Sony announces PS3 and PSP price reductions

13 Nov

In a move to make its products more accessible to the public, Sony has moved to reduce the price of it PlayStation 3 down to just £199 which is a large cut from the original £250 price tag that has already been altered on the market. The large gaming giant is also planning to release a reduced version of its popular handheld gaming console with a price that will be set somewhere around £99 straight from the retailer. Since 2006 the PS3 gaming unit has already seen more than 50m in sales, with sales rising a great deal since a cheaper model was introduced in 2009.

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Plans scrapped to block illegal filesharing websites by UK government

6 Nov

Vince Cable, the business secretary, claims that site blocking is too large of a task for the government and not entirely effective making it a very inefficient way to prevent file sharing. Due to this fact, the government has decided that its plans to block illegal filesharing websites is not viable and that there are better alternatives that are less costly and less time consuming. He added that the government is still however working on some type of plan that will tackle the problem of piracy.

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CFD trading platforms coming to tablets

27 Oct

The world of CFD, or Contracts For Difference, has been revolutionised in recent years by the inception of online trading platforms. Whilst many have welcomed the ease in which a CFD trading platform system in the UK has got so much easier, it has also led to many rookie traders getting in over their heads and making mistakes that have led to serious financial problems, and no-one should ever start dealing without speaking to an advisor.

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