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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Is the backlash against Microsoft Office that great that the world will suddenly shift to using Google Apps and dumping Microsoft’s flagship software, after Windows itself? Don’t make me laugh.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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A new report from Screen Digest called ‘Next Generation Consoles: Games publishing, hardware analysis and forecasts to 2010’ looks at the console world and how things will turn out over the next 3 years with the prediction that the PS3 will win the console race. Are they on the money?
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by Mike Bantick
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Could you go for one day without turning your computer on? The challenge has been posed, the gauntlet slapped across our collective faces.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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After confirming to GameDaily that the GameCube was a goner, Nintendo is now telling Eurogamer that no, GameCube production continues apace. What the?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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An online article from TG Daily has erroneously claimed that the PS3 is cutting motion sensing in its Euro models, but in reality has cut the backwards compatibility of the chip based ‘Emotion engine’, the graphical grunt of the PS2.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Despite years of OpenOffice and competition from Corel’s WordPerfect Office Suite, Google Apps could well be the circuit breaker that offers the true challenge to the undeniable dominance of the Microsoft Office system.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Sony has ripped out the PS2 Emotion engine chipset from the PAL TV format PS3s sold in Europe, Australasia and elsewhere in the world to cut down on costs, with a similar move likely for Japanese and US PS3’s in the future. Some are offended, but is this really that big of a deal?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Vale, GameCube… Nintendo has put you back in the box, for you’ll be manufactured no more as Nintendo focuses on getting as much Wii in consumer’s homes as possible.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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PS3 owners in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia will lose some of the backwards compatibility built into US and Japanese versions – how long will it be before new models for the US and Japan suffer the same fate?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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After reports of a 50% drop in new Wii sales in Japan blamed on a lack of new games titles, while the Wii outsells the PS3 and Xbox 360 in the US, coupled with the spectre of the second PS3 launch, can the world-beating success of the Wii continue for Nintendo?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Watch out Microsoft Office – Google Apps is coming after you with online software that’s free, and also offers a premium option for business users that’s hundreds of dollars cheaper. Should Microsoft be worried?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Today, Sony put on a stunning demonstration to the media of the PS3’s home entertainment, computing and gaming experiences in a pre-launch event 30 days prior to the March 23 launch date. After the event, SCE Aust chief Michael Ephraim answered our questions.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Statistics from research firm NPD show that Nintendo’s Wii outsold the Xbox 360, the PS2 and the PS3 in the US, with plenty more Wii’s on the way despite shortages caused by its success!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Cheaper than Intel’s fastest E6700, it might be AMD’s fastest yet at 3Ghz, but it consumes more power, is slower on just about every benchmark and is based on older 90nm technology – as Intel ramps up its 45nm capability. Will anyone buy them?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Even before Microsoft launched their Xbox 360 video download service in the US, speculation was rife that Sony would do the same with the PS3. Now the Phil Harrison from Sony says that it’s coming soon!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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With Viacom ditching Google’s Youtube after numerous copyright violations and promising to make MTV and other content available for use by consumers in social networking sites, their next big IPTV play is Joost. We’re glad to see Joost get some recognizable content, but does it really mean anything yet?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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If a promotion in a printed UK advertising catalogue is anything to go by, the cost of the Xbox 360 Premium console with wireless controller and 20Gb hard drive is set to fall to the cheaper cost of the Xbox 360 Core system, just in time to spoil the launch of the PS3.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Palm’s media launch of the Treo 750 took place today, and the first question was inevitably on upcoming Windows Mobile 6 compatibility. Is it coming, or not?
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