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gaapweb.com - 1/1/2009

Ernst & Young to use PS3 for virtual meetings

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In an effort to cut costs and reduce carbon emissions, UK financial services businesses, including Ernst & Young, are to trial holding management conferences through Playstation 3's new virtual world Home.

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computerandvideogames.com - 1/5/2009

News: Microsoft "will not be using Home"

— computerandvideogames.com — Monday 5-Jan-2009 5:36 PM MS rubbishes reports it's set to hold business meetings in PS3's virtual world... Microsoft has dismissed reports that it's planning to use Sony's PS3 virtual world Home to host business meetings. "Microsoft will not be using ... (more) News: Microsoft "will not be using Home"

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siliconera.com - 1/7/2009

Sega’s Rising Dragon PS3 Looks Slick

— siliconera.com — Sega’s Rising Dragon PS3 Looks Slick By Spencer . January 6, 2009 . 3:23am ps3 Japan gets... PlayStation 3 bundles all of the time, but not all of them look like this. With the exception of the Gunmetal colored Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 the other hardware ... (more) Sega’s Rising Dragon PS3 Looks Slick

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ps3fanboy.com - 1/7/2009

Ernst & Young, Microsoft to use Home to hold virtual meetings

— ps3fanboy.com — PlayStation Home will be host to a few virtual meetings operated by Ernst & Young to reduce... carbon emissions. The hope is that a suitable online world will help eliminating the daily need to commute and meet in real-world offices. The project ... (more) Ernst & Young, Microsoft to use Home to hold virtual ...

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Ernst & Young, Microsoft to use Home to hold virtual meetings
Joystiq [PlayStation] — ... PlayStation Home will be host to a few virtual meetings operated by Ernst & Young to reduce carbon emissions. The hope is that a suitable online world will help eliminating the daily need to commute and meet in real-world offices. The project is being led by Dr. ...

Well, At Least Microsoft Are Using Home [Business]
Kotaku — ... Sony, look on the bright side; at least Microsoft are using it! A program instituted by Portsmouth University in the UK - aimed at cutting the cost of travel and communications for meetings - has so far convinced three major companies to trial meeting via the social networking...thing. One is financial powerhouse Ernst & Young. Another is former financial powerhouse Merrill Lynch. The third? Microsoft. Don't they know that holding meetings via Xbox Live is just as easy ? Ernst & Young to use PS3 for virtual meetings [GAAP]

Microsoft using Sony PS3 Home for virtual meetings
SlashGear — ... , but it looks like more than one big name has a positive view of its worth.  Microsoft are a surprise inclusion in a study by researchers at Portsmouth University, examining the potential of virtual worlds to facilitate business meetings and reduce unnecessary travel.  They’ll seemingly be trying out Home to reduce their carbon footprint. ...

Microsoft won't use PlayStation Home, will keep meetings boring
Joystiq — ... Despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise, Microsoft has told CVG that it will not be using PlayStation Home to facilitate cheaper, virtual meetings. The company insisted that it had access to everything -- including Live Meeting and Xbox Live's party system -- needed to "host a virtual meeting in-house" ... and not in Home. It's probably best not to indirectly endorse your competitor's efforts, but just think of how excruciatingly boring meetings will be without Sony's eccentric virtual haven: "And that's why, ...

microsoft meeting at (sony’s) home
technabob — ... not use of virtual worlds could help cut down on business costs and resource consumption. Financial firms Merrill Lynch and Ernst & Young are also taking part. Ernst & Young’s Managing director of Advanced Workplace Associates, Andrew Mawson, said: “Increasingly we are living in a world without borders where workers need to collaborate on a global scale.” Tell me about it, Mawson. Anything that helps keep me working in my pajamas is good news. [GAAP Web via PS3 Fanboy] ...