News analysis and background

Xbox outsells Wii and PS3 in Japan. It sold over three times as many as the PS3. Who would have thought this at the beginning of the year? The analysts […]

Spore cracked by the “Reloaded” group. Presumably they think that they are clever and are proud of what they have done. Would they think it so clever if they shot […]

Interesting marketing stunt

Anyone who reads this will know that I hate marketing by rote. One of the prime skills of a marketeer is to use creativity and innovation to leverage competitive advantage. […]

Google launch their Chrome web browser, and pretty good it looks too. However the stand out feature of this and every other Google product launch is just how bad their […]

Blue Track from Microsoft

Microsoft are teasing us that on the 9th of September they will be announcing a new product with the wind up tagline: “Say Goodbye to Laser”. Unfortunately in the age […]

  New Nintendo DS on the way with two, slightly larger, touch screens. And presumably some built in anti piracy measures. Nintendo only introduce new hardware when they need to […]

Making gold in China

The most frequent spammers on the Harbury Villagebuzz websites are people trying to sell something called World of Warcraft Gold. They are selling virtual goods and services for players of video […]