| Sony, Skype calling gamers
The consumer electronics industry has for many years now tried to shoe-horn a game (some would say game-like) experience on the mobile phone device, but this year, Sony swims upstream in the same waters. It has taken the PSP handheld game platform and turned it into a mobile phone -- albeit with limitations. But the value proposition for consumers is win-win. .
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Sony unit to delay Japan rollout of Internet phone service for ...
Sony's game unit in Japan will delay rolling out Internet phone service in Japan for its latest handheld game machine because microphones developed for it didn't meet specifications, the company said Wednesday. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan had planned to begin offering Skype features on its newest PlayStation Portable model in Japan Thursday and then rolling out the service worldwide. Skype is a popular, free, U.S.-based online voice-over-Internet service. The service claims 246 million users around the globe. Sony said the company is working on solving the microphone standards problem. PSP-2000 users will need a memory stick, a wireless Internet connection and Skype-compatible headset to use the service, parent company Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Software Update: Microsoft Offers Free Apology Token for Xbox Live ...
While Microsoft's Xbox Live online system is generally reliable, Xbox 360 gamers found throughout the holidays less than satisfactory service. Gamers widely reported problems using Xbox Live, which Microsoft said was caused by the influx of new subscribers. "As a result of this massive increase in usage we know that some of you experienced intermittent Xbox LIVE issues over the holiday break," said Marc Whitten, general manager for Xbox Live, earlier this month. "While the service was not completely off-line at any given time, we are disappointed in our performance." Microsoft promised all Xbox Live users, both new and old, compensation for the downtime in the form of a full Xbox Live Arcade game that will be available for download free of charge. Today, Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog revealed that the free game available to all Silver and Gold Xbox Live members will be Undertow.
Tension ratchets; Patriots deployed in Haifa
Meanwhile Kassam rocket attacks on Israeli targets increase. June 30 to July 5: The IDF invades first southern, then northern, then central Gaza, continuing its strikes against Palestinian Arab terrorists, some of which are successful. Others, botched, see civilians killed. Kidnapped soldier Shalit is not recovered. Kassam rocket attacks are not stopped. The death toll among Palestinian Arabs climbs. July 7 to 9: Iranian President Ahmadinejad warns of ?Islamic explosion? over IDF action in Gaza. July 12: Iranian proxy militia in Lebanon, the Hizb?allah, attacks targets inside the internationally-recognized sovereign territory of Israel. Eight soldiers are killed in a decoy artillery and rocket strike. When the IDF responds to the attack scene, Hizb?allah gunmen abduct two Israeli soldiers from a different point on the border.
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