2007 September

USB 3.0 To Boost Peripherals to Multi-Gigabit Speeds

by cunni
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| Hardware
September 27, 2007

The “SuperSpeed” USB Promotions Group was announced Tuesday at the Intel Developer Forum. The promotions group will get together with contributors over the next year to finalize a USB 3.0 spec that will, they hope, take care of our wired peripheral and syncing needs for another five years or more....
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Halo 3 Reaches $170 Million In First Day Sales

by cunni
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| Console Gaming
September 27, 2007

Halo 3 Reaches $170 Million In First Day Sales – Microsoft has announced that its Halo 3 has sold an estimated $170 million in its first day, making it “the biggest entertainment launch in history,” noting that it has now beat out opening day theatrical releases of Spider-Man 3 and...
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Australian Halo 3 LE Features Anti-Scratching Foam

by cunni
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| Console Gaming
September 27, 2007

Recent reports have noted that the Limited Edition of Halo 3?s packaging design did not include adequate measures to secure the game DVDs in place, leading many gamers to find loose, scratched up discs inside the box. Although Microsoft did update its Xbox Disc Replacement Program to include the Halo...
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Microsoft Offers Free Halo 3 LE Disc Replacements

by cunni
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| Console Gaming
September 27, 2007

After the launch of Microsoft’s Halo 3 there were reports that some customers received scratched discs in their pack due to poor case design. As of now till 31/12/07 Microsoft will replace any damaged Halo 3 LE discs or any Halo 3 Essentials Discs. The offer will expire by the...
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Sharp Blu-ray Recorders Include 1TB Storage

by cunni
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| News
September 27, 2007

Although the company did not address North America, Sharp has plans to ship Blu-ray Disc recorders for the Japanese market this fall. Starting on October 27, Sharp?s basic HDD-less models ($875 to $1,040) for recording television programming to single layer Blu-ray Discs will debut. In December, Sharp will ship higher-end...
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Early Halo 3 – Scratched Discs!

by cunni
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| Console Gaming
September 25, 2007

Unofficial reports from lucky early owners of the Halo 3 Limited Edition found that unlike the regular Xbox 360 green game boxes, the Halo 3 Limited Edition ships in a black tin box with center hubs too shallow to adequately hold the DVDs in place. As a result, consumers may...
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Crysis demo in stasis till Oct 26th

by cunni
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| PC Gaming
September 23, 2007

The good news: Electronic Arts and Crytek are still releasing a demo of their forthcoming PC shooter Crysis. The bad news: The demo has been delayed to October 26, three weeks before the game goes on sale. “We are taking some extra time to make sure you that you have...
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The Steam Community officially launches

by cunni
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| PC Gaming
September 22, 2007

Valve has officially launched The Steam Community after being in a beta testing phase for about a month or so. For those not in the know, The Steam Community (or TSC) offers some nice new additions to the Steam client. Of course the most important being all the cool new...
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Enemy Territory : Quake Wars performance

by cunni
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| PC Gaming
September 21, 2007

While other recently released titles like Bioshock and Medal of Honor: Airborne are based on the visually stunning Unreal 3 engine, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars has been built around a modified version of the Doom 3 engine with MegaTexture technology, which may not look as impressive anymore in comparison. However...
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BioShock is the #1 PC game for August

by cunni
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| PC Gaming
September 21, 2007

On the PC front for August sales, BioShock bio-owned pretty much every other game, even the unstoppable World of Warcraft. BioShock sold 77,374 copies to World of Warcrafts 49,126 copies. Sadly (or happily, depending on what type of gamer you are) on the console side of the world, BioShock got...
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