March 9, 2005, San Francisco, Calif.—Today at the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), Microsoft® announced the first details about its next-generation Xbox® video game system. Hardware, software, and services are being fused to power enhanced gaming and entertainment experiences. You can now view the footage of the GDC with some previews of the next XBox on xbox.com… It looks pretty nice I mean, look at these pics: it even (or should I say finally?) has a media player! Watch the Next XBox Video here View the official report here

Handheld gamers across the pond will have to hold out a few months longer than anticipated for the PlayStation Portable’s European release. Sony says it is delaying the European launch of its hotly anticipated gaming device by several months to ensure it can supply enough units for its U.S. launch. The PSP, a sleek multimedia gadget that Sony hopes will be its first big success in consumer electronics since the PlayStation 2 five years ago, is already on sale in Japan and will hit U.S. stores on March 24. Sony’s factories have been unable to churn out enough PSPs to launch them simultaneously...

Well finally Yahoo! have taken a step in the direction of many other companies, such as MSN’s Spaces and many others. Well what’s it gonna offer? Of course it’ll have a ‘Blog’, the latest craze on the net, along with Photo galleries and other stuff like music and reviews. To be honest its nothing very new, but a beta version is soon to be availiable so sign up if ya want Related Links: Yahoo! 360° Home | Yahoo! 360° Beta Sign up

Finally! After having waited for what looked like eternity, Patchou finally released msg plus! 3.50 And I must say, the new Custom Emotion Sounds feature rules! :p Patchou Writes: It’s been 5 months already since the release of the last public version of Messenger Plus! and I’m proud to announce that Messenger Plus! 3.50 is now available for download! The new Custom Emotion Sound has been tested thoroughly this past month and is expected to work like a charm, the servers are waiting for you! All the beta testers are unanimous: the new emotion sound feature is the best thing that happened...

SlashDot reports: Skype quietly released a new 1.2 beta featuring SkypeIn (in US, UK, France, China & Hong Kong), central voicemail (for those not using the free 3rd party SAM or Pamela), and finally centralised contact list. SkypeIn is the opposite of the company’s SkypeOut, allowing you now to receive normal telephone calls through Skype. All I can say is: Yippeee!!, They finally added the only cool features it was missing :p

Well this certainly interested me!! Minimo – Aka Mini Mozilla, Firefox for Handheld Devices! Finally a decent, open source browser, to replace the rubbish that is currently availiable for these devices. It has not yet been released but it seems to be coming on: edit – I have actually tested the Browser, although it doesn’t work very well as of yet, I can certainly see its going somewhere!   MiniMo project can be found here. Rebron blog which has posted the pics: here

Well this was quite an interesting story in the gangsta side of the world Rapper 50 Cent has ended his public feud with his protege The Game as the pair said they wanted to be good role models for their communities. The row blew up when 50 Cent threw The Game out of his G-Unit crew and accused him of being disloyal. A member of The Game’s entourage was reportedly shot outside a radio station where 50 Cent was being interviewed. But the pair shook hands as they handed over money to music projects for New York’s deprived areas on Wednesday. We’re here today to show that people...

Well, just after my last ramble, it seems that BT have carried out their offer (or at least it appears) and my Broadband has been upgraded to 2.2MB/s. Well I must say i’m surprised, and even though i’m still probably going to switch to another provider this is a nice thing to see..   Thats all folks! Usayd