Sony ps 3 sales hunch in Japan

After the a laugh and games of the playstation  three launch closing month, the figures are in for the first full weeks of sales in Sony's domestic territory of Japan and they're not as shiny as anticipated.

although Sony does not release such details and commonly won't comment on income besides, Tokyo-primarily based marketplace-research firm Media Create continues track of the records.

consistent with Media Create, forty two,099 PS3 consoles were offered between 13 and 19 November. This contrasts sharply with the eighty one,693 gadgets shifted on eleven and 12 November alone. the fall persisted the following week, with just 32,622 PS3s being offered inside the week to 26 November.

The steep fall in income can be due to a shortage of consoles, despite the fact that Sony has adhered to the road that shipments are intending as deliberate to stores in Japan and the united states.

by way of contrast with competing consoles and handhelds, here's the full breakdown for games hardware sales in Japan inside the week to 26 November:

    DS Lite 201,378

    PS3 32,662

    PSP 30,815

    PS2 26,263

    Xbox 360 7,007

    game Boy 2,526

    GameCube 576

    Xbox zero

even as the lead established by way of Nintendo's DS Lite is as unsurprising because the 0 income attributed to the authentic Microsoft Xbox, it's fascinating to observe that the PS2 is simply 6,000 sales beyond its younger sibling, the PS3.

Kenwood's tiny tough-power MP3 participant

Japan's Kenwood has announced what it claims is the sector's smallest tough drive-based totally audio participant, the Media Keg HD10GB7.

to be had in both white or black (do not they realize neon is soo in now?), the Media Keg includes a 10GB hard force and will go on sale here in Japan in some days' time for ¥40,000 (£177).

the brand new participant handles all the usual audio formats and is light at simply 78g, measuring forty four x 62 x 17mm. The display screen is a 1.5-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) show, and battery life is 24 hours for MP3 play-lower back and 20 hours for WMA.

support for the reproduction-blanketed WMA DRM 10 approach many on-line music stores, consisting of Napster, are open for a spot of Media Keg business.

Media Keg v iPod nano

putting apart the fact that the storage media is a everyday, spinning tough drive, which is more fragile than flash memory, the Media Keg's competitor will maximum likely be Apple's iPod nano, so right here are a few comparisons:

    Weight: Nano, 40g Media Keg, 78g

    capacity: Nano, 8GB (max) Media Keg, 10GB

    Battery:Nano, 24hrs Media Keg, 24hrs

    display:Nano, 1.5-inch lcd Media Keg, 1.five-inch OLED

    price:Nano, £169 (8GB) Media Keg, £177

in reality, it is a close call, which - within the race to dethrone Apple's entrenched marketplace chief - might also as properly be a miss by using one million miles. nice try, Kenwood.

All-in-one unit made for uk's small rooms

Toshiba has shown off its new domestic cinema projector - the TDP-ET20 - in an exclusive demonstration to Tech.co.uk. It has a built-in DVD participant and five.1 surround sound speakers.

it's a popular definition projector (854 x 480 pixels), supporting a 16:9 decision - however the photo become impressively sharp nevertheless. The built-in audio system, but, were not so fantastic, although outside ones can be attached.

The TDP-ET20 makes use of 'extreme quick throw' technology, which means the projector can sit highly near the wall and still produce a big, sharp image. Sitting just 1.3m away, it impressively produced an photo 2.5m huge; conventional projectors ought to sit some distance from the wall to achieve the identical impact.

specs-clever, the projector has a assessment ratio of 2500:1 and 1200 lumens brightness from a 230W lamp.

HDMI

in spite of no longer being HD, the ET20 has an HDMI port - these are normally located solely on high-definition devices. It additionally has RCA ports, S-video, an RGB input and helps pal, NTSC and SECAM video requirements.

We had been even amazed to analyze it helps DivX - a popular format for net videos. greater info may be determined on Toshiba's internet site.

Given its wide range of ports, in addition to a integrated DVD player, five.1 surround sound audio system and 'short throw' capacity, the TDP-ET20 is simply geared closer to humans with small rooms. And for those who want an all-in-one method to domestic theatre.

it is out now and can be located on line for round £1,000. assume the excessive-road fee to be barely more, even though. Richard Preston

AllofMP3.com falls to US attack

sparkling from their modern day strategy to harass North Korean chief Kim Jong Il, america government is now going after Russian down load website Allofmp3.com.

AllofMP3 has long been an annoyance to the song enterprise, imparting excessive satisfactory MP3s for just 6p in step with music. This compares with the 79p that rivals including iTunes commonly charge. for instance, the current just like the Fambly Cat album with the aid of Grandaddy is offered for simply £1.30.

The site is capable of charge so little as it will pay no royalties to any of the record labels that own the recordings, meaning it could make a profit on albums regardless of how tons it expenses. In doing so, it is breaking just about each unmarried copyright regulation in existence.

Many analysts say the website is Russia's biggest unmarried barrier to becoming part of the arena change agency (WTO).

The shutdown will appreciably improve Russia's probabilities of becoming a member of the WTO, in line with an reputable file outlining the settlement on copyright issues between Russia and the us.

Binding blueprint

The record states: "america and Russia have agreed on a binding blueprint for moves that Russia will take to address piracy and counterfeiting and improve protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR), each stated priorities of the Russian authorities, starting right now."

Allofmp3.com is cited explicitly as a internet site that allows "illegal distribution of song and other copyright works".

Estimates display that AllofMP3.com had 14 in step with cent of the UK tune down load market in April this 12 months, consistent with marketplace watcher XTNdata. simplest Apple's iTunes had extra, with a forty four consistent with cent chunk.

The Russian authorities has additionally promised to do so against CD and DVD pirating companies.

Russia currently produces about 390 million CDs and DVDs a year, imparting the rest of the world with a huge amount of bootleg track and films.

The Cloud extends wireless in 30 eu cities

wireless community operator The Cloud is spending 100m euros (£67m) over the subsequent  years to deliver wireless connectivity to extra than 30 european cities.

Ben van Dongen, dealing with director for metro wireless on the Cloud, stated the agency is trying to construct public wi-fi networks in any important european city and will recognition its efforts on a range of cities, from the very small to the very huge.

The Cloud is currently in talks with a few 30 european cities, with Stuttgart and Karlskrona, Sweden the present day cities to use the corporation to introduce town-extensive wi-fi networks.

The network operator stated its initiative is in reaction to expanded demand for Europe-wide wireless. there may be probable to be greater than 160m wireless-enabled gadgets in operation by 2008.

in line with Van Dongen, country-particular charges is probably used, with european international locations offered distinctive tariffs than non-european international locations. The cost to give up users is expected to be around 20 euros (£thirteen.50) consistent with month.

The Cloud already hosts wi-fi services in sixteen european towns, including Amsterdam and London.

Westminster metropolis Council introduced earlier this week its plans to end up a wi-fi metropolis. a number of other uk towns, which includes Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds and Liverpool are working in the direction of similar goals as a part of the BT wireless cities initiative.