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Apple’s iPad has been completely banned from Israel over concerns about the strength of its wi-fi signal. The Associated Press reports that ten of the machines have already been confiscated by customs officials, though some iPads were taken across the border before the ban was announced. Confiscated machines will be …

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In fact these middle-tier teams could be the dark horses in the online race. They own powerful IPs, but are small enough to be agile in one of the fastest moving fields. Online businesses demand quick wits and good customer service. Online games businesses need all that and more – …

Best Buy has advanced its launch date, and will officially open on April 30th, instead of the planned date in May. It is thought that the dates have been moved to coincide with the bank holiday weekend of May 1st till the 3rd. After months of intensive training at our …

The value of the UK games software market fell in March by seven per cent year-on-year, according to ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track. The monthly charts show that EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was the biggest selling title of the month, followed by Final Fantasy XIII and Ubisoft’s evergreen hit Just Dance. These …

UK publisher Zushi Games has confirmed to MCV that it has entered administration. The company’s co-founder and chairman Ian Stewart declined to comment further until the ongoing litigation processes are complete. According to Companies House’s listings, Zushi Games officially entered administration on March 18th and has a receivership action against …

A PR event for Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction has hugely backfired in New Zealand after members of the public believed that a man with a gun was on the run. Organised on behalf of Monaco Corporation, the stunt saw an actor with bandaged hands threatened 20 onlookers drinking outside a …

Microsoft has sent a team of independent auditors to the Chinese factory in the middle of a heated row following accusations of poor working conditions. The National Labor Committee last week released a report documenting claims about working conditions faced by staff at China’s KYE Factory, where Microsoft produces tech …

There’s no way of knowing if these snaps caught by US tech blog Engadget are the real deal, but they’re certainly a lot more plausible than some recent ‘leaked prototypes‘. The pictured device, whether it be the next iPhone or something totally unrelated, includes a front-facing camera, 80GB of storage. …

Activision’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer Thomas Tippl has insisted that Infinity Ward can recover from its current woes, outlining that a new management structure has already been put in place. We have interim leadership in place,” he told the LA Times. We have two senior execs currently …