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Japanese tech Sony unveils new technology to identify electrical devices with smart chips inside a plug and wall outlets (top R) to charge with a pay-for use system in Tokyo on February 14, 2012. Sony developed the new technololgy to charge individual electric devices based on the company's well known Felica smart chip technology.
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These recent attacks have been sophisticated. While the assailant was probably not Israeli, he did use Israeli computers. It's similar to what happened last year with Sony. There were some significant attacks on Sony, with a 'small squad' stealing information off the side
I am not sure they have spoken to Sony yet because they are the copyright-holders
He's very displeased with how Sony has handled him ... He wants to be more mainstream.More quotes »
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Kelly Pickler's '100 Proof'
first third of Kellie Pickler 's "100 Proof" ( Sony Nashville) is so far from the sassy/kooky persona she has crafted for herself that she's almost unrecognizable. "Where's Tammy Wynette ?" is equal parts forward-looking savvy and classic-country-loving retro. Read more »
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Sony, Samsung dissolve panel joint venture
which fell behind in flat panel TVs, invested in a Samsung panel factory to ensure a steady supply of panels for its LCD TVs.Sonys TV operation has lost money for seven straight years and the company is straining to return that key business to profit.The prices Read more »
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Sony's PlayStation Vita hits stores in Japan
may have missed some holiday shoppers. A successful debut would help the company offset the rest of its struggling business. Sony projects a loss of more than $1 billion for the fiscal year through March 2012, which would be its fourth straight annual loss.In Read more »
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Huge range of PlayStation 2 Classics storm European PlayStation store
huge range of PlayStation 2 Classics will be made available to download from the EU PlayStation Store today, Sony has revealed. 27 titles are initially on offer, including God Hand, Maximo and SSX On Tour. BioWare's Mass Effect 3 demo also releases today on 8:12 AM from Eurogamer Read more »
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PSP digital comic book service to fully close in September
Sony announced today that it plans to fully close its PSP comic download service later this year, and remove the comics option from the main PSP interface. The company stopped updating the service last year, although it is still possible to download comics 8:12 AM from Gamasutra Read more »
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Forget the Vita, I Want a Real PlayStation Tablet
controls–its buttons, thumb sticks and triggers–that a touchscreen tablet doesn’t have. But this is a solvable problem. Sony could offer attachable controls, resembling the winged controller wands on Razer’s Project Fiona, or it could support the PlayStation 8:04 AM from Time Magazine Read more »
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Updates to "Fallout 3" (Sony PlayStation 3): Credit
The Fallout series has a long and beloved history with gamers and the latest in the series makes excellent first or third-person use of that tradition. Set in a post-nuclear Apocalyptic dystopian future in which everything has a slightly 1950s feel due to 2/14/12 from Spong Read more »
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Updates to "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" (Sony PlayStation 3): Credit
Set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim promises to take role playing to a whole new level. The land of Skyrim has tumbled headlong into civil war after the assassination of the King. Add in the rising god-dragon Ald 2/14/12 from Spong Read more »
