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PS3 goes to the movies: Sony signs up all major Hollywood studios for HD films

Sony has announced that it has signed a deal with six Hollywood studios to deliver movies to your TV in HD via the PS3.

The company has signed the deal with 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures,...

Valve's Steam comes to Mac

Valve has announced it will be bringing its Steam gaming service to the Mac bringing with it a shiny beacon of gaming fun to Mac users who've in the past been left out.

"Steam and Valve's library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike,...

VIDEO: Microsoft demos cross-platform game switching

At Microsoft's TechEd Middle East conference, the company has showed off a game that can leap between Windows 7, Windows Phone 7 and on the Xbox 360 without losing your progress.

Developed in Visual studio, the 2D platformer shares 90% of its code between the...

Xbox says "it's okay to be gay"

Microsoft has made some changes to its Xbox Live code of conduct to permit users to express certain personal details on their profile which they weren't previously allowed to.

Until the change, users were banned by Microsoft from expressing their race, nationality,...

Win Apple's latest creation in our iPad competition

First off congratulations to Perry Sheldrick who won a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium for his comment during February.

Good news. In the lead up to the much-anticipated release of the Apple iPad at the end of April in the UK we at Pocket-lint have...

As PS3 went down, men asked for sex

It seems Monday's worldwide "outage" of gamers not being able to use their Sony PS3 resulted in some gamers supposedly getting laid.

According to a new survey, 87% said that they used the time to "engage in a spot of loving as an alternative."

The survey,...

Modern Warfare developers sue Activision

Simmering tensions between Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developers Infinity Ward and publishers Activision have exploded into a fully-fledged fight, with the lawyers representing studio bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella filing a lawsuit against the games giant.

The...

Daily news roundup: Skinput controller, Android gesture tech and more

Want to know what's been hot in the world of technology and gadgets today?

Everyday Pocket-lint thumbs through all the stories from the last 24 hours and sorts the ten most-read into one handy place, so you can get an at-a-glance look at what's what.

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VIDEO: Insane Muscle March comes to WiiWare

Namco Bandai has announced that Muscle March - which might be the best bodybuilding game in the world to feature Polar Bears - is now available to buy on Nintendo's WiiWare service. If you're unfamiliar with it, hit play on the video above. You don't need sound, but it...

Valve's Steam platform coming to Macs?

Valve appears to be dropping hints to a collection of websites that its Steam platform will shortly be available for Mac users. Steam currently dominates the PC retail market, allowing users to buy and download games from their computers, rather than forcing them to buy...

Predator G7750 unleashed by Acer

Acer has updated its desktop hot rods at CeBIT 2010 with the launch of the Predator G7750 desktop gaming PC.

Typically, this beast comes with all the mod cons and usually in triplicate just to make sure. At the heart is, of course, an Intel Core i7 CPU which you...

Asus exhibits Xonar Xense headset

At the CeBIT tradeshow in Hannover, Germany, Asus has announced a range of gaming products. Of particular note is the mildly-unpronounceable Xonar Xense headset - which is a combo soundcard and pair of gaming headphones.

It's able to push out a startling 7Vrms...

Tech deals: Bayonetta on PS3 for just £16.14

An eagle-eyed reader of HotUKDeals.com has submitted a decent offer for the PS3 version of Bayonetta, available from TheHut.com.

The normal price is pretty cheap at £17.93, but typing in the code PLAY10, also kindly provided by the HotUKDeals reader, will mean...

NES game sells for $41,300

A ultra-rare NES game titled "Stadium Events" has sold for more than $40,000 in an eBay auction. The NTSC title, which is unopened and factory sealed, attracted 115 bids before a winning figure of $41,300 was settled upon.

The reason for the rarity and high price...

Paddy Power taking bets on next console to melt down

Bookmaker Paddy Power has announced that it's opening bets on which will be the next of the current generation of consoles to suffer a massive global failure, following the PS3's well-publicised problems on 1 March.

Unfortunately, despite the console coming back...

Sony PS3's Error 8001050F fixed

As promised, Sony has found a fix for error 8001050F which has been plaguing consoles over the past 48 hours. The problem originated from the fact that some older PS3 consoles contained a bug that caused them to think that 2010 was a leap year - then when the network...

PlayStation 3 network takes consoles out of action

Oh dear. After years of crowing about the Xbox 360's red ring of death, now PlayStation 3 owners have a technical problem of their own to suffer. It appears that a selection of consoles across the world are giving error "8001050F", claiming that they can't access information...

Tech deals: Championship Manager for iPhone just 59p

You'll need to have an interest in two things in order to appreciate this deal, and either an iPhone or iPod touch.

This Sunday is a fairly big day in the footballing calendar as the Cup Final between Aston Villa and Manchester United kicks off. In celebration...

PHOTOS: Nintendo DSi XL hands on

With a launch date not too far away, Pocket-lint's managed to grab some hands-on time with the new larger, bigger, stronger Nintendo DSi XL. 

As you can see by the pictures above, the DSi XL really does mean XL in size, certainly compared to the original DSi. 

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Lara Croft wins Derby road naming vote

A £36.2 million ring road built in Derby will be called "Lara Croft Way", after a previously-reported public vote saw the Tomb Raider star come top, beating competition from footballer Steve Bloomer, astronomer John Flamsteed and engineer George Sorocold.

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Daily news roundup: Virgin Media 100Mbps broadband, Palm in trouble and more

Want to know what's been hot in the world of technology and gadgets today?

In the news roundup today Gmail gets the top spot as it gives its Google Labs area a bit of a spring clean to make way for new content, whilst Virgin Media has declared that it will be...

Wii and DS getting Grease video game

You've seen the movie, you bought the soundtrack CD as a teenager, you got drunk as a student and screeched "niiiiiiights" in the Union bar - and soon you'll be able to play the video game. Grease is coming to the Wii and DS.

It's being published by 505 Games,...

Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Nintendo Wii dated

Super Mario Galaxy 2, the latest in the Galaxy Series for the Nintendo Wii, has been dated in the UK.

Heading into shops on 11 June, the game will embrace the gravity-defying, physics-based exploration from the first game, but is loaded with entirely new features...

Steam gets massive beta release

PC gaming behemoth Steam has rolled out a massive update to its desktop client, bringing a wide range of social features and a browser based on the Webkit engine used by Safari and Chrome. It's still a beta, though, so you'll have to opt in to get access to the extended...

VIDEO: Street Fighter 4 on iPhone

Capcom has confirmed that Street Fighter 4, due to hit the iPhone in March, will cost under $10 and feature 8 of your favourite characters to fight with.

Making the cut for the iPhone iteration of the arcade hit are Ryu, Ken, Guile, Blanka, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, M....