From next-gen.biz:
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There are certain events of 2007 that industry folks would just as soon not ever hear about again--so here they are...

#8 - We've Got a SKU Just for You!
"Phil Harrison famously said of Sony's PlayStation 3 plans, "I think we wouldn't take that [multiple SKU] strategy. We wouldn't create confusion".
Oh, the shame! In just the first year Sony has marketed four different models of PlayStation 3. It launched with two versions - the 20Gb and 60Gb models - and then introduced an 80Gb model in July and a 40Gb model in October."

#6 - Sony Exec Offers to Buy PS3s
"When SCEA executive VP Jack Tretton speaks, everyone listens. Sometimes this works out, sometimes not.
In his January 2007 interview with Electronic Gaming Monthly, it most certainly did not. In response to reports of PlayStation 3 systems sitting unsold on store shelves, Tretton famously replied: "If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1200 bucks for it." If people on the street can see that the systems aren't moving, then Tretton should have known as well. Still, his ill-timed boast isn't unique - it's merely part of the larger hubristic posture Sony has assumed for far too long."

#5 - Alone Against the Empire
"Right before the Game Developers Conference keynote, one of the most prominent videogame blogs, Kotaku, published a rumor about an as-yet-unannounced PlayStation 3 online service dubbed PlayStation Home. Kotaku attempted to verify the details but Sony refused to comment. Further, Sony requested - then demanded - that Kotaku not publish the story.

Kotaku published their information anyway, with appropriate journalistic caveats. In response, Sony sent an email blackballing Kotaku."
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From ps3.ign.com:
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Polyphony Digital's Christmas gift to Gran Turismo 5 Prologue players (the game is out in Japan, in case you weren't aware) arrived around noon on Christmas Day in the form of an update enabling online play.

The first thing you'll notice after agreeing to one of those online end user agreement things that nobody actually reads are changes to the GT5 Prologue menus. The game now includes options for "Online" and "Ranking."

"Ranking," is just what the name suggests: an online ranking viewer. You can filter rankings by track, car type, tire type, and even physics mode (standard or professional). The game lets you view and save replays for the top racers on each track.
The real meat of the update is in the Online mode. Select this option and you're taken to a race selection screen. On this first day of online play, the game has just four live race events against other racers and four time trials where you attempt to beat other players' best times.

Once all opponents are found, the game jumps into the race. Well, almost. While load times aren't a problem in offline play, they sure are in online play. We discovered waits of over two minutes to start up a race. Hopefully this is something that will be fixed with future optimizations.
Aside from the long load times, we found our first few online races to be smooth, with no lag issues. Best of all, the game is super quick about getting you back into the online menu screen after a race so that you can select another event.
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From ps3.thegamereviews.com:
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New Original IP's for 2007:
* Folklore
* flOw
* Heavenly Sword
* Resistance: Fall of Man
* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

New IP's of 2008:
* The Agency
* Haze
* White Knight Story
* LittleBigPlanet
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From gamernode.com:
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On the Internet when a story breaks, everyone jumps on it. The same was the case not too long ago, when Indian site The Economic Times (and subsequently several major news sites) reported that SOE was being bought by Zapak Digital Entertainment for the sum of $300 million, with further details to arrive next week.

Guess what? It's not true. When reached for comment, Sony Online Entertainment President and CEO John Smedley quickly refuted the article. "No idea who made this up. We are in discussions with various companies in India about bringing our games to this growing market but that's it. We aren't for sale," he said. "It's completely and utterly false."
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Kinda old news, but better late than never ... from teamxlink.co.uk:
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After many hours of testing XLink is pleased to officially announce support for Playstation 3 system link games on the Kai Game Tunnel Network.

Special thanks to M1k3_NL for his dedication in initiating Kai's PS3 support and to those who have helped test PS3 integration on Kai over the past months.

With support for PS3 hardware, we look forward to watching our existing community continue to grow and evolve using 'next-gen' hardware!
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