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Sony Updates PS Store, Adds PSP and PS3 Cross-Support for PSone Games

Remember that PSP and PS3 update we told you about earlier last month? The one that enabled you to share PlayStation One game saves between your PS3 and your PSP? Well, Sony’s finally gone and enabled it, you know, officially. https://gizmodo.com/psp-3-40-firmware-update-enables-playing-of-ps1-save-ga-253737 The handful of compatible titles are: “2Xtreme, Crash Bandicoot, Destruction Derby, Jet Moto, Jumping…

Tech News Jason Chen

The PlayStation Eye

If you’re at all curious about how the PlayStation Eye works, Penny Arcade’s got you covered. Har har. Now if you really want to know how it works, check out this interview with the creator to get an insight into their decision making and see what improvements they’ve made over the EyeToy. https://gizmodo.com/playstation-eyetoys-improvements-in-detail-256607 Penny Arcade

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Sony to Integrate P2P into PlayStation 3 via Home?

If you were at all interested in the Vudu box announcement—which promised an HD set-top box capable of streaming movies via P2P—this rumor may just give you a reason to get excited about the PS3 again. A source tells Sonyprotectiongroup that Sony’s planning on integrating a P2P file-sharing service transparently into PlayStation Home in order…

Movies Jason Chen

TVersity Now Available on PS3, Wii

For those unfamiliar with TVersity, it’s the app you run on your PC that lets you transcode just about any format into a format your Xbox 360 can understand. Essentially, this means you can watch DivX, XviD, and other media files on your consoles on the fly. Good news, because now it’s available for the…

Tech News Jason Chen

New Sony Vaio Laptops with Added Santa Rosa Goodness Leaked

Sony is going for a pretty significant update of its laptops this summer. Pictured above is the 15.4-inch Vaio FZ19, which will use Intel’s Santa Rosa chipset and integrated X3100 graphics card. There’s also the TZ, a retread of the current TX series, which will be an ultra-portable number with 11.1-inch screen, and a refresh…

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PlayStation EyeToy’s Improvements in Detail

If you’re at all interested in the PlayStation Eye, the EyeToy for the PS3 generation, take a gander at this interview with its father, Richard Marks. Along with releasing four—yes, four—albums since 2000, Richard’s added many new features to PlayStation’s camera. Among the issues seen as most important were light sensitivity, achieved by using a…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony Goes Nuts at European God of War II Release Party

Sony really knows how to party. It wasn’t enough to have topless ladies at the God of War II European unveiling, they had to go and decapitate a goat and put it on display. Not only that, they invited visitors to stick their hands down the neck, grab out some intestines (not the goat’s own,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Colorware Custom-Colors Consoles

If you still can’t bring yourself to buy an Xbox 360 Elite—even though its HDMI gives you the best output—take a look at Colorware. Yes, the same people who are coloring up Sidekick 3s, MacBooks, and MacBook Pros are helping you enhance your Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3s. https://gizmodo.com/fully-tested-the-xbox-360-elites-hdmi-video-is-the-bes-255722 Prices start at just $99 for…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony Number One in “True Brand Power”

Despite exploding batteries, no rumble in the PS3 (well, maybe), their commitment to $600 PS3s, and oh, meh PS3 sales, Sony somehow emerged as the most powerful brand in a study by AlixPartners, besting among others, Tylenol and Toyota. Better yet, AlixPartners claims to ascertain “true brand power, which the index measures via a sophisticated…

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Hands-On: Sony’s All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer

Back in January Sony gave us a look at their WA1 music streamer—a compact boombox that hooks up to your Wi-Fi network and lets you stream music from your PC. The player, which comes in white and black, also streams music from the Internet and can hook up to just about any audio equipment you…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Sony Ericsson K800i Cellphone Now Ferrari-ized

Has Ferrari no sense of decency? Now the esteemed Italian carmaker-cum-gadget ho has agreed to festoon its logo on yet another geegaw, this time the Sony Ericsson K800i cellphone. If you recall, the K800i has been available for over a year, and has a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera and Dual Mode GSM/GPRS/UMTS connectivity. There’s no word…

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Sony CyberShot DSC-S800 Goes Through Lens Puberty

Sony just raised the bar with its 8.1-megapixel compact point and shoot CyberShot DSC-S800 camera, offering a 6x optical zoom that retracts into the camera body just like those 3x optical zooms do. To do that, Sony has abandoned Carl Zeiss optics for a lens of its own making, accompanying that with anti-blur tech will…

Tech News Charlie White

MadCatz PS3 Wireless Thumbpad Makes Typing Less of a Chore

Everyone who’s had to enter in their name, email, and address when signing up for a PS3 account knows how baby-drowningly-awful their on-screen keyboard is. Now with this $29.99 wireless thumbpad, you can at least get some kind of stopgap measure that doesn’t require you to have a full-sized wireless keyboard in your living room…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony’s Blue Laser Diodes Down to $8 – PS3 and BD Player Price Cuts Soon?

