Sony Computer Entertainment has made announcement about the launching of a new bunch of 80 GB Playstation 3 with Dual Shock 3 wireless controllers in the Japanese market by October 30, 2008.

Available in three colors including ‘clear black’, ‘ceramic white’ and ‘satin silver’, the new 80GB PS3 system will be available at 39,980 yen including tax.

To turn this holiday season into a profitable business, the company also bundled up the Blu-ray disc version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III for PS3, which will cost around 4,980 yen including tax.

Washington (dpa) - Web-based e-mail services may get most of the attention these days, but traditional desktop-based e-mail remains indispensable for most. That's in part because of history - people are still accustomed to downloading their e-mail into a traditional application - and in part because many have grown dependent upon the additional features that have come to be seen as essential to e-mail programs but are lacking in Web-based e-mail: contact management, calendaring, and more.

New Delhi, Oct 12 : The Union Government has asked mobile operators to strictly ensure that calls are not processed on such handsets that cannot be tracked by sleuths after concerns were expressed over security lapses in the use of cell phones without proper security codes.

The security code known as International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a 15-digit number unique to a mobile handset and this can help in tracking or blocking of the mobile phone.

Washington, October 12 : San Francisco-based firm Posit Science has developed a set of five video games, together called InSight, to improve the mental acuity of older drivers.

Insurance provider Allstate sent the games to 100,000 drivers aged 50 to 75 in Pennsylvania last week, hoping that the pilot program will turn older drivers into safer drivers.

"We expect to see that the group using the software will have a lower frequency of crashes verses the group that didn''t use the software," Discovery News quoted Tom Warden of Allstate as saying.

Hanover - When looking to buy a Mac, review the performance data for the individual models carefully. The differences between models are big, according to a recent study by the Hanover-based c't magazine. That applies to the optional features, the processing power, and the expandability options for the individual systems.

For general office applications, the Mac mini (around 500 dollars) is generally enough. Another introductory model in the Apple program is the MacBook, which is more expensive than other comparable laptops with identical performance. Users who want a MacBook anyway should wait for the next generation, the experts recommend. It may be released before the year is out.

Hamburg - If speed matters when transferring data, then consumers can hardly go wrong when buying an external hard drive. The Hamburg-based Computer Bild magazine recently tested eight devices in the 2.5 and 3.5 inch format, and the results were encouraging.

The devices all received a grade of "good" for their speed. The noise levels on the hard drives were also checked, with most models barely audible, the magazine reports. The test did reveal that many models run very warm, which can have a negative effect on service life, the experts feel.