New Playstation 3 80GB Console Review By Milo Bouer

Finally after months of speculation the new Playstation 3 80gb console arrives in the U.K and this is looking like a huge hit for this Christmas!. The 80gb ps3 will be taking over from the 40GB version which will be discontinued after all stocks are gone...The PS3 40GB had some bad press as it lost its backward capability but this has now changed. The new Playstation 3 80GB version is so much better!! The new chip is more advanced, quieter and stays much cooler.

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Report: Sony's Cell Dev Cost $400 Million, Aided Microsoft Tech (Gamasutra)

The development of the PlayStation 3's much-discussed Cell chip cost Sony and its partners five years and $400 million dollars -- and Microsoft then worked with IBM to snag some of the development fruits and none of the failures for its own console's processor, claims a new book written by the Cell's leading engineers. The Wall Street Journal reports on a new book by two leading figures in the ...

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Report: 'Sweeping' Sony restructuring due post-CES (GameSpot)

Times of London reports that the PlayStation maker will unveil "sacred-cow-slaying" changes after this week's Las Vegas electronics convention.