Boring, no really interesting news around so I'll try to keep you interested with this little discovery. Tested and working on a retail PS3 machine.

Not only the lame PS3 Internet browser is able to play flash files, the music application Vidzone is also.

Here is a little example:

The startup Vidzone logo and the main menu layout are simple .swf...

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I realize this is a day late, but hopefully this will help some people out after all the special offers here are not the same as USA offers so might be cheaper.

This list is taken from the "latest" list on my PS3:

Special offers- in this section we find 5 deals

• Pixel Junk racers (fullgame) £3.99
• High Velocity Bowling (fullgame) £3.99
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Today PS3 Brand Manager Mark Bowles has made available a PS3 Firmware 3.0 Q&A on the European PlayStation Blog, as follows:

Many of you have been asking why we haven’t responded to your complaints about last week’s 3.0 update until now.

Sorry it’s taken us a while to get back to you – this is obviously an emotive subject and there have been a lot of issues raised...

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More than 800 journalists and their laptops packed into E-Werk in Cologne, Germany before the start of GamesCom to hear the latest announcements from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

A brand new PlayStation 3 topped the bill, as Kaz Hirai – President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. joined Andrew House – President and CEO of SCEE – on-stage.

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Although it's still a tentative list, Dutch site PS3Life.nl (linked above) have reported on Sony's (and some other developers) video game line-up for the Games Convention Developers Conference 2009.

For those curious, the festival for gamers known as GamesCom takes place this year from August 19-23 in Cologne, and was previously held in Leipzig.

Line-ups, to...

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The most important feature of the update this week is an addition of ONE THOUSAND more videos! This will mean you need to accept the latest update from the XMB. To see a handful of the best latest added videos, go to Menu > Featured > Latest Videos.

From the rest of the update, to quote: HOMEPAGE FEATURES

Artist of the Week – Beyoncé
Everyone’s favourite diva has stacked up quite a catalogue...

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Sony has confirmed that VidZone will go live on June 11, 2009 for PS3 users.

The free service gives you access to thousands of streaming music videos on demand, just in case you didn’t know.

Users can expect 10,000 videos right off the bat to download off PSN, with more to come.

Press Release: Turn your PLAYSTATION 3 into a music video jukebox on...

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As part of Sony's Pause event in Sydney, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia announced a new service coming exclusively to the PlayStation 3 - Vidzone.

The new service is an optional download that places a new icon on the cross-media bar (XMB), allowing access to a massive number of music videos on demand.

VidZone will also be bringing live concert videos,...

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Worried that PS3’s streaming Vidzone music videos were going to get in the way of your games? SCEE president David Reeves is here to quell the fear.

“People said, ‘I wish I could listen to the music, and see it as well,’” Reeves told us, speaking at Games Convention in Leipzig last week.

“Because you can listen to it – you don’t have to see the music...

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Here's a direct-feed video of VidZone, how it will look and work on the PS3. VidZone is a free Music Video streaming service for PS3 and PSP (via remote play).

The video is available below, courtesy of gaffyh at GameTrailers.

The caption reads as follows: "Direct feed video of VidZone, how it will look and work on the PS3. VidZone is a free Music Video streaming...

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