Bankruptcy Archive

  • Newzbin has shut down

    Newzbin has shut down

    Well that didn't take long. Newzbin.com has shut down, just about six weeks after the High Court in the UK ruled against the Usenet indexing site. You had to see this coming.

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  • Polaroid enters video games market with new accessories

    Polaroid enters video games market with new accessories

    Polaroid, a company best known for its instant cameras and maybe for hiring Lady Gaga as their Creative Director, will be entering the gaming industry soon with a wide variety of video games accessories. These would mostly be peripherals for popular gaming system such as a microphone headset and battery packs for the Xbox 360, wireless controllers for the PS3, sports packs and a sensor bar for the Wii, as well as a dock for the Nintendo DS.

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  • Pet dinosaurs for everyone! Pleo is back!

    Pet dinosaurs for everyone! Pleo is back!

    Seriously, who doesn't want a pet dinosaur? Sure, Jurassic Park makes it seem all dangerous and life-threatening and such. Would you really let that stop you? I think not. But until genetics research and cloning catch up to our imaginations, we'll have to settle for robotic proxies. And everyone's favorite little Camarasaurus just got back on the market.

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  • Pleo is back and we want to give you one

    Pleo is back and we want to give you one

    Pleo is back, thanks to electronics and entertainment leader Senario, and we want to give you one. The $349 artificial dinosaur hit the news this April when Ugobe, its creator, filed for bankruptcy. However, it is thankfully still available from web outlets such as Amazon, Target, Best Buy and BotaBingBotaBoom. In July, it will also be sold on QVC Live, followed by the Sharper Image's Online Store.

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