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Sony Wireless Chip Connections: No More Wires, No More Pins

Connecting devices can take hundreds of pins, which is a lot of real estate. That’s one reason why Sony’s new wireless chip technology is so exciting—a circuit board free of clutter could be here in just three years. Sony’s using millimeter wave technology in the 30 to 300GHz spectrum to to create a short-range link…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 7

Portable PS3 Slim…But Only In Japan

The PS3 Slim wasn’t much lighter than the previous model, but that hasn’t stopped crafty Japanese manufacturer Hori from cobbling together a portable PS3 Slim with a 720p LCD screen. It also plays Blu-rays, so if you look at it like a portable Blu-ray player as well, then it’s far cheaper than buying a new…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 6

Sony PS3 Firmware Update 3.21 Now Live and Forcing You To Rid Yourself of Linux

Switch on your PS3 and you’ll see Sony has pushed through the 3.21 firmware update a little early. Remember, this update removes the ability to run other operating systems, such as Linux. Not installing it will mean you can’t play games and Blu-rays demanding a system running 3.21, and you also won’t be able to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 1

PS3s Running Linux Could Be Saved If Hacker Geohot Finds The Cure

This Thursday PlayStation 3 owners who install a firmware update will find that the ability to run other operating systems—such as Linux—will be removed. Most people won’t even notice, but hacker Geohot is already working on a fix. https://kotaku.com/ps3-loses-linux-support-453109036 He was instrumental in jailbreaking the iPhone, and then moved on to creating magic for the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 30

Netflix Is a Sad Experience on Both the Wii and the PS3

This video shows the Wii streaming Netflix faster and prettier than the PS3, but it’s not much faster, and the Wii can’t support HD. Compared to Netflix on the Xbox 360, both implementations look downright pitiful. [SuperPowerBros via MaxConsole] https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-wii-netflix-watch-instantly-discs-arrive-tomor-5502038 UPDATE: From the case studies in the comments, it sounds like this guy has a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 29

This Week’s Gaming Stories You’d Better Not Miss

There are some things that occurred this week…notable things…notable things involving jet boats, bikini mini golf, lightsabers and sex game pranks. Hydro Thunder Returns With All-New Xbox Live Arcade Sequel I can’t wait to drive my jet boat through Chichen Itza. https://kotaku.com/hydro-thunder-returns-with-all-new-xbox-live-arcade-seq-5502892 The Time Is Right For A Lightsaber Video Game The time is also…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 26

PlayStation Move, Hypocrisy, and Tootsie Pops

Back in 2007, Sony CEO Jack Tretton was dismissive of what he thought was a childish new product: the Nintendo Wii. Thankfully, a wise, old owl is here to make Tretton eat—er, lick—his words. [Penny Arcade]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 24

Sony Responds! “We are never going to be as narrow as Apple”

After our We Miss Sony series ran, I got a call from Sony’s head of corporate communications. “You made my weekend very busy,” he said. To Sony’s credit, they got what we were trying to say. And they even agreed with many of our criticisms. But they wanted to speak to our readers, to talk…

Tech News Joel Johnson Mar 23

What It’s Like to PlayStation Move It

If Señor Chen’s impressions of PlayStation Move weren’t enough, I beat the crap out of this gladiator dude with my bare hands (holding the glowy stickballs) and in a new demo, stretched Kratos’s face like taffy. Mmm, taffy. [PlayStation Move@Giz] https://gizmodo.com/sony-motion-controller-is-called-playstation-move-laun-5490508

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 22

Sony Vaio E-Series Adds 14 and 17-Inch Blu-ray Sporting Models

A couple of extra sizes of the E-series Vaio range first announced in February have been shown off today: a more portable 14-incher and desktop-hog 17-incher. Both have Blu-ray drives and the 17-inch model has a Core i5 chip. https://gizmodo.com/sony-launches-vaio-e-series-today-core-i5-notebooks-i-5462253 Full specs are listed below, so you can see the 14-inch VPC-EA1Z1E model has a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 22

This Week’s Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss

I’m not gonna lie. The news on the upcoming Star Wars MMO isn’t very big, I just really wanted to use this picture for the lead. But don’t worry, lots of other good stuff inside this week’s gaming stories: Batman: Arkham Asylum Game Of The Year Edition Hops On 3D Bandwagon FREE GLASSES INCLUDED!! https://kotaku.com/batman-arkham-asylum-game-of-the-year-edition-hops-on-5495083…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 19

