11 Apr, 2008
IBM Corp. began shipping high-end computers Tuesday built around the fastest chip on Earth, a microprocessor that can carry out up to 5 billion instructions per second, surpassing the speediest competing processors built by rivals like Intel or Sun Microsystems.
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11 Apr, 2008
A picture of the GTA 4 disk, roughly 20 days before it’s release.
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11 Apr, 2008
“Hey Everyone! We know you’re all patiently waiting for the next PS3 firmware update, ver. 2.30, which includes the revamped PLAYSTATION Store. The good news is that it’s coming soon, and you can now see how the new user interface will look in this video demo featuring Grace Chen.”
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11 Apr, 2008
In what might be a sign of things to come for the rest of the world, eBay Australia has banned all payment methods except its wholly-owned PayPal subsidiary. Users have already drawn a likeness to Microsoft’s anticompetitive strategy in the 90s of forcing people to use Internet Explorer on Windows.
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11 Apr, 2008
THQ executive Jack Sorenson has branded the hardware battle between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo as “totally irrelevant”, arguing that the rewards offered by each represent a “win” for games publishers.
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