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Official PS3 system software update announcement

18 December 2007, 14:37

Sony has confirmed that the PS3 system software update version 2.10 for the Playstation 3 is now available, which amongst other thing, supports a number of new video format supports.

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Mario and Sonic winning the race for Christmas number one

18 December 2007, 12:45

I had my money on a Need For Speed: Pro Street Christmas number one, but it's Nintendo and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games which has held back EA's ...

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Apple deploys security update for Mac OS X

18 December 2007, 12:43

Apple, like Microsoft, end the year with a massive security update for its flagship operating system. The update fixes over 40 vulnerabilities, several of which are rated as critical.

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Wall-E trailer hits, world falls in love

18 December 2007, 10:46

Pixar sure know how to make adorable characters and having seen this new trailer, 2008's Wall-E looks as though he could be the most adorable to date.

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The future of travelling by sea lies with the wind

18 December 2007, 10:23

Two German companies have collaborated to design a state of the art kite system to pull enormous ships across the oceans. Reduced CO2 emissions and increased earnings? What's not to ...

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Massive Call of Duty 4 patch this Xmas

18 December 2007, 10:00

Over at the Xbox.com forums a representative of Infinity Ward has issued details of the new Call of Duty 4 patch, which will add a number of new features and ...

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Gemma Arterton to be the new Bond girl

18 December 2007, 09:56

Gemma who? Yeah that's what I thought too. Having only starred in one previous movie, Gemma Arterton looks set for stardom after being revealed as the new Bond girl.

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Nintendo DS sales strong, more records broken

18 December 2007, 09:43

It isn't just Wii stock that Nintendo are struggling with this Christmas, the DS is also flying off their shelves. In the UK alone over 200,000 units were sold last ...

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Linkin Park and more in new Guitar Hero III content

18 December 2007, 09:06

Activision has confirmed a new track pack and single song downloads for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on Xbox 360 and PS3, which include - in their words - ...

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Get Sensible on Xbox Live Wednesday

18 December 2007, 08:55

Finally, the day has almost arrived! Xbox live subscribers can get their hands on the Sensible World of Soccer via the Xbox live marketplace this Wednesday, 19th December at 9:00 ...

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Virgin Media hit by national broadband outage

18 December 2007, 08:40

Customers of Virgin Media experienced a loss of broadband service nationwide last night, with the problem continuing through into this morning for some, according to reports.

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NVIDIA's nForce 780i SLI, the ultimate gaming platform?

17 December 2007, 16:16

NVIDIA announced today its NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI media and communications processor and claims it to be the foundation for the world's ultimate gaming PC.

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Apple iPhone tops 2007's Google Zeitgeist

17 December 2007, 13:16

Google has published its annual year-end Zeitgeist, a list of the most searched for items over the past 12 months.

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Help spread the Christmas cheer with SCAN and the NSPCC

17 December 2007, 12:10

SCAN is donating 20p to the NSPCC for every person that submits a festive message on its website. SCAN hopes to have donated £1000 by Christmas Eve, but can only ...

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School children rewarded with Wii and XBox 360

17 December 2007, 11:41

A Birmingham school is rewarding pupils for their good behavior by allowing them to spend time in a game's room where they can play Xbox 360 and Wii. If that ...

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Compro announce new goodies for your Media Centre

17 December 2007, 11:22

Compro reveal two new products for our Media Centre needs: a hybrid digital TV and analog TV tuner card as well as a USB 2.0 interface hybrid DVB-T and universal ...

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15 publishers sign up to online gaming protection scheme

17 December 2007, 10:56

PEGI Online has launched an ambitious system of guidelines promoting online gaming security for minors. So far fifteen major videogame publishers have signed up to the scheme.

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Win a zero-G flight and Las Vegas holiday with HEXUS and Intel

17 December 2007, 10:52

When we do competitions, we do them properly. That's why, this Christmas, we're throwing a competition to send somebody to Las Vegas to experience the life of a high-roller, check ...

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Intel predict future for Nintendo Wii 2

17 December 2007, 10:40

In an interview with Business Week, Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at Intel touched on the future of gaming, predicting that a future Nintendo console will not even need to ...

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Gigabyte launches G-Power 2 Pro cooler

17 December 2007, 10:17

If all coolers were made to look sexy, they'd look something like the curvy G-Power 2 Pro from Gigabyte.

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Programmer wanted to port The Witcher to Xbox 360?

17 December 2007, 10:03

Although it hasn't been officially confirmed by The Witcher developer, CD Projekt, the clues point firmly to the fact that the company will be working on an Xbox 360 port ...

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The official Dark Knight trailer

17 December 2007, 09:44

If you didn't fancy a look at the poor quality trailer that leaked onto the web last week, then now is your chance to see the officially released, high resolution ...

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Get your Playstation Network Cards in early 2008

17 December 2007, 09:32

Better late than never, Sony has confirmed that the prepaid card, entitled the Playstation Network Card, will become available in early 2008.

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Tomb Raider Underworld confirmed for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

17 December 2007, 09:10

The eighth title in the rather tired looking Tomb Raider series has now been confirmed as Tomb Raider Underworld. Lara will look better than ever...apparently.

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Sapphire launches portal for hardcore gamers

16 December 2007, 22:40

Sapphire, the PC-hardware maker best known for graphics cards, today made live a web portal - ATOMIC - aimed at hardcore gamers and claimed to bridge the gap between enthusiast ...

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In-game XMB access planned for PS3

14 December 2007, 12:43

PS3 gamers don't currently enjoy the same range of options as Xbox 360 gamers do when it comes to accessing their friend's list and the various features whilst in-game, but ...

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Intel calling all modders in YouTube competition

14 December 2007, 11:55

Fancy yourself as a bit of a modding whizz? Put your best efforts forward in video form on YouTube as part of Intel's Modder Contest. You'll have a chance to ...

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Sony happy with Wii shortage, PS3 sales increase

14 December 2007, 11:47

'The PS3 is infinitely more fun than Wii' says Stringer. He's obviously chuffed at the Christmas Wii shortage and delighted at Sony's turn in fortune at the end of 2007.

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Flickr adds stats system and releases Uploadr 3.0

14 December 2007, 11:37

The best online photo management system continues to improve as it implements a new stats system for its pro customers as well as launching a new version of its Flickr ...

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Pirates of the Burning Sea - PC

14 December 2007, 11:15

Sony Online Entertainment's massively multiplayer online game, Pirates of the Burning Sea boasts more than one thousand missions per nation, dozens of ports to explore, and the freedom to explore ...

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Movie trailers are so yesterday

14 December 2007, 10:48

Movie trailers used to be all the rage, but these days we seem to be getting entire segments of movies instead. Just the other day we were given the first ...

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Xbox 360 HD DVD emulator available now

14 December 2007, 10:21

The Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator, enables film studios and disc authoring companies to model the behavior of HD DVD disc content, including encoded video and HDi interactivity.

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The Dark Knight trailer sneaks onto web

14 December 2007, 10:11

Trailer for upcoming Batman instalment, The Dark Knight, has leaked onto the web. Having been shown alongside Will Smith's I Am Legend in US theatres, initial reactions are simply "OH, ...

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