(Editor's Note: The weekend has landed! Easter eggs are rolling all over the place in this edition of QuickJump QuickPeek.)

From the ubiquitous Konami code that unlocks 99 lives all the way up to GTA: Vice City Stories' very much, err, literal "Easter egg" via the helipad, gamers have a different meaning for the Easter bunny's painted gifts. Start scouring through the bushes! Here in QuickJump QuickPeek 39, we're touring around gaming town for Easter eggs. Wohoo!

In life, it helps to have someone who can hold you accountable for your actions. In the case of electronics companies, it seems that Greenpeace is their accountability partner. The organization has recently released the current company rankings in its Greener Electronics Scale. To find out how certain companies fared, get "green-minded" and turn to the full article after the jump.

David Jaffe came up with a new video post on his personal blog explaining why he has decided to skip this year's Game Developers Conference. As you all know, he was expected to provide a keynote speech.

Aside from that, the game developer also shared his thought about the now seemingly done format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD. Watch the clip after the jump!

(Editor's Note: Don't you just love weekends? We make it easier for you to catch up on all the highs and lows of the week with yet another QuickJump QuickPeek edition! Clear the decks! This one is huge!)

Last week started out the year with a big bang - and this week, it's been blown out of proportion... in a good way of course! Get ready for a lot of clicking, folks! We've spammed up the whole page with tons and tons - and tons - of links!

(Editor's Note: QuickPeek is sixteen, going on.. err.. seventeen - baby, it's time to think... Obscure lyrics to The Sound of Music songs aside, QuickJump QuickPeek's 17th issue is now out, complete with this week's top stories in the gaming industry. If you've been deprived of updates this week - due to your own viable reasons or whatnot *coughProvingGroundcough* - then we're reaching out a helping hand to you guys.)

Following last week's edition of QuickPeek, we've got quite a lot of news to catch up on. QuickJump QuickPeek 17 is up and about, touting a hefty dose of your weekly updates. What's in store for you in this edition? There's lot of announcements from Capcom - they've got their happy party going on in London, a party otherwise known as Capcom Gamers' Day event.

Other interesting stuff have also washed ashore this week: more confirmation on new SKUs, announcements of game demos to be made available online, and other general tidbits on science and technology that you guys might wanna hear about. It's another meaty edition for QuickPeek so without further delay... Here we go!

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QuickJump QuickPeek 17 originally posted on October 20, 2007 at 01:23 PM.

If you're looking for a way to carry large amounts of data around, check out the new memory cards recently announced by Toshiba.

The company's lineup of SDHC cards has been reinforced with three new cards including the world's first 32GB SDHC card. Toshiba has also rolled out a new 16GB SDHC card as well as an 8GB microSDHC card.

These new products would work well with advanced mobile phones and other digital consumer products. PlayStation Portable owners can also use these cards with their PSPs through the use of a third-party SD adapter.

All three cards meet Class 4 specs in the SD Speed Class. The 16GB model will be the first to be released worldwide in October. Mass production of the 32GB and 8GB models will commence in January next year.

Thanks to Pramod for the tip!

Despite reports that the three prime consumer electronics giants will be working on next-generation, cutting-edge chips by 2010, Sony, Toshiba and NEC Electronics have all denied such claims. In fact, only Toshiba and NEC Electronics are attempting to renew the chip development alliance, and have left Sony out of the talks.

For the next line of 45nm chips for consumer electronics, Sony will be going their own separate way. "We have no intention of joint production. We make products ourselves, and if our capacity is not sufficient, we can turn to outside suppliers," a Sony representative said.

Next-generation development of smaller and more intricate chips require deeper pockets as development costs and upgraded facilities require more financial resources than usual.

Only experienced and money-burning giants, such as Intel and IBM, have every ability to develop next-generation chips without outside help. Whether or not this has any effect on the STI alliance (Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM) for the Cell BE, Sony consumers will just have to wait and see.

Meanwhile, Intel has already been successful with a next-gen, 45nm-prototype of the Core 2 Duo processor ("Penryn"), and plans to mass produce a 32nm, 80-core processor ("Westmere") by around 2009.