PS3 finally makes its appearance in US

Marked by celebrity-studded parties on both coasts and days-long tent-city encampments surrounding retail outlets in all states in between, Sony has officially launched its latest console, the PlayStation 3.

Sony's San Francisco Metreon and Manhattan's SonyStyle Store were the sites of the company's official midnight launches, with Sony Computer Entertainment executive vice president Jack Tretton handing one San Francisco gamer the first console on the west coast. Sony Computer Entertainment America president Kaz Hirai and Sony Corp. CEO Howard Stringer were similarly on hand at the New York launch to hand over the first east coast consoles, with a surprise announcement that the first three people in line would be receiving their units for free.

Sony has said it continues to expect to ship two million units worldwide by the end of 2006.

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Xbox Live: Lights, Camera, Action?

There are quite a few signs that the Xbox 360 is trying to become a personal computer for your living room. After all, the unit can already play MP3 music and display photos and videos from its 20GB hard drive. It can download movie trailers and games through the Xbox Live service. It can even send e-mail and voice messages to other 360 users. With the Xbox Live Vision camera, the 360 adds web-camera-like functionality to the living room computer, and the result is less than impressive.

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Verizon, Intel join forces to bring online games for TVs

U.S. communications and network services provider Verizon Communications and chip maker Intel Corp. are collaborating to launch a gaming service that allows consumers to play popular PC games on their television sets using Intel's Intel Viiv technology-based PCs.The service, called Verizon Games on Demand, will also be equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Verizon's broadband networks. Gamers will be able to access the Windows XP Media Center Edition menu system by selecting the service using a MCE remote control.

Colson Hillier, director of new product development at Verizon, said the two companies will be creating a graphics-rich, big-screen game-playing experience for the entire family. "The games that families now enjoy on their PCs will become larger than life, more fun to play and accessible in virtually every room of the house, through linkages between a family's PC and their TV. This is an extension of Verizon's commitment to provide customers with the content and service they want, whenever they want it, and however they want to receive it."Intel's vice president of digital home group and general manager of the company's content services group Kevin Corbett said the combination of Viiv technology and Verizon Games on Demand will provide consumers with a wide selection of popular gaming experiences for both the PC and the TV, which adds a whole new dimension to online gaming.The service will also offer click-and-play access to a wide variety of popular PC games.