From next-gen.biz:
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Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai has confirmed that PS3 Cell processors manufactured since last holiday use the more efficient 65nm technology, while smaller RSX chips are due in the fall.

A more efficient RSX will be in PS3s shortly, Hirai says. "As for RSX, 65nm process technology has begun this year already, and will be ready for installment in autumn."
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From ps3.ign.com:
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With Metal Gear Solid 4 confirmed at half a million sales in Japan and one million in Europe, the big question is, just how many copies has the game sold overall. While we don't have sales figures just yet, we do know the game's shipped number: three million.
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From gamesindustry.biz:
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Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has confirmed that a new download service offering movies on the PlayStation 3 is set to launch shortly.

The service will go live in the US this summer, according to Kaz Hirai, with a roll-out in Japan and Europe at later dates. Official timings are expected next month.
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Note: Screenshots over at famitsu.com suggest the price for renting a movie could be $5.99
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From videogamer.com:
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Sony Computer Entertainment has revealed that registrations for the PlayStation Network have reached approximately 9.8 million. This means that 45% of PlayStation 3 owners have created a PSN account.

PSN has also distributed approximately 86 peta bytes of data, a figure Sony says is equal to 17 million single-layer DVDs.
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From gamesindustry.biz:
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Sony has demonstrated a new application for it's home console at today's business review in Tokyo - Life with PlayStation.

The service is a news and weather channel for the PlayStation 3, with users able to access regional stories and forecasts via a rotating Earth.
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From next-gen.biz:
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The highly anticipated PS3 firmware version 2.4, which will introduce a "trophies" achievement system and enable comprehensive in-game XMB access, is reportedly due to launch in three weeks [at E3]. New XMB feature set detailed within.

The full feature list is as follows:
• Friend category
• View, send, receive messages
• Manage downloads
• Set the vibration feature of the controller
• Sign in to PlayStation Network
• Register friends
• Manage Bluetooth devices
• Terminate the game
• Music category
• Use the system BGM
• Work the system BGM operation panel
• Settings category
• Assign controllers
• View profiles
• Game category
• Set audio devices
• Use the voice changer
• Play custom soundtracks in-game
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From tweaktown.com:
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From 1st July - 31st July, Sony Australia will be relaunching their highly successful bonus PlayStation 3 with purchase of applicable Bravia LCD TV. Customers only need to purchase a 1080 Full HD LCD, register their details online and wait at the post box to receive their PlayStation.

The only catch this time around is that number of bonus PlayStation 3 consoles has been capped at 35,000 by Sony for the duration of the promotion, so first in best dressed.
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From ps3news.com:
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We received word from a little birdie @ Sony just a day or so after PS3 Firmware 2.36 Update's release that it indeed plugs a Web browser hole.

According to the source's documentation, this hole is present in PS3 Firmware up to 2.36. We are awaiting further details from our contact regarding specifics of the Web browser hole to determine how 'useful' it may or may not be, but until then unless you have a reason to update it may be best to remain on PS3 Firmware 2.35 just to be on the safe side.

Additionally, NDT just confirmed for us today that Sony has blocked XVISTAMAN2005's Install Debug Firmware on a Retail PS3 system method in PS3 Firmware 2.36 for those curious. That's it for now!
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From playstation.custhelp.com:
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The PLAYSTATIONNetwork will be taken offline during the following times for a scheduled maintenance:

Starting on June 24, 2008, at 8:00 a.m., Pacific Time
Ending on June 24, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., Pacific Time

During this time, access to the PLAYSTATION Network will be restricted, including:
* No access to the PLAYSTATION®Store
* No access to play online games on the PLAYSTATION Network
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From computerworld.com
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Toshiba Corp. today unveiled the first laptop computer to use the computing-intensive Cell chip that was first was designed for Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console.

Branded here as the Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor, Toshiba said that the chip is designed to give gamers and movie editors a better experience. The Qosmio G55 has up to 500GB of hard drive storage space and is the first laptop from Toshiba to have an 18.4-in. diagonal wide-screen TruBrite high-definition display.
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From joystiq.com:
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PS3 Fanboy got a handful of tips this evening, purportedly sharing some screens of the PS3's long-promised "trophy" system, the console's would-be Gamerscore equivalent. From the looks of these screens the trophy system includes something that strongly resembles a Gamercard, including total number of trophies gathered along with a "Level" ostensibly gathered by collecting trophies of varying values.
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From killzoneunit.com:
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The magazine features 12 pages of Killzone 2 goodness, some of which mentions that four-and-a-half of the six cores of the PS3's Cell chip are being used by Killzone 2 at the moment. Guerrilla Games' Technical Directer, Michiel van der Leeuw also mentions, "Sony basically has an international forum for sharing character technology, animation tools and graphics shaders. ~ We've even taken a few tricks directly from the Resistance guys at Insomniac, and we've even been talking directly to the God of War guys in Santa Monica."
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From kotaku.com:
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Pricing the PlayStation 3 below its production cost caused Sony to lose $2.16 billion in 2007 and $1.16 billion in 2008, the company revealed today.

Sony's fiscal 2008 annual report delineated potential risk factors to its investors, outlining that "the large-scale investment required during the development and introductory period of a new gaming platform may not be fully recovered." The loss figures were provided as an example of the "significant negative impact" introducing a new platform can cause at first.
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