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Game's Chief Executive Ian Shephard says the retailer "is on a journey"-- even if the group's 2010 preliminary results show its total sales falling by -8.3% Y-o-Y, with total turnover reaching £1.6BN (compared to 2009's £1.8BN).

The retailer's UK and Ireland stores show decreases in sales for 2010 of -12.8%, while its international stores' sales are at -1.3%.

Showing growth are revenue from preowned game sales (3.3% Y-o-Y growth, to £386.9M) and digital revenue, growing by 27% Y-o-Y to reach £41M.

Q1 2011 isn't looking much better either-- total sales are down by -14.3% across the entire group, and down by -14.9% for its UK and Ireland stores. Game's international stores' sales for Q1 2011 are also down, by -15.8%, while the group's online sales are the only ones showing growth, by 2.1%.

The direction for Game's journey, then? Judging from such results, probably more store closings (as it already closed 15 UK stores in Q1 2011) to concentrate on digital and second-hand sales, its 2 segments still showing growth.

Go Game 2010 Preliminary Results

LG releases 2 Cinema 3D monitors-- D41P and D42P-- carrying LG's Film Patterned Retarder (FPR) technology that should provide more comfortable and flicker-free 3D imagery.

The company says the monitors carry "flicker-free" certification awarded by TÜV and Intertek, as well as provide brighter 3D image and lower crosstalk. Being passive 3D, the glasses users wear are lightweight and need no recharging.

The monitors should work with all graphics cards and support HDMI 1.4, while also having a 2D to 3D converstion function.

Go LG Announces New 3D Monitors

SanDisk and Toshiba's developments in NAND flash memory get even smaller-- producing a 64Gb X2-based monolithic chip with 19nm technology.

The 19nm 64Gb X2 device will see sampling this quarter, before high-volume production following Q2 2011. At that time Sandisk will also start producing X3 products with the 19nm technology.

The process is the company's most advanced yet, and should allow for smaller high capacity removable and embedded storage devices for use in all sorts of mobile devices, from tablets to mobile phones.

SandDisk says the technology is not only the world's smallest, but also the lowest-cost, thanks to its ABL architecture coupled with proprietary programming algorithms and multi-level data storage management schemes.

Go SandDisk Announces 19nm Manufacturing Technology

Sony announces its take on the tablet market with 2 Android-powered devices-- codnamed "S1" and "S2".

The S1 looks like a fairly standard tablet, with a 9.4" display and wedge-shaped case Sony says is an "off-center of gravity design" that's supposedly more stable and comfortable for users to hold.

The S2 looks more interesting-- with a closable clamshell design with x2 5.5" displays, which can either act as a single large screen or each display different content.

Both models' innards seem to be identical, even if the only details available include Android 3.0, wifi and optional 3G or 4G. Aiming for Sony customers, the tablets can also act as remotes for Bravia devices and share media via DLNA with compatible devices.

The tablets will launch with Sony's Qriocity service (media), Reader Store (ebooks) and the Playstation Suite (games).

Go Sony Announces "Sony Tablet"