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The Wii's Brains Finally Exposed?

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Back in August, a set of alleged specs were leaked for the IBM-designed "Broadway" CPU that forms the brains of Nintendo's forthcoming Wii console.
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Microsoft is Banning 360 Firmware Modders

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After several months of silence it was more or less accepted that Microsoft wasn?t going to do anything about the firmware hacks that allow Xbox 360s to play backups.
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Nintendo hands-on (p)Wiiview

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We recently played the Wii and came to the rather startling conclusion that it may not be as good as everyone is making it out. Read on for our man's view on the console, the joypad and nunchuck, the games and to chuckle at some pictures of (fat) journalists looking silly.

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Microsoft Looks Within to Design and Test Chips

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For more than two decades, Microsoft?s software and Intel?s processors were so wedded that the pairing came to be known as Wintel. But as that computing era wanes, Microsoft is turning to a new source of chip design: its own labs.

NY Times
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New PS3 XMB Images?

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Japan's ITmedia seem to have scored some new images of an updated version of the PS3 XMB. You will be able to see the PSP network option, HDMI info, photo browsing and a few more things. The PS3 will boot up with a sound similar to an orchestra's tuning pitch before they commence playing.

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The Mysterious Nintendo Wii Start Up Disc

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A look at the back of the Nintendo Wii box lists that the console will come with a start up disc. The purpose of this disc seems to have a few people scratching their heads - anyone has any ideas as to what 'start up' it is talking about?

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Photo of PS3 Hard Disk

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The official PlayStation 3 site reveals to us a photograph of the hard disk which will be present in both packs of the PS3, 20 Go and 60 Go.

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Gamestop to start PS3 Pre-Orders Tomorrow, $100 Deposit

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An E-mail has confirmed that Gamestop are to start PS3 pre-orders tomorrow at their brick and mortar stores with a $100 deposit being required. They of course mention stocks will be extremely limited and it will be one pre-order per household only.

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Best Buy Planning Surprise Wii Launch?

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A copy of an inventory form recorded from Best Buy denotes the Wii as arriving on October 29th, a whole 3 weeks before it's official release date.
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XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 2.0.0

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Team-XBMC and The XBMC Project is proud to announce the release of XboxMediaCenter 2.0.0. XBox Media Center (XBMC) is an award winning, free and open source media player for the Xbox? game-console. The XboxMediaCenter 2.0.0 point-release source code has now been set in our CVS. We consider that the current code in the XBMC CVS is as stable as a point-release should be.
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Play Sony PS2 in High-Def

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We test Xploder's HDTV Player that enables PS2 to pump out a high-def signal, making its games look super crisp on HDTV
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Easy DivX to Xbox 360 Streaming Guide

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Lack of DivX support remains one of the top gripes of Xbox 360 owners. Brains-n-brawn.com offers a complicated hack to make streaming DivX work via the Windows Media Encoder. I found something better!
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Size It: PlayStation 3 vs. Xbox 360 vs. Wii vs. Nintendo NES

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Just how much living-room cabinet space are you going to have to sacrifice when you purchase a PlayStation 3 instead of a Nintendo Wii? Will your 1985 entertainment center fit your Xbox 360 in the same slot as a Nintendo NES? All your questions will be answered if you look at the picture.

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New PS3 Kiosk in the Wild

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Sony is ramping up their hands-on PS3 promotion with a new kiosk at Bic Camera in Kawasaki. I'm not sure if the design is meant to scare off children or attract gorillas, but we are sure that Sony put some major hardware behind the unit.

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Updated Info on the PS3 SDK Hardware

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PC Watch, a Japanese PC news site, posted some interesting news today regarding the technical specifications of the PLAYSTATION 3 SDK units. Not only that, but they gave the public insight into some issues developers are having while programming for the PS3.
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Xbox 360 HD DVD Player to Retail at ?199.99/£129.99

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Arriving at retailers in North America, the U.K, France and Germany in mid-November 2006, the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player will retail for $199.99 in North America (estimated retail price)* and ?199.99/£129.99 (estimated retail price)* in the U.K., France and Germany. The Xbox 360 HD DVD Player comes with the Universal Pictures? blockbuster film Peter Jackson?s ?King Kong? on HD DVD (for a limited time) and the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote.
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Playstation 3 Region Free for Games Not Movies

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In a rare opportunity, Wired News was able to speak to all three of PlayStation's grand masters -- creator Ken Kutaragi, US president Kaz Hirai, and worldwide studios head Phil Harrison -- in one night.
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Apple's Trojan Device

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While Microsoft and Sony battle to gain supremacy in your living room, Apple may yet be the one to triumph. Despite the company?s abysmal history in the games market it has the potential to slay the console kings through its iTV device.

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It's More than Official - PS3 20GB with HDMI

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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that PS3 with 20GB hard disk drive (HDD) will come equipped with HDMI (Ver 1.3/supporting Deep Colour) output as standard with the system. PS3 with 20GB HDD will become available in Japan at a new recommended retail price of 49,980 yen ($428/£226/?336) tax included.

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Xbox 360 Free Repairs and Refunds

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SPOnG can confirm emerging reports that claim Microsoft is poised to announce a warranty extension for Xbox 360 early adopters in the US, with the program expected be rolled out across the world during the coming weeks.
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PS3 Test Unit impressions (noise, heat etc.)

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Some opinions and impressions of actual PS3 Test units has started to leak out, and the news is good. If you don't know, Test units are basically identical to the final retail hardware, but are used for developers testing games. They're the units we saw VF5 and VT3 being played on at that Sega event.

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Xbox 360 HD-DVD Japanese pricing, release details and 1080p support

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Microsoft demoed the device with Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, while announcing a surprising new feature coming to Xbox 360: support for 1080p resolutions via a software update. Unless Microsoft is planning on fitting all existing Xbox 360's with another output solution, we assume 1080p will be possible via the component cables already bundled in every machine.

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Nintendo Wii Preview

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As the UK launch date and pricing for the Wii are announced, Riyad takes a long hard look at Nintendo's new baby.
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PS3 Virtua Tennis 3 in 1080p

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At its press event in Tokyo yesterday, Sega revealed, or rather boasted, that Virtua Tennis 3 runs in 1080p on the PS3. Displaying the game on slick HD sets with 1080p placards next to them, it looked absolutely glorious in high-res.

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Breaking Wii News from Japan?s Wii conference

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Here?s what everyone is waiting for the price and launch date of the Wii: Japan: December 2 / 25,000 yen ($213) North America / South America: November 19th / $250 (From New York Times leak)
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We have plenty of Wii Rumors and Speculation

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Nintendo?s press briefing is tomorrow so we will have concrete facts about the Wii then, but before details came from the big N a poster over at the Macrumor forums claims to have a scoop.
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First Playstation 3 Trailer

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Here?s the first in what we expect to be an intense advertising campaign from Sony promoting the PS3. This first trailer takes a while to get going but shows an insight into the marketing angle they are going for.

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Is the PS3 Dead in the Water? Part 2

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The bad news keeps piling on from the Sony camp, this time with the revelation that the PS3 will not launch in Europe this year. How much worse can it get? What are the consequences? JCal tells the story.
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No 1080p PS3 Games Yet, Says Sony

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The PlayStation 3 may be capable of 1080p, but there are no games that support it right now. The company also clarifies the importance of HDMI for its self-styled full HD.

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