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The Last-Minute HD Super Bowl Party Guide

Sure, you can be a regular Joe and set up a couch and chairs around a crappy projection TV with a tiny grill on the deck, but who wants to look like a loser? If you really want to impress your friends and family, simply follow some steps and become the Unofficial Lord of the…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Jan 31

Sony To Pay You $150 For CD Rootkit Scandal

Remember that Sony Rootkit DRM Scandal a little while back? The one that boned your computer with a rootkit when you put in a CD with Sony’s DRM on it? Well, Sony’s just agreed to pay out $150 to customers to “repair damage done” when they tried to remove the rootkit. https://gizmodo.com/sony-rootkit-worst-drm-ever-134717 Also, they need…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 30

How To Optimize PDFs For Sony’s Reader

Folks who actually paid close to half a grand for the Sony Reader probably won’t mind too much about having to buy eBooks to read on it. But it’s not like they enjoy spending more money. For those people, Make’s got a guide to optimizing PDFs for Sony Reader’s format. https://gizmodo.com/sony-reader-gizmodos-hands-all-over-203185 Using this, you can…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 30

PS3 Racing Wheels Do Support Force Feedback – Yay?

The PS3 supports force feedback steering wheels, contrary to what we said a few weeks ago. Some dude played Need for Speed: Carbon and—get this—the wheel vibrated! Thank God we cleared that up. https://gizmodo.com/even-ps3-racing-wheels-dont-have-force-feedback-226469 PS3 Steering Wheel Force Feedback Works! [PS3Blog.net]

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jan 30

PS3 Greymarket Watch: The Death of the Greymarket

Well, it’s official. Scalpers are dumping PS3s back into stores, and the ones who can’t just want to get rid of them. If you search Craigslist you’ll find PS3s at discounted prices. https://gizmodo.com/ps3-greymarket-watch-scalpers-dumping-ps3s-back-to-sto-224557 Because nobody wants these things, sellers like this one are offering it for less than the actual price. If you count tax,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 30

Sneak Peek at CBS’ High-Def Super Bowl Gear

We know you’ll be watching the Super Bowl in HD come February 4th, but ever wonder what it takes to bring you this colossal event in glorious high-def? Well, the folks at CBS wanna tell you as they’ve hired over 500 staffers, 47 HD cameras, and even went through the trouble of replacing the lights…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Jan 29

Rumor Smashed: Sony Did Not Raise PS3 Prices

Best Buy and Future Shop may have jacked up the price of a PS3 on our northern neighbors from C$659.99 to C$699.99, but it wasn’t an ill-advised cash grab on Sony’s part. An SCEC representative confirmed that Sony didn’t nudge the price skywards; individual retailers made the choice to do so. I never thought I’d…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 27

About That PS3 Price Change… I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

Well, we’ve all been clamoring for Sony to adjust the ridiculous price of their Playstation 3, and they’ve finally gone ahead changed it for us. Oh, just a couple of notes before you get excited: the price change is only effective in Canada, and it’s a $50 increase. Yeah, you Canucks were getting off easy…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 26

Low End Theory: Tightwads Need Tranquility, Too

By Brendan I. Koerner I’m in the middle of writing a book, an activity that requires a near ungodly level of concentration. Just my luck, then, that I live in a rollicking neighborhood where the day is routinely punctuated by sirens, barking pit bulls, and men accusing one another of welshing on debts. You try…

Tech News Brendan I. Koerner Jan 25

PS3 European Launch Details Revealed

The European PS3 launch details have finally been unveiled, with Sony deigning to let those of you across the pond know when you can sit in line all night in order to give them lots and lots of money. The date is March 23rd and the price, in the U.K. at least, is a whopping…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 25

PS3 Update Fixes PS1 and PS2 Compatibility Issues

Sony greeted its PS3 fans with a shiny new update this morning. Version 1.50 fixes backward compatibility issues with PS1 and PS2 games. Specifically, it’ll allow them to run in progressive scan mode. Other than that, it’s hard to tell what else has been fixed since there’s no update log. Anyone notice any changes after…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Jan 24

Slate on Tech Adwatch: New Bravia Ad Graded “WTF”

Sony’s last major Bravia ad was great: it was engaging and memorable, even if it really said nothing at all about Bravia TVs. Its new spot, while actually sporting a Bravia set (in front of a Sony Style store no less), still offers nil about the product itself. But, as Slate’s ad critic extraordinaire, Seth…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 23

