At TGS 2009 Sony announced that PSP owners will not be able to transfer the UMD games they currently own to the upcoming PSP Go system.

The news contradicts promises made earlier this year at E3 2009 in Los Angeles, where Sony soothed consumer concerns with promises of an exchange service for gamers who wanted to play their PSP games on a new PSP Go.

A Sony rep...

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Following Kaz Hirai's keynote address at Tokyo Game Show 2009, Sony revealed that the PSP will be getting a version of PlayStation Home dubbed PlayStation Room.

This newer portable version will let you have blogs, photo albums, and some social networking features like chat, mini-games, and real-time communication.

The upcoming PSPGo will also have 700 launch games...

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Remember when the first liquid cooled PS3 hit the Internet? Well finally some of the major cooling manufacturers are starting to take notice that us PS3 owners are looking for better options.

Two of these manufacturers are Koolance and Innovatek.

A bit pricey for the water blocks, plus you need a radiator/pump system to complete the setup. These new water blocks are...

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According to Yahoo news, TV stations began cutting their analog signals this morning, but many have opted to wait until the evening.

That being said, if you still own an analog TV set and wish to continue using it be sure to drop by www.DTV2009.gov to get a coupon for the now-required converter box.

There are also DTV FAQs available HERE and HERE for those interested.
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A novel transcoding tool Fixstars (PDF) allows for the conversion of video material on the Full HD format, with the help of a PlayStation 3 in real time, is coming in June 2009.

To quote, roughly translated: The conversion of video footage in Full HD movies at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 provides current desktop CPUs with a lengthy task. This allows the transcoding of a movie...

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Just over a week ago we announced news of the XCM PS3 Rumble Joystick's arrival, and today we received some actual product pictures (below) from the XCM Team.

To recap, XCM PS3 Rumble Joystick features include:

• Built in Rumble function.(world first Rumble joystick compatible with PS3™ console)
• 4 Memory Buttons - Program upto 20 button and joystick movement combos to a single button to...

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Today we received word from folks over at www.XCM.cc of the following PS3-related product updates:

To begin, their PS3 XCM Rumble Joystick and K.O. Gear have just arrived and will be available soon... details on each below.

The XCM Cross Fire Converter which allows you to connect a PS3 Controller to your XBox 360 console has also been released today and is shipping.

XCM PS3 Rumble Joystick

• Built...

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Today we received word from the folks over at www.XCM.cc that their new XCM Cross Fire Converter has arrived.

Pictured below, the XCM Cross Fire Converter lets you connect your PS3 controller to your XBox 360 console. With built in rapid fire/turbo and tilt functions, this adapter is the ultimate in XBox 360 accessories.

This adapter is also compatible with the XBox 360 and original XBox wired controllers...

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I figured I would share this here since I just went through this myself.. Many people complain that when they convert DVD to video and watch it on laptop or PC the quality gets bad.

How to resolve this issue? We can do so by converting DVD to MKV and other HD video formats. These HD videos are often bigger than standard video and maintain the high quality.

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WiiBuilder 1.0, formerly known as GRRLIB Converter, is a Windows application to use for Wii homebrew development.

Download: WiiBuilder v1.0

Usage:

The File tab is use to:

- Convert Portable Network Graphics (.png) to C array in header file (.h), works with GRRLIB 3.0 and libwiisprite
- Convert Images (.gif, .bmp, .jpeg or .jpg) to header...

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