Entries in Sony (62)

Monday
May022011

Breaking News: Sony pulls gaming service after 24.6 million more user accounts are stolen

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sony has been forced to cut off its Sony Online Entertainment service after another 24.6 million user accounts have been compromised by hackers Sony said in a press release. This is the second such instance of customer data being accessed on Sony online gaming and entertainment services and brings the total number of compromised user accounts breached to 100 million, which is unprecedented.

The first attack which took place  April 20th, forcing Sony to pull the plug on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity streaming services after 77 million user accounts were exposed. These services have not gone back online.

The attack on Sony's online services, which have critical user information such as names, addresses and passwords has earned the ire of customers and observers who are aware that this information can be used by hackers to access other services, commit fraud and ultimately lead to identity theft. 12,700 non-U.S. credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes) were also taken.

Hit the jump is Sony's recent press release on the matter.

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Thursday
Dec092010

Holiday Buyer's Guide: 5 HDTV's

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Looking into a new HDTV to greet the New Year with, well the good news is that there are a lot of excellent choices right now. Ushering a new age in multifunctional HDTVs, manufacturers have been slinging new features and capabilities while bringing down prices to unprecedented lows. Competition is great right now and buyers have a lot of compelling choices for HDTVs this season. Here are our picks.

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Friday
Sep172010

Sony's PlayStation Move motion control system now available

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC  announced PlayStation®Move will be available exclusively for the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system at retail stores in North America on Sunday, September 19.

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Tuesday
Aug242010

Sony Canada unveils SLT-A55V and SLT-A33 interchangeable lens cameras

Sony Canada today introduced two new α cameras (models SLT-A55V and SLT-A33) that adopt Sony's newly-developed Translucent Mirror Technology, which achieves the highest-level of auto focus speed for both still image and movie shooting.

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