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  • News: PlayStation chip set for mobile phones

    The Cell processor sits at the heart of the PlayStation 3, the most powerful game console yet developed, and a high-performance computer from IBM. Now Toshiba wants to put that power into mobile devices and mobile phones.

  • News: Govt workers rapped over porn surfing

    Employees at the US Department of Interior (DOI) spend significant time on sexually explicit and gambling Web sites and even more time shopping and playing online games while at work, according to a report released this week.

  • News: PlayStation 3 chip for mobile phones

    The Cell processor sits at the heart of the PlayStation 3, the most powerful game console yet developed, and high-performance computers from IBM. Now Toshiba wants to put that power into mobile devices and phones.

  • News: The display you can wear like glasses

    Konica Minolta is developing a lightweight wearable display for consumer applications that relies on holographic technology. A prototype of the device was on display this week at the Ceatec exhibition in Chiba, Japan.

  • News: HD-DVD drive for Xbox 360 to cost £130

    Microsoft has expanded on its plans to launch an HD-DVD drive for its Xbox 360 console to markets in the UK, the company said at its X06 gaming event in Barcelona yesterday.

  • News: Mobile gaming standard backed

    The Open Mobile Alliance wants mobile phone games developers to cut right to the fun part: coming up with new games.

  • News: Sony shuffles control of electronics group

    Sony is reshuffling responsibilities in its key electronics group, allowing the head of the division to play a bigger role in Sony's research and development actvities.

  • News: Gamers assess 'really pretty' PS3

    The Japanese public finally got their hands on Sony’s PlayStation 3 at the Tokyo Game Show on Saturday. Initial reactions were all favourable.

  • News: PSP gets camera and GPS add-ons

    Considering that the hype levels over the PlayStation 3 and Wii next-generation consoles – from Sony and Nintendo respectively – have already been cranked up to maximum, it's something of a relief to see that there's still room for the less pervasive handheld games consoles.

  • News: Sony slashes PlayStation 3 price

    Sony kicked off the Tokyo Game Show with a surprise for Japanese consumers: a price cut for the yet-to-be-launched PlayStation 3 console.

  • News: Nintendo could beat Sony in console race

    Its low price and innovative controller could push Nintendo's Wii console to the top spot in Japan's multibillion-dollar video gaming market, two industry watchers said today.

  • News: Xbox 360 will have HD-DVD drive add-on

    Microsoft will launch an HD-DVD drive add-on for its Xbox 360 console in November, a company executive said today.

  • News: Nintendo Wii to hit Japan in December

    Nintendo will launch its Wii game console in Japan on 2 December, company president Satoru Iwata said at a Tokyo news conference today.

  • News: CPU wars move to internet cafes

    Intel has teamed up with a Taiwanese motherboard vendor to tap China's burgeoning internet cafe market, on the heels of a similar announcement earlier this year by rival AMD.

  • News: Second Life users must change password

    After discovering a security breach last week, Linden Lab, the creator of the online game Second Life, has asked all 650,000 users of the game to change their passwords.

  • News: Cheap Xbox 360 to hijack PS3 launch?

    Microsoft is planning to launch a cheaper version of its Xbox 360 games console in Japan a week before the PlayStation 3 is due on sale.

  • News: IBM microprocessors to power Wii

    IBM has begun shipping millions of microprocessors to Nintendo, keeping the gaming company on track to launch its Wii gaming console as early as November.

  • News: Turn your mobile phone into a PVR

    Watching TV on a mobile phone could get more interesting next year, with new technologies that promise to bring TiVo-like recording functionality to portable devices.

  • News: AMD gains antitrust approval to buy ATI

    AMD has gained approval from key US, Canadian and German antitrust regulators for its $5.4bn plan to buy ATI.

  • News: New PlayStation 3 setback over Blu-ray

    Sony is delaying the launch of its PlayStation 3 games console in Europe and Australasia until March 2007.