Rumoured Revolution specs hit the net

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The specifications, which appeared on blog site Nintendo Centrium, suggest that the system will be powered by two 1.8Ghz IBM PowerPC G5 processors, a 600Mhz graphics chip from ATI and a 7.1 Digital Sound chipset.

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Even More Revolution Details

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The system boasts 512 megabytes of internal flash memory, wireless controllers, two USB 2.0 ports and built-in Wi-Fi access. A worldwide network of Nintendo players can gather to compete in a comfortable, inviting environment. Revolution's technological heart, a processing chip developed with IBM and code-named "Broadway," and a graphics chip set from ATI code-named "Hollywood," will deliver game experiences not previously possible.

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Sony PSP Stuck Pixel Fixer

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Do you have any dead pixels on your PSP? Really pissed about it? Had given up hope on having them work? Well, fret not, cuz I scoped this out on PSP Vault, and for the love of Hesus, 60% of the time it works for people. Check it out:

Sony PlayStation Portable

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While its been out for a while, we didnt get a chance to properly play with Sony's PlayStation Portable until now. We were definitely missing out on one of Sony's finest.

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Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility Explained

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An analyst has confirmed what I heard a bit about back in April. Microsoft has agreed to pay a royalty to Nvidia to allow the Xbox 360?s ATI chipset to emulate the performance of the Xbox?s Nvidia chipset.

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Jakub's Rant: Xbox 360 and PS3 at E3 @ FiringSquad

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Microsoft and Sony entered E3 with trumpets blaring, speakers on full blast and made a ton of noise. But did they deliver? Microsoft had the Xbox 360 on the show floor, accessible to anyone, while Sony had pretty pictures and CGI videos. Why didn't Microsoft win the showdown then? Read on.

Inside the Xbox 360, Part II: the Xenon CPU

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Part II of Hannibal's series on the Xbox 360 zooms in for a closer look at the multicore PowerPC CPU that powers the new console. Hannibal discusses the concepts behind the design of the Xenon's individual cores, as well as the Xenon's VMX unit.

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Xbox 360 in Stores Early November?

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A Pittsburgh gamer sent me an email last night saying that some guy at EBGames showed her a print out of all of the release titles, dates and prices for the Xbox 360.

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Xbox 360 Accessories Shots @ Botros.net

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Hi, I just wanted to let you know, I got my hands on a few exclusive shots that will soon make their way around the net. They show some already seen shots of some accessories, and some new ones. Also, I got confirmation from microsoft of the in-box accessories and Component cable coming in the box.

Xbox 360 High-Definition Videos

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What?s even better than reading about the latest E3 news and games? Seeing it! Here?s your one-stop destination for video coverage of the biggest gaming event of the year?straight from E3 to you.

PSP Video 9 v1.50

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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.

ATI talks Xbox 360 in London

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ATI talks to us about the technology behind the Xbox 360, and reveals some interesting facts about the architecture and its comparisons to existing PC cards.

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Xbox 360 compatibility explained

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Following earlier indications that the Xbox 360 will only be backwards compatible with some Xbox games, Microsoft has attempted to clear up the issue by waffling on about chip architectures. And failed.

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Playstation 3 Preview

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Sony punched back, hard, at E3 with the unveiling of their next-gen console the Playstation 3. Today we'll take a look at the console and some of the features Sony hopes to offer.

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Xbox 360 vs. PS3 @ Major Nelson

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Now that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 specifications have been announced, it is possible to do a real world performance comparison of the two systems.

Sony @ E3 - Live PlayStation 3 shots

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It took a little wrangling since we didn?t have an appointment, but we managed to blag our way into the backroom where Sony had three genuine PlayStation 3 consoles on display.

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Inside Xbox 360's Graphics

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In many ways, Xbox 360's graphics processor goes well beyond anything we currently have available on the PC. In today's article, we go over all the details of ATI's architecture with ATI VP of Engineering, Bob Feldstein. Bob discusses everything ranging from the 48 pipes, to ATI's "AA" for free comment. Catch all the details inside!

Nintendo Revolution First Look

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We will show the world what a next-gen system can be. Revolution marries the strongest heritage of innovation to the future of gaming," says Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. "With backward compatibility and the 'virtual console' concept, the stylish, compact body provides maximum gaming power.

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Key Industry Publishers Commit to Xbox 360

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Electronic Arts announces largest commitment in its history to Xbox 360. Key industry publishers already in development on more than 160 Xbox 360 games! Xbox 360 backward compatible with top-selling Xbox games.

Sony PS3 to have 1 CELL Processor?

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Yes, after all the PS3 will have only one CELL, due to cost issues, and the decision of making a GPU on PS3 by NVIDIA, is due largely to this fact : Only ONE CELL on PS3, so there is no way that this CELL could be used as a multi-purpose processor and as a GPU in the same time ! 256 GFLOPS is not sufficient to do this?gone are the days of DREAMING of ((( a PS3 with 4 CELLS ( 4*256 GFLOPS = 1024 GFLOPS or 1 teraflops) with 1024 GFLOPS power, allowing the system to do all the graphics stuff plus AI, PHYSICS?on those CELLS without any need of a GPU, and making the dream of real time ray-tracing finally possible?))) Unfortunately, its not the case, and without wasting time, those are near-final PS3 specifications :

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Nintendo Revolution Presentation?

