Submitter: Starlight - (http://ps3.kombo.com)
Site Tags: howard stringer takes over president sony corporation
Category: General/Off Topic
Howard Stringer, Chief Executive Officer of the Sony Corporation, just received a promotion. He is now going to be taking over as President of the main electronics business, as the former holder of that position, Ryoji Chubachi, will become Vice Chairman in charge of product safety, quality and environmental issues.

From Bloomberg: "The Japanese can't take decisive actions toward their comrades during...

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Submitter: PS3 News - (http://finance.yahoo.com)
Site Tags: midways u.s. operations file chapter 11 reorganization
Category: General/Off Topic
In its filing with the Bankruptcy Court, the company cited that the November 28, 2008, change in ownership triggered accelerated repurchase obligations relating to two classes of Midway debt, which Midway anticipated it would be unable to satisfy.

Press Release: CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY - News) today announced that the company and its U.S....

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Submitter: PS3 News - (http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com)
Site Tags: ps3 media server 1.03 update now available
Category: PlayStation 3
Over the weekend, ps3mediaserver has updated his application to PS3 Media Server 1.03 (Props to Massy for the news).

Windows users who own multicores processors will be pleased to know that this version includes a custom build of mencoder optimized for multicores and H264 content, based on the great work of the ffmpeg team.

Benefits? Recent CPUs are now fully used, rather...

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Submitter: Starlight - (http://arstechnica.com)
Site Tags: jerry yang out choices wants microsoft
Category: General/Off Topic
Just a few months ago, the blogosphere was exploding over the possibility of Microsoft and Yahoo joining up to become an online powerhouse. Would Steve Ballmer be able to pull the deal off? Would Jerry Yang bite?

We all anxiously waited for what could be. But after a lengthy deliberation, political jockeying, and pleas for help, Microsoft walked away after Jerry Yang did everything he...

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Submitter: PS3 News - (http://www.gamespy.com)
Site Tags: capcom tim flynn joins atari senior vp sales
Category: General/Off Topic
Atari, soon to officially merge with French-based publishing house Infogrames, announced today that industry vet and former Capcom sales exec Tim Flynn has joined the company as senior VP of sales, effective immediately.

Mr. Flynn has more than 30 years of sales and retail experience in the video game and technology industries with companies including Capcom, Hip Interactive,...

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Submitter: PS3 News - (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Site Tags: ziff davis files bankruptcy debt
Category: General/Off Topic
Ziff Davis Media Inc. has filed for bankruptcy in Manhattan saying that it has a debt of $500 million to $1 billion. Ziff Davis are the publisher of PC Magazine and EGM, however it is mainly the likes of the 1UP Network of video-game information sites that make most of its revenue.

There are now plans for restructuring the company to resolve the burdens of a debt load and...

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Submitter: Starlight - (http://www.news.com)
Site Tags: ps2 ps3 industry news tech
Category: General/Off Topic
Sony has shored up the problems in its electronics, and will concentrate in 2008 on bringing more video content to its devices and improving its software, said CEO Sir Howard Stringer.

"We will see if we can enter the battle against the software companies. This is probably the year we need to demonstrate that," Stringer said during a meeting with reporters at the Consumer...

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Submitter: PS3 News - (http://zx81.zx81.free.fr)
Site Tags: pspzx81 sinclair zx81 emulator psp
Category: PlayStation Portable
Zx-81 has updated PSPZX81 today, a Sinclair ZX-81 home computer emulator for PSP.

Download: ^2# / %1#

What’s new then in this version?

- IR keyboard support !
- Now compatible with custom firmwares 3.x and PSP-slim
- New graphics
- Display and save thumbnail images for each save state
- New render mode (fit height and fit)...

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