At Google, doodling is real work

There's a whole team behind the special Google logos that mark holidays, big events, and VIP birthdays. ZDNet Asia's sister site CNET witnesses the Doodlers in process.

Metroid: Other M Takes Players Deep into the Heart of a Legend

REDMOND, Wash.----Samus Aran, protagonist of Nintendo’s Metroid™ series, is already known as one of the most iconic heroines in video game history. Now, with the launch of Metroid™: Other M for the Wii™ system today, players are about to discover more about this enigmatic bounty hunter than ever before.

Lenovo eyes Chinese video-game market

Lenovo is continuing its expansion beyond the PC business with plans to sell a video-game console in China by the end of this year.

In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - August 2010, Pt.2

['Game Mag Weaseling' is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford which documents the history of video game magazines, from their birth in the early '80s to the current day. This time -- an analytical look at the latest video game magazines released in the last couple of weeks.] Interesting things are afoot in the magazine world -- John Davison leaving GamePro after less than a year, for example -- but ...

Japan beyond the Ginza

Here are a few of the discoveries that await those who venture beyond Tokyo's glittering Ginza or touristy Asakusa district.

Microsoft To Pay More Than Half A Billion Dollars To Jump-Start Windows Phone 7

Editor's note: The following guest post is by Kim-Mai Cutler . Nearly four years after Apple launched the iPhone and two years after Google open-sourced the code for its Android operating system, Microsoft is finally set to re-enter the mobile market this holiday season in a serious way with Windows Phone 7 . It is trying to catch up to those more modern smartphones the only way it can -- with ...