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• War, famine, disease. Never mind - 1bn PCs built
  Monday 1 July 2002 – 08:04
  A billion PCs have rolled off the world's production lines according to Gartner Dataquest today.
• War, The Way It Was Intended - By Email
  Saturday 24 December 2005 – 12:00
  Play By Email is seen as an outmoded, old-fashioned and obsolete method of online play. People obviously need to get stronger glasses.
• Gears of War 2 Designer: Savvy Gamers Know How to Pirate
  Tuesday 30 September 2008 – 09:50
  Gears of War was a monster hit on the Xbox 360, which eventually made it to the PC after a considerable wait. The game’s sequel, however, will be a console-only title.
• First-tier motherboard makers to continue price war in Q2
  Monday 17 April 2006 – 04:00
  A price war launched in the first quarter by the top-four Taiwan motherboard makers - Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Foxconn Electronics - is expected to continue in the second quarter, as makers are striving to maintain their market shares amid slow demand, according to market sources.
• Microsoft and Epic to release "Gears of War" on 12 November
  Thursday 3 August 2006 – 05:07
  The next third person shooter is set to make its debut this holiday season. Microsoft Game Studio and Epic Games today announced that their "high-definition" game "Gears of War" for the Xbox 360 game console will be available in North America on 12 November.
• Gears of War turns out 1 million copies
  Monday 27 November 2006 – 04:28
  Microsoft's highly anticipated game for the Xbox 360, Gears of War, has reached the milestone of one million copies sold, giving it the distinction of being the fastest-selling Xbox 360 game since the console's debut last year.
• AMD goes to war - files antitrust suit against Intel
  Tuesday 28 June 2005 – 04:22
  In one of the most stunning developments in the hardware industry in past years, AMD has decided to take Intel to court: AMD claims that Intel has violated antitrust laws by unfairly maintaining its monopoly in the microprocessor industry.
• Price war continues; 802.11b WLAN cards to plunge to US$10 in 2H
  Wednesday 5 March 2003 – 07:07
  PCMCIA network interface cards (NICs) supporting the 802.11b WLAN standard are likely to see a drastic price drop in the second half of this year, dipping to near US$10 from the current US$16-17, as new players, both chip suppliers and equipment makers, try to get a foothold in the already saturated market.
• Gears of War goes gold
  Thursday 26 October 2006 – 06:36
  Microsoft Game Studios, along with developer Epic Games, announced on Wednesday that they have completed the production of the anticipated Xbox 360 game Gears of War. Set to launch nationwide on 12 November, it is Microsoft's big video game entry in the week-long period of highly anticipated mid-November product launches.
• Gears of War sales reach 3 million worldwide
  Monday 22 January 2007 – 04:29
  The holiday blockbuster lived up to expectations, as the Xbox 360 tactical fighter game has sold over three million copies in ten weeks, earning the designation as the fastest-selling game in the 14-month history of Microsoft's new console.
• Opinion: Why the Xbox 360 is the winner of the current console war
  Wednesday 29 November 2006 – 09:12
  The Xbox 360 is the winner of the current console war. A bit of a premature statement considering as how the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii have only been on the market long enough to have their first technical teething problems? I think not, and here's why.
• HP girds for war: Dell, PalmOne are targets
  Monday 20 June 2005 – 10:47
  To beat Dell, and strangely enough, PalmOne, HP needs to raise the bar and focus on the customer with products that anticipate where that customer wants to be, not simply copy what others have done.
• Panasonic price cuts on 16x DVD burners triggers price war
  Tuesday 16 May 2006 – 03:02
  From DigiTimes
• Microsoft's Ballmer calls for war on cybercrime
  Thursday 8 April 2004 – 04:59
  Demure and softly spoken Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, has called for companies to "join in" the war on cyber crime.
• Price war for slim DVD burners surfaces again
  Saturday 21 April 2007 – 03:00
  Optical disc drive (ODD) makers in Japan and South Korea area launching another price war for slim DVD burners, with quotes for the segment reduced to less than $40, compared to $42-45 in the first quarter of 2007 and $45-48 in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to sources....