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With the release version of Opera for the Wii out, Games-Digest wanted to do a side-by-side between that and the PS3's built-in web browser. The short version of their findings is that when it comes to surfing the Web 2.0 hallmarks, the Wii does have a slight edge compared to the PS3 in some cases (it is Opera, after all), but things can, after all, change with an update.

The more concrete results:

• Games-Digest found that Google Maps and Bloglines, for example, "didn't work at all on the PS3 browser." On the other hand, a comment to that article charged that is is possible to do Bloglines ("hold down the X button on a news link and the RSS feed will open in a new window").
• The PS3 browser does have some issues formatting certain sites, or that browsing on some sites is less smooth or incomplete (e.g., Digg, Last.fm, MySpace). Both browsers also have browsing hitches with other certain sites (del.icio.us and Vox being examples, as well as Gmail).
• The PS3 seems to hold the advantage in uploading photos "and (possibly) video" vs. the Wii (Flickr).
• Both browsers performed equally well on other sites (Twitter, YouTube, eBay and Amazon).

The survey's writer also mentioned that the sites themselves could be redesigned in the future to have PS3 or Wii-specific mirrors that the browser will be redirected to. It is also quite possible, from where we sit, that firmware updates to either console could improve the browsing experience on either with a few tweaks and updates.

Besides, this is just one comparison. People will need repeated tests to get definite results.

Yes, it's one of THOSE types of eBay auctions.

Normally, we're rather used to finding strange and glorious things over at eBay, plus we're also used to seeing domain names associated with the Wii and the PS3 for sale since we understand that these domain names can be used for business. But an email address? On Gmail?

Well, apparently, someone out there loves his Wii enough to be willing to pay a whopping US$ 385 just to be the proud owner of the handle "wiis.r.us" on Google.

Customizing your Google home page is quick, easy, and gives you all the info you want right on your Google page. Here is a tutorial on how to customize your Google home page with XML feeds from the QJ.Net site network.

To begin with, you will need a Google account. A Google account is free, doesn't create spam, and you do not need to have Gmail to get a google account, you can sign up with any email account.

Once you have created, and signed into, your Google, account, you will need to visit the Google personalized hompage site at http://www.google.com/ig . Here is what you will see:

This is your basic page layout. You can edit the weather and word of the day boxes by clicking on the edit tab, or close it out by clicking the ?x?. After you have that customized, head to the top left corner of the page, to the ?Add Content? button. When you open the add content bar on the right, you will see the following:

Simply open the "Create a Section" tab, and you will see the "Search by topic or feed URL:" entry box. Here is where you can select and add our RSS feeds into your Google Homepage.

Once you enter the URL of the appropriate XML feed that you want on your page, you can rearrange your page as you see fit. To customize the locations of your XML feeds and windows, simply drag and drop them where you would like them:

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Repeat the above step for each of the XML feeds from the QJ.Net site network that you are interested in. When you have added them all, you are done. You will be able to use this personalized page for your homepage whenever you are logged into your google account.