Thousands of game fans queued for hours, braving the early morning chill and occasional showers, to get their hands on Sony Corp.'s much-heralded PlayStation 3 game console, as sales started in Tokyo on Saturday. 

The launch of the latest version of its blockbuster game gear pits the PS3 against Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s upcoming Wii in the near $30 billion video game industry.

"I've been waiting for this day to come for so long. I'll play it all through the weekend. No time for meals," said Tomoaki Nakamura, who already owns a PlayStation, a PlayStation 2, a PlayStation Portable handheld machine and an Xbox 360.

Nakamura, 41, was one of about 1,200 people forming a meandering line around electronics retailer Bic Camera Inc.'s flagship Yurakucho shop in central Tokyo.

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These products are so bad, theybelong in the high-tech hall of shame. Do you agree with Ddan Tynan?

The Complete List of Losers

1. America Online (1989-2006)
2. RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)
3. Syncronys SoftRAM (1995)
4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
5. Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)
6. Disney The Lion King CD-ROM (1994)
7. Microsoft Bob (1995)
8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)
9. Pressplay and Musicnet (2002)
10. dBASE IV (1988)
11. Priceline Groceries and Gas (2000)
12. PointCast (1996)
13. IBM PCjr. (1984)
14. Gateway 2000 10th Anniversary PC (1995)
15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998)
16. Comet Cursor (1997)
17. Apple Macintosh Portable (1989)
18. IBM Deskstar 75GXP (2000)
19. OQO Model 1 (2004)
20. CueCat (2000)
21. Eyetop Wearable DVD Player (2004)
22. Apple Pippin @World (1996)
23. Free PCs (1999)
24. DigiScents iSmell (2001)
25. Sharp RD3D Notebook (2004)

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Mozilla has released updates for its Firefox browser, Thunderbird email application and the SeaMonkey application suite to fix "critical" security vulnerabilities.

The vulnerabilities affect 1.5 versions of Firefox and Thunderbird as well as version 1 of the SeaMonkey suite, Mozilla said in its security advisories. The bugs do not affect Firefox 2.0, the latest version of the browser released late last month.

Security monitoring companies Secunia and the French Security Incident Response Team, or FrSirt, deem the issues "highly critical" and "critical", respectively. People who use vulnerable versions of the Mozilla products are urged to upgrade to the fixed versions, both companies said.

Source: Silicon 

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HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--Microsoft wants to prove that it does rock as well as it does spreadsheets.

The company, which is parodied as a stiff office worker in Apple Computer's Mac vs. PC ads, is trying hard to build a hip, music-insider image for its Zune digital-music player. The question, however, is whether Microsoft can put that stuffed-shirt image behind it.

At a press event Thursday against a backdrop of diaphanous curtains and candle-lit rooms, mere blocks from rock 'n' roll venues where Led Zeppelin and The Doors once headlined, the Zune appeared shabby in contrast--like someone showing up to a punk-rock concert in a tweed coat.

Source: Cnet 

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Staffers mistakenly e-mail the virus to subscribers of the Video Blog mailing list.

Google accidentally sent out e-mail containing a mass mailing worm to about 50,000 members of an e-mail discussion list focused on its Google Video Blog, the company said Tuesday.

"On Tuesday evening, three posts were made to the Google Video Blog-group that should not have been posted," Google said in a statement, posted late Tuesday night.

Source: PC World 

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The groundbreaking deal could redefine the digital music business pioneered by Apple Computer Inc. Rivals including cell phone makers eventually could pay for hardware sales as well as for the music itself, Universal said.

Microsoft is trying to break into an industry closely aligned with archival Apple, which is credited with nearly single-handedly building the legal Web music world with its iPod players and iTunes music store.

Source: Reuters 

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One of the most frustrating things about installing or upgrading programs on certain operating systems is the constant need to have to reboot. This is especially true with drivers or system files. Why is it that linux can be upgraded without rebooting? Read on to find out.

It all comes down to how linux and the file system handles files. When linux runs an executable it loads the whole file into memory and accesses it from there. This means that there is no connection to the physical file on the disk drive. When the program is closed and all connections to the file are cut the file is deleted from memory.

Soure: IT Tool Box 

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Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world. And even though the calls are free, they are really excellent quality. If you and your friends, family or business contacts are using webcams, you can also make free video calls. You can even call landlines and mobile phones at really cheap per minute rates (and there’s no setup or subscription fee).

ChangeLog: Here

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Microsoft Corp. finished work Wednesday on its long-delayed Windows Vista operating system, and said the software would be broadly available Jan. 30. The announcement means Microsoft will meet  - just barely - its revised goal of putting Vista in consumers' hands in the first month of 2007. 

Windows Vista's code was released midmorning Wednesday to manufacturing _ a step that allows the company to begin making the copies that will be distributed with PCs and sold at stores, said Jim Allchin, co-president of the Microsoft division that includes Windows, in a conference.

"This is a good day," Allchin said.

Microsoft had previously said it would release Vista to big business clients at an event at the Nasdaq Stock Market on Nov. 30, and Allchin reiterated Wednesday that corporations who buy Windows licenses in bulk will get the new system this month. That's also in keeping with the company's revised release schedule.

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