Asus Eee PC has been quite the hit since its release. All types of news about it have been popping up recently — from new peripherals to rumored new versions coming out on CES next week.

Now, Mobilewhack has come across news that the Eee can play PC games. Below is a video of someone playing GTA Vice City. Members of the eeeuser.com forums have gathered a list of PC games which can be played on the Eee. Aside from the usual PC Games, it has also been said that PlayStation emulators work on the Eee, which means more games for the happy Eee fans.

Sony, the Japanese consumer electronics giant, is planning to bring Skype’s VoIP service to its PlayStation Portable gaming console in the near future.

In the words of Sony, “users will be able to call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers, and catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP.”

Sony will reveal full details of the new service at the Consumer Electronic Show, which will open in Las Vegas on 7 January 2008. With over 2,700 exhibitors at CES 2008 and more than 140,000 attendees already confirmed, Las Vegas will be a busy place for the three days of the Consumer Electronics Show.

Skype has grown to become a major international phenomenon in recent years, with 245 million people now registered to use the service on their PCs.
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Wii and Samsung TV

Samsung Electronics Co. will introduce high-definition TV sets with computer-like features, letting users read news from USA Today, play games or look up recipes, the company said Sunday.

A button on the remote of Samsung’s new Series 6 and Series 7 LCD and plasma HDTVs displays news, weather, sports and stocks information supplied by USA Today as a picture within the picture. The TV set needs to be connected to the home Internet connection through an Ethernet port for this feature.

Furthermore, some LCD flat-panel sets will come with content preloaded into flash memory, Samsung said. The content will range from artwork that can be displayed as a screensaver, to fitness programs, food recipes and simple games like Sudoku, said Tim Baxter, executive vice president of sales and marketing for the consumer electronics division of Samsung Electronics America.

“If you think about the TV experience, it has historically been a lean-back experience,” Baxter said, contrasting it to the more active “lean-forward experience” of using a personal computer.

“We think there are opportunities to bring very relevant parts of that experience into the living room,” Baxter said.

Users will be able to update the preloaded content by downloading artwork or games onto flash drives, which can be plugged into the sets.

Samsung plans to launch the interactive sets this spring. Prices were not immediately available
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