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LG launches two new plasmas
LG has expanded its line up of HD Ready plasma TVs with the new PY2R series and more affordable 42PC1D. The PY2R series, available in 50" or 60" sizes, have already won design awards from iF Design and Red…
BSkyB claims to be carbon neutral?
BSkyB is perhaps the last company I'd expect to receive a press release from claiming to be environmentally friendly. But that's exactly what's just happened. The satellite network (which is indirectly responsible for launching not particularly environmentally-friendly, fuel-guzzling rockets into…
Wi-Fi usage on the rise
Results from a study by market research company GfK has found that Wi-Fi usage is on the rise, with home users forming the majority of customers. Apparently some 380,000 wireless routers were sold in the first quarter of this…
Xbox 360 cracked open?
According to posts on Slashdot.org and Kotaku.com, hackers have finally got past the Xbox 360's tough security. Using dual-layer DVD discs apparently one can now, in a seriously complex-sounding procedure, play copied Xbox 360 games. While the hack doesn't…
PS3 not supporting developers, developers not supporting PS3?
According to a report on Bloomberg.com, developers are not working on PS3 games because they haven’t had access to final technical specifications or "dev kits", the units developers work on to test games on console hardware. THQ CEO Brian…
E3: DS kills next Game Boy?
Speaking to Reuters, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, has said it is unlikely the company will produce the much-rumoured next Game Boy any time soon, because of the runaway success of its dual-screened handheld, the DS. "I would have second…
E3: Sony "me too" approach slammed by Ubisoft exec
In an E3 workshop on next-generation game design, Clint Hocking, creative director of Ubisoft's Montreal studio, has slammed Sony and the PS3 for its copycat approach to other's technology. First criticising Sony's copying of Microsoft's Xbox Live service, Hocking…
E3: Halo 3 in 2007, will miss PS3 launch
Microsoft has admitted that its much-anticipated Xbox 360 title, Halo 3, will not arrive in 2006. In slipping to 2007, Halo 3 now won't be the big gun Microsoft has to wheel out against Sony's PS3 launch in November….
E3: Gates says 10 million head-start for Xbox 360
A little crumb we missed from last week's E3 coverage – Bill Gates claims that the Xbox 360 will have sold over 10 million units before the PS3 even sells one. Read all the latest gaming news on sister-site…
E3: PSP ceramic white version hits Europe
On the back of E3 announcements of a £20 "Greatest Hits" range of PSP budget titles, Sony also revealed that the "Ceramic White" PSP is coming to Europe. Available from May 15 onwards, the matt white PSP is expected…
