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Philips CD-i: The Games Themselves

Our last edition of the smash hit left us at the beginning of the CD-I, 1991. Philips was faced with the tough task of putting together a c...

Friday 17 June 2016

Weekly (Friday) News #4

Our apologies for the brief hiatus, we had some management issues to address.

On the subject of E3, the recent announcement of the Xbox S has left us amazed; how could a such big company like Microsoft stuff up this badly?

PS VR, Dive into a world of fake stuff

By now you all should have heard of Sony's VR headset in development, the PlayStation VR. This headset will allow you to go deeper into games and relive them as if you are actually in them.

Thursday 16 June 2016

Microsoft's plans to rival Sony and NIntendo

We all know of the upcoming plans for Sony and Nintendo, but what of Microsoft? All the answers here.

Wednesday 15 June 2016

WWDC update from E Cook

I'm glad to say that I'm finally back from the sights and sounds of the USA, and ready to report on what I saw over there at Apple's WWDC conference. I hope you enjoy reading about what unfolded, and without further ado, let's start!

Tuesday 14 June 2016

Vita News!

The Vita didn't make Sony enough money, so they can't afford a funeral :(
Vita's glorious cameo no one noticed.
Whats the Vita???

Sunday 12 June 2016

PS4NEO officially confirmed!!

It's no longer a rumour, Sony have confirmed that they will be coming out with a new PS4.  It will support 4K, and won't be sold at a loss, even more surprisingly, they have confirmed that it will not be at e3, seems to me like they are playing the waiting game with Nintendo, either way, we have Elliott Cook here directly from L.A., what are your thoughts on this Elliott?
Elliott: I already knew about it, but I couldn't find an issue with the NDA I had with Sony, I spoke to Andrew House about the situation about it yesterday, and he seemed very confident
Tom: Do you think it will be a success?
Elliott: Well it certainly could be, Sony have a lot of momentum right now, and it seems likely that the PS4 Neo will have a strong start
Tom: Have you seen the PS4 games Sony will be showing off?
Elliott: Yes
Tom: Will FFVIII get a remake on the PS4?
Elliott: No comment
Tom: Okay Elliott, thanks for chatting, HARD
Elliott: Thanks Gleeson

Wednesday 8 June 2016

Apples future!

We here at Phillips Electronics News are looking forward to next week, not only because of e3, but also because Apple will announce a whole load of revisions that millions will buy.  Despite the overly optimistic output I've presented so we don't completely alienate Apple supporters despite my backing of Linux, Apples has been in a bit of a financial struggle recently, with shares going down 25% since last May, so we will see if Apple can recover, but I wouldn't invest in them, but that's my opinion.  Remember Elliott Cook will cover it here on PE News.

Tuesday 7 June 2016

Is the face of computing changing? #2

 Today, as I checked on the stats for the blog, and I realised that Americans had viewed our blog more than Australians! Oh, and the yet-unreleased console NX has given us some views. Cool.

Monday 6 June 2016

Philips CD-i: The Games Themselves

Our last edition of the smash hit left us at the beginning of the CD-I, 1991. Philips was faced with the tough task of putting together a console to compete with the TurboGrafx and Genesis, whilst still having a fully functioning computer to compete with the Commodore Amiga and Apple Newton. We all know how that project turned out, don't we?

New phone from HTC!

Everyone's favourite dodgy phone company HTC have released a brand new entry in their "desire" series, this model, titled the HTC desire 825, it is 5.5 inches, and has a 720p display - pretty decent I say!

Sunday 5 June 2016

Future for Philips Electronics News

Created and Co-CEO of PE News, Elliott Cook  flew of this morning to the e3 gaming convention in LA, 1 week before the event, leaving Tom and Bat as leaders until Elliott comes back, and Bat goes back to a lesser position (I am predicting a sigh of relief when that happens).

This is great news for the blog, and I hope you are as excited as we are to hear about e3, and the dodgy Qantas that takes him their, for now though, you shall have an empower and rampant bat nerd making weird posts.

Goodbye.

Friday 3 June 2016

Weekly (Friday) News #3

Facebook is, apparently, using people's phone microphones to SPY collect useful data on users. What a dick move.

Wednesday 1 June 2016

PS4 Sales hit 40 Million, yet total sales are lower than 20 years ago

The PlayStation fan in all of us felt a little more joyful when we read the happy news that Sony is finally back on track, yet total console and game sales are at their lowest in 25 years. Just a bad year, or is the videogame industry finally dying off after 35 years of success? We hoped to find out, but the results we pulled up are more than a little bit disturbing.

Weekly news on a Wednesday #3

American travelers are the worst-behaved in the world.

Tuesday 31 May 2016

Some forgotten 90s corporation is suing all the big lads- a bit ridiculous?

Remember Creative? The lads who battled it out with iRiver for supremacy in a late 90s MP3 player war worth HUNDREDS of dollars? Well they are now attempting to get back in the game- but not as a manufacturer. You see, they're going on a suing spree!

Bullying@Foxconn

The once great tech or something company Foxconn, is clearing out 60,000 people so robots can do their job.

Monday 30 May 2016

Games need to go back to the basics

I never really liked FIFA games. I had played some FIFA '12 with my brother before, but there were too many distractions.

Sunday 29 May 2016

What we'll be seeing from the Vita at E3

BioShock Vita
InFamous Vita
Patapon 4
Medievil 3
Vita 3000- With touchscreens everywhere
FF XV
And a bunch of indie dreck

Saturday 28 May 2016

Sony XPERIA E5 Announced: Hopes for better Xperience??

