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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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BitTorrent have launched a new store called the ‘BitTorrent Entertainment Network’ to sell TV shows and games, to rent movies and to download free user-generated content. Can they succeed after arriving so late to the legal video download party?
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by Adam Turner
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Australians don't want to watch television shows online because broadband access is too slow, says the head of Yahoo!'s joint venture with the Seven Network.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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An article from The Inquirer says that the Euro PS3’s lack of hardware PS2 compatibility is a big disaster for Sony by breaking the golden rule of consoles – that of not changing the hardware spec during its lifetime. But ultimately, will it really make any difference?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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On March 5 to 7 in London, the Connected Home Exhibition will show European consumers Microsoft’s Xbox 360 IPTV service in action for the first time before a Euro rollout by the end of the year.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The ideal game to teach family members how to use all the features of the Nintendo Wii’s motion sensing remote control, the Wii-mote. Family fun that’s not as long lasting as that from Wii Sports, but a great skills tester and another fun series of party games nonetheless.
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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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