23 eerie parallels between Xbox 360 and the Sega Dreamcast

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Ever since the first details of the Xbox 360 hit the web, gamers have drawn comparisons to Sega's ill-fated (yet still highly regarded) Dreamcast console. There are the obvious examples - the timing of the launches or the color of the hardware - but then there are a lot of not so obvious ones, too. As part of our Xbox 360 countdown, we've put together a list of our favorites.

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Sony?s PS3 strategy includes $300-400 with pre-loaded content

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The PlayStation 3 is expected to cost between $300 and $400, according to a new data point buried deep in an article in the Hollywood Reporter about Sony?s overall business strategy. In addition to the PS3 price hint, there are some other interesting factoids in the article:

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Nintendo Revolution = Futurna ?

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Leaked Nintendo Revolution details or the desperate attempts of a Nintendo fan to deal with the next-gen console?s ?revolutionary? remote controller?

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PSP Video 9 1.74

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PSP Video 9 is a free PSP video conversion and management application. It can convert regular PC video files (avi, mpeg, etc) into PSP video files, as well as manage/copy these PSP video files between your PC and PSP.

PS3 Under $400 in Japan?

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In the past months, the Japanese blog CoolGamer has been a dependable source of early information regarding the Japanese game market. Not once has their news turned out to be a false lead, so that's why it was pretty important today when the site updated with a small notice saying "PS3 price set below 40000 Yen," which is about $400 at current exchange rates.

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Sony PS3 for $600?

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Citing an unnamed Sony source, German game site Gamefront is reporting that the Playstation 3 will be selling for $600 to $650 a pop. Extra job indeed.

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Playstation Portable Trojan...the demo

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We blogged a story a couple weeks ago about the PSP trojan disguised as firmware for modified PSPs. A good story in its own right, but we wanted to see it in action. So what happens when a group of geeks gets an itch to destroy an expensive toy but nobody in the AVR lab is willing to pony up their own personal PSP?

Play your PSP online, with xlink

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Since I don't know many people locally that has a psp yet it brought me to learn how to setup the PSP for online gaming. Heres a easy how-to, getting you setup for playing online games with your PSP in 5 easy steps. All you need is a PSP a Linksys WRT54G, or one of the compatible wifi cards, and the Xlink kai software.

Xlink KAI - Play PSP games ONLINE with others

Free DS WiFi at McDonald?s

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After a very subtle tip off from an industry insider I was able to track down a story that says that Nintendo is expected to announce that their upcoming free WiFi service for the DS will be available at McDonalds.

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40GB and 80GB HD on Xbox 360?

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We?ve been tipped off that Xbox 360s shown at the Digital Life show this past weekend at the Jacob Javitz were sportin? 40GB and 80GB hard drives.

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PSafeP v1.2 for Windows

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Dark Killer has released a new version of PSafeP for Windows, version 1.2. This program was written as a way to combat malicious homebrew like the fake patcher that was released a few days ago. Included with this release is ComDLG32.OCX, a file that this program depends on to run. Changes in this version include:

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PSPWindows v2.0 Released

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Well here's V2 of PSPwindows...I've added quite a few nice little touch ups and have included a calculator, paint, file/firmware browsers, a few games, and im sure I?ve added other stuff too.

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