Sony appears ready to concede defeat in its effort to put its stamp on the digital future. CEO Kazuo Hirai broadly hinted that the company may sell off its struggling smartphone and smart TV operations as it focuses on more profitable—but generally much less exciting—parts of its business, Reuters reports."The strategy...
Today, Sony announced that the developer edition of its augmented reality headset, the SmartEyeglass, is available for pre-order ahead of a planned March release in 10 countries. Although it bears some similarities to an earlier ill-fated wearable, the SmartEyeglass is no Google Glass.It's much, much worse.See also: Google Glass Moves...
You wouldn't think that Sony and Samsung would be natural business partners, but it has just been announced that the PlayStation's game-streaming service will come pre-loaded into Samsung Tizen Smart TVs (and others) next year. The new feature will be called "Playstation Now", which is already available on the...
This holiday season, would-be freedom fighters in limited markets will have the opportunity to stick it to some vague concept of "The Man." In a move that isn't so much as a Christmas miracle as an excellent opportunity to take advantage of the publicity generated by comedy that received lukewarm reviews...
Sony Pictures Entertainment has started issuing legal threats to Twitter and its users in its latest attempt to stem the spread of its internal documents following its epic hack by a group of hackers possibly linked to North Korea. According to Motherboard, Sony has sent a letter to Twitter saying that...
Snapchat launched as an ephemeral photo-sharing app, but business correspondence brought to light by the recent Sony hack reveal the company has no plans of disappearing anytime soon. Along with information supporting reports that Snapchat did, indeed, turn down a $3 billion (or more!) acquisition offer from Facebook are a plethora...
Just as Sony Pictures canned the premiere of The Interview, the film that triggered its now-infamous cyber attack, U.S. intelligence sources told The New York Times Wednesday that North Korea was indeed “centrally involved” in the hack. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un previously denied responsibility, but unnamed “senior administration officials” now...
Can't get enough of those irascible Sony execs email-dishing on Leonardo DiCaprio's "actually despicable" behavior and Michael Fassbender's exceptionally large penis? According to Guardians of Peace, the outfit claiming responsibility for the mammoth leak of such sensitive Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) documents, there's plenty more where those came from. But if the media keeps...
Sony is hacking back. See also: Latest Message From Sony Attackers Puts Suspicion On North KoreaWeeks after the company got its files compromised and four unreleased films leaked to the public, Sony is taking technological countermeasures to make those files difficult to access. The entertainment company is retaliating against locations...
North Korea has denied involvement in a recent Sony Pictures Entertainment malware attack, but this has done little to remove the state from suspicion.See also: North Korea Praises But Won't Take Credit For Sony HackThe latest turn of events comes from a post on GitHub from “Guardians of Peace,” the mysterious...
Following a major malware attack on Sony Entertainment Pictures, some security experts suspected North Korean involvement. Now the state has officially denied any involvement, although it said its supporters might have conducted the attack on their own.See also: FBI Warns Of Malicious Software Following Sony AttackOn Sunday, the North Korean government...
In the wake of a malware attack on Sony Entertainment Pictures, which saw the leak of four unreleased films, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning United States businesses to brace themselves for the worst.See also: Sophisticated Malware Regin Linked To NSA, British IntelligenceReuters reports that a five-page confidential “flash”...
Having appeased its core crowd of PlayStation gamers (so far, anyway), Sony is looking to cram everyone else into the proverbial living room—all while doling out more goodies to its devotees. At this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the company revealed plans to release a new version of its PlayStation “micro-console”...
We were envious when Sony launched its vision of a mini-PlayStation (called the PlayStation Vita TV) in Japan last year. That curious, promising device has since evolved into the PlayStation TV, a $99 deck of cards-sized gaming console set to launch in North America later this year.The teensy PS TV is...
Why, yes, Sony's new virtual reality headset does bear a striking resemblance to the Oculus Rift, that scrappy upstart turned king of the virtual reality hill you've been hearing so much about.After its fast ascension powered by a healthy run on Kickstarter, the Rift is currently synonymous with virtual reality...
Oculus Rift isn't out yet, but Sony has its own ideas for enhancing the gaming experience with virtual reality.At this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony's gaming subsidiary on Tuesday evening unveiled a virtual reality prototype that works with the company’s new PlayStation 4 console, called “Project Morpheus.” The VR device...
Valve is taking the Windows approach to gaming in 2014. Rather than build one gaming console for all, the company is partnering with more than a dozen hardware manufacturers who will adopt its new Linux-based SteamOS and support the company’s unique Steam Controller. And now we can finally see what they look...
In many ways, Sony is more of a lifestyle brand than a tech brand. It creates products that allow people to have fun—from its flagship PlayStation 4 to televisions and audio gear to cameras and mobile devices. Yet it's never managed to forge its diverse product lineup into an ecosystem...
The Playstation 4, Sony’s cutting edge slab of next-gen gaming, splashed onto the scene Friday, delighting the early adopter set and leaving the rest of us with a tough call to make.I love a hardware launch as much as the next rabid early adopter, but when it comes to an...
Sony, readying to dish out its first new major gaming console in eight years, just announced a doozy of a device: the PlayStation Vita TV. Don't let its uninspired name and small stature fool you—the PS-branded gizmo could make big waves.The PS Vita TV Chats Up Your Living RoomThe teensy...
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