Computers have reigned supreme in games like backgammon, checkers and chess against humans — but not in Poker — at least, not yet.

Poker champion Phil Laak will be playing 2,000 hands of Texas Hold’em — against a computer this weekend in Vancouver, BC. Of course, in the way of technolgy, it is only a matter of time until the computer catches up.

"This match is extremely important, because it’s the first time there’s going to be a man-machine event where there’s going to be a scientific component," said University of Alberta computing science professor Jonathan Schaeffer

There is a prize of $50,000 prize, but I want to know how the computer will spend it if it wins.

Remember the original PS2? The gaming console that has been superceded by the slim version, as well as the PS3 (well, sort of) and now costs about $50 if you look hard enough? Well, someone found a PS2 that was well worth the cost.

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Hold off on buying a PSP! Sony announced the coming-in September new $199 PSP will still include the 4.3-inch LCD and UMD, but is 33 percent lighter, 19 percent slimmer, has sped up game load times and improved battery life. You will also be able to play your PSP games on a big screen TV.

So wait until September or you will just get yesterday’s news.

Sony is finally lowering down the prices for the PS3, but not for the reasons most think. Rumors had it that the long withstanding feud between the PS3 and the Wii inspired Sony’s decision, but Sony insists it is for two reasons: to "bridge the gap with Xbox 360 and to drive the nail deeper into the coffin of the HD DVD high definition format."

Hopefully, by the time the Christmas holiday season approaches, we will finally see if buying the expensive console is worth the trouble. Sony expects new games to arrive by next March, so if successful, we could see a better future for the PS3.

A new US study states that boys and girls who play video games on school days do less homework and reading than those who do not play the games. (Did we really need a study to tell us that?)

Boys average 30% and girls spend 34% less time studying.
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