The temporary resurgence of the PlayStation 3 looks to be well and truly over as the hot-selling Nintendo Wii continues its drive to fully conquer the gaming hardware charts by lodging yet another month of impressive sales numbers.

More specifically, according to Japanese videogame magazine publisher Enterbrain, which publishes leading games magazine Famitsu, March saw Sony’s powerhouse console left in the retail shadows to a ratio of 3-to-1 by the diminutive and apparently muscle-free Nintendo Wii.

According to Enterbrain’s figures for the Japanese region, Nintendo managed to sell a solid 265,542 units of the innovative and demographic-busting Wii in the month of March, while Sony only saw a modest 81,579 units of its growling PS3 leave store shelves over the same period.

Both the Wii and the PlayStation continued their combined regional dominance over Microsoft’s ailing Xbox 360 console, which limped in (once again) as the month’s poorest hardware performer with a meagre 13,127 unit sales.

Doubtless surprising power-hungry fanboys and industry sceptics alike with its ability to hold consumer attention for such a long period of time, the innovative, motion-sensing and user-friendly Nintendo Wii has almost effortlessly swallowed up the global home console competition since its release at the tail end of 2006. This has come about, in the main, because of the console appealing to a much wider audience than its more expensive hardcore gaming rivals.

March wasn’t all good news for Nintendo though, with Enterbrain’s figures also revealing that the Nintendo DS handheld (the world’s most popular games console) was overtaken in monthly sales by Sony’s PlayStation Portable — something that hasn’t happened in half a year.

On the handheld scene, Nintendo sold a steady 255,124 units of the touch-screen DS, while Sony surged forward with 415,415 unit sales of the widescreen PlayStation Portable. The PSP’s sudden sales leap was probably fuelled by the software arrival of Monster Hunter Freedom 2G, which emerged as the top-selling game during March.

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Trusted Reviews says they’ve got a “rock solid source” who claims Microsoft will dump the standard 20GB hard drive that’s now included in the Xbox 360 Premium (which they’ve since just dubbed Xbox 360) for 60GB drive as early as Q2 of this year. This rumor makes sense if Microsoft’s planning on hitting drive-heavy applications such as movie streaming or IPTV, since an HD movie can take up a huge percentage of that small 20GB drive as it is now. Of course, all of this is just a rumor, and if you really wanted a larger hard drive on your 360, you can always just go out and buy one of their 120GB units now.

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ASUS showed off a new version of its very popular Eee PC at CeBIT called the EeePC 900. The Eee 900 has a 8.9-inch display and uses an Intel mobile chipset and CPU. The 701 runs Linux OS, but can run Windows XP as well.

Communication options for the 701 include 10/100 Ethernet and a 56K modem. Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11b/g is included as well. Internal memory for the system is 1GB DDR2-400 and graphics are handled by Intel UMA.
Storage capacity for the Eee900 is up to 12GB of flash and the system includes an integrated 300k webcam. Audio from the new machine is Hi-Definition Audio CODEC and the machine has built-in speakers and a mic. The new Eee systems will be available in the UK and other select countries this year at 399 Euro each. Whether or not the U.S. is one of the select countries that will see this version of the Eee is unknown.

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MSI solar powered “MP3 Mega Player 540″ The player has a solar panel on the back to recharge its lithium-ion battery. The question here is whether that small solar panel will catch enough rays to do any serious charging. The player also sports a 4GB storage capacity, an FM radio and a photo browser.

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This burner can record 25GB onto a single-layer Blu-ray disc in 45 minutes, and now it’s available for purchase — if you’ve got a grand to spare. We’re talking, of course, about Pioneer’s BDR-101A Blu-ray burner, one of the first products of its kind to hit store shelves. The 2X E-IDE internal burner for PCs is now available from Tiger Direct for $999.99, and the etailer claims it will ship units in “7-21 days.” Start clicking if you just can’t bear to wait. And don’t forget to budget an extra $25 a pop for those blank BD-Rs.

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This is something my friend Animefanatik will like:

“This bewitching bikini babe is a perfect example of beauty with brains and is designed with a different notion. Katsuya Matsumura etched his passionate idea into a seductive PC mod to give you company while you work.“

Via: The gadget blog

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IBM researchers have developed a new technology that will toughen the security of consumer products, medical devices, defense systems and digital media. Codenamed “SecureBlue,’” the new approach brings mainframe-inspired security typically only available in data centers.

SecureBlue protects the confidentiality and integrity of information on a device through encryption, encoding it to prevent unauthorized use.

SecureBlue can be built into a microprocessor chip, protecting the security of the chip and other parts of a microprocessor-based device. Because it’s hardware-based, it’s more resistant to reverse-engineering and tampering.

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This is a must read article, its about Chris Mairs a blind tech executive and hear this world champion water-skier. He helped developed an audio device for vision-impaired water-skiers that would help them participate in slalom competitions.

You can find here the rest of the article.

I hope this story inspires you as it inspired me.

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Hello we are here to give back what the web has give us… Free for all information, we are happy to start this project we hope you like it…
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