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by Stephen Withers
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Sony has followed up the recent announcement of the PlayStation Eye camera for the PS3 with news of a video accessory for the PlayStation Portable. The Go!Cam will turn the PSP into a mini camcorder when it arrives later this month in Europe and other areas using the PAL video standard.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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While the website still says ‘coming soon’, existing beta testers will
soon have unlimited invitations and later this month anyone will be
able to download Joost and try it out for themselves!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Hey dude, been waitin’ for Dell to drop Linux? Dude… you’re gonna get your wish. Ubuntu Linux has all but been confirmed as the flavor of Linux that Michael Dell will ship on at least three Dell PC systems from late May, 2007.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Not content with leaving quietly, the recently relieved of direct
Playstation duties Ken Kutaragi says he has the PS4, PS5 and even PS6
in mind which will “merge into the network”.
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by Stan Beer
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While Apple works to stream content from the Mac to your TV, digital lifestyle company Sling Media has released software that can stream TV to the Mac.
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by Stephen Withers
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Classic shooters Centipede and Millipede are coming to Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, along with strategy game Catan.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Watch out PS3 – Microsoft’s black Xbox 360 Elite, unveiled a few weeks
ago, is no longer just coming to get you ‘on paper’, it’s now on store
shelves and ready for battle.
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by Stephen Withers
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My recent complaints about the cost of games drew some thoughtful responses from readers.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Google goes gangbusters in releasing the latest version of a ‘Google
for your computer’, the Google Desktop that lets users search their
computers at the same speed they can search the Internet and easily
find all their files.
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by Stan Beer
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Ken Kutaragi may have engineered the phenomenal success of the first two models of PlayStation but it appears it is a case of third time unlucky for the CEO and chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment. With PS3 sales still limping along, the longstanding games console boss has been forced into premature retirement from his position at the beleaguered company.
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by Mike Bantick
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Microsoft have released Q3 financial figures. The Entertainment and Devices Division (EDD) seems to be dragging its feet, despite Xbox 360 shipments now topping 11 Million.
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by Stephen Withers
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Sony makes some bold claims for its forthcoming PlayStation Eye camera for the PS3.
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by Stephen Withers
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An update to the Folding@home software for the Sony PlayStation 3 should further improve the console's already impressive contribution to the project's number-cruncing capability.
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by Stephen Withers
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Am I just cheap, or are games too expensive?
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by Adam Turner
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Sony has come to the rescue of struggling Australian video on demand service ReelTime.tv, snapping up almost $1m of ReelTime shares.
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by Stan Beer
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The arguments continue to rage as to whether Blu-ray is winning the high definition video format war, with new retail figures showing that Blu-ray outsold HD DVD by more than two to one for the first quarter of 2007.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Forbes’ Roger Ehrenberg thinks the Xbox 360 is doomed because it has cost a lot of money so far, and hasn’t been a huge hit in Japan, but he’s forgotten about the future.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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NPD’s figures on US sales of games consoles, both next and last-gen, show the golden age of gaming that we’re in shows no signs of abating, with Nintendo enjoying four spots in the top 10, Sony with 3 and Microsoft with the Xbox 360.
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