Sony Aibo’s Pre-Death CAT Scans and X-Rays Emerge

Four years after the Aibo puppy was discontinued, some CAT scans and X-rays have emerged showing two of the models’ inner parts. The CT scans don’t appear to show any abnormalities, but then I’m no doctor. Or roboticist. https://gizmodo.com/aibo-rolls-over-plays-dead-150850 The Mechatronics Lab at the Mie University in Japan subjected the ERS-110 and ERS-210 models under…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 19

Sony Gets Catty About the Competition in PlayStation Move Ad

We’re used to feeling oddly insulted by Sony ads, but for once it’s everyone else who might need a hug. Because in this PlayStation Move ad, the competition gets named, shamed, and leaves crying for mommy. [Ars Technica via Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/lets-make-believe-sony-ads-make-sense-5486339

Tech News Rosa Golijan Mar 17

A Google TV Set-Top Box is Coming

We knew vaguely that Google was looking toward the living room, but the NYTimes has the details on Google TV, an ambitious platform to deliver web content to Android-based set-top boxes and TVs through partnerships with Sony, Intel, and Logitech. https://gizmodo.com/googles-testing-a-tv-search-service-5488634 Google hopes that the new platform will succeed where dozens of lesser efforts have…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 17

81 Places I’d Love to See the PlayStation Move

Who knew that the PS Move would be so fun to stick into out-of-context situations? Because man, the results of this week’s Photoshop Contest are some of the best ever. First Place—Patrick Barlow Second Place—Kevin Bannon Third Place—Kirk Dunne

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 16

Screw Avatar, 3D Gaming is What Will Get You to Buy a New TV

I’ve been skeptical of the big push for 3D in TVs and movies. But I just played the first 45 minutes or so of Metro 2033 on a top-of-the-line 3D-enabled gaming rig and, well, wow. https://kotaku.com/metro-2033-screens-depict-a-really-dark-future-5448224/ Playing games in 3D right now requires a lot of work on your part, or at least a lot…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 15

This Week’s Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss

We’ve all heard about the PlayStation Move by now, but a lot of other neat stuff happened this week in video games, including God of War III’s release, Civ 5 details and…a Battlestar Galactica MMO?? Frankenreview: God Of War III The game cost over $40 million to produce. It’d better be good. https://kotaku.com/frankenreview-god-of-war-iii-5490011 Battlestar Galactica…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 12

PlayStation Move Requires a Scant 1-2MB of RAM

Sony’s XMB may be a bit of a RAM hog, and Microsoft’s Project Natal will require about 15% of the Xbox 360’s resources. But the new PlayStation Move controller? Its footprint looks light. https://gizmodo.com/every-playstation-3-now-has-70mb-more-ram-during-gamepl-5479083 While Sony has not come forward with complete CPU footprint information, they’ve stated that PlayStation Move requires an “insignificant” 1-2MB of…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 12

Insert the PlayStation Move Wand Into the Situations It’ll Let You Simulate

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want you to take Sony’s new PlayStation Move and put it in some real contexts. It’s supposed to let you pretend to play with guns, swords and other objects, right? Let’s see it. Send your best entries to me at [email protected] with PS Move in the subject line. Save…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 12

Sony’s Ultra Compact DSLR Camera Concept May Have Powerful Touchscreen Menus

Sony’s been pretty tight-lipped about its ultra compact DSLR camera concept, but someone did share screenshots of what appears to be a rather nice menu system designed for a touchscreen. It looks like it’ll gives almost complete control to fingers. Based on those screenshots, it looks like you can control just about everything—from depth of…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Mar 11

Sony Wireless Chip Connections: No More Wires, No More Pins

Portable PS3 Slim…But Only In Japan

Sony PS3 Firmware Update 3.21 Now Live and Forcing You To Rid Yourself of Linux

PS3s Running Linux Could Be Saved If Hacker Geohot Finds The Cure

Netflix Is a Sad Experience on Both the Wii and the PS3

This Week’s Gaming Stories You’d Better Not Miss

PlayStation Move, Hypocrisy, and Tootsie Pops

Sony Responds! “We are never going to be as narrow as Apple”

What It’s Like to PlayStation Move It

Sony Vaio E-Series Adds 14 and 17-Inch Blu-ray Sporting Models

This Week’s Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss

Sony Aibo’s Pre-Death CAT Scans and X-Rays Emerge

Sony Gets Catty About the Competition in PlayStation Move Ad

A Google TV Set-Top Box is Coming

81 Places I’d Love to See the PlayStation Move

Screw Avatar, 3D Gaming is What Will Get You to Buy a New TV

This Week’s Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss

PlayStation Move Requires a Scant 1-2MB of RAM

Insert the PlayStation Move Wand Into the Situations It’ll Let You Simulate

Sony’s Ultra Compact DSLR Camera Concept May Have Powerful Touchscreen Menus

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

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