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• 23 October 2007

• News: MySpace users to get free Web 2.0 games

  MySpace users will be able to add multiplayer games to their personal profile pages, and play them for free, from next year. MySpace has struck a deal with Oberon Media to make available hundreds of casual games from its portfolio, the companies said today.

• News: New Xbox Arcade model targets families

  Microsoft has launched Xbox 360 Arcade, a version of its popular game console aimed specifically at families in the US.

• News: Interview: BT predicts future of computing

  Artificial intelligence, intelligent viruses and Second Life 10.0 are all real possibilities, according to BT futurologist Ian Pearson. In this interview, he explains why we won't understand intelligent machines when they finally arise, and warns of the big ethical dilemmas we'll face

• 12 October 2007

• News: Nintendo Wii now supports USB keyboards

  Nintendo has released a new firmware update for the Nintendo Wii that enables those that use the console to surf the web to do so using a USB keyboard.

• 11 October 2007

• News: Dell's Alienware adds 64GB solid-state drives to PCs

  Alienware this week added a 64GB solid-state storage option to its Alienware Area-51 ALX and Aurora ALX desktop computers. Alienware wouldn't say whether its parent firm, Dell, also plans to use the solid-state storage options in its PCs. Dell officials could not be reached for comment.

• 08 October 2007

• News: Sony slashes UK price of PlayStation 3

  Sony last week announced today it was cutting the price of its failing PlayStation 3 games console. Sony made the move in the face of poor results for the PS3 which will face stiff competition from Microsoft's Xbox 360 and the popular Nintendo Wii in the all important build-up to Christmas.

• News: Bill Gates: Halo 3 is 'a cultural phenomenon'

  Sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 console have more than doubled since Halo 3's release on 25 September, the company has announced.

• 04 October 2007

• News: Nintendo Wiimote gets cushioned cover

  Nintendo has launched Wii Remote Jackets, silicone covers for the Wii Remote.

• 02 October 2007

• News: AMD's 3D graphics licensed for mobile gaming

  Qualcomm has licensed 3D graphics core technology from AMD, for integration with Qualcomm’s wireless chipsets for mobile gaming devices.

• 28 September 2007

• News: Dell shows off flashing multi-coloured gaming laptop

  Dell has updated its gaming notebook line with a new XPS m1730 model which adds a host of new game-centric aesthetic and hardware features.

• 27 September 2007

• News: Microsoft replaces scratched Halo 3 discs

  Microsoft is to replace the Halo 3 discs that were already scratched when users purchased them.

• News: Halo 3 breaks US sales record

  Microsoft's alien-killer gaming thrill, Halo 3, has broken the US sales record for a new video game by earning an estimated $170m in its first 24 hours on sale, the company said last night.

• 25 September 2007

• News: Microsoft blamed for scratched Halo 3 discs

  Two reports in the US suggest special packaging used by Microsoft is to blame for scratched Halo 3 discs.

• 24 September 2007

• News: Pirate copies of Halo 3 available online

  Pirate copies of Halo 3 made its way to the internet days before its release.

• News: Sony reveals No 1 reason to buy a PS3

  Sony Computer Entertainment America president Jack Tretton said the number one reason to own a PS3 (PlayStation 3) is because the console is "future proof".

• 21 September 2007

• News: Top 10 Xbox Live games revealed

  Microsoft has attempted to deflect attention away from Sony's Tokyo Game Show announcements by boasting about its Xbox 360 accomplishments.

• 20 September 2007

• News: PS3's Cell processor turned into multimedia chip

  Toshiba has revealed a new high-performance chip that is aimed at multimedia applications such as video processing in consumer devices.

• News: PS3 snub as Sony Japan expands PS2 business

  Sony plans to expand its PlayStation 2 (PS2) business in Japan and add a new PlayStation 3 (PS3) controller, but has stopped short of promising a new price cut on its most recent console.

• 19 September 2007

• News: Nintendo turns Wii remote into light sabre

  LucasArts is to release a Star Wars game for Nintendo’s Wii which lets players battle friends by using the handheld Wii remote as a lightsaber.

• 17 September 2007

• News: Intel buys firm behind Halo 2 graphics

  Intel is to buy Havok, a provider of software and services used by videogame creators and movie special-effects teams.

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