The WSJ is reporting this weekend that Chinese electronics giant Lenovo is creating a video game console, dubbed the eBox.

Lenovo has created a new subsidiary, the Beijing eedoo Technology company to build the console.

The eBox will have controller-free gaming, which will likely be similar to Microsoft's upcoming Kinect motion control system.

Adds Jack Luo, president of eedoo: "We are the world's second company to produce a controller-free game console, behind only Microsoft. We saw game consoles as an area with growth potential."

Luo then made some comments on the market the eBox will be aimed at: "Our product is designed for family entertainment. Ebox may not have exquisite game graphics, or extensive violence, but it can inspire family members to get off the couch and get some exercise."

There is certainly a large family market in China, which has also banned the import of game consoles.

Lenovo plans to release the console by the end of the year to the Chinese market.

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According to the site 148Apps.biz, Apple has hit 250,000 apps available in the App Store, hitting the milestone in just over 2 years.

Almost 51,000 publishers have released 252,000 apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, although only a tenth of those apps were made for the popular tablet.

Books accounted for the most amount of apps, at 17 percent, followed closely by games at 14 percent.

Entertainment was the third most popular category, at 11 percent, with education, lifestyle and travel all following at 6 percent, each.

Royal Pingdom posted that 70 percent of App Store apps are paid, whereas in the Android Market only 36 percent are paid.

The Android Market is on the verge of hitting 100,000 apps.

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The popular online and physical movie renting service Lovefilm has signed a UK distribution deal with MGM this week, making the studio's films available online and through Internet-enabled devices with the Lovefilm Player app.

Financials were not disclosed, but the deal will give Lovefilm subscribers access to 4100 MGM titles.

LoveFilm has 1.4 million European subscribers.

CEO Simon Calver says: "With the digital revolution underway, our opportunity for growth is huge and the addition of MGM titles is a substantial development in enhancing our digital catalog."

All MGM Classics are available now, and new releases will be available "on a transactional basis."

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The online Australian retailers Quantronics and Ozmodchips have been ordered by a Federal Court in Australia to halt all sales, imports and distribution of the PSJailbreak USB dongles.

PSJailBreak will allow owners of any version of PS3 to run backups of PS3 games as well as homebrew applications. The $170 mod is a piece of software stored in a USB drive. By inserting the thumb drive into your PS3 you'll be able to install and run the launcher application in seconds without permanently modifying the console or its software.

The PSJailBreak application also included a backup tool which allows users to backup their game discs to the PS3 hard drive. Movies whether DVD or Blu-ray, or previous generation PlayStation games aren't supported by the tool. The backup manager can also be downloaded for free.

So far, the companies have switched the status of the item to "no stock," not yet completely removing the listings.

Quantronics' site says: "Unless a continuation of orders or permanent injunction is granted to Sony Computer Entertainment, this product page will be returned and sales will resume on the 31st August 2010."

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