Details have been released of the games that will accompany the 23 March launch of Sony’s much anticipated PlayStation 3 European launch.
The Japanese behemoth confirmed that its five disc-based launch titles, including the highly acclaimed Motorstorm and Resistance: Fall of Man, will sell at a recommended retail price of €59.99 (£39.99). Good news for […]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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Big technology companies using the MP3 format could be hit with a hail of legal claims after Microsoft was fined a whopping $1.5bn (£800m) by a San Diego court in a move that casts confusion over the future of digital downloads.
The US software group was yesterday ordered to pay two awards of $760m […]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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Within the next 10 years the net will be able to deliver smells as fast as it does data, predicts a report.
The forecast came in a wide-ranging survey produced by the South Korean government to find out what consumers demand from future technologies.
It also predicted that by 2012 mobile phones batteries will […]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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Increasing development costs and small user bases mean games developers are unlikely to make a profit on new titles until 2008, according to a report.
The report by media analysts Screen Digest said that the complexity of next generation games made it difficult for publishers to cover production costs.
Long development times and large […]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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Apple and Cisco Systems have put their toys back in their pram, with both parties agreeing that each can use the name iPhone for their products.
Last month Apple announced its forthcoming iPod-based mobile phone would be called iPhone, but Cisco had registered it way back in 2000.
Under the deal, they will also […]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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An Egyptian blogger has been sentenced to four years’ in prison for insulting Islam and the Egyptian president.
Abdel Kareem Soliman’s trial was the first time that a blogger had been prosecuted in Egypt.
He had used his web log to carp the country’s top Islamic institution, al-Azhar university and President Hosni Mubarak, whom […]
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by admin
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In what is being seen as a defining moment for media, a surge in popularity this month saw the number of visitors to YouTube surpass that to US TV websites.
According to data from Hitwise, YouTube’s share of internet visits leapt to 0.6031% during the week of February 3, passing beyond the 0.4865% share […]
Posted on February 26th, 2007 by admin
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Virgin Media has been deluged with thousands of comments from customers facing the loss of Sky channels in the dispute between the two media giants.
Virgin customers look set to lose Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three, Sky News and Sky Sports News from Thursday after BSkyB and the former ntl/Telewest came to blows […]
Posted on February 26th, 2007 by admin
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The European version of Sony’s PlayStation 3 console will not play as many PlayStation or PlayStation 2 games as American and Japanese models, Sony has revealed.
Gamers who already own PlayStation 2 (PS2) and PlayStation (PS) games may find they will not work on the highly anticipated PS3.
The PS3 is due to go […]
Posted on February 25th, 2007 by admin
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Apple Mac users are still too lax when it comes to security matters, according to an independent researcher.
Kevin Finisterre caused a stir in the Mac community when he created a website in January revealing a different bug in Apple systems each day of the month.
While some observers dismissed the survey, Apple took note […]
Posted on February 24th, 2007 by admin
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