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The WSJ just posted a blind item about a killer phone Sony has in the works that is capable of downloading and playing Playstation games. It will probably just be a PSP Go with a phone inside. Shown here is an artist’s rendition of what it will look like.

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Snort! Sony is getting ready to beat the iPad with a new “gadget”

MacHeist is offering a bundle of five Mac apps – including the possibility of getting two more free – for $19.99. The even lasts for six more days and they’re raising cash for charity, as well, so that’s a good thing.

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CrunchDeals: MacHeist Bundle is up and running

Woo! It’s finally over with. Panasonic has completed its acquisition of Sanyo , which has been in the works for some time now

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It is finished: Panasonic buys Sanyo for $4.6bn

There are more than 100,000 approved apps in the App Store now , making it harder and harder to spot the really good ones. One of these apps that don’t get enough airtime (and that I viewed a demo of recently ) is called Makibishi Comic ( iTunes link ) and is offered by Tokyo-based GungHo Works (it’s available in Japanese and English).

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Makibishi: Cool interactive Ninja comic game for the iPhone

Our buddies at Watchismo are offering a Nixon Newton Watch to one lucky commenter. You have your pick of the litter and you’ll be the most stylish fellow on your cellblock when you pull this watch out of wherever you hid it from the screws! The Nixon normally costs $98 but for you, my friend, it’s free.

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Friday Giveaway: Nixon Newton Watch

Since the 1990s, 2D fighting game series King of Fighters has always been the (smaller), and some hardcore gamers say better, counterpart to Streetfighter. Streetfighter saw not one but two live-action movies based on the thin story lines of the games, and now someone in Hollywood decided it’s time for a King of Fighters movie . And does it surprise anybody the promo trailer that was just released looks horrendous?

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They made a King of Fighters live-action movie and the trailer looks terrible

It’s not that we want to rush Nintendo in the creation of their next opus, but it might have been nice to have it in 2010. Perhaps the biggest of the “big three” Nintendo franchise games in the works (along with Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M) is “tracking” for 2010 but Nintendo isn’t committed to the year .

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New Zelda for Wii probably not coming until 2011

Consider this a friendly reminder. Tonight at 9pm ET on CBS (in the U.S.; I’m sure there will be plenty of streams, though, which you can find on your own) two of the big stars from EA’s upcoming EA Sports MMA video game will hit each other very hard. Fedor Emelianenko , the big Russian guy who could well be the best MMA fighter of all time (or is that Sakuraba ?), will fight Brett Rogers, of whom I know nothing

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Don’t forget to see Fedor knock out Rogers, both of EA Sports MMA, tonight

The BlackBerry Storm 2 is no secret. We’ve known that a second generation touchscreen BlackBerry has been in the works for months. Actually it was probably RIM that “leaked” all the info in an effort to save face from the flop that is the original Storm

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Verizon’s CEO has been rocking the Storm 2 for weeks, demoing it to employees

The tiny Flip MinoHD camcorder now comes with double the storage – 8GB of memory good for two hours of recording time. Video is recorded at 720p (1280