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All-new PS4 coming soon, confirms Sony

Global electronics giant Sony Corp. has announced that it is working on the next generation version of its game console PlayStation.

U.S. builds supercomputer with game units

Cleveland -- The U.S. Air Force used 1,760 Sony Playstation 3 video game consoles to create a supercomputer at about a tenth the normal cost for such a setup, officials say.

Named the Condor Cluster and to be unveiled Wednesday, it's the fastest interactive computer the Defense Department has, the Air Force said.
Researchers under the command of Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, harnessed the computing power of off-the-shelf PlayStation 3 consoles linked to more traditional graphical processing computer components, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported.

The Condor Cluster can be used to solve image-matching problems and assist in surveillance situations, using radar

enhancement and pattern recognition capabilities, the Air Force said.

Police: PlayStation led to road ramming

Allentown, Pa. -- Police in Pennsylvania said a man allegedly ran his girlfriend's car off the road because she took away his PlayStation video game console.

Colleen Frable told Lehigh Township police she decided to take the video game system with her to work Friday morning because she was angry at her live-in boyfriend, Darren Suchon, 42, for playing all day instead of finding a job, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., reported Wednesday.

Frable said Suchon took her 1996 gold Porsche sports car and used it to ram her off the road while she was on her way to work, the newspaper reported.

Microsoft, Sony's motion control systems to hot up competition in video game market

The video game war is all set to get hotter than ever. With the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo kicking off coming week in Los Angeles, the video games giants will be unveiling their latest creations.

Chat with chums on Sony's PS3

The new update of PS3 2.70 is loaded with the most awaited text-chat feature and lots more.