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Defenders of PS3 jailbreaker insist for case dismissal

Published on: 1st April, 2011

Lawyers who defend the PS3 jailbreaker George Hotz have scathingly answered Sony’s recent court filing by rejecting nearly all the accusations brought by the company. The attorneys of the defendant still fight Sony’s request of a trial in California, by arguing that it is the Japanese division that produces the hardware and firmware for the [...]

Sony sells 2.5 million of its PlayStation Move monthly, near shortage

Published on: 26th October, 2010

Sony said to have shipped 2.5 million PlayStation Move controllers over a month. One million of them have arrived in the United States and 1.5 million have gone to Europe. A very high rate of the sales forced John Koller, the hardware marketing lead of the company, to say that the Move was many times [...]

Sony extends legal action against PS3 “jailbreak” modification distributors

Published on: 5th October, 2010

Sony has extended its legal action pointing to distributors of PS3 “jailbreak” modifications. The initial lawsuit of the company was directed against the owners of PS Jailbreak, but recent documents show that PSFreedom, PSGroove and OpenPSJailbreak are also targeted now. Motions permitting Sony to serve subpoenas and deposition notices were granted by US District Judge. [...]

Bitstream audio and remote play from PC for PS3 3.30

Published on: 30th April, 2010

More details are now known regarding Sony’s PS3 3.30 update. Apart the 3D preparations, the update will bring significantly more novelty, including raw and pre-mixed bitstream audio for Blu-ray movies when optical audio is used. This will be limited to the slim PS3 and to other models having hardware support for bitstream output. The update [...]

Sony’s PS3 PlayTV with Facebook support

Published on: 21st April, 2010

Sony is developing an update for its PlayTV for the PlayStation3, which will provide Facebook support. Other new features are also included in the update, but what they involve is not yet unveiled. Testing of the update is ongoing now. The release date for the new features is not known at this moment, but it [...]

Other OS removal forces Sony to partially refund European PS3 owners

Published on: 20th April, 2010

Sony’s Firmware 3.21 update for the PS3 gaming console has removed the possibility of installing third-party operating systems. As a consequence, retailer Amazon had to offer a partial refund to a dissatisfied owner and this could end up costing Sony. Citing a European law, a gamer has complained that the product performed differently than advertised [...]

PS3 believed to win the console challenge by 2013

Published on: 18th March, 2010

The PlayStation 3 of Sony is believed to sell more devices than any other competitor during the lifetime of the current product generation, says a report released by Strategy Analytics. Analysts have made predictions regarding overall shipments during the lifetime of the product instead of comparing sales figures immediately after the products are launched. The [...]

Sony claims PS3 being first with high definition movies of major studios

Published on: 18th March, 2010

Sony recently claimed its PSN video service being the first to get high definition movies from all six major studios. Apart from its own Sony Pictures, the company has deals that allow buying and renting high definition movies on the PlayStation 3 from Fox, Paramount, Disney, Warner and Universal. There was no mention of price [...]

EA Sports Active 2.0 with motion sensors, available for iPhone

Published on: 14th March, 2010

A new version will be added to EA Sports Active trainer for the Wii console, according to EA sources. EA Sports Active 2.0 will be available for iPhone, iPod touch, Sony PS3 and Wii. The system is based on wireless control, with arm and leg straps that contain motion sensors. A heart rate monitor as [...]

New plug-and-play UIM device from Infinitec

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

A new upcoming Infinite USB Memory (IUM) device has been recently showed by Infinitec. This makes content and stream media sharing possible from any other connected device. It seems that all file formats are compatible, no matter their extension or type and users can also stream files from their PCs to Blu-ray players, gaming consoles [...]

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