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!
When George 'Geohot' Hotz first starting jailbreaking the Sony PlayStation 3, we're sure the hacker didn't expect the circus that now surrounds both him and the civil lawsuit brought by Sony.
The Sony vs. Geohot trial rumbles on, after being granted access to Geohot’s hard drives, and the IP addresses of users who have been to his sites, the PlayStation 3 manufacturer has now sought (and received permission) to drag everyone else into the argument by requesting hacker George 'Geohot' Hotz's PayPal records stretching back fully 2 years.
Want to have access to the PlayStation Network but don't want to update your PS3 firmware to the latest 3.60? Perhaps you're jailbroken and don't want to lose it? Rebug Team has just released a new version that will spoof 3.60 - meaning you're good to go.
Sony has just pushed a new update for PlayStation 3 users, bumping the version number up to v3.60. This new version adds the ability to boot saved games into the cloud for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Also added is the ability to change the wait time for the system before it senses the inactivity and shuts down DualShock 3 and Sixaxis controllers.
In news that could have far-reaching consequences, a Judge has granted Sony's request for information that could identify anyone that has visited the web sites belonging to hacker George 'Geohot' Hotz.
The current Sony vs. George (Geohot) Hotz saga is really turning into a soap-opera, and now according to PSX-Scene, it shows no sign of letting up. The latest drama revolves around computer hard drives a judge made Hotz hand over to investigators - it now appears the company charged with handling the data want to take clone images of both seized drives.
