All Posts Tagged With: "Sony"
PlayStation 3 Firmware 1.9 Released - Emoticons And Wallpapers
Sony has just released firmware 1.90 for the PlayStation 3 in Japan. It is expected to be available for download for American and Canadian PS3 owners within the next couple of days.
So what is new and fixed?
The firmware contains primarily minor fixes and cosmetic improvements, but emoticon and wallpaper-lovers rejoice! You can now personalise [...]
Sony Drops Playstation 3 Price By $100
Sony have finally admitted that they made a big mistake when setting the price of the Playstation 3 and have just dropped the price by $100 in the US to boost sales, as it is currently been out-sold by both the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. However, even a $100 price cut will mean [...]
10Jul2007 | Everton | 6 comments | ContinuedThe Departed First HD Title To Sell Over 100k Units
Fosfor Gadgets are reporting that the Oscar winning movie The Departed, was the first High Definition title to sell over 100,000 units.
I watched my first HD title last night, The Guardian, as my friend had a few titles. I was stunned by how amazing the picture was. I really think that HD [...]
Sony To Drop PS3 Price - Finally Admitting Too Expensive?
GigaOM reports that Sony have just unveiled a new 80GB PS3 model today which will be launched first in South Korea. After recently cancelling the 20GB model in America, introducing the 80GB model would provide a perfect excuse to drop the price of the $599 60GB.
When Sony first released the Sony PS3 pricing [...]
Joost’s Partnership Targets Leaked In PDF
CybernetNews have just written a great post on how Joost mistakenly leaked details of 61 publishers it wanted to signup for its Online Video service. The details came to light when Joost converted a powerpoint presentation to PDF, which accidentally revealed information hidden in the slides.
There are some impressive names in the list of [...]
SOCOM Confrontation Announced For PS3
Sony Playstation have announced that SOCOM Confrontation for the PS3 will be launched in November. The game will be online only allowing up to 32 people to play at the same time. Gamers will be able to form clans, and battle for world domination online.
18May2007 | Everton | 1 comment | ContinuedIf You’re Going To Sell Stolen Goods Online Use An Alias
A story has just hit the digg homepage telling the story of Philip who had his $2000 Sony HDV Camcorder stolen, and who suspected a ‘friend’ called Amanda.
Philip kept an eye out on the web for his HDV Camcorder, and lo and behold it appeared on swapace.com five days later, and the person selling the [...]
Sony RHT-G800: Space Saving 46″ TV
I think the Sony RHT-G800 is a great concept. Not only is the RHT-G800 a 46″ TV, but the cabinet has the the home cinema system built into it, which will free up space for other units.
The next problem I’d like my next unit to solve is finding a better way to manage my [...]
Join The Bloggers United Folding@Home Team
After posting earlier this week about an academic who had created his own supercomputer out of eight PS3s, I’ve just learnt that Sony from March 23rd all PS3s will be able to help the Folding@home program. I think this is a great move and I’m sure that this will add much needed processing power [...]
16Mar2007 | Everton | 6 comments | ContinuedWhy Do Bloggers Think That ‘Old Media’ Rules Don’t Apply To Them?
Two stories have spread like wildfire around the blogosphere over the last couple of days. The first one was Sony’s decision to remove Kotaku from its favoured sources because Kotaku leaked a rumour after Sony asked them not to, and the second accusing Wired of deliberately trying to make Digg look bad, because it [...]
2Mar2007 | Everton | 5 comments | Continued
