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Nintendo 3DS price and date is incoming

According to the latest news stories, Nintendo will make an announcement in September

Are Google in talks with games publishers?

WSJ claims search giant is talking to EA, Disney and Zynga about new online games service

Virgin Media hails next-gen VOD features

Virgin Media is stepping up its cross-platform strategy with the launch of its TV-on-demand service online, bolstering its position in the market ahead of the launches of Sky’s Anytime+ and Project Canvas

R4 made illegal in the UK

London High Court rules against Playables Limited, outlawing the import, advertising or sale of device

Project Canvas Chairman appointed

Huggers discusses his replacement on Canvas

iPhone 'jailbreaking' legalised in US

US government gives owners legal right to run unapproved software on their Apple handhelds

GSMA beefs up apps strategy to take on Apple and Google

The GSMA-led Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) plans to form a new company and improve co-operation with other trade bodies in a bid to halt Apple and Google’s dominance of the mobile apps market

Lebara adds music to mobile portal

Budget MVNO Lebara has added a music section to its recently launched mobile portal to capitalise on the popularity of mobile media with migrant communities

UK consumers prefer free content to privacy

UK consumers are less willing to pay for digital content than others around the world, according to research from KPMG

CNN eyes international market with free app

CNN has launched an international version of its iPhone app in a bid to increase its mobile presence outside the US

Government to axe UK Film Council

Chairman of film industry support body condemns move to shut it down as part of cost-cutting measures affecting 16 public bodies

Meek replaces Huggers as Project Canvas chairman

Kip Meek is the new non-executive chairman of Project Canvas, the IPTV joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, BT, TalkTalk and Arqiva

Nokia looking on the brightside

CEO Kallasvuo optimistic for the future after slight year-on-year sales increase

All eyes on Yahoo and Microsoft to get search integration right

Microsoft and Yahoo began the integration of their search offerings this week following more than two years of courting and anticipation

ITN to provide AOL UK with video content

AOL UK is working with ITN to bring news, entertainment and lifestyle video content to its site as it continues its push to establish itself as a key destination portal

PS3 could get 3D slider

Developers of Sly Cooper considering including a 3DS-style scaler to adjust depth of effect

Microsoft posts record quarterly revenues of $16bn

Microsoft added to the growing sense of recovery in the technology sector last night by reporting record quarterly revenues, driven by strong sales.

Facebook tops 500 million users

"This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world," Zuckerberg told users.

Sony files 3D screen sharing patent

The proposed technology allows players to view different images through the same TV screen

Broadcasters take TV ideas from web

Recent online programme commissions by the BBC and UKTV signify broadcasters’ confidence in the web as both a testing ground for new TV content and a source for talent spotting, according to experts

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