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Gates slams rival consoles
Games
Written by Matt Chapman   
Friday, 19 January 2007
Bill GatesThe 10 million sales the Xbox 360 has racked up seem to have gone to Bill Gates' head, if quotes from an interview at CES are anything to go by. The Microsoft head honcho, who was talking to journalists after his keynote speech, blasted the rival consoles by saying Sony didn't know what it was doing and Nintendo's Wii lacks resolution.
 
Carphone Warehouse ditches Celebrity Big Brother sponsorship
Television
Written by Matt Chapman   
Thursday, 18 January 2007
Celebrity Big BrotherThe Carphone Warehouse has pulled its sponsorship from Celebrity Big Brother following a flood of complaints from viewers. Telecom watchdog Ofcom said it had received 27,000 complaints by Thursday afternoon over alleged racial abuse aimed at Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.
 
Wii-death radio station sacks 10 staff
Games
Written by Matt Chapman   
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
Jennifer StrangeA radio station has fired 10 staff after a contest to win a Wii games console ended with the death of a mother of three. Twenty-eight-year-old Jennifer Strange died from water intoxication after competing in the ‘Hold your wee for a Wii’ competition on a Sacramento radio station.
 
200,000 people go for a Wii at Christmas
Games
Written by Rene Millman   
Wednesday, 17 January 2007

wii_small.jpgThe Nintendo Wii flew off the shelves of British and European stores at Christmas, according the latest sales figures.

 
Lobster in hot water as Mobile TV fails to impress
Television
Written by Matt Chapman   
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
Virgin Mobile Lobster TV phoneIt looks to us here at Absolute Screentest as if  Brits don’t want to watch TV on their mobile phones, if the sales of Virgin’s Lobster handset are anything to go by. Virgin Mobile has so far managed to tempt fewer than 10,000 buyers to part with their cash to watch Neighbours on the go.
 
Following in Mario's footsteps
Games
Written by Stephen Ebert   
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
Nintendo trainersHaving already seen the Wii Death T-shirt, it appears the trend for Nintendo-wear is set to continue. Rather than illustrating the dangers of gaming, Run Athletics – in collaboration with Nintendo – has dreamt up some rather trendy trainers inspired by everyone’s favourite gaming franchise.
 
Thousands line up for WoW UK launch
Games
Written by Rene Millman   
Tuesday, 16 January 2007

world_of_warcraft.jpgThe scenes outside the HMV store in London's Oxford Street were amazing. Around 3,000 fans of MMORPG game World of Warcraft waited in the cold to buy the long awaited expansion pack "The Burning Crusade".

 
March date for Euro PS3?
Games
Written by Matt Chapman   
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
Sony PS3There’s still no official date for a European launch of Sony’s PlayStation 3 console, but the nay-sayers who said it might be pushed back until the middle of the 2007 could be wrong.
 
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