Review: Despite bumps, Nintendo’s ‘The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks’ picks up steam

Despite bumps, new ‘Zelda’ game picks up steam

Univision to make shows available on YouTube but telenovelas from Televisa not in the deal

Univision to make shows available on YouTube

Game review: ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′ delivers powerful combat but a weak story

Review: ‘Modern Warfare 2′ has combat, weak story

Eager gamers line up for shoot-’em-up sequel ‘Modern Warfare 2′ after ’stressful’ wait

Eager gamers line up for ‘Modern Warfare 2′

New ‘Call of Duty’ game could be the entertainment industry’s biggest blockbuster yet

New ‘Call of Duty’ could set entertainment record

Every child’s plaything, the ball, joins Big Wheel and Game Boy in NY’s Toy Hall of Fame

Ball, Big Wheel, Game Boy make Toy Hall of Fame

Best Buy nudges customers away from DVD aisles in new partnership with CinemaNow

Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video

Japanese electronics makers still in red amid slump while South Korean rivals rebound

Japan tech giants slump as SKorean rivals rebound

Nintendo’s profit dives, Hitachi and NEC in red amid slump but Sharp sees recovery

Nintendo profit dives, others in red amid slump

Looking to energize print, Esquire turns December issue into 3-D experiment

Esquire looks to energize print with 3-D animation

Leaked footage of new game ‘Modern Warfare 2′ shows terrorism; publisher defends the segment

Leaked video game footage shows terrorist attack

PlayStation 3 to add Netflix streaming service starting in November

Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3

Chavez allies to ban violent video games in bid to curb Venezuela’s soaring crime rate

CARACAS, Venezuela — Shouts of “Kill him! Kill him!” ring out as the preteens train their virtual assault rifles on the last remaining terrorist and spray him with bullets. Blood splatters. The enemy collapses. And they cheerfully wrap up another game of “Counter-Strike.”

Retired NFL players seeking to help college players in legal battle with Electronic Arts

SAN FRANCISCO — Two retired NFL players on Monday asked a judge to let them formally support a former college quarterback’s legal fight with video game maker Electronic Arts Inc.

Cisco, Pelco to develop high-definition Internet protocol video security cameras

CLOVIS, Calif. — Pelco Inc., a video and security systems company, said Monday that Cisco Systems Inc. will use its technology to develop high-definition Internet protocol video security cameras.

ACORN grew from local charity to national conglomerate with radio stations, schools

WASHINGTON — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help poor people in Arkansas and by decade’s end went national, expanding into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man its political arm endorsed is the president. Oh yeah — and it’s the unwilling star of a hot Internet video featuring a couple dressed as a hooker and her pimp.

Court rules against Universal Music Group in suit against online video site Veoh

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled against Universal Music Group in a copyright lawsuit against online video site operator Veoh Networks Inc., although Universal says it will appeal.

AT&T launches a Web site offering free video like Hulu

DALLAS — AT&T Inc. on Thursday unveiled a Web site that offers free access to TV shows and movies.

Sour economy negating need for more Army’s video game-heavy marketing, recruiting centers

PHILADELPHIA — When the Army installed a Black Hawk helicopter simulator and dozens of combat video-game stations at one of the region’s largest shopping malls, military officials said the new marketing effort would likely be replicated across the country.

Addicted to the Internet? Residential treatment center opens, said to be first in US

FALL CITY, Wash. — Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game “World of Warcraft.” As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa.

Mexico struggles to evacuate thousands as fierce Hurricane Jimena lashes Baja California

LOS CABOS, Mexico — Heavy winds, battering waves and intense rain pummeled residents and tourists in this vacation resort as dangerous Hurricane Jimena, one of the largest hurricanes this year, raked Baja California’s southern coast late Tuesday.

Review: ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ captures the Caped Crusader at his superhero best

The video-game industry has defeated more superheroes than Lex Luthor could ever dream of. Superman, Aquaman, Iron Man, X-Men: All rendered lifeless by forces more focused on making a buck than on delivering thrills.

Swine flu inspires video game designed by Dutch researchers; aim is to control pandemic

LONDON — Since swine flu first emerged in April, it has sparked panic, vaccine production and now, a video game.

US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa

US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa

Nintendo profit down 60.6 percent in April-June on fewer hit titles, stronger yen

TOKYO — Nintendo Co. reports that its net profit tumbled 60.6 percent in the April-June quarter from last year, hurt by a stronger yen and fewer blockbuster games.

Video game group files federal lawsuit over Chicago Transit Authority’s rule on advertising

CHICAGO — A trade group that represents software and video game publishers sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Wednesday, saying a rule barring ads on trains and buses for “mature” and “adults only” games violates the right to freedom of speech.

ESPN reporter Erin Andrews surreptitiously videotaped nude in hotel, video posted on Web

BRISTOL, Conn. — ESPN reporter Erin Andrews’ attorney and the network say she was surreptitiously videotaped in the nude while she was alone in a hotel room.

Idaho town prays for safe return of 23-year-old US soldier captured in Afghanistan

HAILEY, Idaho — Friends and family of an Idaho soldier who was captured in Afghanistan prayed for his safe return Sunday, shaken by the image of the frightened young private in a Taliban video posted online.

Pentagon says US soldier captured in Afghanistan is 23-year-old private from Idaho

HAILEY, Idaho — A soldier from Idaho who disappeared from his base in Afghanistan has been captured, the Pentagon confirmed Sunday, a day after he was seen in a Taliban video posted online.

Comcast’s online video trial for cable subscribers grows to 23 networks

PHILADELPHIA — CBS Corp. and 17 cable networks said Tuesday they are joining an online video trial by Comcast Corp., a move that tacitly acknowledges advertising isn’t enough to support shows streamed over the Internet.