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Sony: PS3 3D firmware update due within months

As Sony celebrates its Christmas sales success story for the PlayStation 3 (even reports suggest the gaming giant is still losing money on each console it sells) Pocket-lint posed some questions to John Koller, the director of hardware marketing for SCEA about the high-end...

Rumbelows could return to the high street

It seems US retail giant Best Buy has considered nostalgia as a weapon for its coming-soon attack on the UK high street.

Best Buy has carried out research into resurrecting the "Rumbelows" brand name for shops in order to cash in on the consumer nostalgia associated...

Burberry jumps on bandwagon with 3D fashion show

The luxury fashion brand Burberry is to go 3D with its next fashion show, creating "fashion history" with a three-dimensional screening of its autumn-winter collection later this month.

With the help of Sky, set to become a pioneer for 3D in the UK, Burberry's...

Daily news roundup: HTC Incredible photos, Nexus One and more

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

We have plenty of technology and gadget ingredients to make our Pocket-lint roundup stew as tasty as ever.

First up and we have news of some leaked photos of what could be the HTC...

Daily Tech Deal: Bush A322 22-inch HD LCD TV from eBay

If you're on the lookout for a cheap LCD television then you could do a lot worse than check out this eBay deal, which is offering the Bush A322, 22-inch telly for £149.99.

As with any budget model the picture quality might not be quite the standard of some...

Denon Cara Blu-ray beast launches

Denon has announced the launch of a new Blu-ray beast, informally dropping the S-5BD model number for a more manageable name - the Cara.

The name might be the only manageable thing about the device - its 7.8 kilogram heft certainly isn't and it comes with...

Win one of three copies of Halo Legends on Blu-ray

To celebrate the up-coming release of Halo Legends on 15 February 2010, Pocket-lint is bringing you the chance to take home one of three copies on Blu-ray.

Produced by 343 Industries and distributed by Warner Bros, Halo Legends is an unprecedented gathering...

VIDEO: Megawhat Tech Week in View - ebook prices, IE6, Flash and 3D football

This week's instalment of Pocket-lint and Megawhat's Tech Week in View show is fresh off the video editing suite and ready to go now for your viewing pleasure. As is customary each week, Stuart Miles takes the hot tech topics of the moment, chews 'em up, spits 'em out...

Freesat to broadcast 6 Nations in HD

Freesat has announced that it'll be broadcasting the 6 Nations rugby tournament in high definition starting from 6 February. It'll be found on the BBC HD channel, which can be accessed by grabbing a Freesat box or compatible TV.

The tournament, sponsored by the...

YouTube's movie rental experiment earns it $10,000

YouTube's recent foray into movie rentals was not a major money-spinner for the world's biggest video site as results of the experiment have been revealed.

The Google-owned company has said the five films, which were available for a period of 10 days, saw 2684...

Virgin Media to offer Eurosport HD

Virgin Media has announced that Eurosport HD will be available to its 3.7 million TV customers. Free to those on Virgin's "XL" TV package, Eurosport HD brings Virgin Media's HD channels to eight.

The addition of Eurosport HD signals the "first of several new...

Daily news roundup: New Sega console, low-light photography tips and more

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

Top stories in today's roundup include a new Sega console hitting the shelves - hopefully in the summer and a video that shows you how to get your iPhone to look and feel like the Apple...

Sky's first 3D football match in pics and quotes

Sky's 3D TV debut for the general public took place on 31 January, with a premier league football match shown off on special 3D TVs in nine pubs across the UK.

While the location of the pubs were a closely guarded secret, those that did manage to blag a spot...

5 TVs to choose from when Sky goes 3D

With the news that Sky's going 3D as of this April, many will be starting to think about getting the right kind of equipment for the job. We already know that the Sky+ HD box will be able to cope with the new transmission but just about every customer's TV won't be up...

Sky 3DTV - your questions answered

Sky is bringing 3DTV to the UK for the very first time this Sunday as a one off and then for good from April. We know you'll be able to get it if you have a Sky +HD box and it'll even be free if you happen to already have the top package but what about the rest of the...

Sky launches 1TB Sky+HD box

Sky has announced the launch of a new Sky+HD box which can store up to 240 hours of high definition television with its 1TB capacity.

The new Sky+HD 1TB goes on sale from today at a price of £249 and as well as the larger capacity offers access to Sky's 37...

Boston Acoustics launches SoundWare XS 5.1

Boston Acoustics has announced a set of ultra-compact surround sound home theatre speakers called the SoundWare XS 5.1.

They're a little unusual-looking - shaped like a polyhedron. Boston Acoustics says that this is to clean up the sound by reducing standing waves....

Sky debuts 3D with Man United vs Arsenal

Sky has announced that it'll be launching its 3D television channel in April, and that it'll be giving a special preview of the service on 31 January, by screening the Arsenal vs Manchester United match in nine pubs across the country.

The Premier League clash...

Teufel unveils Theater 100 speaker package

Teufel has just dropped us word of the Theater 100 - a 5.1 surround sound  home cinema and hi-fi speaker set that's meant as the replacement to the Theater 1.

The Theater 100 comprises of two unidirectional front speakers with 30mm mid-range drivers, and 25mm...

PHOTOS: Tron Legacy bike snapped

Hot on the heels of the trailer, which debuted last month, Pocket-lint managed to snap a gallery of shots of a life-size version of one of the bikes to be featured in the movie Tron Legacy. 

Toymaker Spin Master, who've signed the licensing rights to the new Tron Legacy...

Samsung starts mass producing 3D TVs

Samsung has issued a press release claiming it has become the first company to commence mass production of panels for 3D LED TVs and 3D LCD TVs. We guess the devil maybe in the details as far as wording goes for that claim, as other manufacturers are also dipping their...

Daily Tech Deal: Pixmania end of January sale deals

We have an end of January sale for the tech deal today from Pixmania, offering a variety of discounts on some of its top of the range TVs, DVDs and Home Cinema products.

A couple of standout products include the Hitachi UT42MX70 LCD, which had a decent score...

LG goes retro with cool new CRT TV

Rather than debut a super-thin LED backlit effort, or a giant plasma, LG has launched an amazingly retro television set in its home market of Korea with the introduction of the Serie 1 CRT television.

The 14-inch TV set comes complete with a bunny-ears aerial...

Daily news roundup: Apple iTablet, MusicDNA and more

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

If you just can't get enough of the news surrounding Apple's soon-to-be-announced iSomething device you've come to the right place as our two top stories will be sure to help sate your...

VIDEO: Megawhat Tech Week in View - Nokia Maps, Kindle KDK, HTML5...

This week's Tech Week in View for Megawhat sees Pocket-lint's Stuart Miles perusing the main tech topics from the last week.

First up Miles considers Nokia's move into free navigation with the Ovi Maps announcement seeing the phone co's mapping and turn-by-turn...