Re: [News] PlayStation 3 Gets Another Linux Showcase

["Mike" <mv011e9926@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> PS3 + Linux + Firefox = Office 2.0 computing
>
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> | Sony and a technology site are using a conference to show off a 
> confluence of
> | next-generation, monopoly-bypassing technology: a Sony Playstation 3
> | videogame console running Linux and Firefox as a foundation for
> | Web-based "Office 2.0" applications.
> |
> | IT|Redux, a site run by blogger and tech adviser Ismael Ghalimi, is 
> showing
> | off the system at the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. IT|Redux 
> is the
> | show organizer.
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> http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9772115-1.html
Bloody expensive PC.

> Related:
>
> PlayStation 3 beating Xbox 360 in Europe
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Sony's much-maligned PlayStation 3 has defied the odds and has now 
> outsold
> | Microsoft's Xbox 360 in Europe for the fourth week in a row.
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>
> http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/gaming/games-consoles/news/playstation-3-beating-xbox-360-in-europe?articleid=263086201
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/09/07/xbox-360-sees-260-boost-in-uk-sales/

260% increase in UK alone...

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Mike