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If this is true, WoW has around 11.5 million subscribers. When I got WoW, there was a sticker on the box touting 6 million. Oh how far it has come. Some statistics from this article at VideoGamer.com (which it takes from Gamasutra) include: 13,250 server blades 75,000 cpu cores 112.5 terabytes of ram Patch 1.3 saw 4.7 petabytes of data [...]

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BELLEVUE, Wash. — Esterline Corp. said Thursday its third- quarter profit jumped 59 percent as margins improved at the aerospace and defense contractor ’s avionics and controls business. Net income of $32.6 million, or $1.09 per share, compares with $20.5 million, or 68 cents per share, in the same period last year. Earnings include a tax benefit of about 10 cents per share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected earnings of 90 cents per share on revenue of $367.7 million.

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China Internet China.com’s ( CHINA )revenue was down 31 percent year-over-year but up 27 percent quarter-over-quarters. Net profit was HK$0.6 million (US$.09 million) in the period and a net profit of HK$14.6 million (US$2.1 million) in the year-ago period. The company’s revenue was HK$42.64 million (US$6.2 million) and loss HK$5.49 million (US$803207) in the first six months. ChinaCast Education Corp. ( CAST ) entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the remaining 20 perce

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..userbase. What? What did you think it was going to say? Oh, you filthy minded gamer you! NPD data supplied to Gamasutra shows that Blizzard’s MMO has sold 8.6 million copies to date in the US alone. That number includes all SKUs that have hit the shelves since the title’s 2004 launch which include the standard edition, Collectors Edition , the Battle Chest that contains the base SKU and The Burning Crusade expansion pack, and the two expansions, The Burning Crusade and Wrath of The

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It’s about that time again. Time for us to throw a number at you representing how many retail copies of World of Warcraft have been sold, and time for you to gawk in disbelief yet again. So here it comes… 8,600,000+ Now, that probably would have been a lot more exciting if I didn’t already put the amount in the headline, but regardless, it’s undeniable that this is a pretty substantial number. But we’re not stopping there, the math has been calculated, and the estimated money this man

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