Sony to launch new high-resolution PSP (AFP)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

AFP - Sony will launch a new PlayStation Portable in October with a high-resolution screen and a built-in microphone that enables it to be used as a telephone, the company said Thursday.

US company sues Nintendo in Wii wand patent suit (AP)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

AP - Nintendo’s hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.

Hillcrest files patent suit against Nintendo (Reuters)

Posted August 23rd, 2008

Reuters - Hillcrest Laboratories asked a trade
panel to determine if Nintendo Co (7974.OS) and its U.S.
subsidiary have infringed four patents to make its top-selling
Wii game, according to a filing on Wednesday and a Hillcrest
statement.