Tag Archives: 2008

Kelley Blue Book’s Kbb.com Names Most-Researched New Vehicles of 2008

Chevrolet Malibu, Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit, Volkswagen Jetta Make Impressive Jumps into Top 20 for 2008
Kelley Blue Book, the leading provider of new- and used-vehicle information, today announces the most-researched new cars of 2008 on the company’s top-rated Web site, www.kbb.com. The year 2008 marks the third consecutive year that Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com [...]

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Live Earth Founder Kevin Wall and Office of Al Gore Announce that Live Earth 2008 is Canceled

Everyone involved with Live Earth India, from our U.S. and India based staff, artists and crew to our India-based broadcast, production, non-profit and marketing communications partners, is stunned and saddened by the tragic events of the past few days in our host city Mumbai. We always felt very welcomed and safe as we spent [...]

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25 Hottest Retail Products Week of November 2nd

Rank

Change

Product

Shoppers

Weekly Change

1

-

Nintendo Wii

334,546

41%

2

5

Xbox 360

193,916

119%

3

2

iPod Nano

175,958

76%

4

-2

Guitar Hero: World Tour

165,812

28%

5

-1

Nintendo DS Lite

164,841

60%

6

-

iPod Touch

156,088

60%

7

-4

Wii Fit

152,862

34%

8

-

Playstation 3

111,605

38%

9

2

Bakugan

108,154

86%

10

-

Garmin GPS

98,560

26%

11

7

Mario Kart

96,914

154%

12

NR

Wii Music

93,293

817%

13

-1

Rockband 2

75,988

47%

14

9

Twilight Soundtrack

73,285

141%

15

2

PSP

72,863

83%

16

5

Kung Fu Panda (DVD)

72,017

123%

17

-4

The Dark Knight (DVD)

69,911

67%

18

-4

Little People (Toys)

66,835

61%

19

NR

Gears of War 2

62,441

183%

20

-4

Leapfrog Leapster

60,700

49%

21

1

Wall-E (DVD)

59,457

87%

22

2

Loving Family Dollhouse

57,501

116%

23

NR

Call of Duty: World at War

56,545

572%

24

-5

Elmo Live

55,994

49%

25

-16

Tinkerbell (DVD)

55,418

-30%

The 25 most viewed products across Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, CircuitCity.com, Target.com, Toysrus.com and Walmart.com during [...]

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Top 20 Wikipedia Articles for October 2008

Rank

Article

Category

Readers

1

Barack Obama

Politics

725,875

2

Sarah Palin

Politics

495,940

3

John McCain

Politics

405,640

4

Bill Ayers

Politics

285,852

5

Joe Biden

Politics

275,203

6

Halloween

Current Events

266,073

7

Socialism

Politics

194,983

8

Great Depression

History

169,704

9

Jennifer Hudson

Entertainer

161,528

10

Daylight Saving Time

Current Events

151,722

11

Lil Wayne

Entertainer

135,330

12

United States

Current Events

123,907

13

Saw V

Entertainment

120,714

14

Yom Kippur

Current Events

119,279

15

Ernie Davis

Sports
(Basis for Movie The [...]

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Top 40 YouTube Search Terms October 2008

Britney and Beyonce’s new releases score with YouTube visitors in our list of the top 40 terms users searched for on Youtube last month.

Rank

Term

Category

% of All Searches

1

Lil Wayne

Music (Artist)

0.12%

2

Fred

Comedy

0.12%

3

Sex

Sex

0.08%

4

Beyonce

Music (Artist)

0.08%

5

Whatever You Like

Music (Song Title)

0.07%

6

Womanizer

Music (Song Title)

0.07%

7

Chris Brown

Music (Artist)

0.07%

8

Porn

Sex [...]

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Voting Made Simple

It’s hard to find an excuse not to vote this election season.
For the first time, technology companies, election officials, and organizations on both sides of the political spectrum are working together to ensure that voters have easy access to election information online and on their mobile phones.
In partnership with state and local election officials, [...]

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GameStop to Host Fallout 3 Midnight Launch Events Nationwide

GameStop to Host Fallout 3 Midnight Launch Events Nationwide

GameStop, the world’s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today announced that it will host midnight release events for Fallout 3 by Bethesda Softworks at over 1,600 stores nationwide. Starting at [...]

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Best Buy Unveils New Social Change Platform on Eve of Presidential Election to Give Teens a Voice

First IMO Survey Reveals Teens More Troubled by Economy Than War – 80 Percent Say They Want to Sit Down With McCain and Obama
Most teens do not have a vote, so @15, a new teen-led social change platform underwritten by Best Buy has been launched to give them a voice. Today, with the release [...]

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White Zombie’s Box Set Let Sleeping Corpses Lie To be Released November 25th

White Zombie’s Career-Spanning 4-CD/1-DVD Box Set LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE
UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES will release 11/25
White Zombie. The musical horrorshow that mixed dark pop culture with metallic hard rock has been resurrected on the 4-CD/1-DVD box set LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE (Geffen/UMe), released November 25, 2008. The CDs bring together for the first time all [...]

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