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Sony wants to outdo Microsoft in just about every respect. The company has taken more time to perfect its technologies, but it's debatable whether some are really ready for prime time. In an address at the Tokyo Game Show in mid-September, Sony international game chief Ken Kutaragi criticized PCs for having "bigger and bigger operating systems" and for losing their "real-time responsiveness." He said that in the future the PS3 will be able to do numerous nongame functions, such as personalized agents for shopping and search.—next: New GUI, New Ways of Browsing >

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