Sony Pictures Will Release 50GB Blu-ray Disk First
Sony Pictures announced they will be the first studio to officially release a movie on the dual-layer Blu-ray disk (50GB).
Expect to see their first movie, Click, released by October 10th from Sony and then they will be releasing Black Hawk Down by November 14th. Soon after, for December 12th, Sony will release [...]
Sony uses DMCA against Divineo
Once again the DMCA (Digital Media Copyright Act) is being used to thrash our rights. Sony has come forward and pressed a $9 million lawsuit against Divineo, a seller of mod-chips, for selling the chips coupled with HDLoader. HDLoader gives one the ability to rip games on a PS2 and store them to [...]
Sony cuts price of PlayStation 3 to $410
Sony Corp said Friday it will slash the price of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console in Japan by 20 percent, heating up the competition in the next-generation gaming war against rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
The announcement comes just days after Microsoft Corp. announced that it would roll out an external high definition DVD player [...]
Sony’s ill-fated CD copy protection still causing problems (disables CD-ROM drives)
The much-maligned copy protection program that Sony BMG Music Entertainment put on CDs last year is still posing a threat to computer users running certain versions of AOL or PestPatrol anti-spyware software.
The glitch may cause a computer’s CD-ROM drive to be disabled, according to the Texas attorney general’s office, which said Wednesday that the problem [...]
Sony Reintroduces TV ‘Place-Shifting’ Products
Company’s New LocationFree Devices Compete With Buzzworthy SlingBox in Emerging Market. When it comes to watching television, TiVo revolutionized the “when,” allowing viewers to easily record a program and watch it later. Now, Sony Corp. is trying to get out front in a battle for the “where” of TV viewing.
It’s been two years since Sony [...]
Sony Settles Canadian Class Actions over Rootkit
Jeremy deBeer reports that Sony BMG Canada has settled several Canadian class action lawsuits over the inclusion of the rootkit in dozens of CDs. The settlement, which must still be approved by a Canadian court, features similar terms to those found in the U.S., including the right to cash compensation or music downloads. [...]
Sony Ericsson to further develop music service
Sony Ericsson, the world’s fourth-largest mobile phone maker, plans further to develop its PlayNow service, currently used for downloading ring tones, a spokesman for the Japanese-Swedish group said on Wednesday.
The spokesman, however, could not discuss the nature of the development or when it would happen.
“We are developing the PlayNow service further. It is part of [...]
Sony to Buy Video Sharing Website
Sony Pictures Entertainment today is expected to join Hollywood’s new-media mash-up by buying online video service Grouper Networks Inc.
With its $65-million acquisition of Grouper, the movie and television unit of Sony Corp. becomes the latest traditional media company to vie for a growing — and potentially lucrative — Internet audience that prefers its entertainment short [...]
Sony refused peer-to-peer patents
Sony cannot patent inventions in the UK that remove the anonymity of the peer-to-peer (P2P) user experience and put social networking at the heart of file-sharing.
The Patent Office ruled last week that the inventions are not eligible for patents.
Sony filed two patent applications for complementary inventions. One describes a means of exchanging information between computers [...]
First Blu-ray disc drive won’t play Blu-ray movies
The first Blu-ray (BD) disc drive for desktop PCs is here, but be warned — it won’t play commercial BD movies.
Sony officially announced its BWU-100A product at its “Experience More 2006″ event in Sydney yesterday, all the while acknowledging that there’s significant room for improvement before the product is viable for integration into media centre [...]
