to sell ultra-thin television based on organic
light-emitting diode technology as early as in 2009 in Europe, the world's
largest flat TV market, the Nikkei business daily said on Wednesday.
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Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:18:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Europe gets PlayTV for PS3 instead of Movie Downloads
Sony launched at the E3 2008 a video download store on the Playstation network that is only available in the United States. Sony will start rolling out PlayTV in Europe starting September 10th. With PlayTV you can record TV programming yourself on the PS3 - better than nothing.
Sony announced PlayTV one year ago at the GC 2007 in Lepzig. PlayTV will therefore launch over one year after the announcement.
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Posted on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Europe without new iPhone 3G Stock until October
German magazine Focus reports that the iPhone 3G is completely sold out across Europe and that new inventory would not arrive until October. This would mean that iPhone fans would have to spend the summer without the new iPhone 3G if they did not pick one up yet.
The magazine says that they got the information about the dramatic iPhone 3G shortage from a manager at Apple.
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Posted on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:39:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Dualshock 3 hits Europe July 2nd
Rumble is finally coming to Europe! Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that DUALSHOCK 3 Wireless Controller will be available for PS3 in Europe on July 2nd, 2008.
Japan has had the Dualshock controller since last year and the U.S. gamers got the vibrating PS3 controller in April.
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Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:20:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Ad-funded Mobile Firm to enter 3 European Markets
By Tarmo Virki
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's first advertising-funded mobile telecoms
operator, Blyk, will enter the highly competitive German, Spanish and Belgian
markets next year, the firm said on Wednesday.
After a slow start, wireless companies are making moves into the potentially
lucrative mobile ad market, helped by new technologies and the spread of more
advanced phones.
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Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Nintendo Europe Wii and DS Summer Release Schedule
Nintendo announced the schedule for Wii and DS games to be released this summer. Leading into the releases is Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii on June 27th. Super Smash Brawl has been shipping in the U.S. since March.
Other Nintendo video game release highlights for Europe include Wario Land: The Shake Dimension for the Wii, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness for the DS.
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Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:35:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
European 3G Subscriptions seen topping 100 million
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European mobile carriers have crossed the 100 million mark
with subscribers on their third-generation networks, market research firm
Informa Telecoms and Media said.
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Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:29:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Microsoft to open European Search Tech Center
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it planned to open a search
technology center (STC) in Europe as part of its plan to accelerate investments
in Live Search.
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Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:51:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Budweiser Brewer soon European owned?
European beverage giant InBev made a $46 billion bid for Anheuser-Bush.
InBev owns beer brands like Becks and Stellar Artois. Anheuser said that it will review the bid.
Anheuser-Bush's beer brands account for 50% of the beer sales in the United States.
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Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:33:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PSP Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Bundle hits Europe
Sony announces that the Sony PSP Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Bundle is coming to Europe.
The chain of events which set the epic adventure of Final Fantasy into motion will be revealed this summer with the release of Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII, which is a prequel to Final Fantasy VII, the biggest selling Final Fantasy of all time.
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Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sex sells at Theaters in America, Europe
By Dean Goodman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Sex and the City" fashioned a surprisingly strong
opening at the North American box office on Sunday, as frenzied female fans used
the romantic comedy as an excuse for a big party.
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Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:03:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
New Nintendo DS Colors and Cooking Guide for Europe
Nintendo is introducing three new very strong Nintendo DS colors in Europe this June. In the same announcement Nintendo also announces the Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What To Eat? software.
I slowly get how Nintendo's marketing came to the idea to announce new DS colors and a cooking guide in the same message. The new Red, Turquoise and Green Nintendo DS colors are apparently tasty and mouth-watering.
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Posted on Tue, 27 May 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Orange to sell iPhone in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Apple lands another carrier deal for their iPhone. Orange announcing a deal for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
France Telecom owned Orange will sell the iPhone in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and its African markets later this year.
In case of Austria and Switzerland there are carrier overlaps, meaning Apple dropped the exclusivity deals in these countries.
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Posted on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:59:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Best Buy Stores come to Europe
Best Buy announced a deal with the The Carphone Warehouse that will bring Best Buy Stores to Europe.
Best Buy stores in the U.S. are huge consumer electronics temples. If they can bring that scale to Europe they could hurt currently leading consumer electronics chains like Metro's Saturn and Media Markt or Dixons in the UK.
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Posted on Thu, 8 May 2008 01:18:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 outsells Xbox 360 in Europe says Sony
Sony held the PlayStation Day Conference in London yesterday. One short key message from the event is that the Sony PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 in Europe.
Apparently the Sony PS3 has outsold the Xbox 360 since October 2007. Sony sold 5 million PS3 consoles across Europe.
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Posted on Wed, 7 May 2008 07:43:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Samsung Soul 3G 5MP Cell Phone launches in Europe
Samsung announces the launch of the feature packed Samsung Soul in Europe. In good Korean electronics company tradition they published some sexy Gadget Model photos with the Soul announcement.
Feature highlights of the Quad-Band HSDPA 7.2 Mbps Samsung Soul include 5MP Camera with AF, 4x digital zoom, Power LED light, Face detection, image stabilizer, 2.2 inch QVGA screen, Bluetooth 2.0, MP3 and WMA music player and ICEpower Technology by B&O.
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Posted on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumor: European Carriers lose Money on unsold iPhone Inventory
The Times Online ran a story claiming that European carriers O2 and T-Mobile have overestimated iPhone demand and are sitting on unsold inventory they are not putting on sale at steep discounts.
We already reported that German T-Mobile dramatically slashed their iPhone prices (up to 300 Euro). O2 cut the 8GB iPhone price by 100 Pounds.
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Posted on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Intel cheap Laptops expanding to U.S., Europe
By Jim Finkle and Duncan Martell
BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp said on Wednesday sub-$300 laptops
initially designed for poor children will soon be available to U.S. and European
consumers in a move that could further push down computer prices.
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Posted on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:33:21 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 Prices in Europe
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp cut the prices of its Xbox 360 video
game console in Europe by up to 28 percent on Monday to try to spur sales in a
key battleground in the fast-growing industry.
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Posted on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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