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This Breakdancing Android Will Fill You with Wonder and Horrible Nightmares

How do you sell Sony products? You can either have the ultracute Kristen Schaal shill as a psychotic gamer, or you can put some poor, poor sap in an Android costume and force him to frantically breakdance. Shudder. [via Fark] https://gizmodo.com/new-xperia-play-commercials-have-enslaved-my-soul-5784428

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 22

Report: It’s Good to Be an eBook

According to the Association of American Publishers, eBook sales are doing quite well, to the tune of an 115% increase in sales this past January, compared to one year ago. Sales were $69.9 million for the month. Reading! [BGR]

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 19

Gaming Giants Giving Millions For Earthquake Relief

Countless lives were destroyed late last Friday after an earthquake and tsunami ravaged the country. The clean up process is underway, and the biggest names in gaming are doing what they can.… [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku Mar 14

PlayStation Suite to Be Available On Tegra-Based Android Devices

Sony will be bringing their PlayStation Suite to Tegra-based Android devices in the future, and will even be certifying hardware manufacturers for support and to deliver a “PlayStation quality experience.” Now you won’t need a Sony Ericsson phone to enjoy PlayStation games. [AndroidAndMe via Engadget via BGR]

Tech News Husain Sumra Mar 11

The Future of Sony Is PlayStation

A big hint as to how Sony sees the future of the company: It’s combining the PlayStation business with all of its consumers electronics businesses—TVs and whatnot—and handing the whole hot mess to Kaz Hirai, who you probably know from running PlayStation. Which lines him up as Sir Howard Stringer’s successor to the CEO slot.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 10

Sony Camera With Inbuilt 3G Coming?

Pretty soon, we’ll find ourselves paying for 14 different 3G data contracts across all our various gadgets and appliances. Before that happens though, we might see a Sony CyberShot camera with inbuilt 3G that allows for limited free uploads, according to gdgt’s sources. Supposedly users would be able to spring for more data if needed.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 10

Back Up Your PlayStation 3 Save Games Online

PlayStation Plus subscribers will get 150MB of online storage space to back up their PS3 saves, meaning if you upgrade to another console (or go to a friend’s house), you can still have access to your Killzone 3 progress. What’s even better is that it supports “copy-prohibited” save data, the ones where you can’t just…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 9

Buy a Playstation 3, Get $50 From Amazon

If you buy a Playstation 3 between now and Saturday (March 12), Amazon will give you a $50 gift certificate, which you’ll probably put to use on a new game. [Amazon]

Commerce Adrian Covert Mar 8

Just Kidding, Guys! Sony Bumps PSP Go Back Up to $200

Price cuts are pretty mundane in the gadget world, but a price jump? Strange—especially since Sony took the PSP Go down to $150 only a week ago. Looks like they changed their minds, for whatever reason. Bummer. [PSP via SlashGear]

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 7

Judge: Give Sony the IP Addresses of Anyone Who Visited Hacker Geohot’s Website

I’ve got bad news for those who have checked out the website of my favorite hacker-turned-rapper, George “Geohot” Hotz, at any point between January 2009 and now: Sony has been granted the right to acquire your IP addresses. Bluehost, the company who maintains Hotz’s website, doesn’t have much choice in the whole matter, of course:…

Privacy & Security Rosa Golijan Mar 5

Sony’s NGP is Four Times More Powerful as the First iPad

Just in case you were still wondering (hoping?) that Sony’s latest handheld would be as powerful as their full gaming console, the PS3, Sony slapped sense into everyone by saying it would “probably set fire to your pants,” if true. That hasn’t stopped Epic from saying it’s still four times as powerful as the first…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 3

Sony Wants Translucent Mirrors in All Their DSLRs

After releasing DSLR cameras such as the a33 and a55, which feature a translucent mirror inside, Sony said they plan to put the same tech all of their interchangable-lens cameras…eventually. The translucent mirror technology helps to increase shutter speed. [Photo Rumors via PetaPixel]

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 25

PS3 Hacker Says Death Is the Only Way Sony Will Stop Him

So he may not have the uh, showmanship, of fellow PS3 hacker (and future 106 & Park guest) geohot, but graf_chokolo is determined as hell to keep shoving Linux into Sony’s box. After being sued for a million euros. https://kotaku.com/ps3-hacker-tells-sony-how-he-really-feels-5759585 The only way Sony’s taking away that controller from graf_chokolo? Out of his cold, dead…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 25

