As reported from Eurogamer, Jefferies has stated that the reason for the drop is due to TV manufacturers such as Sony, Samsung, LG and Philips equipping 720p LCD TVs with resolutions of 1366×768 rather than true 1280×720. What this means is that the image will be upscaled no matter what, using TV hardware.

In relation to the Xbox 360, developers such as Black Rock Studios are no longer required to stick to the 720p requirement, meaning they can add more graphical features such as extra anti-aliasing by using a slightly lower resolution.

Jefferies added: “Now we are free to make the trade-off between resolution and image quality as we see fit,”

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It is thought that the logo will apply to all their Playstation branded products, (Playstation 3, PSP and PSN) as well as their upcoming range of 3D-powered televisions.

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Square’s Yoshi Kitase and Motomu Toriyama made the comments to VG247, during GamesCom 2009. Both of them also said that they are listening to their fans in Europe and North America, and are aware that DLC content is something that everyone wants.

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• Sony PS3 Update 2.41: New firmware to overcome problems
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• We also saw some new photo and video gear from Panasonic. The company’s betting quite a bit on the future of cinema being in 3D, and we think that’s a good bet to make.

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• Nokia’s World Conference, also in Germany, was the venue for the debut of a pair of new high-end music phones, the X6 and the X3. Nokia’s phones usually have boring names, but we’re glad they’re now naming them after experimental aircraft. Go, Nokia, go.

• Logitech’s new Wi-Fi radio is an improvement on its already awesome lineup and includes Flickr integration, which, while pointless, is rather cool. I want one.

• The PS3 and the Xbox 360 have finally–finally–bested the Wii from Nintendo in U.S. sales. It was a tough road to get to the top, but they made it. Welcome to the big league, guys.

What can we say, except awww?

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• Just when I was sick of Auto-Tune and the millions of songs that abuse it, and just when I thought it was going away, T-Pain brings an app to the iPhone that Auto-Tunes everything. Thanks, Shor-tay. Thanks a lot.

• These robot sculptures are adorable and I wish they were real and I had one as a pet. I would name him “Clanky.” Or “Josh.”

• Oh, and there was some stuff going around about theiPhone getting MMS or something. I may have missed it.

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• Asus G70 (Core 2 Duo T9500 Processor 2.6GHz, 4GB RAM)
• Asus W90 (Core 2 Duo T9550 Processor 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM)
• Alienware M17x (Core 2 Duo T9550 Processor 2.66GHz, 4GB RAM)
• Gateway P7809G (Core 2 Duo P8700 Processor 2.53GHz, 4GB RAM)
• Dell XPS M1730 (Core 2 Extreme T7700 Processor 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM)

• Toshiba Qosmio X300 (Core 2 Duo T9400 Processor 2.53GHz, 4GB RAM)
• Asus W90 (Core 2 Duo T9550 Processor 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM)
• Alienware M17x (Core 2 Duo T9550 Processor 2.66GHz, 4GB RAM)
• Gateway P7809G (Core 2 Duo P8700 Processor 2.53GHz, 4GB RAM)
• Dell XPS M1730 (Core 2 Extreme T7700 Processor 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM)

When it comes to cool gaming desktop accessories Cyber Snipa know how to make them, the photo shows a Gamepad v2, Stinger Laser gaming mouse and Tracer backlit mouse mat.

This setup will certainly help increase your frag count, CyberSnipa have delivered with this sweet setup, this is serious gaming business all round.

Tweak Town have given these CyberSnipa gaming gadgets a hands-on over 5 pages and in their final thoughts they said:

Mouse Mat and Final Thoughts – The Final part to this tri-force of gaming accessories is the mouse mat and Cyber Snipa has produced a rather colorful one at that.

Cyber Snipa PWNAGE Desktop – The micro-textured surface is inlayed on a clear Perspex frame with non-slip rubber feet underneath.

The trick with this is a USB cable snaking its way out the back that powers a set of blue LEDs that make the mat glow around the edges and generally look sweet.

Cyber Snipa PWNAGE Desktop – The LED brightness can be adjusted using an inline variable resistor that will dim the lights completely off.

The only bad thing I have to say about the mouse mat is that the USB cable is not detachable from the unit, so even if you don’t have a USB plug handy to plug it into, you still have a cable trailing over your desktop.

Cyber Snipa PWNAGE Desktop – Looking at the setup overall; I think Cyber Snipa are on to something good here. The dwarf keyboard is great for hardcore gamers and the mouse is a serious contender for anyone who needs a laser mouse. Coupled with a mouse mat that keeps the mouse gliding smooth, there’s no way you can lose, unless of course you’re like me and suck at games.

Read the 5 page hands-on review.

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Just what can Corsair’s 4GB DDR3 kit do and can this memory give you the performance you’re looking for? Well the short answer is yes with size; performance and overclocking are all in abundance.

The Corsair XMS3 DHX 1600MHz 4GB Memory Kit has been given a hands-on review by Tweak Town; in their final thoughts they said “Corsair has been one of the biggest overclocking memory companies for nearly eight years now.

In fact, it may be longer as Corsair memory was some of the highest clocking back when PC-133 memory for the 440BX chipset was around, allowing bus speeds to 150MHz. What an achievement that was. Moving into the 21st century, Corsair still holds its own.

The XMS series of memory is the cream of the crop; hand picked and designed to overclock for the enthusiasts. You’re going to be hard pressed for find a better module, XMS3 continues this tradition.

The larger size, while not showing a huge benefit today in our gaming tests, it really does help Windows XP multi-task. While only 3.5GB of it was used under our 32-bit OS, it still loaded the games up slightly quicker than the 2GB setup, and for 64-bit OS users, you will get the full benefit”.

Read the 7 page hands-on review.

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This is some news that has affected myself and also a few other people that I know, lets find out if its just a small number of people or a much wider issue with the Playstation 3.

Since updating to firmware 2.41 from 2.40, my Sony PS3 crashes a lot and this has happened in games like Call of Duty 4 (as reported before). At first I felt this may be an issue with COD4 and the recent firmware, but after hearing from others having crashes with COD4 it may not be the case.

Recently the hard drive needed restoring as the PS3 would not even boot up, as the settings were back up to an external hard drive, this process was painless.

After the problem with the hard drive, we are thinking that this could be an issue with the hard drive being damaged in some way and I have heard of this before.

Has your hard drive ever packed up on your Sony PS3?

The good thing with the Sony PS3 is the hard drive; it’s really easy to just slip another much larger drive in. Many gamers have installed drives of 250GB into their PS3 and receive the benefits of a much larger hard drive.

With the movie download service launching for the PS3, it is time to upgrade our PS3 drives to have all this content stored internally thanks to a larger drive.

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