Call of Duty sales

Between the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchise earnings, Bobby Kotick could probably make himself a house of solid gold or something. Activision is telling everyone how much cash they've got with this modest press release:

Activision Blizzard, Inc. announced today that the Call of Duty franchise has surpassed $3 billion in retail sales worldwide, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack, GfK and internal Activision estimates. Since it's first release, the award-winning Call of Duty franchise has sold in excess of 55 million units worldwide. The latest title in the franchise, Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, recently shattered box office and video game records with a worldwide estimated five-day sale through of approximately $550 million, establishing the game as the biggest entertainment launch in history.

"Call Of Duty has become one of the greatest entertainment franchises of all time," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, Inc. "If you consider the number of hours our audiences are engaged in playing Call of Duty games, it is likely to be one of the most viewed of all entertainment experiences in modern history."

Michael Jackson

How can one figure out what to say upon hearing of the passing of someone like Michael Jackson? Even that statement doesn't make any sense; there is, and never will be, anyone else like Michael Jackson. There aren't many celebrities who we can look to and come close to what Michael Jackson has meant to so many of us throughout our lives. The closest names we can think of are Brooke Shields and Sammy Davis, Jr.They make the list because they were in the public eye since they were children, Brooke with her first advertisements at the age of 10, and Sammy when he was performing with his father and bandmates from the age of 3. No one can ever replace the work Michael has done for not just music, but the world.

Michael Jackson, in a weird way, aged in reverse, almost like Benjamin Button, the movie with Brad Pitt. As a child, he was already an adult beyond his years, helping the family make deals, being the leader of his singing group from the age of 5, and singing and dancing as though he was already a seasoned performer for years.

His movie was also produced, and it would be great for any fan to see his final production before his untimely death.

Macs

Smoking is not only bad for you, but it's bad for your Apple Macbook according to Apple.

Consumerist, a blog that tries to look out for consumers in the US, is reporting that Apple has refused to repair two unrelated broken Apple laptops because their owners smoke.

However, according to experts, cigarette smoke could easily kill a laptop by covering the insides with a sticky tar goo.

"Electronics are hot, and naturally create an environment for dust to collect around its circuitry. What makes cigarette smoke the worse kind of "dust" is that it isn't dry. The smoke carries moisture with it", Ryan's Computer Consulting Services says."So in time, the smoke and all of its by-products attach themselves to the computer fans, heatsinks, capacitors, and anything else that has heat".

The company recommends "using compressed air, cotton swabs, and rubbing alcohol 70% or 90% (90% is better)", if you are going to attempt to clean the computer out yourself.

Olympic games

South America will host the Summer Olympic Games for the first time in 2016, as Rio De Janeiro, Brazil was awarded the honor on Friday. Rio beat out the US choice of Chicago, Illinois along with Tokyo, Japan and Madrid, Spain to earn the right to host the games. Despite a high pressure effort from American powers including President Barak Obama and Oprah Winfrey–Chicago was the first city eliminated from contention.

Modern Warfare 2

n Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the new, best-selling video game by Infinity Ward, a fictional nationalist organization tricks the Russian government into attacking the United States. Pro-Russian, this game isn't.

And now, the real Russian government has reportedly banned sales of Modern Warfare 2 for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Sony PlayStation 3, even as Infinity Ward works to roll out a censored version of the eagerly-anticipated first-person shooter.

On Friday, the fan site Hellforge reported that all copies of Modern Warfare 2 had been pulled from store shelves in Russia:

Youtube- A brief history/explanation

YouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos. Three PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005. Around November 2006, YouTube, was bought by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion, and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google. The core company is located in San Bruno, California, and uses Adobe Flash Video to display a large amount of of user-generated video content (including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos), as well as amateur content( video blogging and short original videos). Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, but media corporations like CBS, the BBC, UMG and other companys offer some of their programs via the site, as part of the YouTube partnership program.

Unregistered users can view videos, and registered users are able to upload an infinite number of videos. Videos that are considered to contain offensive content are available only to registered users over the age of 18. You tube is a fun website easily used by anyone with a keyboard. Thumbs up

Federer becomes an abasador...for chocolate

KILCHBERG, Switzerland (PRNewswire) – Premium chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprungli is partnering with Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer in a long term deal to serve as the global brand ambassador for his favorite LINDT chocolate.

Lindt & Sprungli is delighted with this opportunity to associate with the most successful tennis player of all time. The contract details of the agreement will not be made public.

For the first time in the company’s history dating back for more than 160 years, the Lindt & Sprungli Group is linking its own name to that of a celebrity.