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Electronic Arts Responds To Spore DRM Criticism

Electronic Arts Responds To Spore DRM Criticism [09.12.08] As Amazon removes a wave of negative Spore user reviews in the wake of an internet backlash against the game's DRM, Electronic Arts is aiming to address community concerns about its anti-piracy system for the long-awaited title. [Updated: Amazon reviews return.]

Electronic Arts (ERTS) NewsBite - ERTS Hits 52-Week Low

Electronic Arts (NasdaqNM: ERTS) hit a new 52-Week low of $39.32 so far today. Currently the stock is down $0.65 (-1.59%) to $40.15 on 3,995,070 shares traded. Today's low is down $21.47 from a 52-Week high of $61.62. Electronic Arts stock has been showing support around $38.73 and resistance in the $44.81 range. Technical indicators for the stock are neutral and S&P gives ERTS a neutral 3 STARS (out of 5) hold ranking. If you are looking for a hedged play on ERTS the stock seems like it could be a candidate for a November out-of-the-money bear-call credit spread above the 50 range. [ABR-Seven Summits Strategic Investments NewsBite]

Electronic Arts and Governor Bobby Jindal Announce the Creation of EA North American Test Center at Louisiana State University

BATON ROUGE, La.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—August 20, 2008— Governor Bobby Jindal and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced a partnership including Electronic Arts (EA), Louisiana State University (LSU) and the Louisiana Department of Economic Development (LED) that will lead to the creation of a new global quality assurance (QA) center in Baton Rouge. The facility will be the first of its kind in the United States and will serve primarily as a test center for EA SPORTS

Prolific Electronic Jazz Composer Ty Showers Has R...

True to his schedule, electronic jazz musician Ty Showers has released his 3rd album "Showers" in 3 months. On his third release, Ty explores various genres of Jazz, Electronic Jazz, Fusion, Jazz Dance, and New Age.

Group Decries "Attempts to Circumvent Electronic Privacy Law"

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed friend-of-the-court briefs in two key electronic privacy cases that the group says threaten to expand the government's spying authority.

Agilent Technologies' New Electronic System-Level EDA Platform Helps Algorithm Developers, System Architects Cut Design Time in Half

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—September 15, 2008— Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today introduced SystemVue 2008, a new electronic design automation (EDA) platform for electronic system-level (ESL) design. The new platform cuts physical layer (PHY) design time in half for high-performance communications algorithms and system architectures, for both wireless and aerospace/defense applications.

Tavant Technologies Collaborates With Electronic Arts for the Launch of TheSimsCarnival.com - A New Games Destination Website

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tavant Technologies, a leading provider of specialized IT solutions and services, today announced successful launch of The Sims Carnival(TM), a new creative endeavor in online casual gaming by the The Sims(TM) Label at Electronic Arts Inc. . Electronic Arts retained Tavant Technologies to provide offshore enabled services for TheSimsCarnival.com in an agile, onshore-offshore development approach.

Tavant Technologies Collaborates With Electronic Arts for the Launch of TheSimsCarnival.com - A New Games Destination Website

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tavant Technologies, a leading provider of specialized IT solutions and services, today announced successful launch of The Sims Carnival(TM), a new creative endeavor in online casual gaming by the The Sims(TM) Label at Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS). Electronic Arts retained Tavant Technologies to provide offshore enabled services for TheSimsCarnival.com in an agile, onshore-offshore development approach.

PNA versus DNA: Effects of Structural Fluctuations on Electronic Structure and Hole-Transport Mechanisms

The effects of structural fluctuations on charge transfer in double-stranded DNA and peptide nucleic acid (PNA) are investigated. A palindromic sequence with two guanine bases that play the roles of hole donor and acceptor, separated by a bridge of two adenine bases, was analyzed using combined molecular dynamics (MD) and quantum-chemical methods. Surprisingly, electronic structure calculations on individual MD snapshots show significant frontier orbital electronic population on the bridge in ~10% of the structures. Electron-density delocalization to the bridge is found to be gated by fluctuations of the covalent conjugated bond structure of the aromatic rings of the nucleic bases. It is concluded, therefore, that both thermal hopping and superexchange should contribute significantly to charge transfer even in short DNA/PNA fragments.

Video games, major attraction for youths in Oran

ORAN (Algeria)- Video games in Oran (432km west of Algiers) are the main attraction for the young, a large number of whom frequent electronic Cafés and other similar entertainment areas. The video games craze has led electronic Cafés' owners to keep doors open until late in the night, mainly in summertime. Three action games are the favourite, namely "Grand theft auto" (GTA), "Counter Strike" and "Half-Life," with which "regulars spend an average of two to three hours before the monitor," an electronic Café's manager said.

