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Nintendo and Sony Underwhelm at E3 (Entertainment, 6 articles)
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At a later press conference, Sony unveiled a film download service and an 80-gigabyte hard drive version of PS3 for gamers in North America. Sony on Tuesday launched a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 and boosted the console's capacity as it sought to keep pace with rival Microsoft. Sony said it had signed up the major studios to its service, which would provide both standard and high-definition movies and TV shows for rent or to purchase. Jack Tretton told a news conference at the E3 industry show that Sony's service was different from other services by its portabiity. The giants of the video games industry gather in Los Angeles this week for the E3 conference, and all sights are set on the mass market. Difficult and expensive launch periods have been completed, developers have got to grips with the demands of new hardware and a growing market of gamers is hungry for new content. What lies ahead for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo? Eight years after Bill Gates first announced plans for a Microsoft games console, called the Xbox, the company has yet to lead the market significantly in any territory.
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Dark Knight co-stars hail late actor Heath Ledger at N.Y. film premiere (Entertainment, 11 articles)
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Actors Gary Oldman, left, Michael Caine, Christian Bale and Maggie Gyllenhaal at the world premiere of The Dark Knight at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Monday in New York. (Evan Agostini/Associated Press) As the stars of The Dark Knight strode down a black carpet in New York for the film's world premiere Monday, one name was on everybody's lips: Heath Ledger. Heath Ledger's family joined celebrities and hundreds of other mourners yesterday to bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown that began with a haunting Aboriginal dirge.
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Celebrity Current News (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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CABARET CORIO: Tonight at 8 and 11 and tomorrow at 8 p.m.: " This Is Burlesque starring the Pontani Sisters 337 West Broadway; (212) 966-3901. METROPOLITAN ROOM: Through tomorrow: Eric Michael... more OFF-BROADWAY (Starred reviews by Frank Scheck) " ADDING MACHINE 1/2 A powerful chamber-music theater adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionist classic. If the... more NY 'S ROCKY PAST: WHY SPENDING SOARED July 12, 2008 - THE ISSUE: The increases in state expenditures during Nelson Rockefeller's NY governorship.
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Bon Jovi performs for thousands in Central Park :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Music (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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Tens of thousands of people flocked to Central Park on Saturday to cheer on not only their favorite, oft-ridiculed rock band, but their favorite, oft-ridiculed state: New Jersey. The rock group gave a free concert on the park's Great Lawn, delighting tens of thousands of fans who sang along with the lyrics on a glorious summer evening. Arms waved overhead, hands clapped, fists pumped and thousands of voices shared choruses when Bon Jovi played a free concert on Saturday night on the Great Lawn of Central Park.
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ABC News: iPhone or iCan't: Will Apple Survive Glitch? (Entertainment, 7 articles)
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The original iPhone, introduced in late June 2007 in the United States only, sold about 270,000 units in its first two days. By TUAN NGUYEN July 15, 2008 - Apple has done a lot to show that the 3G iPhone represents a major upgrade over its predecessor. Since the launch of Apple's App store, consumers have jumped at the first opportunity to legally add third-party software to the tune of more than 10 million downloads.
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