Some sites that I check on a regular basis:

• Eurogamer
  • trustworthy daily games news, reviews and previews

• Kotaku
  • general games news blog

• Destructoid
  • more games news and snippets

• The Register
  • comprehensive IT news site

• Gamedev
  • interesting articles and discussion about all avenues of game development

• Gamasutra
  • contains a superb selection of game development articles

• UK Resistance
  • acerbic and amusing games industry rambling

• OverclockersUK
  • for when you have cash to waste on PC components

• Cuteoverload
  • for your daily intake of cute baby animals

• IStockPhoto
  • cheap, high quality stock photography