It's fair to say the budget Sony Xperia E line hasn't had the greatest of times. The Sony XPERIA E was a bit crap, the E2 didn't exist and the E4 ran Gingerbread. But can this shitty classic line of mobile phones turn it around with their newest release? I, for one, doubt it. OBJECTION!

Gen 8.5 (Or gen 3DO?)

Who will be the next leader of the home console market?
Will it be current market leader Sony?, Three time second place Microsoft? Or the incompetent mario-lovers underdog Nintendo?

Friday 27 May 2016

Weekly (Friday) News #2

Recently, Twitter (henceforth referred to as "Twatter") made the @name tag at the start of tweets not count towards the character limit!

Thursday 26 May 2016

Philips CD-i: The Burgeoning (Or why the games were so terrible)

THIS IS THE SECOND IN OUR SERIES OF 6
CD-i THEMED POSTS.

Google finally advancing on their "Glass" concept

We've had colour TV, we've had 3D TV, we've had internet TV. A lot has changed in the motion picture industry in the last 40 years, and one plucky California corporation hopes to disrupt the marketplace once more.

Weekly news on Wednesday #2

Microsoft last week announced plans to crack down on terrorist content, perhaps in response to the Obama administration's intense effort to get Silicon Valley's help in preventing organizations like ISIS from using social media as a recruiting and fundraising tool.

Saturday 21 May 2016

Chromebook outsells Mac in the US!

Philips Electronics News has just received exiting news about the financial results of Q1 2016 - Chromebook has outsold Mac!!!

New photo of Mars doesn't look too shabby

I have nothing else to say except that this photo's not too shabby.

Philips CD-i: The Beginning (Or how Philips got Zelda on the CD-i)

THIS IS THE FIRST IN OUR SERIES OF 6
CD-i-THEMED POSTS
1984, Japan. Sony and Philips have been in discussion for weeks on how to best harness the power of their new invention, the Compact Disc.

Friday 20 May 2016

Phillips and Nintendo - the mostly true story

Phillips and Nintendo: wouldn't that be great!
Well, did you know, that the two companies had a partnership

Weekly (Friday) News #1

Turns out, Australia's (lovely) Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken to posting random crap on social media, and apparently it is winning him the election!

Is the face of computing changing?

Tommy Chen logged onto his PhilipsElectronicsNews account just recently with the intention of publishing an exciting new story on Philips's UltraHd BluRay player. He learnt much more than he needed to for that simple assignment as soon as a squizz was taken at the Blog Views page.

Thursday 19 May 2016

Sony invests in Cogitai.

Here it is- Perhaps the biggest tech story of the year, unearthed by yours truly here at PhilipsElectronicsNews headquarters.

New Panasonic Fans!

Beautiful yet flawed.


Fans may seem to some like a cheap, throwaway device: buy one at the local Wal-Mart and use it for but a few months before throwing it away. You wouldn't want to throw the latest fan from Panasonic away, however, as it costs a massive US$920.

Wednesday 18 May 2016

Sony's E3 Schedule revealed - The Leaky Cauldron

We can't wait to see the new PS4 Neo, a console Sony seems likely to announce  in just a few days at the new E3 for 2016, along with a wide range of new accessories and games that look likely to really shake up the videogame industry. We have got both the latest games and an exclusive interview with a very high-ranking Sony executive on this page that will be constantly updated with all the news you need for your shit gaming fix. Enjoy!

Weekly news on Wednesday #1

Unfortunately, Audio Voxx's shares are falling rather quickly, after their shocking year in finances, this is truly dissapointing, but hopefully, life will improve for the 2100 employees.

Monday 16 May 2016

Sunday 15 May 2016

43" 4K Philips Monitor selling for $799

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Saturday 14 May 2016

Philips lighting division floated for first time

Any electrician will tell you that bulbs are tubers planted in the soil. The things you screw into light fittings are lamps. The Dutch have form in both. The technology conglomerate Philips is (with Osram and GE) one of three companies that once ruled the lamps industry. Now it is doing some transplanting. On Monday, it said that a stronger market meant an IPO of its lighting unit was more likely than a sale.

New Panasonic lens tested

Our reviewers recently got their hands on a new lens from the Panasonic Micro Four Thirds system.

Friday 13 May 2016

The story of the Panasonic Jungle, one of the most promising consoles of 2010

Make some noise for our first Panasonic post!
2011. The 3DS has just come out, the PS VITA scheduled to follow soon. But the console many was talking about was made by neither Sony nor Nintendo.

Sony has dis-endorsed us.

Unfortunately, after our preview of the 72MP Sony Alpha A9,

72MP Sony Alpha Camera tested by us- Elliott Cook

4584001271A highly regarded anonymous photographer recently shared photographs of what is possibly the new Sony Alpha A9, a camera expected to ship in the next year or so with a 72MP Sony sensor.

Thursday 12 May 2016

Back to basics with our new review of the Philips OneBlade

We know, we know. We've been off the web for a long and you all forgot about us. But we are glad to announce our first Philips review in months with this exclusive Philips OneBlade editorial, authored by Elliott Cook.
Philips OneBlade: ****/5

I give up on the Vita

Even a fanatical Sony (Former Philips) supporter has to confess the Vita has been a dismal failure.