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- 17 August 2007
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News: Development issues cause inferior PS3 games
PlayStation 3 (PS3) development difficulties are to blame for inferior quality when releasing games on schedule with the Xbox 360, according to industry games industry analyst Evan Wilson. The analyst also believes development challenges contribute to the number of PS3 game delays.
- 16 August 2007
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News: Google calls in comedians in YouTube lawsuit
Viacom's lawsuit against Google's YouTube video-sharing service has taken a comedy twist after Google revealed it hopes to question two US comedians in connection with the $1bn suit.
- 15 August 2007
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News: Microsoft beefs up 64-bit Vista defences
Microsoft has upgraded up a key defensive feature of 64-bit Windows Vista to help protect the operating system against hacks that have plagued it for weeks.
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News: Sony & EA defend PS3 in Xbox comparison
Sony and Electronics Arts (EA) have hit back at claims that the PlayStation 3 (PS3) lacks smoothness and artificial intelligence compared with Microsoft’s Xbox 360.
- 14 August 2007
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News: Halo 3 to save failing Xbox 360
The failing Xbox 360 console could be saved by Halo 3, according to the New York Times.
- 13 August 2007
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News: BBC speaks out over ISPs' iPlayer objections
The BBC is seeking to diffuse the growing controversy over the BBC iPlayer’s heavy demands on the web infrastructure in the UK, claiming it’s in regular discussions with ISPs regarding the costs of downloading video.
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News: ISPs could cripple BBC iPlayer
The BBC's high-profile iPlayer service could be crippled by UK ISPs unless the Beeb contributes to the cost of delivering high bandwidth files across the internet.
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News: Windows Vista cripples high-def movies
Windows Vista’s content protection features are preventing customers from playing high-quality video and audio and harming system performance, according to computer researcher Peter Gutmann.
- 10 August 2007
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News: Microsoft: Halo 3 is already a record breaker
Pre-orders of the highly anticipate Xbox 360 game – Halo 3 - have exceeded 1 million in North America, Microsoft has revealed.
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News: Hacker defeats Microsoft Netflix DRM
A hacker has posted instructions for how to save streamed movies from the Netflix service, undermining Microsoft's copy protection technology designed to prevent people from saving the content.
- 09 August 2007
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News: Xbox 360 gets HDMI port
Microsoft has revealed Xbox 360 consoles featuring HDMI support. The news comes amid reports that new machines are now available in US stores coinciding with yesterday's price drops.
- 08 August 2007
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News: Second PlayStation 3 price cut looms
Sony will drop the price of the PS3 in the US again next year, according to industry analyst Micheal Pachter.
- 06 August 2007
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News: Analyst: PS3 delayed Grand Theft Auto IV
An analyst has said that development difficulties on PS3 forced Take-Two to delay Grand Theft Auto IV for both PS3 and Xbox 360.
- 04 August 2007
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News: This week's best cool internet tools
The internet isn't only for checking stock prices, keeping up with the cricket and wasting time at work (note: we did say only). Find the right tools, and you can send yourself notes, coordinate meetings, get invites and have your favourite blogs emailed to you.
- 03 August 2007
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News: Hitachi launches first Blu-ray camcorder
Hitachi is set to be first to market with a digital video camcorder based on Blu-ray Disc. The company plans to put two Blu-ray camcorders on sale at the end of this month in Japan and later this year in North America.
- 02 August 2007
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News: PlayStation 3 to get digital TV tuner
Sony plans to release a digital TV tuner for its PlayStation 3 (PS3) console next year, according to Warwick Light, head of the company’s marketing in New Zealand.
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News: Xbox 360 beats Wii & PS3 in games awards
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 trumped Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) and the Nintendo Wii at the Game Critics Awards, with Xbox 360 games winning 11 'Best of E3 2007' awards, compared to the PS3’s eight, the the Wii’s one.
- 01 August 2007
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News: Sony computing board uses PS3 chip
Sony has developed a prototype computer board based on the Cell processor, the same high-power chip used in the PlayStation 3 (PS3), and will show it at a conference in the US next week.
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News: Improved Xbox 360 processor planned
Singaporean contract chip maker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will produce a 45-nanometre (nm) processor designed for video-game consoles, probably an upcoming version of the processor used in Microsoft's Xbox 360.
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News: Xbox 360 beats Wii on web searches
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has become the most searched-for games console, surpassing the Nintendo Wii due to new games, price drop rumours, and inquiries about hardware issues.
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