Good news for Blu-ray fans. Sony’s just announced that they’re ramping up blue laser diode production yet again, which will lower the price to just around $8 each by June. What will this mean to you? Well, seeing as the diodes were the reason for the PS3 shortages this fall (and contributed to both the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony’s First Drag-and-Drop Walkman to Ditch SonicStage

They may be late to the game, but Sony is finally ditching SonicStage, its annoying (and required) software for transferring music. According to ATRAC Life, the new B100 will be Sony’s first drag-and-drop MP3 player supporting MP3s, non-DRM’d WMAs, and even AAC (the latter hasn’t been confirmed yet). And if that didn’t shock you enough,…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

PS3 Folding Update Coming Mañana, Adds More Speed

Just a quick note about the PlayStation 3 Folding @ Home app that’s been all the rage lately—you know, because there aren’t very many actual games to play on the system. Tomorrow Sony’s releasing an update that both increases folding performance (nice) and improves the user location display map so you can see where you…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony Pro-HG Duo Media is the New King of Memory Sticks

By going to an 8-bit parallel interface from a 4-bit parallel interface, these backwards compatible Memory Stick Pro-HGs give you twice as much transfer rate, which in turn gives you up to 30MB/s (or 240 Mbps). Why is this important? Because the newest top of the line camcorders will be using this soon to take…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony CineAlta 4K SRX-R220: Ultra-HD Cinema-in-a-Box System Could Probably Destroy Planets Too

Witness the obliterating power and sheer magnificence of the new Sony CineAlta 4K SRX-R220, the projector that can display 8.850.000 pixels of ultra high definition footage in movie theaters, crazy rich people’s home theaters and probably be integrated as deathly weaponry in any space battle station. https://gizmodo.com/dream-home-theater-takes-cues-from-skywalker-ranch-254443 This technological terror is the latest iteration of…

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Pelican’s PlayStation 3 Cooler

Despite the PS3 not having any heating problems (as far as we know), Pelican’s getting ready to release a cooler attachment for the PS3. The unit will slip on next to the disc drive, run on its own AC power and supposedly lower temperatures by up to 15 degrees. Luckily, the cooler’s design is just…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Listen up Sony: Open up the PS3 RSX Under Linux

Here’s the petition to open up the PSX’s RSX under Linux. This is why you should sign it: You see, when Sony announced that it was going to allow people to install Linux on their PS3s without going through backdoors, everyone rejoiced at all the possibilities of playing back DivX and using it as a…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony Updates PS Store, Adds PSP and PS3 Cross-Support for PSone Games

The PlayStation Eye

Sony to Integrate P2P into PlayStation 3 via Home?

TVersity Now Available on PS3, Wii

New Sony Vaio Laptops with Added Santa Rosa Goodness Leaked

PlayStation EyeToy’s Improvements in Detail

Sony Goes Nuts at European God of War II Release Party

Colorware Custom-Colors Consoles

Sony Number One in “True Brand Power”

Hands-On: Sony’s All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer

Sony Ericsson K800i Cellphone Now Ferrari-ized

Sony CyberShot DSC-S800 Goes Through Lens Puberty

MadCatz PS3 Wireless Thumbpad Makes Typing Less of a Chore

Sony’s Blue Laser Diodes Down to $8 – PS3 and BD Player Price Cuts Soon?

Sony’s First Drag-and-Drop Walkman to Ditch SonicStage

PS3 Folding Update Coming Mañana, Adds More Speed

Sony Pro-HG Duo Media is the New King of Memory Sticks

Sony CineAlta 4K SRX-R220: Ultra-HD Cinema-in-a-Box System Could Probably Destroy Planets Too

Pelican’s PlayStation 3 Cooler

Listen up Sony: Open up the PS3 RSX Under Linux

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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Sony

Sony Updates PS Store, Adds PSP and PS3 Cross-Support for PSone Games

The PlayStation Eye

Sony to Integrate P2P into PlayStation 3 via Home?

TVersity Now Available on PS3, Wii

New Sony Vaio Laptops with Added Santa Rosa Goodness Leaked

PlayStation EyeToy’s Improvements in Detail

Sony Goes Nuts at European God of War II Release Party

Colorware Custom-Colors Consoles

Sony Number One in “True Brand Power”

Hands-On: Sony’s All-in-One WA1 Audio Streamer

Sony Ericsson K800i Cellphone Now Ferrari-ized

Sony CyberShot DSC-S800 Goes Through Lens Puberty

MadCatz PS3 Wireless Thumbpad Makes Typing Less of a Chore

Sony’s Blue Laser Diodes Down to $8 – PS3 and BD Player Price Cuts Soon?

Sony’s First Drag-and-Drop Walkman to Ditch SonicStage

PS3 Folding Update Coming Mañana, Adds More Speed

Sony Pro-HG Duo Media is the New King of Memory Sticks

Sony CineAlta 4K SRX-R220: Ultra-HD Cinema-in-a-Box System Could Probably Destroy Planets Too

Pelican’s PlayStation 3 Cooler

Listen up Sony: Open up the PS3 RSX Under Linux

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!