PSP2 event is Going to Held!!!!!!!

Sony is going to arrange an official meeting which they named PSP2 (Play Station Meeting) on next Thursday, January 27.

One of the anonymous person reports it that an analyst has revealed that the event is called ‘Play Station Meeting’.The person disclosed that this meeting is helding first time in six years n will be held periodically
Former Play Station head ken kutaragi outlined the firms’s PS3 plans at the last one in July 2005
As talking on twitter, analyst  Yasuaki Fujima said that probably we will announce some major achievements in this event which is taking place ahead of Sony's third quarter earnings announcement.

Apple iPhone 5 (the concept of machine)....

Entitled “Apple iPhone 5 (the concept of machine)”, the lengthy report makes it hard for the reader to put iOS 5, A4 1.5 GHz CPU, 8MP camera, and Liquidmetal in the same sentence

Yet, the specs are there.

Based on a few concept iPhone 5 images (available to the left), the site believes Apple will start using Liquidmetal for the enclosure of the new device which is said to sport a new design.

The phone should also arrive in black and white flavors, Chinese technology site Zol says.

These concept images, one of which Softpedia can confirm has been floating around for a while now, should also fuel beliefs that Apple is doing away with the ‘physical’ Home button on next-gen iOS devices, as recently rumored.

Indeed, users should have no problem getting used to swiping their fingers on a touch-sensitive strip of glass just under the iPhone’s screen, as depicted in this image.

Should history bear any indication, Apple is likely to introduce the fifth-generation iPhone this summer.

Code inside Apple’s iOS 4.3 betas indicates that, not only are there new iPhones in the pipeline, but also in new iPads.

In fact, new versions of Apple’s tablet computer should arrive ahead of its iPhone 5.

iPad 2 is rumored to include dual cameras, an SD card slot, a Mini DisplayPort, and a higher-resolution screen.

This revised iPad should also ship with a new version of Apple’s mobile operating system, adding software that leverages the new hardware, particularly the cameras - Photo Booth, Camera app, FaceTime.

Screw's are tighten on iphone 4!!

With its infamous philosophy of maintaining absolute control over its products, sources said U.S. Apple stores are replacing screws on iPhone 4s brought for servicing with tamper-proof screws to prevent anyone else from opening the device.

Kyle Wiens, chief executive of iFixit, a prominent Apple repair and parts supplier, said the purpose of the new screws is to keep people out of the iPhone and prevent them from replacing the battery. He said he noticed in November that screws were being switched.

"If you took your car in for service and they welded your hood shut, you wouldn't be very happy"," he said, comparing it to shutting owners out of their iPhones.

IFixit, based in San Luis Obispo, California, has become famous in the technology world for performing "teardowns" of Apple devices, often within hours or minutes of a new product launch. The company promotes repair to cut down on electronic waste that goes to landfills.

According to two people with first-hand knowledge of the practice, when a customer brings an iPhone 4 into a U.S. Apple store for repair, tech staff swap out commonly-used Phillips screws, with which the device is shipped, and replace them with so-called "Pentalobe" screws.

Customers are not told about the switch, these people said.

It was not clear how widely used the replacement screws are, but one of these people said the screw swap was begun in the fall and is now standard practice at U.S. Apple stores. This person said the iPhone 4 shipped with Pentalobe screws in Japan.

Apple had no comment for this story, but it is well-known that Apple discourages individual modifications of its products.

The iPhone 4 went on sale last summer and became Apple's fastest-selling version of the iconic device, starting at $199 with a two-year wireless contract. More than 16 million iPhones sold in the quarter ending December.

Apple will replace iPhone batteries free if the device is under warranty, but otherwise charges $79.

Wiens said that with the old screws the iPhone 4 battery was easy to change although that was not known to many customers. "Apple wants to be in the business of selling you the new battery," Wiens said.

The world's largest technology company acts swiftly to protect its secrets. When an iPhone prototype was found by an outsider in a bar last year and sold to tech blog Gizmodo, Apple kicked up a furor and investigators raided a journalists' home.

Pentalobe screws require a screwdriver that is not commercially available, Wiens said. The screw is similar to a commonly used Torx screw, but has five points instead of six.

Wiens said iFixit, which sells repair kits for iPhones and other Apple products, searched everywhere for a Pentalobe screwdriver before specially commissioning a supplier to make one for them -- and even that is not a perfect match, he said.

The Pentalobe screw first appeared on the battery section of a Macbook Pro laptop in 2009, Wiens said. It also can be found on the exterior of Apple's new MacBook Air notebook.

Gaming industry lose "billions" . . .

People who play illegal copies of video games on chipped or modified consoles cost at least £1.45 billion in lost sales in 2010.

The Association of UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE), which speaks for the games industry, says it's not just money that's being lost.

It also estimates that it's resulted in 1,000 fewer jobs in the industry.

One pirate told Newsbeat that games are too expensive and the companies behind them make enough money as it is.

“They want to bring the prices down and then maybe people would stop doing this”
  Martin, 25, from Scarborough on illegal gaming

Piracy is traditionally more commonly associated with music or films.

But 25-year-old Martin, from near Scarborough, says that's not the case.

He's been modifying consoles for a year and says he's adapted, otherwise known as  'chipped' or 'flashed', around 60.

"I can pretty much modify anything," he admitted.

"Xbox 360s and there's a new hack for the PS3, DS and PSP."

Pirated games

He charges around £40 to modify a console which makes it possible to then play pirated games on them.

They can cost anywhere from £1 to £5 per illegal copy.

He said: "At the end of the day the video game industry makes as much as the film industry nowadays.

"So they (the industry) can't say they're losing masses of money over this.

"They want to bring the prices down and then maybe people would stop doing this."

That is a common argument used by pirates, that legitimate games which cost around £45 is too much for many people to pay.

"They want to bring the prices down and maybe people would stop doing this."

Sales down

As with many parts of the economy the video game industry is suffering at the moment.

Total software sales in the UK are down from £1.9 billion in 2008 to £1.45 billion last year.

It estimates that for every original game sold at least one is pirated.

“I think pirated games are a bad idea. It's stealing and it doesn't give revenue to the industry to be able to invest in future games, bigger game and better games”

Video game bosses say that, like the music and film industry, it's a huge problem.

Michael Rawlinson, the Director General of UKIE, says it's a simple question of criminals breaking the law and posing a genuine threat to video game companies.

He said: "When people play a pirated game that money goes to a criminal, not to the industry.

"That takes away jobs from young developers and graphic designers, so it actually stifles creativity and stops new games coming out."

He says games aren't overpriced: "These big games, you get 20 to 50 hours game play, which is tremendous value for money.

"A game like Call of Duty could take two years to make and cost millions of pounds.

"So there are huge sums of money involved in individual games."

Critics of the industry's stance argue each pirated game doesn't necessarily mean a lost sale.

They claim many people play illegal versions that they would never consider buying so the industry's figures don't add up.

However bosses insist that the £1.45 billion figure is a conservative one.

Whichever side is right it's certainly a divisive issue within the gaming community.

He says: "I think pirated games are a bad idea.

"It's stealing and it doesn't give revenue to the industry to be able to invest in future games, bigger game and better games."