It's really not been a great week for Sony. The news that their PlayStation Network had been hacked was bad enough, but then the Japanese electronics giant was forced to tell its 70 million users that their personal data, and even their credit card details may have been stolen.
The PSN hacking saga just took a turn for the worse, with news that a database containing around 2.2 million sets of credit card details are currently up for sale to the highest bidder.
Things are going from bad to worse for Sony this week. Firstly their PlayStation Network was taken offline amid speculation of hacking, then today the company finally confirmed that their service was actually compromised as we all expected. But it's even worse than that.
A concerning updating coming out of Sony today regarding their PlayStation Network with two spokesmen confirming the company does not yet know whether users' personal details - including credit card numbers - were stolen as part of the 'external intrusion' that has caused the network to be done for nearly a week so far.
One of the most irritating things about Sony's PlayStation 3 is that despite the many hacks and custom firmwares available, the region-locked Blu-ray drive had yet to be opened up. Now though one forum-goer has managed to rectify that.
The bitter legal battle between Sony and George 'Geohot' Hotz has come to an end with the two apparently coming to an agreement out of court.
In an interview with Walt Mossberg, Sony CEO Howard Stringer said one of the company's Japanese factories had been affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the country. According to 9to5Mac, Stringer went on to say this factory was meant to be making camera sensors for Apple.
PS3 hacking is a big deal these days. Everyone at it. Well, maybe not everyone but it seems to be growing in popularity with each passing day and Sony has helped it grow by removing the Linux install option from its PS3 software. Now hackers are working on giving users the option of choosing what OS they wish to boot into when they switch their PS3s on - dual-booting to coin an old PC phrase.
Yet more drama and intrigue coming out of the Sony vs. George Hotz PS3 hacking case in the United States, with Neowin's Brad Sims bringing news that Hotz (Geohot to the jailbreaking community) has actually done a bunk - effectively fleeing Sony.
Xperia Arc is a great phone that comes with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). But since Sony Ericsson probably isn't one of the major players in the smartphone market, their marketing team came up with this weird, yet funny idea of promoting the phone with, well.. a dancing Android!
