New PlayStation 3 goes on sale in Aug.
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| Sony Corp. announced a revised PlayStation 3 console Monday with a bigger
| hard drive for storing downloaded content such as video games and
| high-definition movies.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070709/ap_on_bi_ge/sony_pricing
Sony cuts price on PlayStation 3 by $100
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| Sony also hopes the PS3 will win some converts following Microsoft's
| admission last week that the failure rate of its Xbox 360 console
| had been unacceptably high, forcing it to book $1 billion in repair
| costs.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070709/tc_nm/sony_playstation_dc
Microsoft says no plans to cut Xbox Japan price
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| Although popular in the United States, sales of the Xbox 360 have been slow
| in Japan. Microsoft sold 122,565 of the consoles in the first half of this
| year in Japan, while Nintendo sold 1.78 million units of its Wii and Sony
| sold 503,554 of its PS3 game machines, according to game magazine publisher
| Enterbrain.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070709/bs_nm/microsoft_japan_dc
Setbacks after rumours (as if the support disaster admission was not enough)...
Related:
Linux on the PS3
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| After a lot of back and forth I finally got Linux installed on my
| PS3. Ended up installing Yellowdog Linux.
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http://blogs.gnome.org/view/uraeus/2007/05/21/0
PS3 Real-time Ray-tracing
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| IBM Interactive Ray-tracer (iRT) using three Sony Playstation3s (PS3)
| to render a model that is 75x more complex then those used in
| today's games.
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http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-33982.aspx
Opera Desktop Team: Approaching 9.2 [with PPC Support]
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| The most important is that we've fixed some issues with Flash 9
| on Linux. This means that you can now watch YouTube video
| fullscreen! (And close annyoing Flash ads.)
|
| [...]
|
| ...we have now ppc-linux .6 packages: that means that they work
| (okay, should work) on your PS3! -- if you installed Linux on it.
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http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/03/30/approaching-9-2
PS3 Yellow Dog Linux Install Videos
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| Due to the demand on the PS3 forums I am making some install videos of
| Yellow Dog Linux. Sorry about the slightly shaky footage, since I was
| installing and holding the camera at the same time.
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http://fatpenguinblog.com/?p=798
Yellow Dog Linux launches for PS3
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| Once the software is released for download on the public mirrors, it will
| be free of charge.
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6162316.html?sid=6162316&sid=6162316
Sony to slash PS3 price by 25%
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| According to Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter,
| cited by GamesIndustry.biz, the price cut will come within 12
| months of the PS3's 23 March European launch, he believes.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/29/sony_price_cut_forecast/
Microsoft facing $1bn Xbox bill
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| Microsoft, has not revealed how many of its machines have suffered the
| problem, but said the number was "bigger than we are comfortable with."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6275728.stm
Owner of eight failed Xbox 360 explains failures
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| And although console gamers usually don’t come with the geeky and
| techie know-how of Banzai Runner hobbyists, an owner of eight failed
| Xbox 360s finally tapped into his inner geek and got the problem of
| the Xbox 360 issues down pat.
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http://www.kilegates.com/owner-of-eight-failed-xbox-360-explains-failures/
Microsoft deletes mass Xbox 360 crashing claims from Forza 2 forums
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| In what appears to be an effort to conceal the over 900 replies gamers
| provided on the official Forzamotorsport.net forums about Forza Motorsport 2
| crashing on the Xbox 360, Microsoft has deleted the long thread, now stating
| that it’s “exclusive content for registered forum users” only. However, the
| thread was removed entirely, even to registered members.
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http://gamerush.zoomshare.com/files/my_images/GameRush_Entertainment_Microsoft_deletes_mass_Xbox_360_crashing_claims_from_Forza_2_forums_News.htm
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