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AFP - Sony announced Friday that it will start offering virtual advertising space in PlayStation 3 games as part of efforts to stem losses from the console.
Reuters - Apple Inc's new iPhone made
its hotly awaited debut on Friday, with buyers storming stores
in Asia and queues forming in Europe and the United States.
AFP - Gadget lovers around the world on Friday crammed into stores to buy the latest super-fast iPhone G3, swooning over its Internet, GPS and iPod features, despite occasional sticker shock.
NewsFactor - Microsoft will cut the U.S. price of its Xbox 360 gaming console by $50, from $349 to $299, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company has already slashed the price by $50 in New Zealand and Australia, and U.S. gaming blogs have been predicting a similar move to boost sales.
Reuters - Apple Inc.'s new iPhone
3G and accompanying App Store is set to put the company known
for technology innovation into another lucrative space --
gaming.
InfoWorld - Following through on a restructuring plan announced in May, Sun on Thursday laid off approximately 1,000 employees in the United States and Canada.
Reuters - A former Hewlett Packard Co
vice president pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets while
he worked for IBM and admitted sharing the data with
Hewlett Packard, the Justice Department said on Friday.
AFP - Gadget lovers around the world on Friday crammed into stores to buy the latest super-fast iPhone G3 only to find activating the coveted devices was hit-or-miss due to Apple computer troubles.
AP - In a July 10 story about touch screens, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Synaptics Inc. supplies touchpads for Apple's laptops. Synaptics supplies components to Apple, but not laptop touchpads.
PC World - Yet another version of the open source browser is already in the works, but Mozilla developers say this upgrade won't break existing plug-ins.