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Today's Sony PS3 unveiling has opened up a world of questions regarding how Microsoft expects to maintain a competitive edge against a system that will supposedly have more than double the raw processing power, a next-gen media drive (Blu-ray, in this case), two-generation backwards compatibility, and even support for 1080p hi-def.
ENGADGET: & Joystiq's live coverage of Microsoft's Xbox 360 E3 event
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Defining next-gen on power terms alone is unhelpful.
FORBES: Epic Games Vice President Mark Rein Calls PS4 'A Really Perfect Gaming PC'
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In a parallel development, the PML-N party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif - ousted by Gen Musharraf when he took power in a coup in 1999 - has challenged Mr Musharraf's eligibility to contest elections.
BBC: Pervez Musharraf nomination papers rejected
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Belgian firm C-Gen wants to build a gas-fired power station with carbon capture in Killingholme, North Lincolnshire.
BBC: Carbon dioxide from industry could be buried offshore
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That transfer-of-power deal also apparently contained an agreement that would protect Gen Musharraf from prosecution for actions during his leadership.
BBC: Clouded details of Pakistan deal
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Those cases were instituted by the government of Nawaz Sharif in 1997 but were withdrawn by Gen Musharraf's government under the transfer-of-power deal which paved the way for the 2008 elections.
BBC: Clouded details of Pakistan deal
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For the developers at Eidos Montreal, crafting a next-gen "Thief" game means using souped-up processing power to transport players under the cowl of Garrett, the series' cynical protagonist who returns for the fourth edition.
NPR: 'Thief' Slithering Into Next Generation Of Games
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For a next-gen console you might have expected an SSD, which has lower power requirements, is faster, and has no moving parts.
FORBES: Pricing the PS4, or How You Can Skip the Wait and (Kinda) Build One Today
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The left-wing priest disappeared shortly after the coup that brought Gen Augusto Pinochet to power in 1973 and his body has never been found.
BBC: Two jailed for 1973 Anglo-Chilean priest disappearance
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When it comes to improving on that, some leaked European retailer listings suggest NVIDIA might not wait on a completely next-gen architecture, but may instead try to deliver similar performance through a less power-hungry single GPU design.
ENGADGET: NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan leaks, could cost a grand