This is the brand spanking new England kit available for free download to Pro Evo 2009 from, well, right now actually.

If you're watching the England v Slovakia game right now, you'll probably have noticed the kit has just made its debut on the real pitch as well as the virtual one, each one apparently tailor-made to the individual player.

So when you're done watching the game, head over to Xbox Live or the PlayStation Store to kit your team out in the new strip.

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Brand new England kit debuts on PES 2009 originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:15:30 +0000

Pentax has announced the new K20D limited edition Titanium Colour Premium kit in Japan.

Similarly to the Pentax K-m Olive limited edition, there will only be 1000 of the specially coloured kits made, with availability slated for October this year.

The kit will be made up of Pentax's flagship 14.6-megapixel K20D DSLR camera and a D-BG2 vertical grip, both in titanium colour.

Pricing is to be confirmed, and it is unclear whether this limited-edition kit will be sold anywhere outside Japan.

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Pentax K20D Titanium launched originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:26:35 +0000

The Apple Store in Regent Street, London has announced a whole host of film and photography events at its store throughout April that are free for the public to attend.

Firstly on 7 April, Apple will be hosting an evening of BOOM! events. BOOM! is a new film-making and volunteering project that challenges young people to make films about their passions and concerns and use them to make a difference within their community.

Rhys Williams, one of the film-makers who entered a recent BOOM! competition challenging entrants to create a music video for Jack Savoretti's song Soldier's Eyes, will be playing his film at the event. Savoretti himself will also be there singing the song live and talking about the competition.

Following the screening and performance, the first BOOM! Awards will also take place, honouring the work of the volunteers and film-makers involved in the project.

Next up on 23 April you'll be able to see the latest in short films and music videos at a Future Shorts screening, which will include Q&As with top directors and other "special surprises".

Rounding off the month on 30 April, visitors to the Apple Store will be able to learn more about the award-winning hf2 headset exclusive to Apple, that combines noise-isolation technology, industry-leading fidelity and an in-line microphone for voice calls.

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Apple announces film and photography events originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:33:51 +0000

This DIY camera is the perfect little challenge for any photographer who's ever carefully taken their camera apart to see how it works.

Sure, it's nothing fancy, but the 35mm camera kit will bring back memories of your childhood, snapping together the die-cut pieces in a similar way to how you would've put together your first model car, or those toys you used to get in Kinder Eggs.

There are around 30 different pieces to the Plamodel kit, and at the end of it you are left with a fully-functioning camera that you made with your own two hands. And we reckon that's pretty cool.

The kit is available now for $17.

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Plamodel DIY 35mm camera launched originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:48:48 +0000

Activision has finally announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be hitting our shelves on 10 November, handily in time for Christmas.

The follow-up to 2007's blockbuster Call of Duty 4, cited as the best-selling FPS game of all time, has been highly-anticipated by critics and gamers alike. However, rather disappointingly we have few details of what to expect as yet.

"Everyone on the team is laser focused on making the most gripping
experience we’ve ever created", assured Infinity Ward’s CEO, Vince
Zampella.

"No detail is too small and every finishing touch imaginable is underway to make Modern Warfare 2 our best ever".

Head over to the Modern Warfare website to check out a short trailer with a few clues about what we can expect from the sequel.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 dated originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:57:34 +0000

WD has expanded its My Book family of external hard drives to include a 2TB capacity, the largest capacity single-drive system currently available.

Developed to address the demand for higher storage capacities due to the increase of HD video cameras, digital photography and music downloads, the 2TB family is made up of four different models.

These are My Book Studio Edition and My Book Mac Edition, both formatted for Mac computers, and MyBook Home Edition and My Book Essential Edition, formatted for PC users.

The My Book Studio Edition comes with high speed FireWire 400/800 and eSATA interfaces as well as the popular USB 2.0 interface and a 5-year warranty, while its My Book Mac Edition sidekick keeps it simple with just a USB 2.0 interface and 1-year warranty.

Similarly, the My Book Home Edition features high-speed eSATA and FireWire 400 interfaces as well as USB 2.0, while My Book Essential Edition is more basic with just the USB 2.0 for transferring content to store.

All the 2TB My Book family features the "SmartPower" feature that turns the device on and off with the computer, as well as a SmartShutdown mode too, that will prevent the drive from being powered down until all the data has been written.

