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Sony's Thoughts On the MacBook Air

EL1TE — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:49:47 +0000

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During the Keynote, Jobs compared the Macbook Air to Sony's TZ ultraportable, implying it had a small keyboard and screen, was too thick, and was not that good. Here's what Sony thinks of the Apple... Read more...

Sony's 'Bio Battery' Generates Electricity from Sugar

Slimy — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:56:09 +0100

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Sony today announced the development of a bio battery that generates electricity from carbohydrates (sugar) utilizing enzymes as its catalyst, through the application of power generation principles found in living organisms. Test cells of this... Read more...

Horror at Sony's depraved promotion stunt with headless goat

MightyJordan — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:27:50 +0100

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Electronics giant Sony has sparked a major row over animal cruelty and the ethics of the computer industry by using a freshly slaughtered goat to promote a violent video game. The corpse of the decapitated... Read more...

Sony's Announces Tiny High-Def Camcorder

Slimy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:47:53 +0100

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Sony Corporation has announced its smallest high-definition camcorder to date: the HDR-CX7, weighing 450 grams and measuring 69 millimeters by 67mm by 129mm. The camera features a 3-megapixel image sensor, although the camera can also... Read more...

Sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 Fall Short in Japan

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:43:39 +0000

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The first results are out in the hotly contested market for video game consoles in Japan, and so far, the results do not look too promising for Sony and its much-promoted PlayStation 3. Enterbrain, a... Read more...

Sony's PS3 Has Some Backwards Compatibility Problems

DRG2003 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:09:01 +0000

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Sony said on Tuesday its new video game console, the PlayStation 3, does not run about 200 PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software titles properly, the latest problem the electronics maker has run into in its... Read more...

Sony's 20GB PS3 to feature HDMI port

mukati — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:55:10 +0100

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The port, which had been previously announced as standard on the stepped-up 60GB model, allows games to be played in full high-definition video and audio. The company said its decision was made in part... Read more...

Sony's UMD Failure?

Joe Cashman — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:02:24 +0100

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This week Target stores in the US announced that they will no longer be displaying UMD movies in their stores, Best Buy and Wal-Mart also have plans to scale down the floor space that UMDs... Read more...

Sony's DRM Rootkit Comes in Mac Flavor, Too

malebolgia — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:20:00 +0000

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Sony says it will discontinue distribution of its DRM software, which could pose a "rootkit" security threat to users. But does that include the OS X version? Sony is reportedly pulling its... Read more...

Sony's Rootkit Benefits WOW Hackers

dw2003 — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:09:20 +0000

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World of Warcraft hackers have confirmed that the hiding capabilities of Sony BMG's content protection software can make tools made for cheating in the online world impossible to detect. The software--deemed a "rootkit" by many... Read more...

Sony's Blu-Ray Gains Another Ally

Howard Thomson — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:09:59 +0100

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It has been reported today that Sony's next generation optical media, Blu-Ray, has gained another ally in the ever changing format battle. The newest supporter of Sony's format is Warner Bros, one of the largest... Read more...

Company Offers Workaround for Sony's CD Copy Protection

malebolgia — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:50:57 +0100

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A simple mechanical way for Windows users to defeat SunnComm's MediaMaxx copy protection scheme, used widely in audio CDs produced by Sony BMG, is being offered on request via e-mail by SunnComm itself, the company's... Read more...

Sony's Everquest Embraces Selling of Virtual Items

Callaway — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:59:59 +0100

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Starting in late June, SOE will begin offering a new service called Station Exchange. This secure service will allow EverQuest II players on specific servers to buy and sell the right to use items, coin... Read more...

iTunes meets Sony's PSP

malebolgia — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:19:05 +0100

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A small California software maker has developed a program designed to bring at least part of Apple Computer's iTunes experience to the new Sony PlayStation Portable. The software, the latest in Information... Read more...

Production of Sony's ill-fated PSX media centre halted

malebolgia — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:20:16 +0000

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Is this the end of Sony's convergence experiment - or will PS3 follow the same path? Sony Japan has stopped manufacturing both models of the PSX media centre cum game console, with... Read more...

Sony's Vaio X: Like TiVo on Steroids

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 18:32:26 +0100

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CHIBA, JAPAN -- Sony will begin selling in Japan in November a combination personal computer and video server that can record up to seven channels of television simultaneously, it said at the Ceatec 2004 exhibition... Read more...

Sony's Blu-Ray Discs to Have Half the Production Cost of DVD

malebolgia — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 15:33:55 +0100

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Sony announced yesterday that it has developed Blu-Ray (BD) disc production technology that will be enable the company to produce Blu-Ray discs at half the cost of DVDs. Instead of using glass plates for production... Read more...

Another delay for Sony's PSP?

malebolgia — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:28:30 +0100

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Sony, which has already delayed the U.S. launch of its PSP (PlayStation Portable) from the 2004 holiday season to the first quarter of 2005, might be forced to push back the handheld gaming system even... Read more...

Sony's PSP To Launch For $500?

malebolgia — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:55:34 +0100

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Some industry insiders are expecting Sony's PSP to cost $500. While others are expecting it to cost $299 to $349. Until Sony itself announces the price all we can do is guess based... Read more...

SCE's Kutaragi To Head Sony's Home Electronics and Semicondu

malebolgia — Fri, 21 May 2004 23:50:47 +0100

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At Sony's annual corporate strategy conference in Japan, SCE President Ken Kutaragi announced that he will head the company's home electronics and semiconductor divisions in addition to his position of heading the video games division,... Read more...