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Sony Cancels PSP Room Plans
Submitted by appa on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 12:01
Sony has cancelled its plans to launch social networking service dubbed Room for PlayStation Portable gaming console
. Till date, Room was a closed beta and surprisingly, Sony dropped it off the shelf without giving any reasons. This social networking service allowed users to create avatars, personal spaces or blogs and share with other users.
Sony may launch challengers to iPad, iPhone
Submitted by appa on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 10:41
BANGALORE,INDIA: Sony is said to be planning on making a challenger to Apple’s iPad that will have all the capabilities of a netbook, a Sony Reader and a PSP, the company's handheld gaming device, according to a Wall Street Journal report quoting sources.
Soon, a 'moving newspaper' on flexible s...
Submitted by priyamehere on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 11:45
Scientists at the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory have come up with the roll up A4-sized "intelligent plastic" display, which took a decade of development.
PlayStation 3 Sales Decline
Submitted by priyamehere on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 12:50
PlayStation 3 unit sales fell by more than 31% in its fiscal first quarter, as the consumer electronics company joined Nintendo in reporting weak demand for video-game consoles.The PS3 sales slump contributed to Sony's second consecutive quarterly loss, which the company attributed to continued weakness in electronics sales. The company reported a net loss of 37.1 billion yen, or about $386 million, for the quarter ended June 30, compared to a profit of 35 billion yen, or about $366.3 million, in the same period a year ago.
PCs are now a lifestyle product
Submitted by imran on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 19:55
In an era where technology is changing fast every day, computers too have been bitten by the change-bug, by becoming more of a lifestyle statement rather than a machine for everyday use. Computers have now become an inseparable part of human life as they have become portable
In the fast-track life computers and laptops come handy when one needs to communicate with anyone in any part of the world, perform multiple functions – watch videos, listen to music and play games.
Sony PSP Adds Chat and VoIP
Submitted by Rajan_Arya on Thu, 05/24/2007 - 13:01
Sony said it will add chat services, Internet telephony and video-to-video communications to its popular PlayStation Portable game unit, an upgrade the Japanese company hopes will transform the PSP into wireless multimedia communications device.
Sony said Wednesday it had struck a four-year deal with British Telecom to provide these and other services on the PSP. The new units are scheduled to be shipped by the end of the year and owners of existing PSPs will eligible to receive an upgrade for these services.
XBOX watchout, Powerful Sony Playstation 3 launche...
Submitted by techideas on Fri, 04/27/2007 - 11:16
Sony India today announced the launch of the much-anticipated PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system, the groundbreaking next generation computer entertainment system, for sale in India. In addition to the PS3™ hardware, a software line up of over 12 first- and third-party titles will be available nationwide.
At the heart of PS3™ is the Cell Broadband Engine™, one of the most-advanced computer processors in the world, that enables massive floating point calculation, and Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) drive, providing a true High Definition (1080p) next-generation gaming and movie experience in the home, as well as up to 50 GB of data capacity for video game developers to store content – five times the capacity of a DVD. PS3™ also features a 60-GB hard disk drive (HDD), built in Wi-Fi adapter and multiple memory card slots.
PS3 V/s Xbox360 V/s Wii
Submitted by nitesh on Mon, 01/15/2007 - 02:10
here is a great video which sows the clear difference between wii, xbox360 and ps3 , hope u like it
Playstation 3 Vs XBox 360
Submitted by ashish2000 on Mon, 11/13/2006 - 15:58
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS
CPU
The Xbox 360 processor was designed to give game developers the power that they actually need, in an easy to use form. The Cell processor has impressive streaming floating-point power that is of limited use for games.
The majority of game code is a mixture of integer, floating-point, and vector math, with lots of branches and random memory accesses. This code is best handled by a general purpose CPU with a cache, branch predictor, and vector unit.
