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  Just like an unboxing ceremony, geeks with little more curiosity have taken up something extra – dissecting the gadget. The geeks who generally do this are the iFixit folks and the gadget in question today is the PS3 Slim. They managed to get their hands on the unit and reveal the innards of this [...]

  Want some motivation to trade in your fat PS3 for the slimmer, matte version? No, we won’t regurgitate the known facts like the extra 40gigs or ability to consume 40 percent less power or 36 percent lighter but we’re talking about the thing powering the console. Yup, the Cell processor. The Cell processor used [...]

  Do you know why eagle-eyed bloggers were unable to catch Sony’s latest and not-so-surprising PS3 Slim console? Because they submitted the PS3 Slim application under a different name – Sand Dollar Enterprise. Anyways, keeping the smart naming issue aside, the documents in the filing reveal another interesting tidbit. Apparently, in addition to the yesterday [...]

  UPDATE 2: Sony India has announced the price cut too. Indians can now pick up 80GB PS3 for Rs. 19,990 with two free games – Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and GT5 Prologue. Not a bad deal. UPDATE: Picture gallery added. At the Gamescom Cologne, Sony officially unveiled the PS3 Slim. The Slim will consume 34 [...]

  The official announcement is still a few hours away but it seems e-tailers are already jumping to cash in the imminent announcement. Kmart has an ad on its website telling “The rumors are reality” and Sears too has got its pre-order page up. Both the sites are listing the console for same $299.99 with [...]

  The exact reason is unknown except that it will be done on the manufacturer’s behest but the news from Japan comes that 80GB PS3 might be coming to an end of its shelf life. 7-Eleven, a Japanese retailer received this notice that mentions the “pre-orders for the Black, White and Silver 80GB PS3 will [...]

  Need more proof of PS3 Slim? Check this listing unearthed at Amazon Germany. Sure, there are not many details but you don’t expect a major e-tailer to list it inadvertently. It has also got Amazon’s ASIN number which suggests that this might be the real deal. The only question is when. [Via Joystiq]

  Under a week left for the E3 and Ars Technica have got some meaty details from one of their sources regarding the most sought rumors – new PSP and PS3. Apparently, their source who has never gone wrong before claims that the upcoming PSP, dubbed as PSP Go! will be announced at E3 while [...]

  If this picture is to be believed, we’re looking at the much rumored PS3 Slim alongside PS3 in a Chinese factory. Given its plasticky finish this could be a prototype or maybe some PS3 wannabe able to play 100,000 games off the cartridge. We’re not sure yet. Maybe the upcoming E3 will have some [...]