A Cautionary Note In The Use Of Carbon Nanotubes As Interconnects

Researchers at the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (UK) have used scanning tunnelling microscopy to confirm remarkable changes in the fundamental electronic behaviour when double-walled carbon nanotubes are subject to radial deformations and torsional strain. The work reported in Nano Letters (reference below) reveals that squashing and twisting a double-walled nanotube opens an electronic band gap in an otherwise metallic system, which has major ramifications on the use of carbon nanotubes for electronic and NEMS applications.

Electronic Arts pulls plug on Tiberium game

Electronic Arts Inc. today canceled Tiberium, a spinoff of its popular Command & Conquer franchise of shooter games, and said it would lay off an unspecified number of employees at its Playa Vista office.

Electronic Arts facing legal action over Spore

Electronic Arts, one of the world’s leading videogame publishers, is being sued by videogame fans for the way it has handled the digital rights-management software built into its new game, Spore.

Electronic Arts' Spore Sales Cross 1 mln Copies Milestone - Update

Electronic Arts says Spore sells more than 1 mln copies at retail worldwide on PC, Mac and Nintendo DS - Quick facts

Electronic Arts signs agreement with Eidos Interactive - Quick Facts

Electronic Arts accepts Take-Two's offer of management presentation; To let tender offer expire - Update

Electronic Arts to end US$2B hostile bid for Take-Two, start friendly talks instead

Electronic Arts Inc. said yesterday it will drop its hostile US$2-billion bid for rival video-game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. and instead pursue private talks with the company that created the popular Grand Theft Auto series and other video games. While shares of Take-Two fell 4% on the spectre that EA might walk away, or come back with a lower bid, analysts said a deal was more probable now that friendly talks were in the offing. EA, maker of Rock Band, Madden and other games, said yesterday John Riccitiello, its chief executive, and Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two executive chairman, held talks over the weekend. "I think Take-Two ... is going to negotiate a dollar [per share] higher and then claim victory," said Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter.

Electronic Arts withdraws offer for Take-Two

Electronic Arts said Monday that it had withdrawn its $2 billion tender offer to purchase its rival Take-Two Interactive, ending its five-month hostile takeover bid for the maker of the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise.

Electronic Arts issues Update on Offer for Take-Two - Quick Facts

Electronic Arts accepts Take-Two's offer of management presentation; To let tender offer expire - Update

Electronic Arts keeping price of games artificially high

Electronic Arts always seem to get the sh!t@y end of the stick when being discussed in the gaming community. Not least because of their aggressive buyout of top developers such as Pandemic, Bullfrog and such like, but also the tendency for them to invest huge amounts of money in acquiring licenses only to produce a bunch of shovelware that sits atop the festive gaming charts year in year out.

Electronic Arts to Market Personal Computers in Conjunction with New Crysis Warhead.

Electronic Arts, the world’s largest publisher of video games, said recently that it plans to mark personal computers in accordance with their capabilities to play the forthcoming Crysis Warhead game. Actual details were not revealed, but such an approach may imply that the upcoming title requires even more complicated hardware than the predecessor.

Electronic Arts says Spore sells more than 1 mln copies at retail worldwide on PC, Mac and Nintendo DS - Quick facts

(RTTNews) - Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS: News ) announced that Spore has sold through more than one million copies at retail worldwide on the PC, Mac and Nintendo DS, since shipping worldwide on September 7th.

Electronic Arts pulls plug on Take-Two takeover

Games developer Electronic Arts has withdrawn its offer to purchase Take-Two Interactive, signaling the end of a five-month hostile takeover bid for the company, the parent of Rockstar Games, developers of the Grand Theft Auto series.

Electronic Arts: Growth is Coming

Shares of Electronic Arts (ERTS) have hit a new 52 week low this week, and are sitting just above historical two and five year lows.

Electronic Arts Q1 loss narrows on more sales

JULY 30 | Electronic Arts narrowed its fiscal first-quarter loss as sales jumped on such newer titles as Battlefield: Bad Company and UEFA EURO 2008 and more established games including Rock Band.

Electronic Arts Issues Update on Offer for Take-Two

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Electronic Arts Inc. (“EA�) (NASDAQ:ERTS) today issued an update on its offer to acquire Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (“Take-Two�) (NAS

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