Sony Stomps Out Hopes for a PS3 Price Cut

If you’ve been waiting for a PS3 price cut before diving into some next gen gaming, Sony has news for you. It ain’t gonna happen. In an interview with Game Informer, Sony honcho Jack Tretton says that the R&D invested in the PS3 won’t allow them to lower the price. “There’s a heck of a…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Jan 23

The Century PS3 Hard Drive: 750GB RAID Setup

Should you max out the 20GB or 60GB of your PS3 you might want to make plans to visit the Akihabara district of Tokyo. There you’ll find the Century external hard drive, complete with 750GB of storage space for your overpriced video game console. (Or you could just swap in a regular 160GB hard drive,…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jan 22

Blu-ray Porn Update: Not Getting It On

Even though the BDA association (that’s Blu-ray) isn’t technically against porn, they sure are making it hard for any porn to get produced on Blu-ray. Sony’s just announced that it won’t allow its subsidiary, Sony DADC Global, from producing any adult film titles. Seeing as Sony DADC is pretty much the largest Blu-ray disc producer,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 19

A Perfect Evening: 200 Inches, a PS3 and Thee

Those Japanese gadget critics must have it pretty cushy out there, if Yoshio Ohara’s colossal PS3 setup is any indication. Not only does he get to play his PS3 games on a 200-inch screen, but he also gets to splurge on a $1,200 HDMI cable. Let’s hope the high price on that cable is some…

Tech News Louis Ramirez and Charlie White Jan 19

Gates: Sony Didn’t Know What They Were Doing

When Mercury news reporter Dean Takahashi spoke with Bill Gates at CES, the wide-ranging conversation turned to gaming, and Bill had a few harsh words for Sony and its cluelessness. When asked if any of Sony’s next-generation PS3 games would look better than the Xbox 360’s Halo 3, Gates replied: “No. They were going to…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 19

Zune 58% Welcomes You to the Social

Microsoft Zune propaganda welcomes you to the social, but that’s only about a 58% welcome, because sites around the blogosphere are noticing that around 42% of the songs they’re trying to share Zune-to-Zune are on the “Zune sharing prohibited” list. Even that three days/3 plays DRM slapped on every shared song is not enough for…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 19

Rumormill: PSP2, Codename Cobalt, Pictures, Details Leaked

This brick-looking device is supposedly the PSP2. I honestly think it is just another mock-up produced by some bored graphic designer out there. This mock-up comes with some information: apparently the PSP2 is codenamed Cobalt (yes, like a less-than-stellar Chevy vehicle) and has a fairly decent spec list. • All Metal & Ruggedized Rubber Build…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 18

Sony Bumps Megapixel Count on Entry Level Cams

We had already met two of Sony’s new quadruplets, but today we were officially introduced to the other half of Sony’s camera foursome. Like their less expensive brothers, the $200 W55 and the $180 W35 both feature 7.2-megapixel imagers along with 3x optical zooms and built-in image stabilization. Feature-wise, they’re no different than other entry…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Jan 17

The Last-Minute HD Super Bowl Party Guide

Sony To Pay You $150 For CD Rootkit Scandal

How To Optimize PDFs For Sony’s Reader

PS3 Racing Wheels Do Support Force Feedback – Yay?

PS3 Greymarket Watch: The Death of the Greymarket

Sneak Peek at CBS’ High-Def Super Bowl Gear

Rumor Smashed: Sony Did Not Raise PS3 Prices

About That PS3 Price Change… I’ve Got Good News and Bad News

Low End Theory: Tightwads Need Tranquility, Too

PS3 European Launch Details Revealed

PS3 Update Fixes PS1 and PS2 Compatibility Issues

Slate on Tech Adwatch: New Bravia Ad Graded “WTF”

Sony Stomps Out Hopes for a PS3 Price Cut

The Century PS3 Hard Drive: 750GB RAID Setup

Blu-ray Porn Update: Not Getting It On

A Perfect Evening: 200 Inches, a PS3 and Thee

Gates: Sony Didn’t Know What They Were Doing

Zune 58% Welcomes You to the Social

Rumormill: PSP2, Codename Cobalt, Pictures, Details Leaked

Sony Bumps Megapixel Count on Entry Level Cams

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