Activision has released the newest iteration of their popular Guitar Hero franchise, Guitar Hero World Tour. The brand has evolved past simple guitar strumming and now features a "Rock Band" approach that allows users to play guitar, drums or sing. There’s a variety of bundles out there ranging from the game alone ($49.99 to $59.99), the game and a guitar ($89.99 to $99.99) and the full-on band kit ($179.99 to $189.99). It’s available for all three major gaming consoles. Click the link for a press release.

Samsung managed to sell 52 million phones last quarter, besting Sony and coming within spitting distance of the Apple iPhone. However, the company’s overall profit is still down 44 percent, due to aggressive pricing and marketing. Samsung’s profits for last quarter were a respectable $850 million dollars. Not too shabby.

The handset division led sales for the company, clocking in at 52 million phones sold. This could be accounted by Samsung’s recent adoption of the "Nokia strategy", which features big pushes at both the high and low ends of the market. Samsung has managed to prove that although times are tough, the financial storm can be weathered.

Do you hear that? That’s the rumor mill grinding away. AV Forums has leaked information that Nikon is going to drop their long-rumored 24MP D3x DSLR camera. The purported drop date is December. Nikon says the camera will use the same massive full-frame sensor as the Sony A900. This comes as no surprise considering Nikon has always been in love with Sony’s sensors. See the D300 model. Get a room you two!

Of course, take this with a grain of salt. It’s a rumor. But probably a true one.

The Sony PSP just received its fifth major firmware upgrade the other day. The upgrade, among other things, allows users to access the PlayStation store to download goodies directly on to the popular portable. Well, it remained hack free for a paltry two days before the illustrious "Dark_Alex" hacked into it. He changed the code to make it safe for homebrew enthusiasts to receive the update without losing programs or data. Wait, that doesn’t sound very dark. Next he is going to hack it so it helps old ladies cross the street and retrieves cats from trees. Thanks Alex!

Sony quietly(for them) unveiled a firmware update for their PS3 on October 15th. The update includes, among other things, several interesting additions for for cinéphiles out there. You can now enter your DivX VOD registration code to make using the king of codecs on your home television easier. The update also offers 50Hz video output, Mosquito noise reduction video enhancement and support for chroma unsampling. Check the link for more details.

Does any of this help you with your level editing on "Little Big Planet?" Um, not at all but that is one amazing game and it deserved a shout out.