From teamxbox.com:
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According to the latest forecasts from DFC Intelligence, the worldwide interactive entertainment market is expected to grow from about $28.5 billion in 2005 to around $42 billion in 2010. The interactive entertainment market consists of console video games, PC games, online games and dedicated portable systems.

"The upcoming launch of the Microsoft Xbox 360 heralds a new generation of console systems that together should push the worldwide game industry toward the size of the global recorded music industry by 2008," said David Cole president of DFC Intelligence.
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From hardware.slashdot.org:
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IBM has released an SDK running under Fedora core 4 for the Cell Broadband Engine (CBE) Processor. The software includes many gnu tools, but the underlying compiler does not appear to be gnu based. For those keen to start running programs before they get their hands on actual hardware a full system simulator is available. The minimum system requirement specification has obviously not been written by the marketing department: 'Processor - x86 or x86-64; anything under 2GHz or so will be slow to the point of being unusable.'
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From gamers.com:
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According to U.K.-based XTN Data, which surveyed one thousand game buyers, 32% said they were likely to buy the PS3 with 27% intending to buy the Xbox 360. Although a slim margin, this would seem to indicate that the PS3 will eek out a victory.
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From gamerandy.com:
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Earlier today I received a phone call from a source at one of the companies mentioned in my previous article. We had a very nice conversation regarding gaming and the next generation, and my original article on Grand Theft Auto being exclusive to the PlayStation 3.
The source was kind enough to confirm it.
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Sony has secured a patent for a disk technology that prevents the use of used and pirated software.

From the registered patent description:
"A device and method for protection of legitimate software against used software and counterfeit software in recording media... A specific title code is read, and if this title code has been registered, the main unit shifts to a normal operation. If the code has not been registered, verification software is initiated... If matching does not occur, the disk is processed as illegitimate software... Since only titles for which legitimate software has actually been purchased and which have been initially registered in the machine table can be used, resale (so-called used software purchase) after purchase by an end-user becomes practically impossible."

It's unknown if this technology will be used in the PlayStation 3. It's actually even unlikely as it would make it impossible to rent PS3 games.

News-Source: joystiq.com

From australianit.news.com.au:
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SONY Computer Entertainment is likely to abandon its practice of region coding games for its PlayStation 3 console, the head of its South Pacific operation said.

"If you look at the fact that it will support high-definition TV, which will be a global standard, there's a good likelihood that it will be global region, as for example we've done with the PSP (PlayStation Portable)," Sony Computer Entertainment Australia managing director, Michael Ephraim, said.

SCE Australia recent lost a lengthy legal battle [against modchips] which reached the [Australian] High Court and brought its policy of coding discs specifically for market regions under scrutiny from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
The High Court ruled that while pirating discs was illegal the mod chips did not infringe Australia's copyright laws.
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From gamedaily.com:
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By next March Sony is expecting to post a net loss for its fiscal year of about $90 million. The company is confident that its restructuring plan and focus on key products will allow Sony to become profitable again.

The self-described "Sony Warrior," Stringer is certain that high-definition products are the key to Sony's future success. "We have an HD value chain that no one else in the business has," he said. "[This] high-definition value chain that starts with cameras and goes through projectors and television sets and ends up with the PS3. You can see an HD necklace with all the pearls connected."

The combination of Blu-ray and the PS3 could be a real winner for Sony; just as the PS2 was the first DVD player in many households, the PS3 will no doubt be the first taste of hi-def movies for many consumers. And the first standalone Blu-ray players will cost much more than the PS3, making the console seem like a bargain even if it is $400.
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