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A video presentation of the new Nintendo Revolution console appeared on the net on a Spanish forum. The video starts with the early Nintendo Entertainment System and progresses to the current Nintendo DS. The presentation then goes on to show what seems to be the Nintendo Revolution.

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PSP Emulator for Windows?

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Word has gotten round a few forums about the existence of a PSP emulator for Windows. Although it?s not technically an emulator, the ELF file interpreter does run some of the homebrew code compiled for the Japanese 1.0 PSP (such as Hello World by NEM).

How the Xbox 360 Affects PC Gamers @ Bit-Tech

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The graphics system uses the R500 GPU from ATI. Whilst all sorts of information has been flying round, here's what we know. R500 is an Xbox-only chip. R520, ATI's next PC part, is nothing like it. It won't be until R600 - possibly this time next year, or even early 2007 - that we see the Xbox-esque features on the PC. The GPU itself uses a unified shader architecture. That is, unlike PC graphics boards - which use a pixel shader pipeline and vertex shader pipeline - just one pipeline is used for both, which will, it is said, lead to more efficient programming and better performance.

Sony Considers 2005 PS3 Release

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In a surprising twist on the next generation hardware race, a Sony representative has stated that a year 2005 release for the next generation PlayStation is a possibility.

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Revolution Console About an Inch Tall?

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The next Nintendo console will be no more than three DVD cases tall, or about an inch. The console will feature wireless conrollers, online play, play standard DVD movies and use the format to play a ?new class of high-definition games.? It will also play GameCube, that?s right it?s backwards compatible.

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Xbox 360

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We all know that the Xbox 360 will be a gaming console, but did you know its abilities are going to reach far beyond playing games? The Xbox 360 has changed the Xbox from a gaming console into a lifestyle device.

PS3 to Feature Digital Video Recording?

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Leave it to Wired to manage to finesse a few tidbits of interesting news out of yet another story about the upcoming E3. The story mostly talks about the unveiling, to one degree or another, of the three new consoles. The Xbox 360 and Revolution mentions don?t include much new info, but Wired hauls out some new facts about the PS3 by digging through an interview a French-language business site had with the senior vide president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

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New Sony PSP Firmware 1.51

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Playstation Japan have released an updated firmware v1.51, that fixes a few security bugs.

The first GB emulator for PSP Released

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Ladies and gentlemen, hello. I am Japanese who one of the PSP fans. GB emulator for PSP was released by Mr. MIRAKICHI in 2ch that was the most famous forum in Japan a little while ago.

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Perfect Dark Zero X360 Hands-On

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The first-person shooter will include 22 weapons, selectable spawn points and the ability to scan your body in via a camera so the image can be your in-game avatar. Can?t wait to get my grubby little paws on that one.

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Xbox 360 specs and Xbox Live Details Leaked?

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Days before Microsoft is due to air a special event on MTV across the world, specifications for the next generation Xbox have been posted in full online. Amongst the details leaked is word of two Xbox live services, a silver free service and a gold paid service.

Nintendo Revolution Specs leaked?

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The Chinese website Unika.com have what they claim are the Spec's for Nintendo's next-gen Revolution! Here's a quick translation by Google.

CPU: IBM G5 Custom x 4 2.5GHz cores, level 1 cache 128KB, a level 2 cache 512KB share

Kotaku Exclusive: Xbox 360 First Look Coming

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Got a fun little surprise for you. I just signed a NDA with Microsoft about the Xbox 360. On the negative side, I won?t be able to post any more rumors about the new Xbox for about a week. But the good news is that, come next Thursday evening, you can check this space for high-res images of the next Xbox, interviews and an entire story with specs. That?s right baby, we?re going all Kotaku exclusive on you with an early sneak peak at the Xbox 360.

Xbox 360 Hands-On Report from MTV Taping

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The first leak from the MTV taping of the Xbox 360 launch is in, courtesy of the proverbial friend of a friend of friend. The tipster says that the debut unit was loaded with Perfect Dark Zero (which reportedyly looked like a prettier version of Time Splitters), along with impressive versions of Unreal, Quake and Brothers in Arms.

Next-Gen Consoles

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GameSpot have thrown up a new article called "Next-Gen Consoles: Facts and Speculation" which looks at Nintendo's Revolution, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360! It's well worth a Read?

The Revolution should have the processing power to be competitive with Sony and Microsoft. The system will feature an IBM processor code-named "Broadway" and an ATI graphics chip code-named "Hollywood." Nintendo has also confirmed that the Revolution will be backward compatible with the GameCube.

M-TV Xbox 360 Post Party Blogcast

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The audio is not as good as usual since I don?t have my normal mic with me. That said, I was able to get a few minutes with show host Elijah Wood (which I recorded with my Creative Zen Micro.) Yea the party was great.

Edge Uncovers the New Xbox 360

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The UK magazine celebrates its milestone 150th issue later this month with a world-exclusive expose of Microsoft's next videogame console.

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Sony PSP UMD format cracked; game ISOs appear

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Another step forward in the race to crack open the PSP: ps2nfo.com user Paradox worked out how to get a dump from a UMD disc, and has released the ISO files for several PSP games (Wipeout: Pure US, Ridge Racers Japanese, and Vampire Chronicles: The Chaos Tower Japanese). Also of note, UMD discs use the standard ISO9669 format, so the released ISOs can be burned to regular CDs or DVDs.

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