Aloft on Airbus' Giant New A380

The megaplane won't enter service until October, but BusinessWeek's Carol Matlack was impressed by its quiet during a test flight for media

Sushi Takes On the Burger

Asian fast-food chains are growing swiftly as health consciousness helps soy, sashimi and sukiyaki gain footing in mainstream food courts

Kodak Launches a Printer Offensive

CEO Antonio Perez wants to grab market share from Hewlett-Packard with less expensive ink and long-lasting color

Computer Games Are Good For Your Health

A study in West Virginia finds that Dance Dance Revolution can improve your health. Schools have incorporated the game into phys ed classes

Just What is "Episodic Gaming", Anyway?

GameTap VP of content, Rick Sanchez, offers his definition of the latest gaming trend

Velvet Revolution

Hotelier Ian Schrager atones for the chill of past projects with the Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan

Does Vista herald a Gaming Renaissance?

Imagine that. Microsoft VP Interactive Entertainment, Peter Moore, certainly thinks so

Only Good Games Make Good Money

Rockstar spin-off company, Games that Matter, unveils its innovative business plan

Facing Up to Ratings

Online game developers have often chosen not to rate their offerings. But parental controls within Vista mean unrated games can be excluded altogether—affecting the bottom line. That's focusing attention

The Forgotten Pioneer of Corporate Design

A new book celebrates the legacy of Eliot Noyes, whose work at IBM, Mobil Oil, and Westinghouse led the way for future designers

The Devil Dials Prada on LG's New Phone

Co-branded designer phones are the rage. The Korean outfit hopes the luxury fashion name will make a splash in the high-end handset arena

NamcoBandai Building its Franchise

New director of biz dev, Zach Karlsson, shares some plans

The Next-Gen Great Gaming Experience

Beyond the hype, here's what the Wii's intuitive controller and hefty computing power in the PS3 and Xbox 360 will mean for game designers—and players

Nintendo Storms the Gaming World

Hot new consoles and smash hit titles take the company to new heights in the $30 billion video game biz

What the Google Deal Really Means

With the purchase of Adscape, Google signals its arrival in a whole new market. IGA's Ed Bartlett gives some context to what this means for the industry

Taking an Idea, Making It Stick

A new book by a Stanford B-school professor and his brother, a corporate-education consultant, unravels the mystery of creating sticky ideas

A Brand New World for Investors?

Subscription-based, "Massively Multi-Player Online Games" could represent the end of the traditional packaged games business

A Somber Mood at Warmer Davos

Against a visible sign of global warming—the snowless Alps—the world's economic and business leaders discuss new plans for new problems

More Consoles, Less Creativity

Curmudgeon Gamer editor Matt Matthews worries that a market shaped by three consoles—but dominated by none—will be bad for arty games

PC Games Add $1 Billion to Record Gains

NPD Group announces that computer games were responsible for $1 billion worth of overall gaming sales in 2006, a turnaround for the segment