The My Book Studio Edition, My Book Home Edition and My Book Essential Edition drives are available now, with the My Book Mac Edition following behind in April. Prices will range from £242.99 to £279.99 depending on drive model.

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WD introduces 2TB capacity to My Book family originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:49:45 +0000

The judges have been announced for the Photography.Book.Now competition we told you about at the beginning of the month.

Lead judge Darius Himes, co-founder of Radius Books, will chair the panel for the second year, and has hand-picked the judges that will be joining him to choose the winners.

The group is made up of internationally renowned photographers, photography editors, directors, and gallery curators, all of whom will select the most creative and innovative self-published photography books in three categories – Fine Art, Editorial, and Commercial – and one $25,000 grand prize winner.

The judges are: photography critic Vice Aletti, director of George Eastman House Anthony Bannon, Dana Faconti from Blind Spot, Karen Hangsen from Rizzoli, Hasted Hunt Gallery's William Hunt, Jodi Pecman from Rolling Stone, photographer Platon and Kira Pollack from NY Times Magazine.

"To have one’s work reviewed by this prestigious group of photography professionals is an honour and a privilege for any photographer", Himes said.

"We're very pleased to have this level of commitment and support from such a distinguished group. Last year's submissions set the bar high, and our jurors are looking forward to seeing even more amazing work this year".

Sponsors of the competition include grand prize sponsor Hewlett-Packard, American Photo, British Journal of Photography and Virgin America.

Hundreds of submissions have already been made to the competition and are available to browse and buy in the Photography.Book.Now book store.

If you haven't submitted yours yet, you still have until 16 July to get it in. Head over to the Photography.Book.Now website for more information.

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Photography.Book.Now judging panel announced originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:38:55 +0000

With Bluetooth and wireless headsets often becoming the forefront of our attention these days, it's nice to see someone is keeping an eye on the corded headset as well.

GN Netcom has just announced the all-new Jabra BIZ 2400, claiming a number of industry firsts. These include a noise-cancelling boom arm with FreeSpin 360 degree rotation to prevent breakage, patented wearing styles and even Bluetooth connectivity in certain models, so users can switch between fixed phone and mobile phone calls.

The headset is available in either mono or duo speaker configuration and promises an "unprecedented" level of comfort for all-day use thanks to three different "Flex-fit" wearing styles.

It also features Peakstop technology to protect users' hearing from harmful loud noises and gold-plated contacts that are five times thicker than other headsets to ensure optimum voice transmission.

The Jabra BIZ 2440 headset will be available in May this year, at a price to be announced. For more information, head over to the Jabra website.

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Jabra BIZ 2400 corded headset launched originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:06:28 +0000

Jessops has announced it will be giving away a few freebies to all those pre-ordering the just-launched Canon EOS 500D.

Early birds will receive a free 8GB Sandisk Extreme 3 memory card and a Canon DSLR bag, worth over £100.

For those of you who haven't been keeping up with the news, the new Canon EOS 500D will offer 15.1 megapixels and the ability to record in full HD 1080p video. Of course, users will be able to opt for lower resolutions of 720p or VGA for longer shoots.

Users will be able to preview their video and images on the camera's 3-inch screen, or alternatively hook it up to any compatible HDTV via the HDMI connection to watch them on your television screen instead.

To get hold of your free goodies, you can go either online or in store to pre-order. A £100 deposit is needed, with the balance payable once the camera is in stock in early May. Head over to the Jessops website for more information.

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Jessops offers freebies for Canon 500D EOS pre-orders originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:41:47 +0000

If you've ever been abroad and been stung by extortionate roaming costs, this bit of news may well brighten up your summer holiday this year.

The EU has announced that the cost for making calls, sending messages and browsing the web abroad will fall from July this year, and continue to fall further in 2010 and 2011 as well.

This is all thanks to a deal European MPs have brokered with network operators. Even better, the prices that have been agreed are to be the absolute maximum operators will be allowed to charge for the services, rather than the going rate.

The agreement will see the cost of sending a text message capped at 11 cents (10p) throughout Europe, and the cost of browsing the web being capped at 1 Euro (92p) per megabyte. The latter would fall to 50 cents (46p) by July 2011.

Calling home will now be easier on your pocket too, with operators being able to charge no more than 40p per minute for outgoing calls.

There'll be no more rounding up of call durations to the nearest minute either. The agreement would see operators having to charge per second, although they would be able to charge for a minimum period of 30 seconds.

