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technewsworld.com - 12/12/2008
Technology News: Gaming: PS3 Gamers Can Finally Go 'Home'
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On Thursday, PlayStation 3 Latest News about PlayStation 3 (PS3) owners will find their new "Home" ready, console maker Sony (NYSE: SNE) Latest News about Sony announced. The company has opened the beta of its much-delayed "PlayStation Home" 3-D virtual gaming community to all PS3 users. The ...

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PlayStation Home Beta first impressions
obsessable.com - 12/12/2008
PlayStation Home Beta first impressions
— obsessable.com — Sony finally released the long-awaited PlayStation Home virtual world for the PS3 yesterday, and this morning we at Obsessable were finally able to get past all the multiple errors that Sony suffered during the first day and actually give the service a whirl. (more) PlayStation Home Beta first impressions

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news.sel.sony.com - 12/15/2008
Sony Electronics News and Information
— news.sel.sony.com — PARK RIDGE , N.J. , Dec. 15, 2008 – Sony is bringing some of the top music and movie titles in entertainment history to consumers in an easy-to-use, portable electronic format. The company is introducing a new series of its MicroVault® Click USB flash ... (more) Sony Electronics News and Information

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PlayStation.Blog » PlayStation Home Open Beta Launches Tomorrow
blog.us.playstation.com - 12/10/2008
PlayStation.Blog » PlayStation Home Open Beta Launches Tomorrow
— blog.us.playstation.com — Homelogo The day we’ve been waiting for is here ! And this is just the beginning… Today we announced that PlayStation Home will enter into open beta, and will be available to everyone tomorrow. This milestone represents the very beginning of a long ... (more) PlayStation.Blog » PlayStation Home Open Beta ...

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Android Emancipation and the Sweet Smell of WiFi: The Week in Tech
E-Commerce Times — ... promised many, many months ago, but then delayed several times. Well, now it's here , and PS3 players can create avatars, wander around and interact with each other in a virtual world, and watch everyone from video game publishers to energy drink brewers happily shill their wares. So now PS3 has a home, and we're very happy that it's pulled itself together, but the question remains how often gamers will want to visit. PS3 folks are often what you might call hard-core gamers -- they want loud sound, intense graphics and lots of adrenaline. Will they want to visit a happy ...

Android Emancipation and the Sweet Smell of WiFi: The Week in Tech
LinuxInsider — ... promised many, many months ago, but then delayed several times. Well, now it's here , and PS3 players can create avatars, wander around and interact with each other in a virtual world, and watch everyone from video game publishers to energy drink brewers happily shill their wares. So now PS3 has a home, and we're very happy that it's pulled itself together, but the question remains how often gamers will want to visit. PS3 folks are often what you might call hard-core gamers -- they want loud sound, intense graphics and lots of adrenaline. Will they want to visit a happy ...

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First Of The Home Fixes Coming This Week [Home] — Kotaku
Home launched broken. Since then, things have improved, as servers stabilised and less people tried to kick down the door. It's still far from perfect, however, so Sony are rolling up their sleeves....
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Sony Europe: Home will become a system seller — Joystiq
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PlayStation Home hacked: You can now have your own posters, videos — CrunchGear
PlayStation Home has been hacked . It’s a fairly benign hack, one that lets you upload your own posters (to decorate your “apartment”) and videos. Sony doesn’t permit the uploading of third-party content to Home since it could leave them liable to some type of lawsuit. That, ...
PS Home Hacked, But the Door Was Wide Open [Hacks] — Gizmodo
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Female Avatars Are Not Safe in PlayStation Home [Playstation Home] — Gizmodo
Here's some uplifting video from the trainwreck PlayStation Home . In it, we see two female avatars being surrounded by male avatars doing little dances. Apparently this is happening all over the service. A lot. This next video, however, is hilarious. Called a "Quincy," the act lures in ...
Female Avatars Are Not Safe in Sony Home [Sony Home] — Gizmodo
Here's some uplifting video from the trainwreck Sony Home . In it, we see two female avatars being surrounded by male avatars doing little dances. Apparently this is happening all over the service. A lot. This next video, however, is hilarious. Called a "Quincy," the act lures in desperate ...
Video: PlayStation Home isn’t a safe environment for female avatars — CrunchGear
The video is totally SFW, but you might lose a few brain cells by watching it PlayStation Home for the PS3 could be the absolute dumbest thing ever produced in the history of human civilization. ( Penny-Arcade doesn’t like it either, and their voice carries the same weight as ...
Sony PS3 Home: Are you happy to pay for extras? — PR News:
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Home metaverse opened for Sony PS3 — D' Technology Weblog
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PlayStation Home Beta first impressions — Obsessable News Feed
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Sony PS3 Home beta plagued with connection issues — SlashGear
Only yesterday, Sony began pushing out the new Playstation Home Beta to PS3 owners across the globe. Unfortunately today, rather than gleeful gurgles of happiness, the company is hearing voices raised in complaint as many users find themselves at the mercy of connection problems, inability to ...
10 Things You Need to Know About PlayStation Home [Ps Home] — Gizmodo
The PlayStation Home Open Beta is out , and it's simply the best way to taste what Sony has in store for the PS3 over the coming years. Here are the ten things you should know. 1) PlayStation Home is out, but in Open Beta status. If the world of Home feels sparse or buggy, Sony wants you to ...
PlayStation Home gets off to a rocky start — Yahoo! Tech Advisors
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