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Microsoft retail stores hiring, PS2 backwards compatibility never returning to PS3, Twitter to offer commercial accounts this year

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Computing, Gaming | by Samuel Axon | Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:25PM | 0 comments

Microsoft is opening its first two Apple-esque retail stores in Scottsdale, AZ and Mission Viejo, CA, and we're apparently getting pretty close to launch, because both stores are now hiring sales associates. That would probably place the launch of Microsoft's retail endeavor in the next couple of weeks.

Sony rep John Koller confirmed that Sony will never be bringing PlayStation 2 game compatibility back to the PlayStation 3. The first few PS3 models could play older games, but none of the ones on the market now can, and neither can the PS3 Slim. Koller said three times in two different interviews that the era of PS2 backwards compatibility is over.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said that his company will soon begin offering commercial Twitter accounts that include amenities like "detailed analytics," and that business customers may also get access to commercial APIs, which would allow businesses to develop their own unique ways to profit off the service by coding new features. The short of it is: Twitter might actually finally make money.

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