Ghostbusters, pizza and the end of the world

In a rare moment of clarity from Sony, chairman Kax Hirai has said he intends to make sure the company doesn’t lose sight of the fact that the PS3 is a games machine first and foremost. A lower price and more games would help, Kaz…

Having said that, the games industry is already on the case – Dan Aykroyd himself has announced that he and his Ghostbusting chums will be smearing their ectoplasmic residue over gamers next year courtesy of Atari.

In terms of new stuff, Philips is continuing its good gadgety form with the GoGear Luxe, a rather stylish and capable new MP3 player. It’s apparently aimed at the ladies, who - Philips seems to think – don’t mind owning gadgets with ridiculous names.

More Steve Jobs rumours...

We’ve just gotten over the rumours that Steve Jobs is dead – appearing in the flesh to launch some new laptops put the final nail in that coffin, so to speak – now we’re hearing he’s preparing for his retirement. Seriously, don’t stare so hard into that crystal ball guys – you’ll go squint…

If uncle Steve does decide to throw in the iTowel, at least he’ll be able to spend his dotage watching Aunty Beeb’s finest on his Macbook, thanks to a deal between the BBC and Adobe to bring the iPlayer’s download function to Linux and Macs.

Meanwhile, in what will surely be a relief to everyone, it has been discovered that the major financial crisis we find ourselves in is all the fault of a shady group of computer geeks called quantities analysts. The good news appears to be that all the money we’ve all lost never really existed anyway.

And to continue with the tidings of joy, the Queen is the new face of Google, and you can now use Facebook to order pizza.

Well, that’s a relief.