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PSP Brite battery life will decrease by 20-30 minutes

PSP main man John Koller went to Gamespot to talk about the upcoming PSP Brite, and revealed a few key facts. He admits the change is “minor,” one in a continuing series of changes the PSP may see along its proposed life cycle. Most revealing of all is his comment about battery life: the brighter screen will draw more power, diminishing battery life by 20-30 minutes.

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First shots of Need for Speed:Undercover

Here’re some new images from Need for Speed: Undercover , the twelfth installment of the popular racing video game series Need for Speed. The game will feature international movie star, Maggie Q, as one of the lead characters of the game. The live-action sequences from Carbon and Most Wanted will return in Undercover. Police chases from previous installments will also return, as well the new Highway Battle mode. It is set for release on all current generation consoles, the PS2 and PC on 21 November 2008. More after break.

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NHL 2K9 Goes Gold, Demo Available

2K Sports has announced today their annual hockey game has gone gold and is ready for production. If you can’t wait until the September 9th releases date, downloaded demos are available right now on Xbox Live and Playstation Network. The demo allows for a short three minute period with the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Detroit Red Wings, but I don’t think I need to tell you want team to play as. This is also the very first hockey game being released for the Wii, and it allows you to use the Wii Remote as a hockey stick. Let’s see how that turns out, eh? Full release after the jump.

2K Sports Announces NHL® 2K9 Has Gone Gold

Hockey fans cheer with game now in production and ready to launch on September 9

August 29, 2008 – 2K Sports today announced that the highly anticipated hockey title, NHL 2K9, has gone gold and is now ready for production for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo, PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems. Dedicated fans will enjoy this on-the-ice experience like never before as NHL 2K9 brings the fun back to hockey video games on September 9 in North America.

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Sony’s world’s thinnest LCD TV, the 40-inch KDL-40ZX1

We just have to trust Sony when it says that its new KDL-40ZX1 LCD TV is the world’s thinnest so far. Measuring a mere 9.9mm, this 40-inch LCD beauty weighs 12.2kg. Makes you wonder where it puts all that weight considering that it is so thin?

Anyway, the KDL-40ZX1 is said to feature wireless video reception which Sony has dubbed the Bravia 1080 Wireless. In addition, this LCD panel also features a 3000:1 contrast ratio, a full 1080p HD resolution, three HDMI ports, both a digital and analog tuner, as well as LAN and USB ports.

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Samsung X360 ultraslim laptop

Samsung appears to have made an incredibly hot little item. They call it the X360, which seems to infringe equally on Microsoft and Lenovo’s trademarks. Samsung took aim at the MacBook Air’s form factor and seems to have succeeded at taking some of the shine off of Apple’s wispy little offering. The X360 weighs slightly less (1.27kg) and although it doesn’t look quite as svelte, it sports quite a few more features: 3 USB ports, HDMI and VGA out, ExpressCard/34 slot, a memory card reader, 128GB SSD, and all the usual fixings. It has a 13.3″ screen and runs on an unspecified (probably selectable) Intel Centrino processor.

They don’t mention the dimensions, which is telling — sounds like they haven’t got Apple beat there. You just wait, Apple! Samsung got they eye on you.

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Underwater Wars Announced for PSP

Russian game developers Biart Studios have announced that their upcoming console shooter Underwater Wars will also make an appearance on the PSP. Underwater Wars is a 3rd-person action game currently in development for the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3. In the game you play a member of an elite US Navy Seal outfit that spends a lot of time underwater (hence the clunky title). According to the developers, the game takes place in a near-future conflict between China and the West, in which aquatic environments play a key role.
The console game uses on its own proprietary graphics engine, called the biEngine, and features both overland and underwater environments. The developers also promise that these will be fully destructible. There is no word yet on whether the PSP version will be a straightforward port of the console title or a different experience entirely.

While we aren’t quite sure how a full-fledged console game will translate to the portable system, we are excited to hear that developers are continuing to support the handheld, at a time when developer support in the West appears to be waning.

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Via : http://www.pspworld.com/sony-psp//underwater-wars-announced-for-psp-009154.php

Microsoft Confirms “Porn Mode” For IE 8, Calls it “InPrivate”

Microsoft has confirmed the rumor floating around last week that IE 8 would get its own “porn mode”—or “private browsing mode” if you insist on being mature about it. Amusingly enough, they have dubbed their service InPrivate, which sounds even filthier if you ask me. Beta 2 is now available here.

Source : Gizmodo