26th June 2008 Archive

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Byron Review will create videogame delays, warns EA

Certification process could slow games releases

If changes to the classification of videogames in the UK - as proposed by the Byron Review - get the go-ahead, then gamers will be forced to wait longer for titles to hit the shops, Electronic Arts has warned. In a report by Gamesindustry.biz, Keith Ramsdale, general manager for EA in the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions, said …

Consoles 26 Jun 08:02
Orange prices up iPhone en France

Quelle surprise

Orange has priced up the 3G iPhone: it'll cost French folk €149 ($234/£118) for the 8GB model, or €199 ($312/£158) for the 16GB version. The handset will go on sale in France on 17 July, and those prices apply to new Orange customers who take out one of its dedicated iPhone airtime packages, or one of its Origimi Star, First …

Phones 26 Jun 09:49
Knight Rider satnav spied in the wild

Video It's real and it's coming soon

The Knight Rider satnav won global acclaim after being spotted earlier this week. But anyone doubting its authenticity can now rest easy, as maker Mio has confirmed it's existence. And a demo video has surfaced. Can't see the video? Download Flash Player from Adobe.com A video posted onto YouTube shows the KITT-inspired …

GPS and Satnav 26 Jun 09:58
Intel says 'no' to Windows Vista

Can't find a 'compelling' reason to upgrade, says IT dept. insider

Windows Vista is not for Intel, it has been claimed. The chip giant will not be installing the new operating systems on its many thousands of desktop PCs. It has "no compelling case" to do so. So claims an insider cited by the New York Times yesterday. A company spokesman admitted the OS was not being rolled out across the …

PCs 26 Jun 10:22
Brits confused by digital TV switchover, report claims

Half of TVs sold in UK last year were analogue

You’d be forgiven for thinking that analogue TV sales had gone the way of the valve radio and the Ford Capri. But half of the TVs sold in the UK last year were analogue, and most buyers still don’t realise that the sets will soon become obsolete. Roughly £200m has already been spent on advertising the fact that, by 2012, the …

HD 26 Jun 10:30
Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C902 cameraphone

Review Happy snapping

It's clear that the design of Sony Ericsson's C902 is far more conventional than the likes of the K810 or K850. Gone is the 'small key' design, the keypad now being a sort of cross between that of a W960 and a K800. The new look works without any major drama, but hardly pushes back the boundary of design and we certainly …

Phones 26 Jun 12:08
Few gamers claim Grand Theft Auto 'hot coffee' cash

$35? Nah, you keep it

$93,660 (£47,201/€59,631) can’t be much to the publisher of Grand Theft Auto. But that’s the paltry maximum amount it could've paid out so far over the infamous ‘hot coffee’ incident in GTA: San Andreas, simply because hardly anyone’s filed a claim. To refresh your memory, ‘hot coffee’ was the name given to a sequence within …

Consoles 26 Jun 12:16
Nvidia releases PhysX code for latest GeForce GPUs

Physics for GTX

Nvidia has posted a version of its PhysX software that enables the physics-on-GPU technology on its GeForce GTX 200-series and 9800 GTX graphics chips. The new release, version 8.06.12, was posted last night, builds on software Nvidia acquired when it bought physics chip specialist Ageia in February this year. Like past …

Bits 'n' Chips 26 Jun 13:33
Summertime movie downloads for PS3 fans

But only in the US, sigh

Sony has confirmed that it’ll launch its movie downloads service for the PlayStation 3 in the US this summer. However, European film fans will have to wait a little longer. In the firm’s Corporate Strategy Update (CSU) FY2008-2010 document, Sony said it plans to “roll out video services across key Sony products by FY2010, …

Consoles 26 Jun 13:36
UK gov publishes 'kids and videogames' action plan

Internet safety scheme too

The Byron Review, it seems, was just the beginning. The UK government has unveiled a comprehensive action plan designed to develop ways of making videogames and the internet safer for children. The action plan has six key objectives: four concerning child safety online and two regarding the impact of videogames on young gamers …

Consoles 26 Jun 13:45