To help you out, operators will also have to offer the ability for customers to put a spending cap on their bill before travelling, and then be warned when they hit 80% of their limit. Very handy for avoiding unexpected enormous bills.

Of course not everyone is happy with this. The GSM Association has said it is "disappointed" with the deal, which apparently is being pushed earlier and further than originally suggested by the EC.

It's not set in stone yet. The agreement has to go before the European Parliament's industry committee at the end of the month and will the be voted on in April to see if it is approved. We'll keep you updated.

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EU to cap roaming data charges originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:09:15 +0000

Brando has launched the Multi-shape Cobra Stand bundle kit for both PSP 2000 and 3000 series consoles.

The stand comes with two different fittings - a traditional vacuum hook stand as well as the multi-shape stand.

The first is 26cm long and allows you to attach the stand to any near surface, while the latter is 92cm long and can be bent into any shape you need.

The Multi-shape Cobra Stand bundle kit is available now for $23.

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Brando launches PSP Multi-shape Cobra Stand bundle kit originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:01:06 +0000

Tamron has announced the SP AF60mm F/2.0 Di II Macro 1:1
life-size macro lens designed for DSLR cameras with APS-C size image sensors.

The lens covers an equivalent angle of view of 93mm when converted to the 35mm format and boasts a maximum aperture of F/2.0 - one stop faster than most other conventional lenses in the same class. This allows photographers to capture life-size macro shots with a "dramatically" blurred background.

The SP AF60mm F/2.0 Di II Macro 1:1 is expected to be made available in mounts for Canon and Sony cameras, and Nikon cameras with built-in AF motors.

Pricing and availability information is to be announced at a later date.

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Tamron announces SP AF60mm F/2.0 Di II life-size macro lens originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:10:55 +0000

Virgin Media has said it has the capabilities to offer broadband speeds of up to 200Mbps as early as next year, overshadowing BT's rival fibre network set to complete in 2012.

"We have an opportunity with our network to provide significantly higher speeds", said Virgin Media's chief executive Neil Berkett.

Virgin currently already offers a top speed of 50Mbps, with BT's forthcoming fibre network pushing 40 to 60Mb.

While BT has said this faster fibre network will begin hitting UK homes next year, Mr Berkett has said its roll out of higher speeds would be a "function of timing".

"When we look at the market I don't see us getting the returns right now for 100 or 150Mbps", he said.

"As we work with application providers, and content providers... there will be a natural point where we upgrade from 10, 20 and 50Mbps to something more".

"If BT were to meet the time frame they have suggested - of finishing by 2012 - I would see us as having much, much faster upstream speed, running at a minimum of 100Mbps downstream and possibly more. You can see a real opportunity there".

Mr Berkett went on to say he wouldn't be surprised to see Virgin Media start the introduction of faster speeds in 2010, with a theoretical limit of 200Mbps downstream speeds.

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Virgin Media planning 200Mb broadband originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:44:45 +0000

Konami has announced that football fans playing Pro Evo Soccer 2009 will be able to download a free version of the new England strip to kit their team out.

Umbro is set to unveil the new kit on 28 March when England take on Slovakia at Wembley, and as the official game of the England team, PES 2009 of course had to follow suit.

Details of the strip are being kept firmly under wraps at the moment, but we do know that there will be a bespoke tailored fit for each player.

Konami’s download will be available at the same time as game’s 5:15pm kick-off on 28 March.

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PES 2009 to debut new England strip originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:46:34 +0000

Camera Armor has announced the latest edition to its dry bag Seattle Series, the new Seattle Solo DSLR bag.

The bag provides watertight transport for your DSLR camera body with the lens attached, and will protect against dirt, dust, sand and water.

The Seattle Solo bag also features an external accessory storage pouch for memory cards and small accessories.

Its adjustable shoulder strap is padded for comfort as is the back of the bag to ensure comfortable hip carrying, but there is also a carrying handle if you prefer.

The Seattle Solo is available now and has a price tag of £60. Head over to the Camera Armor website for more details.

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Camera Armor announces Seattle Solo DSLR bag originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:12:26 +0000

Philips has unveiled this rather cute retro-inspired mini digital camera, weighing just 35 grams.

