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Video game maker Activision scores big gains in 3Q

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Video game maker Activision Blizzard Inc. scored points in the third quarter with a performance that topped analysts' forecasts. The results announced Wednesday encouraged management to predict more good times in the crucial holiday shopping season when the company

Review: Surface mostly bridges work-play divide

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - I've been conditioned just like any other consumer to expect certain things from certain companies. When it comes to tablets, I expect Apple's to look and feel amazing, Google's to seamlessly blend online services such as Gmail

Chris Brown still doesn't want people to like him

By Kate Stanhope, Chris Brown apparently still doesn't want people to like him. After slowly getting back into the public's good graces following his 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna, Brown got tempers flaring again on Wednesday when he posted a picture of himself dressed as a

8 things you think you own, but don't

By Andrew CoutsProvided by This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case called Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, which will test the limits of something called the "first sale" doctrine. First sale is the legal doctrine that governs our right to buy, sell, and loan things like CDs, books, DVDs,