Sony pulls ad campaign
Sony has apologized for an advertising campaign for its PlayStation game console which featured a young man wearing a crown of thorns with the slogan "Ten years of passion".
Some Catholics were outraged by the adverts, which ran in newspapers and magazines to celebrate the product’s tenth anniversary. "This time they’ve gone too far," said Antonio [...]
A Red-Letter Day for BlackBerry
The Patent Office has rejected — at least for now — claims at the center of a dispute that could shut down the mobile e-mail service
Research In Motion the Canadian manufacturer of the popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices, has scored an important victory in its long-running patent dispute with a Virginia holding company that has [...]
Industry Vets Launch New Independent Games Company
New independent games company that will offer original content via digital download
Fed up with the current business model that limits independent game developers today, industry veterans Greg Costikyan and Dr. Johnny Wilson today announced the formation of a new independent games company called Manifesto Games.
Costikyan and Wilson have been frustrated by the fact that [...]
Developers wary of PS3?
If a post on the video game blog, Joystiq, is to be believed, there may be some ominous signs for Sony and its forthcoming PlayStation 3 console.
According to the post, rumors are bouncing around Dutch, German and Japanese Web sites that some developers are worried that the PS3 isn’t right for them.
For months, [...]
Smart beer mat orders refills
A beer mat that knows when a glass is nearly empty and automatically asks for a refill has been created by thirsty researchers in Germany.
Andreas Butz at the University of Munich and Michael Schmitz from Saarland University came up with the idea while out drinking with their students.
The disc-shaped mat can be attached to [...]
Sony cracks down on PSP hacks
Sony is engaged in a tug-of-war with hackers who keep cracking its PlayStation Portable software to unlock the device and run their own applications on it.
The company is preparing another update to the PSP firmware to fix a recently disclosed bug that lets hackers downgrade the PSP system software and run their own, so-called [...]
Emmy for Sony PlayStation 3D work
Sony’s PlayStation console has won an Emmy from the US National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
The console was honoured with the Outstanding Achievement in Technology and Advanced New Media award for its early work on 3D polygon-based gaming.
"Emerging technologies in digital media play an important role in the way in which [...]
Legal action for 757 file sharers
Legal action has been taken against 757 people in the US accused of using file-sharing networks to illegally share music online.
It brings the total number of online copyright infringement cases brought by the US music industry to 14,800.
The Recording Industry Association of America trade group said about 64 of those charged in the latest [...]
Microsoft confirms next XP service pack
"There will be a Service Pack 3 for Windows XP," Bernard Ourghanlian, technical and security director at Microsoft France, confirmed, revealing that Microsoft’s OS is set for another major update.
Windows XP’s Service Pack 2, which which came out last September, deeply modified the operating system by updating its security.
Windows XP SP3 will be available [...]
Kodak Ships Computer-Free Wireless Camera
After a summer-long delay, Eastman Kodak has begun shipping the first digital camera with WiFi Latest News about WiFi wireless technology to e-mail photos directly to friends and family without a computer.
Users of the new EasyShare-One, priced at US$599, can send photos directly through a WiFi transmitter at home or work, or pay $4.99 per [...]
