Sony: Price cut more than doubles rate of Playstation 3 sales
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| Sony's high-priced PS3 has delivered some benefits. In part because the PS3
| includes the Sony-backed Blu-ray drive for high-definition video playback,
| Blu-ray has taken an early lead in installed base and movie studio support
| versus rival HD DVD.
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http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2007/07/sony-price-cut-.html
This headline and article is better than the one I posted previously.
Microsoft fights for the life of HD DVD as Blu-ray gains retail support
http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2007/07/microsoft-fight.html
Related:
Sony profit more than triples on digicam, yen
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| Sony's chief financial officer, Nobuyuki Oneda, said the PS3's performance
| fell short of expectations in the first quarter but expressed hope that a
| cut to the price of its 60GB model and the upcoming launch of an 80GB model
| would boost demand.
|
| "Thanks to these measures, PS3 sales are picking up pace," Oneda told a news
| conference.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6198911.html
Microsoft cuts Xbox DVD player to $179
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| Attaching the players to popular game consoles is seen by both camps as a way
| to get the technology into millions of homes, and pique consumers' interest.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6198919.html
Is Toshiba Giving Away The Razor [HD DVD] To Get You To Buy The Blades?
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| I just received an e-mail tonight from the folks at the EMA (Electronic
| Merchant's Association), who are responsible for a big industry event next
| week, the Home Media Expo.
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http://www.dvddossier.com/2007/07/a2-toshiba-hd-d.html
Cringely the Unemployable on the fallacy of Web 2.0, Microsoft ruthlessness,
and the CB radio of our decade
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| Davidson: Which software company would you hate to compete against? What
| makes you single them out?
|
| Cringely: Microsoft of course. They have the deepest of pockets, unlimited
| ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| sure that you don't make any money, either. And they are mean, REALLY mean.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
| Davidson: Why do you think Microsoft is mean? Are you implying some kind of
| malicious intent rather than just ruthlessness?
|
| Cringely: Maybe "mean" is the wrong word to use for Microsoft. "Ruthless" is
| good. The company is built in the image of Bill Gates and Bill is a guy who
| gets caught-up in the game of business and doesn't typically see its personal
| cost. To use what might seem to be an obscure example, just look at all the
| various partnerships and industry consortia that Microsoft has announced
| through the years that never produced a product or even a usable
| specification. There have been literally dozens of these operations that are
| intended solely to freeze the competition until Microsoft can figure what the
| heck it actually wants to do. To Microsoft its a PR exercise that helps them
| compete but to customers it is just a damned lie. That's ruthless. There are
| plenty of other examples I can give but you get the point. I represent the
| concerns of users, not vendors, and Microsoft doesn't really care about
| users.
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http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
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
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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