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Sony to launch iTunes video rival for PlayStation Portable
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Services

2006-12-18 09:26:48
Sony is launching a video download service for its PlayStation Portable game console in early 2007, breaking into the growing portable video market.


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Its official! Thieves prefer PS3 over Xbox 360, when they can find them.
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-12-18 05:17:00
A hard working bunch of criminals tunnelled there way in search of Sony and Microsoft treasure.


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Grand Theft Auto to Wii? Is Nintendo changing its demographic?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2006-12-18 04:50:40
GTA coming to Mario's domain?  Nintendo management are pushing for the once PlayStation exclusive franchise.


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Video gaming helps you recover from brain surgery
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2006-12-17 18:07:49
Researchers are finding that losing oneself in the virtual world of modern interactive entertainment can ease the pain of major surgical procedures.


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Sony caught faking PSP fan site
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2006-12-15 12:48:00
Sony has confessed to faking a fan site for its PSP handheld games console in order to drum up Christmas sales.


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Microsoft dismisses homebrew comparisons between XNA and PS3 Linux.
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-12-14 18:06:33
Sony’s PlayStation 3 can act as a limited Linux platform.  Is it reasonable to compare this feature to the XNA development kit for Xbox 360?  In the increasing tit for tat media war, it is refreshing to see Microsoft dousing the flames with perspective.


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Sony says Wii is just a novelty?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-12-14 10:50:06

An online report has quoted a Sony executive claiming that the Wii is just a novelty, with real gamers really wanting a PS3. Funny, they said something similar about the Nintendo DS in regards to the PSP!


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Sony keeps PS3, margin targets despite headwind
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2006-12-14 06:14:07

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. (6758.T: QuoteNEWS , Research) said on Thursday it has no plans to change its targets for shipments of its hot-selling PlayStation 3 and operating profit margin, signaling its recovery is on track despite drawbacks such as battery recalls.


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Sony’s been a very naughty boy. PSP campaign embarrassment
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-12-14 00:42:09
Sprung! A deceptive PSP fan site has had its cover blown by investigative clickers.  But is the negative reaction to this discovery warranted?  Perhaps a little bit.


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Already! PS3 overtakes Xbox 360 in Japan
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-12-12 19:43:39
Well it took a whole month, but the Japanese have once again spoken with their wallets on how much home-grown means to them when it comes to gaming.


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SanDisk and Sony announce faster Memory Stick PRO-HG format
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Storage

2006-12-11 18:53:46
SanDisk and Sony's Flash memory format just got flashier, with the Memory Stick PRO-HG format tripling the speeds of Memory Stick Pro and boosting capacity to 32GB.


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Dell jumps to Blu-ray's aid with first notebook
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-12-11 14:49:48
Dell has launched its first notebook to incorporate a Blu-Ray drive, providing a possible lifeline for the somewhat beleaguered high-definition technology.


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Wii and PS3 launch games to be banned in Germany?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-12-11 00:14:27
Proposed legislation introduced this week could see the banning of all violent video games in a popular reaction to recent school shootings.  No Call of Duty 3, Resistance: Fall of Man or Gears of War for Germanic gamers.


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Blu-ray and PS3 just need more time
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-12-10 22:27:01
There’s been plenty of news over the past few days about negative sentiments for Blu-ray by US consumers alongside the news that Sony shipped far fewer PS3s than they originally intended. But the fat lady hasn’t even opened her mouth yet to start singing – she’s still waiting for her PS3 before she can cast her verdict.


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Consoles, pah! According to the market, mobile gaming is where it is happening
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2006-12-10 20:14:25
As the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 duke it out for high profile gaming supremacy in the living room, it seems that mobile gaming is the hot sales item.  Marketing departments know it, revenue is expected to rise by %33 next year.  But can it be true that casual mobile gaming is the future of interactive entertainment?


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Nintendo Wii U.S. sales top Sony's PS3: NPD
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2006-12-10 04:57:07

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS: QuoteNEWS , Research) sold 476,000 units of its new Wii video game console in the United States in November, more than twice the number of PlayStation 3s sold by rival Sony Corp. (6758.T: QuoteNEWS , Research), as the two consoles debuted mid-month, research group NPD said on Friday.


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Nintendo Wii wins delivery stakes
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-12-09 21:18:51
With an estimated 1 million Wii consoles already sold in Japan and the US, 50,000 sold across Europe within hours and almost as many again sold in Australia, Nintendo has beaten Sony in the global delivery stakes for new generation consoles in 2006. However, the race has been determined as much by supply as demand.


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Sony bashers will eat their words in 2007
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-12-08 18:52:23
Based on reports of what's circulating through the blogosphere, video consumers are mighty dissatisfied with Blu-ray and gamers are unhappy that PS3 has upped the price of the console by including Blu-ray. Then of course, there's all of those stories about how Sony couldn't meet its production targets. In 2007, when PS3 stocks are plentiful, they'll eat their words.


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Apple games yes, consoles no
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2006-12-06 22:33:33
Anyone who suggests that Apple Computer would even consider going head-to-head against Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo in the games consoles space would have to be off their rocker. However, Apple entering the games market is a distinct probability.


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Sony announces 50GB Blu-ray Discs
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2006-12-05 16:54:42
Sony Australia has announced the arrival of 50GB Blu-ray Discs, offering more than 10 times the capacity of a DVD-R – or more than 10 hours of high definition video.


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