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While most folks’ personal opinions on handheld consoles are likely too entrenched by now to be swayed by something like an in-depth LCD comparison, it is still a somewhat notable exercise, you know, in the interest of history and all. PC Mag apparently thinks so too, enlisting the help of display expert Ray Soneira from DisplayMate Technologies to pick the the two displays apart pixel by pixel. In the end, the PSP’s widescreen display came out on top, but only just, beating the DS in DPI, viewing angle, and picture contrast, while Nintendo’s screen double-team topped the PSP in brightness and color gamut. What’s more, Soneira says that the both displays could perform even better with the proper firmware tweaks. Now that’s the kind of firmware update we’d welcome.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

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AMSTERDAM, October 26 /PRNewswire/ — This year, for the 15th time, the Holland Casino Amsterdam is staging the Master Classics of Poker, the biggest and best-known international poker tournament in Europe. From November 3rd to 11th, the best poker players fromall over the world (including the USA, France, Great Britain, Russia, Scandinavia, Austria and Germany) will be doing battle. Along with famousDutch poker players like Marcel Lüske, Rob Hollink and Noah Boeken,international poker stars li

WELLINGTON, Fla., Oct. 25 (UPI) — Florida student Vanessa Rousso is taking a break from her full scholarship at law school to compete in a televised poker tournament.The South Florida Sun-Sentinel detailed Rousso’s evolution from high-school valedictorian to Miami law student to rising star in the card shark tank.The 23-year-old from Wellington, Fla., will be at the table on the World Poker Tour “Ladies Night,” which will be televised on The Travel Channel Saturday night.The newspaper said Vane

The international poker tournament circuit is hurtling toward its saturation point, and recent congressional legislation has placed a damper on the online poker party.Yet those downers haven’t been able to put a bad beat on World Poker Tour action in Las Vegas, said Doug Dalton, the director of poker operations at the Bellagio.Dalton was upbeat about the 433-player field generated by the fifth annual Festa al Lago World Poker Tour championship event at the Bellagio.It represented a small increas

Day 1 of the World Poker Tour didn’t go very well, although I did make it to Day 2. I didn’t pick up very many strong hands and my bluffs didn’t work out very well. On a day like this, you need to make the most of your strong hands.One hand, with the blinds at $200-$400, I had A-A in the big blind. With one caller, Player A made it $2,000 to go and everyone folded to me.Should I move Player A all-in for his last $12,000 and make it look like I have A-K? Or should I call the $2,000 raise and trap

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on
Thursday said it had sold 6 million Xbox 360 video game
consoles worldwide since releasing the unit about a year ago.

AP - A global battery recall and red ink in its video-game business decimated Sony’s profits in the most recent quarter, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said Thursday.

PC World - Battery recalls, PlayStation 3 start-up costs lead to Q3 operating loss.

PC Magazine - When forecasting its profit margin for the year, Sony expected to take a hit from the upcoming PlayStation 3 launch; companies regularly lose money when making new hardware, so some financial hemorrhaging was to be expected.

Reuters - Virtual versions of Ronaldinho and
Wayne Rooney are dribbling and scoring goals more like they
would in real life thanks to a makeover of thousands of
international soccer stars in the latest “FIFA Soccer” video
game.

WATERLOO — They say the first time is always the hardest.Tell that to Joe Pelton, a former West High graduate who made it to his second million-dollar Texas Hold’em poker tournament in just over a month.Pelton finished third Friday night in the World Poker Tour Festa Al Lago Championship at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.While the ultimate winner, Andreas Walnum, walked away with the $1.1 million prize, Pelton still got $292,000 out of the deal. Again, Pelton was the only amateur player at th

BILOXI - The IP Casino made history Friday when it began hosting the Coast’s first poker circuit tournament.From now until Oct. 29, players will vie for the first prize and a seat at the World Poker Tour Championship Event in Las Vegas. This is the tour featured Wednesday nights on the Travel Channel. It is a joint venture of Hall of Fame poker player Lyle Berman, one of the founders of Grand Casinos, and television creator and filmmaker Steven Lipscomb.Lee Bond, IP’s director of financial plann

I have played in Blackjack Tournaments in the past but was never that excited about them as it was hard to find a casino offering them on a regular basis….

AP - Sony’s profit plunged 94 percent for the July-September quarter as a global battery recall and red ink in its video-game business hurt the Japanese electronics and entertainment company.

Reuters - Sony Corp. said on Thursday it swung to a
quarterly loss due to the mounting cost of recalling millions
of computer batteries, coming in sharp contrast to a surge in
profit at rival Nintendo Co. on its hit DS handheld game
machine.

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