Tres 3D News Feeds http://www.tres3d.com/ PC World - Sony is preparing a non-game service for its PlayStation 3 console that at first glance is similar to one available on... http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-553.html The chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, is stepping down from his day-to-day job at the world's largest software company. http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-554.html A complete overhaul of the way people navigate the internet has been given the go ahead in Paris. http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-555.html AFP - The world's largest videogame company is continuing its quest to buy "Grant Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software despite repeated rejection of a two-billion-dollar offer. http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-551.html TechWeb - InformationWeek - The entry-level slider phone from Sony Ericsson includes motion sensors that will act like the Nintendo Wii. http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-552.html Movie modeling craft icon moves on to the next big project. Stan Winston dead at 62. http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-548.html USATODAY.com - The video game Spore begins its life cycle Tuesday. For its first baby step, the game's Spore Creature Creator goes live at www.spore.com. The program, for Windows and Macintosh PCs, lets players design creatures using the game's editing tools. Those creations will populate the world - actually, the galaxies - of Spore when the full game launches Sept. 7. In addition to the free trial download, a $10 retail version is also sold in stores (copies sold at Amazon.com and Target have a $5 rebate for the full game). http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-549.html Reuters - The video game industry is expected to shoot from $41.9 billion in global sales last year to $68.3 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent and better than all other media sectors except for online advertising and access. http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-550.html AFP - Japan's Sony Corp. said Wednesday its annual net profit almost tripled to hit a record high as brisk sales of digital cameras and laptop computers offset continued losses from the PlayStation 3. http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-544.html Reuters - Top video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc issued an annual profit outlook on Tuesday that fell short of Wall Street forecasts as a drive to improve quality jacked up costs. Its shares fell 3.7 percent. http://www.tres3d.com/News-more-545.html