The downside is the camera will only take QVGA resolution photos, so it's hardly going to replace your current compact. However it can record AVI videos and act as a webcam as well, so maybe that's what you'll choose to use it for.

With no batteries to power it, the camera itself is completely rechargeable. There's no news on price or availability as yet but we'll keep you updated.

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Philips retro mini camera launched originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:20:13 +0000

Canon has announced the Pixma Pro9000 Mark II printer, the predecessor of the original Pro9000, that will produce professional-quality prints up to A3+.

The Pixma Pro9000 Mark II improves on the design of predecessor
to offer faster, higher-quality monochrome printing, a wider range of
supported media, and a new "Ambient Light Correction" feature.

Default printing speeds in monochrome are now nearly three times faster than before, and the 8-colour ChromaLife100 Single-Inks system allows for more accurate colour reproduction across a wide colour gamut.

As for media options, Canon’s own range of media includes gloss,
semi-gloss and matte photo papers, plus Fine Art media, but users can also use a variety of specialist third-party media up to 1.2mm thick.

Included with the Pixma Pro9000 Mark II is Canon’s Easy-PhotoPrint Pro – a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Canon Digital Photo Professional that allows you to print directly from these programs, with the latter of the two allowing EOS photographers to print directly from RAW files.

The Pixma Pro9000 Mark II will be available from June priced at £499.00.

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Canon Pixma Pro9000 Mark II printer announced originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:28:53 +0000

Canon has announced the Pixma Pro9500 Mark II, a 10-colour pigment inkjet printer capable of producing prints up to A3+ size.

The printer will allow you to print on gloss and matte media without the need to swap inks, and supports ICC profiles for many types of specialist media.

As well as Canon's own media, it also supports Baryta types, canvas, and numerous Fine Art media from leading brands such as Canson, Hahnemühle, Innova and Moab.

For additional flexibility you can create custom ICC profiles, using Canon’s Colour Management Tool Pro 2 software with selected X-Rite colour spectrophotometers.

As for print quality, the addition of 16 bits per channel print capability allows for smoother tonal graduations in both colour and black and white prints. Also, dedicated monochrome inks help prevent problems such as colour casting for a smoother range of greyscale tones.

A new addition to the Pixma Pro9500 Mark II is an Ambient Light Correction feature using Canon Kyuanos technology. This allows users to select the type of lighting under which their print will be displayed, and the final print automatically adjusted to ensure the end result looks the way the photographer wanted.

Finally, the Pixma Pro9500 Mark II comes bundled with the Canon Easy-PhotoPrint Pro plug-in, which allows for printing directly from Adobe Photoshop.

Canon EOS users can also use the plug-in to print RAW files directly from Canon Digital Photo Professional software.

"The Pixma Pro9500 Mark II is for photographers who are serious about exhibiting and selling their images", said Rainer Fuehres, head of Canon Consumer Imaging Europe. "Even on high gloss media, results remain consistently stunning".

The Pixma Pro9500 Mark II will be available from June priced at £729.00.

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Canon launches Pixma Pro9500 Mark II printer originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:14:04 +0000

Canon has launched the entry level Speedlite 270EX, an enhanced flash designed for EOS and PowerShot users.

Replacing the Speedlite 220EX, the Speedlite 270EX is aimed at photographers wanting to expand their flash photography beyond the built-in flash.

Producing a high power flash with maximum guide number 27 m, it includes a host of new features not available with a built-in flash. These include the addition of a zoom head, more efficient light distribution and a bounce flash head, that enables light from the flash to bounce off a ceiling to produce more flattering lighting.

Improved circuitry in the 270EX also allows for near silent recharging.

The Speedlite 270EX will be available from early May priced at £149.99.

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Canon launches entry-level Speedlite 270EX flash originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:42:33 +0000

If you're not sure about having your camera in black, what about a different colour. Following the company showing off a crystal covered K-m model at last year's Photokina, Pentax has announced a limited edition olive green version of its entry-level DSLR, the Pentax K-m.

The camera, which is a little more subdued that the crystal version will come bundled with a matching smc Pentax-DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL zoom lens.

Limited to just 1000 kits, the Pentax K-m olive will ship in Japan from October this year. There have been no details on international availability so far but we'll keep you posted.

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Limited edition olive green Pentax K-m announced originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:04:39 +0000

The Pentax 645 digital camera that has cropped up in prototype form at many photography shows over the years looks like it may finally see a release next year.

