Archive for April 11, 2008

IBM Ships Fastest Chip In Existence

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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GTA 4 Disk! Someone has a copy!

A picture of the GTA 4 disk, roughly 20 days before it’s release.

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New Playstation Store Shown Off In Video

“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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eBay AU bans all payment methods except PayPal

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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THQ Exec: Console War Is “Totally Irrelevant”

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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