Rumor says that HP is going to release a new Pavilion series laptop, the HDX. This is a 20-inch widescreen gaming laptop built based on Intel’s forthcoming Santa Rosa platform and powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, an nVidia GeForce Go 8000 graphics engine, and a variety of high-end goodies, including HD-DVD and HDMI support. Weighs 12lbs, the machine comes with a full-size keyboard, along with a number pad and Windows Media remote side-by-side

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Asus updates two of its popular gaming laptop, Asus G1 and G2 series, with Intel’s forthcoming Santa Rosa platform. The new models, G1S and G2S, are scheduled to hit the store in May 21st with price respectively set at $2,300 and $2,560. I’ve posted about the G1S model, so now it’s time to take a look what’s inside the G2S notebook.

To begin with, the 17-inch G2S sports an Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz) CPU, a 2GB of DDR2 (667MHz) RAM, a 200GB 5,400rpm SATA HDD, and an nVidia GeForce 8600M graphics engine with 256MB of VRAM. The display incorporates Asus Splendid Intelligent Video technology and capable of showing up to 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA) image resolution.

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Asus updates two of its popular gaming laptop, Asus G1 and G2 series, with Intel’s forthcoming Santa Rosa platform. The new models, G1S and G2S, are scheduled to hit the store in May 21st with price respectively set at $2,300 and $2,560. Let’s check out the G1S notebook first.

Measures 324 x 284 x 37.4mm and weighs 3.1kg, this machine is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz) processor, a 2GB of DDR2-667 main memory, and a 160GB 5,400rpm SATA hard drive. It is equipped with a 15.4-inch ColorShine TFT LCD display boasting a resolution of 1680×1050 (WSXGA+) and Asus Splendid Intelligent Video technology. To deliver the image, a 256MB NVidia GeForce 8600M graphics engine is included.

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The rumours were true; the Wii is about to get a SingStar style microphone for ka-wii-oke action

The rumours were true; the Wii is about to get a SingStar style microphone for ka-wii-oke action

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has slashed the price point of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) in a bid to kickstart sales in the face of stiff competition from Nintendo’s DS.

Sony has already cut the price of the PSP in the US and this week introduced lower prices across the European territories of €169.99.

The cut is effective from the end of April and will be rolled out to all territories by the end of May.

In addition, five new Platinum game titles - Ridge Racer 2, Tekken, Killzone, Loco Roco and Moto GP - will be launched at the lower price of €19.99.

“The combined reductions will unleash PSP, making it a ‘must have’ portable system for all entertainment enthusiasts, allowing them to enjoy the breadth and depth of entertainment opportunities available from PSP,” said Stephane Hareau, PSP marketing manager for Europe.

Rumour has it that EA Sports is in talks with apple to bring it’s multi billion dollar franchises to the IPHONE .

Ea allready makes games for the ipod, including tetris - suduko and mini-golf, with the specs of apples new Iphone could we be looking at the next generation of mobile phone gaming , just imagine tiger woods golf , or even the sims .

We can only wait and see what happens , but knowing EA Games and apple they are defo gonna come up with an amazing mobile gaming experiance .

After a strong launch? it now appears that UK sales of the Sony PlayStation 3 have started to drop off, forcing two major retailers to slash their prices for the console.

WH Smith took out adverts in the Sun newspaper last week, promoting a £25 reduction in the retail price of the console. WH Smith has been offering the basic PlayStation 3 console pack for £399.99 over the bank holiday weekend.

But good news for those not finding out until today -? the offer actually runs until Tuesday April 10.

Alternatively, online retailer Play.com has also cut the price of the PlayStation 3 to £399.99 including delivery.

Cutting 13 per cent, or £64.98, off its own package, Play.com is offering the Sony Playstation 3 PS3 Console with 60GB HDD, HDMI cable and a copy of the film Click on Blu-Ray, for £399.99.

Japanese console giant Nintendo raised its sales forecasts last week, for the fourth time in one year. For the year to end March 31, the company now expects sales to reach Y966bn, an increase of Y66bn on prior forecasts.

Nintendo said the boost is largely due to strong sales of the Nintendo DS portable gaming system software and hardware.

Sales figures for February from market watcher, NPD Group, showed that Nintendo’s DS racked up an astonishing 485,000 unit sales, which combined with strong sales of the Wii, which sold 335,000 units gave Nintendo a 54 per cent share of all gaming hardware sales.

Last week, Sony also had to cut the official US list price of its PlayStation Portable by 15 per cent from $199.99 to $169.99 in order to fend off strong competition from the DS.

Xbox Live accounts allowed to talk with the outside world

Microsoft is prepering to release a Windows Live Messenger client for its Xbox 360 gaming console.

The service allows users to connect to users of Live Messenger clients on the desktop or mobile devices. It is slated for availability in the week of May 7.

The instant messaging application requires an Xbox Live subscription. Xbox Live currently allows its 6 million users to exchange messages with fellow gamers. After expanding the service with support for Windows Live Messenger, users will be able to simultaneously chat with up to 6 people on their contact list while playing games.
Windows Live Messenger boast 260m active accounts worldwide.

Although users of Microsoft’s desktop IM client are able to communicate with users of the Yahoo Messenger service, such interoperability won’t be available to Xbox 360 users, a company spokesperson told vnunet.com.

Yahoo and Microsoft last year unveiled an interoperability service that allows users of both services to exchange messages.