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Sunday, July 15th, 2007By Kemp Powers
SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research) hit Wii video game consoles will still be scarce this holiday season, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
Nintendo promised that some 100 new games for the Wii, known for its motion-sensitive controller which can be swung like a bat or brandished [...]
Sony cuts price on PlayStation 3 by $100
Sunday, July 15th, 2007By Scott Hillis
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) cut the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100, or 17 percent, in the United States on Monday, a move that should boost the video game console’s lackluster sales.
The PlayStation 3, which includes a 60-gigabyte hard drive and a Blu-ray high-definition DVD player, [...]
Video game trade show to focus on price
Sunday, July 15th, 2007By Scott Hillis
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The video game industry gathers for its annual expo next week, and anticipation is running high that cheaper hardware and a host of keenly awaited new games will fuel the strongest sales in years.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, is also a chance for investors to look under the [...]
Microsoft plans over $1 bln charge for Xbox repairs
Sunday, July 15th, 2007By Nichola Groom
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday said it would take a more than $1 billion charge to fix “an unacceptable number of repairs” to its Xbox 360 video game consoles and had missed shipment targets for the end of June.
Microsoft is under pressure with mounting complaints [...]
New generation of lighter displays to take on LCDs
Sunday, July 15th, 2007By Baker Li and Rhee So-eui
TAIPEI/SEOUL (Reuters) - A new generation of super-thin, power-sipping displays is making its way to the market, stretching battery lives to new limits and perhaps one day posing a challenge to heavier, energy-gobbling LCDs.
New screens that glow on their own are taking on their clunkier liquid crystal display rivals — [...]
Gadget boom to drive up energy demand
Sunday, July 15th, 2007By Peter Griffiths
LONDON (Reuters) - Flat-screen televisions, computers and other hi-tech gadgets will use nearly half of a typical British household’s total electricity by 2020, an energy conservation body said in a report on Wednesday.
Britain’s Energy Saving Trust (EST) said consumer electronics will overtake kitchen appliances and lighting as the biggest single drain on domestic [...]