According to an official press release on Pentax's Japanese website, the medium-format DSLR has been scheduled for release in 2010 alongside the smc Pentax-D FA645 55m F2.8 lens.

The website tells us the 645 digital will feature an image sensor of "30 megapixels or more", but otherwise, specs are thin on the ground.

We'll bring you more details on this when we have it.

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Pentax's 645 digital DSLR coming 2010? originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:47:16 +0000

Sennheiser has launched its Sports II line of headphones, five new personal headsets built for those active types among you.

Both sweat and water-resistant, and ski-rated to -10 degrees, the new collection has been built specifically for sports activities, and designed to be washed after use.

The range starts with the MX 80 Sport II and the MX 85 Sport II for £25 and £35 respectively. The former features the Sennheiser Basswind system for powerful base response, while the latter a "twist to fit" system for an extra secure fit.

Next up is the OMX 80 Sport II and PMX 80 Sport II for £35 each. The OMX 80 are classic stereo clip on headphones with flexible earhooks, while the PMX 80 features a back-band design popular with runners.

Finally the CX 380 Sport II headphones come in at the top of the range at £50. These boast a high-performance, noise-isolating ear canal design with different soft silicone eartips that you can change to fit.

All of the designs come with a cable clip and carrying pouch and are available in orange, with the OMX 80 available in an additional blue.

The range is due for release before the summer, but head over to the Sennheiser website for more details.

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Sennheiser launches Sports II range of headphones originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:10:53 +0000

THQ Photo Products has announced the Tokina AT-X 16.5-135 DX, a lens designed exclusively for DSLR cameras with APS-C sensors.

The new lens gives the photographers an ultra wide-range zoom lens that has the equivalent angle of view to a 25-200mm.

The zoom range actually begins at 16.5mm, making it a lens for capturing things like scenic views and travel photography

The AT-X 16.5-135 DX also boasts three aspherical elements in which one all glass precision-moulded element and two compound elements yield high contrast. Additionally, two Super-low Dispersion (SD) glass elements correct any chromatic aberration.

Finally, the new Tokina lens features a newly designed high-precision mechanical zoom cam system, which minimises play and eliminates any zoom creep that might occur.

The Tokina AT-X 16.5-135 DX will be available for Nikon bodies from June, and for Canon bodies from July. No prices have been confirmed as yet.

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Tokina AT-X 16.5-135 DX lens launched originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:15:33 +0000

Nikon has announced two software updates for View NX and Nikon Transfer.

The View NX update, version 1.3.0, will introduce no less than 26 changes and improvements, including the ability to use 3D Google Maps with the GeoTag function, a new "Restore Original" function added to the edit menu, and the ability to adjust brightness from the Quick Adjustment palette.

The Nikon Transfer version 1.4.0 on the other hand will see five improvements. These include the addition of "Original name+New name" and "New name+Original name" options to the prefix and suffix portions in the File Naming Dialog, and the displaying of a percentage of the total amount of storage used up in the users Picturetown account when in the Picturetown panel.

You can view full details of all the updates and improvements on the Nikon website, where you will also find the files to download and instructions on how to install them.

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Nikon releases View NX 1.3.0 and Nikon Transfer 1.4.0 originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:20:24 +0000

Microsoft has used the Game Developers Conference to announce a number of new features coming to its Games for Windows - Live online gaming service and community in the coming months.

First up, the company will be introducing more protection against piracy with server-side authentication to help prevent games getting leaked before their release date, while the new Marketplace APIs will let developers create online in-game store fronts and experiences surrounding the sale of additional content.

Finally, PC gamers will now also be able to save their personal settings for their Games for Windows - Live account in the cloud, meaning they can get access to their settings on any compatible and connected PC.

"This update and other features currently in development represent a
tipping point in the evolution of Games for Windows – Live as a
leading online PC gaming network", said Ron Pessner, general manager of Games for Windows – Live.

"In the coming months, we will continue to deliver on our promise to provide gamers and publishers with the industry's best connected gaming experiences through the Live service".

The Games for Windows - Live community has seen a boost in users since the launch of its more PC-friendly interface back in November and the scrapping of the membership fee in July, no doubt helped along by some big names such as GTA IV and Fallout 3 as well.

We'll bring you more on this, and any other news from GDC when we get it.

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Microsoft announces new features for Games for Windows - Live originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:20:54 +0000