Electronic Arts makes a $2bn play for Take-Two

EA has bought loads of games companies already, and now it wants Take-Two's GTA IV and more

Sony leads charge against climate change

Sony and other big multinationals today committed themselves to drastically reducing their carbon footprint

Game on again for coin-operated arcade titles

Despite the rise of the consoles, arcade games are seeing a resurgence by offering an experience you can't get at home

The players

Steve Ballmer | Jerry Yang | Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Microsoft launches $45bn bid for Yahoo

Microsoft has launched a $44.6bn bid for internet rival Yahoo in an attempt to create an online search and advertising group that can rival Google. By Richard Wray

Microsoft tries to buy way into 21st century

Vic Keegan: Microsoft's bid for Yahoo is a public confession of failure: an admission that Microsoft has failed to build up an effective presence on its own in key areas

PlayStation 3 losses now over $1 billion

But the ancient PlayStation 2 is still doing well

Microsoft stake in Facebook values site at $15bn

Little more than three years after its birth in a Harvard University dormitory, the social networking website Facebook has become one of the most expensive internet start-ups in history, with a valuation of $15bn (£7.3bn) under a financing deal with the software group Microsoft.

Google profits jump by 46%

Google's money-making juggernaut rolled on as the world's top internet search company produced a 46% leap in profits to $1.07bn during the third quarter of the year.

Google’s moon mission

Google has launched a $20m competition to send a robotic mission to the moon.

We know where you live, says Sony

Misbehave and you may have to move house and buy a new PS3 before you can get online again....