Tag Archive | "Sony"

CES – is it a dying platform for technology companies?

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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CES, The International Consumer Electronics Show as it’s called, is one of the largest technology trade shows in the world. It’s held each and every January in Las Vegas. This year has been a shocking result so far. I was thinking earlier, what, over the last 3 years or more has come out of CES [...]

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Sony’s PlayStation Network Hacked Again

Thursday, May 19, 2011

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Sony recently put the PlayStation Network back online, but only 2 days later, the PlayStation Network has reportedly been hacked again. This hack involves changing of users’ passwords using only a PSN account email and date of birth. All information of which was obtained in the first hack. PSN login has been disabled on a number of Sony’s sites, and [...]

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Japan Won’t Let Sony Turn PlayStation Network Back On

Monday, May 16, 2011

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… yet. According to Dow Jones Newswires, Sony’s online gaming service has not yet been approved by Japanese government, thus not been given permission to turn on the switch. They have said that the company will not be allowed to restart its online game services in Japan, until it provides further information on what measures it has [...]

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Sony PlayStation Network Has Now Been Restored

Monday, May 16, 2011

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Over the last couple of weeks, Sony’s PlayStation Network has been featured in news articles around the web, conversing over the recent cyber-attacks aimed at Sony’s PSN. Sony has now restored its PlayStation Network, with North America already up and running, and the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Middle East to follow very soon. Also, the [...]

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Sony Goes After The Hackers With Reward

Saturday, May 7, 2011

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Sony is considering offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the attackers that potentially stole the details of as many as 100 million accounts and which caused two online gaming services to be taken offline. According to people who’re familiar with the incident. A reward has not yet been officially announced, however [...]

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Sony Set to Give ‘Welcome Back’ Gift(s), Thanks Hackers

Sunday, May 1, 2011

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Sony users: you’re about to have a big smile. Within a week, Sony are set to turn back on most features on PSN, not only will the service resume, but users will receive a ‘Welcome Back‘ gift. PlayStation Network (PSN) is set to come online this week after being hacked, 70 million accounts were affected, [...]

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Sony: 2 New Tablets, Running Android Honeycomb

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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Sony announced today; it’s launching two tablets, and both of them will run Android 3.0 - Honeycomb. S1 is the name of one tablet, featuring a 9.4-inch screen. The other is the S2; this has a slightly different dual-screen concept. The device’s two 5.5-inch screens can be used either separately or together. It is also possible to fold [...]

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Playstation Network Down for the Fifth Day

Sunday, April 24, 2011

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Sony’s Playstation Network service, akin to Xbox LIVE but for the PS3, has continued to see downtime over this easter weekend, now with the service being down for the fifth day and no expected or planned return. Sony has stressed that it is caused by an “external intrusion”, and that they are currently working with [...]

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