If you plan on purchasing a new PS3 slim for the holiday, you will need to purchase an Audio Authority C1071 IR to Bluetooth adapter if you want to use a universal remote control with the PS3.

The C1071 lets you use just about any IR remote control with the PS3 instead of using the Sony Bluetooth remote control.  Perfect for use with Logitech Harmony IR remote controls.

Citing the attractive price of the PS3, the US Air Force is purchasing 2200 PS3’s and clustering them.  This cluster will be used to process high-resolution radar images and embark on emerging computing fields.

Walmart’s early holiday sales begins this Saturday with a week-long CE sales event.  It is the first of several planned CE sales events prior to the holiday.

Deals of interest:

• 42-inch Sharp 1080p/120Hz LCD TV for $498;
• $298 Hewlett-Packard notebook;
• Sony BDP-S360 Blu-ray Disc player,  $148
• Xbox 360 Arcade Console and a $100 Walmart gift card for $199

“Each holiday season we focus on delivering a better price on quality entertainment and electronics, and this season is no different… We’re excited about our electronics event that starts Saturday. It will be evident through the coming weeks that this year Walmart will offer more opportunities for our customers to save than ever before,” said Gary Severson, Walmart’s entertainment senior VP.

Tomorrow, November 6, Verizon Wireless unleases the DROID ERIS  across the United States.  The DROIS ERIS, by HTC, is based on the Android platform aiming squarely at Apple’s ubiquitous iPhone.

“With the Lisbon Treaty being signed by all European Union member states, the Pirate Party has gained another seat in the European Parliament. The second Pirate Party seat will be occupied by the 22 year old Amelia Andersdotter, who will become the youngest Member of the European Parliament.”

This puts the “arrrr!”  ir Torrent.

Toshiba will debut its prototype 50-inch Cell Regza 55X1 FullHD LCD TV in December.  This prototype features a hard disk drive capable of recording up to eight channels of digital terrestrial broadcasts simultaneously. The display features a dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1 and LED backlighting divided into 512 zones yielding a brightness of 2.5X over typical models.

NASDAQ warned Sirius XM of a potential delisting from the stock exchange as their stock traded below $1.00 for 30 consecutive days.

Jim Thiel, 61, co-founder and co-owner of Thiel Audio, recently passed away.   A generous and genuine man, Jim’s speaker designs won many awards and customers.  He will be missed.

First announced in January at CES, Audiovox plans to ship its combination Sony PlayStation/Audiovox overhead car monitor in mid- to late October 2009.

Sales of video games continue to slow with July marking five consecutive months of decline.  July sales were down 29% from 2008 sales.