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30 July 2007
News: IBM workers warned over Second Life behaviour

IBM is hoping to avoid embarrassing incidents created by its staff in Second Life by publishing official guidelines governing employee behaviour in the IBM Second Life sales centre, according to reports by the Associated Press.
News: Microsoft expects new $400, 4GB PS3

Sony is planning to release a 40GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) later this year, according to Microsoft's director of technical strategies, Andre Vrignaud.
27 July 2007
News: US price cut for Xbox 360 HD DVD player

Microsoft is cutting the price of an HD DVD player it offers as an add-on to Xbox 360 game consoles in the US and will give away five free HD DVD movies with player purchases, a sign the battle between the HD DVD and the Blu-ray Disc high definition formats is heating up.
News: PS2 is world's most popular console

A new study reveals that Sony’s PlayStation 2 (PS2) remains the world’s most popular and most widely played console, despite the launch of the PS3, Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360.
News: Sony hit by by poor PS3 performance

Disappointing sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) console have contributed to a $237m in Sony’s game division
26 July 2007
News: Microsoft slashes price of Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on

Microsoft is cutting the US price of its HD DVD player add-on for the Xbox 360 game console, and will give away five free HD DVD movies with each purchase
25 July 2007
News: Tony Hawk helps Activision overtake EA

The LA Times says Activision has overtaken Electronic Arts (EA) to become the world's largest video game maker following the success of the Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Call of Duty and Spider-Man games.
23 July 2007
News: Nintendo Wii exposed to Adobe Flash bug

Symantec says a recently identified Adobe Flash vulnerability could affect the Nintendo Wii through the console’s Opera internet browser.
News: $5m lawsuit targets Xbox 360 failures

Xbox 360 customers have filed a second lawsuit against Microsoft complaining about the Xbox 360 console scratching and ruining video game discs.
News: Sony plans big PS3 & PSP announcements

European PlayStation boss David Reeves said big news for the PS3 and PlayStation Portable (PSP) would be announced at the Leipzig game conference in Germany next month.
20 July 2007
News: Nintendo Wii boost for rechargable battery

Shipments of Sanyo's Eneloop rechargeable battery will soon hit 30 million thanks in part to the popularity of Nintendo's Wii games console.
News: Nintendo Wii to overtake Xbox 360

Global Nintendo Wii unit sales are less than 1 million away from total Xbox 360 worldwide sales of 10 million, according to recent estimates. At its current rate, the Wii could surpass Xbox 360 sales as soon as September.
News: Microsoft's Q4 survives Xbox 360 woes

Microsoft made a slight profit in its most recent quarter despite Xbox 360 woes which cost the company $1bn.
18 July 2007
News: New Xbox 360 games outshine Wii & PS3

GamerMetrics has compiled the most anticipated games for the second half of 2007 according to online page visits in the US. Topping the list of prospective best sellers is Halo 3, followed by Madden NFL 08 and Grand Theft Auto IV.
News: PlayStation Portable to get mobile TV

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) console is to get mobile TV functionality, after Sony announced details of the second-generation PSP.
News: Xbox boss quits Microsoft for EA

Peter Moore has resigned as the president of Microsoft’s Xbox business, less than two weeks after the company revealed that it would take a $1bn charge due to widespread defects in the Xbox 360 console. The Briton will be joining Electronic Arts (EA), and will be replaced by Don Mattrick, a former EA executive.
16 July 2007
News: Dell kills PC due to overclocking problem

An overclocking flaw related to Intel’s quad-core chips has forced Dell to stop taking orders for one model of its high-end desktop PCs in the US.
News: Sony to kill 60GB PlayStation 3

Sony grabbed headlines recently when they announced that the 60 GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) would be dropped to $499 (£250). But on Friday Sony also revealed that this model will be discontinued later this year, leaving only the $599 (£300) model for sale in the US.
News: Nintendo Wii to outsell PS2

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said in a statement last week that the Nintendo Wii could surpass total PS2 sales given the former system's continued success.
12 July 2007
News: Sony to release slim PlayStation Portable

Sony plans to release a redesigned version of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game system in the autumn. The new PSP, announced at the E3 conference, is 33 percent lighter and 19 percent slimmer than the original PSP model, which was first released in 2005. It also contains a faster Universal Media Disc (UMD) drive, used to load games and some movies, and features improved battery life.