Watch the Discovery’s Final Voyage From the Comfort of Your PlayStation Home

At 4:50pm EST today, PlayStation Home users can tune in to watch NASA’s Discovery’s final blast-off from the Kennedy Space Center to the ISS, which will actually be Home’s first-ever live-stream of an event. There’s just one catch—it can only be watched from within the LOOT Sunset Yacht, which costs a pretty penny. If that…

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford Feb 24

Man Deep Fries PSP, Tries To Eat It

The folks in this ten minute video decide to cover a PSP in batter and then deep fry it. At about a minute in, they cover it in batter. At about 2 minutes in, they toss the battered PSP in [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku Feb 21

Britney Spears Surfs PlentyOfFish Dating Site in Her Latest Music Video

Some critics are calling Britney Spears‘ latest single Hold It Against Me “genuine art.” Others, “a total visual assault.” All I know is that the song is the pits, and that she’s accepted a lot of product placement moolah from companies including Sony and the PlentyOfFish dating site. Yep, the very same site that Lady…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 18

Rest Assured, Shakira Fans, Sony Isn’t Pulling its Wares From iTunes

Sony Music Entertainment isn’t pulling out of iTunes, according to their COO Shawn Layden. Ad Age reported the other day that Sony was pulling out in retaliation for Apple blocking Sony’s Reader app from the App Store, but au contraire claims Layden: https://gizmodo.com/if-sony-abandons-itunes-will-others-follow-5758171 “Sony Music as I understand it has no intention of withdrawing from…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 17

Sony Sends Your PlayStation 3 Credit Card Info Unencrypted?

A hacker claims he’s infiltrated the PlayStation Network—their version of Xbox Live—and discovered that Sony not only collects a lot of data on everything that your PlayStation 3 is plugged into, they also do a terrible job with your credit card information. This is a short example of the unencrypted info that gets sent to…

Privacy & Security Jason Chen Feb 17

Sony’s Streaming Music Service Misses the Service Part

Sony’s mumble-mouthed “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity” has arrived in the US today, streaming all the music you can handle, whenever you want, wherever you want—as long as you don’t want it on your smartphone. That seems poorly thought out! The service costs $10/month, comparable to what you might expect to pay with Rhapsody, Rdio…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 17

Report: That Sony S1 Tablet Is Actually the PlayStation Tablet

Sony’s rumored S1 tablet apparently isn’t just some design curio; according to an Engadget update, it’s also PlayStation Certified—meaning that this is a full-on PS tablet. And maybe the first great dedicated gaming slate? [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/this-rumored-sony-tablet-is-a-crazy-curvy-trip-5761948

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 16

This Breakdancing Android Will Fill You with Wonder and Horrible Nightmares

Report: It’s Good to Be an eBook

Gaming Giants Giving Millions For Earthquake Relief

PlayStation Suite to Be Available On Tegra-Based Android Devices

The Future of Sony Is PlayStation

Sony Camera With Inbuilt 3G Coming?

Back Up Your PlayStation 3 Save Games Online

Buy a Playstation 3, Get $50 From Amazon

Just Kidding, Guys! Sony Bumps PSP Go Back Up to $200

Judge: Give Sony the IP Addresses of Anyone Who Visited Hacker Geohot’s Website

Sony’s NGP is Four Times More Powerful as the First iPad

Sony Wants Translucent Mirrors in All Their DSLRs

PS3 Hacker Says Death Is the Only Way Sony Will Stop Him

Watch the Discovery’s Final Voyage From the Comfort of Your PlayStation Home

Man Deep Fries PSP, Tries To Eat It

Britney Spears Surfs PlentyOfFish Dating Site in Her Latest Music Video

Rest Assured, Shakira Fans, Sony Isn’t Pulling its Wares From iTunes

Sony Sends Your PlayStation 3 Credit Card Info Unencrypted?

Sony’s Streaming Music Service Misses the Service Part

Report: That Sony S1 Tablet Is Actually the PlayStation Tablet

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