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Playstation Online Store is first to deliver streaming of HD movies from all 6 major movie studios

SonyHDSony announced yesterday that "Movies" section of Playstation store has hit a major milestone: it is first of all online streaming providers ready to deliver high-definition movies from all major movie studios, like 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. READ MORE >>

MAG (Massive Action Game) PS3 Final Beta opens for public free testing tomorrow January 4th

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The official MAG Blog announced that the final beta will be available for public testing starting tomorrow, January 4th until January 10th.

The game is now finished and on its way to hit store shelves January 26th (in North America).

In the last beta testing there will be no limitations on any region, access will be open worldwide. No need for beta code anymore READ MORE >>

Investing in gold? Buy yourself a 24-karat plated Playstation 3

24kps3Would you like your PS3 Slim in Gold?

Computer Choppers, specializing in custom plating of gadgets are ready to sell you one now.

You can have it plated with 24-karat gold with two matching controllers, your choice of a plated or anodized PS3 logo, and a one year full coverage warranty.

And all that just for $4999. READ MORE >>

System Software update 3.15 brings "minis" to PS3 from PSP

PSN avatar Announced officially today, Sony's new PS3 system software update 3.15 is going to bring two innovations to the console.

One is ability to play PSP "minis" on Playstation 3 - the ability was rumored about for the last months. READ MORE >>

Feds use Playstation 3 to fight pedophiles

According to a story first released on the Scripps Howard Foundation wire, Homeland Security's ICE department is using the gaming console to protect children and catch predators in real life.

"Bad guys are encrypting their stuff now, so we need a methodology of hacking on that to try to break passwords," said Claude E. Davenport, a senior special agent at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cyber Crimes Center, known as C3. "The PlayStation 3 -- its processing component -- is perfect for large-scale library attacks." READ MORE >>

Facebook comes to PS3 in the next update

PS3 FacebookNow it is official: Playstation Blog announced that next firmware upgrade (3.10) will bring integration with Facebook in it. READ MORE >>

Sony partners with Netflix to stream movies on PS3

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COMING SOON: NETFLIX MEMBERS CAN INSTANTLY WATCH MOVIES AND TV EPISODES STREAMED TO TVs VIA THE PLAYSTATION®3 COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM READ MORE >>

Sony sued over PS3 update that supposedly bricks consoles

firmware3.0As published by High-Def Digest, Sony is now facing a class action lawsuit based on the allegation that a recent patch to the Playstation 3 has created hardware failures. READ MORE >>

New optical recording method can make it possible to store 1.6 terabytes on a DVD-sized disc

"Nature" journal reports, that the new technique could squeeze around 140 times the capacity of the best Blu-rays into a standard-sized disk.

Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia suggested a new "five-dimensional" optical recording method that could be commercialised.  READ MORE >>

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