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Sony PlayStation Move motion controller confirmed

Sony has announced more details about its new Motion Controller - The Playstation Move.

The system, which will go up against the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft's Project Natal, will bring motion controller gaming to PS3 users looking for move than just the six-axis...

Western Digital My Passport AV Portable Media Drives come TV ready

Western Digital has announced a range of new My Passport drives specifically for video storage and playback.

The new My Passport AV portable media drives come with 320 GB of capacity and let users simply connect the USB drive to an enabled Blu-ray player or USB...

Google Reader Play make your RSS feeds exciting

So you use Google reader to track all your RSS feeds like a hawk allowing you to play the field when it comes to getting your daily dose of technology news. Really it's okay

The trouble is, shifting through thousands of entries can be, well a bit dry, at times.

Google...

Sony PlayStation to "Move" your world?

Sony could be about to name its PlayStation motion controller, the PlayStation Move if new trademark filings in Europe are anything to go by.

While we are likely to find out for sure in the next couple of hours at the company's GDC press conference in San Francisco,...

PHOTOS: Samsung ST5000 shot and priced

We nearly assigned these photos to the Recycle Bin/Trash, because we've seen this camera, or a version of it, already. But to clear up the issue, we thought we'd fill in the gaps, and let you at the photos anyway.

This is the Samsung ST5000, the lesser spec version...

Daily news roundup: Sony signs up with major studios, Final Fantasy XIII review and more

Want to know what's been hot in the world of technology and gadgets today? Stories coming in from the world of technology a gadgets today encompass gaming, cameras, social media and more.

First up is the news that Sony has signed a deal with major Hollywood studios...

Street View rolls out nationwide

Google's Street View service has been available in 25 cities in Britain for some time, but the company is about to announce a major expansion - to the entirety of the UK - more than 238,000 miles of road.

In 2006, the Ordnance Survey concluded that the UK has...

Microsoft to launch iPlayer rival

Microsoft is all set for an imminent launch of its online video player which offers full TV shows in Britain, in a similar way to the BBC's iPlayer. Unlike the iPlayer, however, it won't be just restricted to catch-up episodes - you'll be able to watch whole series.

Content...

LG LX9900 LED TV to bring 3D TV to your lounge in May

LG has confirmed that its 3D TV portfolio will spring into action in May going up against the barrage of other sets from Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and Philips.

Although the company is already rolling out 3D TVs in a number of pubs in the UK, users will finally...

New York gets 8-bit mapping project

A coder called Bret Camper has built an 8-bit map of New York City and put it online for people to explore in a Google Maps-esque style. He says that it's an attempt to "make the city feel foreign yet familiar".

It's been created using a custom rendering engine...

Rock Band 3 confirmed, due Christmas 2010

Harmonix looks set to keep on expanding its Rock Band franchise, officially announcing Rock Band 3, which will be coming out in time for Christmas 2010. It'll be created by Harmonix, published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts.

The company announced...

ARM: Over 50 tablets will launch in 2010

If predictions from Roy Chen, processor-maker ARM's worldwide mobile computing ODM manager, come true then we're going to see a whole lot of tablet computers in 2010. The exec said that he reckons there'll be more than 50 launched globally this year.

"The first...

BBC iPlayer now available to all Humax Freesat boxes

Freesat viewers with Humax Foxsat-HD Freesat receiver and Humax Freesat+ Foxsat-HDR recorder boxes can now access the BBC iPlayer on their Freesat service directly through the red button, the company has confirmed.

The move, which follows beta testing with some...

Star Wars fan crochets Amigurumis

An enterprising lady by the name of Lucy has been busy - she's crocheted the entire cast of Star Wars as Amigurumis - R2-D2, C-3PO, Chewbacca, Vader, Han Solo, Yoda, Luke, Leia, a stormtrooper and an Ewok.

They're not for sale, but if you have a modicum of crocheting...

New Sharp TV mimics critical features of the brain's visual system

Sharp has bucked the current trend from manufacturers of announcing 3D TVs at press events, instead opting to launch a fourth colour sub-pixel instead.

While all televisions work on the proviso of mixing red, green, and blue to create a massive array of colours,...

Bing ad hits UK, takes on Google

Bing has aired its first UK television ad campaign and with it attacked other search engines (read Google) that do nothing more than just provide you with an overload of information. 

The ad, which is rolling out on a commercial station from today, sees a women...

Tech deals: Nikon Coolpix L100 under £180 from Amazon

Having reviewed the Nikon Coolpix L100 back in April last year and been suitably impressed we were pleased to see that the Nikon compact camera is now available from Amazon for £179.98, seeing a drop in price of around £60 from its original £240 RRP.

The L100...

VIDEO OF THE DAY – White Goat

Meet White Goat. No, not the latest emo rock band (although note to self: that is a good name for one).

No, this is a machine that turns office paper into, wait for it, toilet paper.

That’s right – the next time you feel like wiping your bum...

Ballmer lauds iPhone App Store

Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has issued a rare pat on the back to arch-rivals Apple, complimenting it for the job it's done on the App Store. The CEO said: "Apple's done a very nice job that allows people to monetize and commercialize their intellectual property", in...

Twitter to run all links through anti-phishing filter

Twitter, hurt by a recent spate of phishing attacks, has revealed plans to run all links through a filter to make sure that they don't contain anything nasty. The service scans any link posted, and if it's iffy then it'll be rejected.

It also means that links...

Zune to get Windows Phone 7 OS?

The next edition of Microsoft's Zune MP3 player might run the company's Windows Phone 7 operating system, if rumours are to be believed. Fuelling that suggestion Microsoft has confirmed that its XNA platform - used to create games on the Xbox and Zune  - will no longer...

Google Maps gets cycle paths

Cycling's good for you - it's healthy, relatively quick, and you can get to places that greenhouse gas-belching automobiles can't. As a result, Google has decided that its Maps product should offer directions for cyclists, as well as driving, walking and public transport.

During...

EA Sports Active 2.0 gets you working out whilst playing games

EA is taking exercising in front of your games console to the next level with the announcement of a new version of EA Sports Active dubbed, wait for it, EA Sports Active 2.0.

Rather than just being an update of the previous version that first came out on the Wii,...

Businesses get Google Apps Marketplace

Google has announced a business-oriented cloud software store which it's calling the Google Apps Marketplace. The service allows businesses using its Google Apps software to install plugins that allow them to access cloud-based productivity applications.

Google...

Vodafone to slash another 500 jobs

It seems that Vodafone still has some way to go as far as cost saving measures as it is set to announce 500 job cuts from its Newbury headquarters.

After Vodafone shed 500 jobs last year Newbrarians working for the mobile giant could be forgiven for hoping that...