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Some older games aren't working on PS3

By TIMES WIRES
Published November 15, 2006

Sony's PlayStation 3 game console, which went on sale in Japan over the weekend leading off a global launch, can't play some of the older games for the original PlayStation and the upgrade PlayStation 2, a company official said Tuesday. Sony Corp. had billed PlayStation 3 as compatible with the previous PlayStation machines, but some of the 8,000 older games weren't working properly on PS3, making the wrong sounds or images. The same problem is expected when the game console goes on sale Friday in the United States. About 16,000 different games have been sold for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 in North America. Users can punch in the name of a PS or PS2 game on the company's Web page, sony.com, to find out if the game can be played without problems or not.

Buffett: Shut down 'overpriced' site

Musician Jimmy Buffett has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Galveston, Texas, merchant is unlawfully using his trademark to sell goods at an online store. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks to shut down Robert Akard's Web site, http://www.underonehut.com. The lawsuit claims the Web site falsely represents itself as "Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Online Store for Merchandise." A lawyer for Buffett said part of the problem is that some items on the Web site, which sells clothing and beach-themed novelties, are overpriced. "Many of these products are ones (Akard is) not even authorized to sell, but primarily, the problem is that, in some cases, the markup on items is as high as 50 percent," lawyer Anthony Buzbee said.

Place your bets, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's first slot-machine parlor, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, opened Tuesday to a shower of confetti and rain as the state embarked on its ambitious plan to have gamblers pay for cuts in property taxes. Hundreds of gamblers - mostly senior citizens - poured into the casino as the doors were opened and occupied most of its nearly 1,100 seats in less than 10 minutes. The Mohegan Indian tribe of Connecticut, owner of the Pocono Downs harness racing complex in Plains Township outside Wilkes-Barre, spent $70-million on a slots parlor that includes two gambling floors with nearly 1,100 machines, a bar, and a food court with three restaurants.

Other chatter

Warranty warning: In its first ever public education ad campaign, Consumer Reports is telling consumers to just say "no" to warranties pushed by the nation's retailers. "We think warranties are a lousy deal for consumers in almost every case," said Jim Guest of Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports. The campaign, launched Tuesday, will include a full-page ad in USA Today.

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