Monday: April 26, 2010
- Sony ceases production of floppy disks. In other news, Sony was still making floppy disks.
Most other floppy disk manufacturers had long since pulled out of the market, and Sony itself has already ceased sales to most of its overseas markets. With the release of the iMac in 1998, Apple was the first computer maker to take the plunge and eliminate the floppy completely.
Thursday: March 18, 2010
- Google teaming up with Sony and Intel to infiltrate your television.
Google intends to open its TV platform, which is based on its Android operating system for smartphones, to software developers. The company hopes the move will spur the same outpouring of creativity that consumers have seen in applications for cellphones.
Wednesday: March 17, 2010
- Ars Technica reviews Sony's much-anticipated motion control scheme for PlayStation 3.
It's bad news when you reveal a product this large, with so much riding on it, and within an hour people are putting down the controller and walking away from the demos.
Thursday: March 11, 2010
- Sony finally pulls the curtain back on their new Wii-like motion controllers.
I like how Sony's marketing department is billing this a way to 'graduate' for respective owners of the Nintendo Wii console. Upgrading your current PS3 setup with these new motion controllers (with video camera) will set you back a hundred bucks or less.
Tuesday: March 9, 2010
- Sony to start selling 3D-capable televisions starting this June.
Included are two pairs of Sony's 3-D glasses, as well as a camera sensor on each unit that will adjust sound and picture quality based on viewers' positions. A remote control button enables the switch from a regular 2-D image to 3-D.
Thursday: March 4, 2010
- Sony looking to give Apple some viable competition in the portable arena.
Sony engineers are toiling away on “a portable device that blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation Portable.” It will also knit in tightly with Sony’s iTunes-like media store, a marketplace for music, video and games set to debut later this month.
Tuesday: March 2, 2010
- Y2K-like bug responsible for recent PlayStation Network outage.
The company urged customers not to use the older PlayStation 3 systems until the problem is resolved, warning that doing so could cause errors and make it impossible to record gaming achievements and restore some data.
Monday: March 1, 2010
- PlayStation Network outage causes some annoyance for owners of the PS3 console.
Although Sony says it will have a fix by this morning, it has not yet said what went wrong. Anecdotal evidence points to a combination of DRM and firmware issues rather than a network outage.
Tuesday: January 5, 2010
- An all-day 3D television network may be on your channel lineup in the near future.
Discovery, Sony, and IMAX each will be equal partners in the joint venture. It will be launched in the U.S., with a goal of driving consumer adoption of 3D televisions and giving the network long-term leadership in the 3D home marketplace.
Wednesday: December 16, 2009
- A video game timeline for your viewing pleasure.
I am looking forward to ene day I will explaining to my children just how we played classic video games in my day. 'You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!'.
Friday: November 20, 2009
- Sony to unveil a brand new digitial distribution service sometime in 2010.
Sony plans to launch a new online service to distribute movies, music, books and other content to network-capable TVs, Blu-ray players, ebooks and others in a bid to add value to its hardware.
Monday: October 26, 2009
- Netflix streaming coming soon to Playstation 3 consoles.
The bad news: PS3 owners will need to put a special Blu-ray disc in the game console, which will enable streaming via the Blu-ray's BD Live functionality. That's a departure from all other Netflix-enabled devices, which just have the Netflix option as a built-in feature.
Friday: October 16, 2009
- Sony will have yet another version of the PS3 to sell just in time for the holidays.
New version will have expanded storage (250 gigabyte hard drive) and a $350 price tag. Fifty bucks less gets you the 120 gigabyte model which is almost identical to what Microsoft offers for the Xbox Elite version.
Thursday: October 8, 2009
- Sony pulls the curtain back on world's lightest laptop.
For $1,299 you can get a Sony laptop that weighs in at a mere 1.6 pounds with an eleven inch screen. Other specs include a 2ghz processor and a battery with 12-14 hour lifespan (debatable given on how you use the laptop).
Friday: September 11, 2009
- Sony PlayStation 3 sales doing quite well after latest price drop.
Sales of PS3 hardware at its 'top retailers' jumped 300% for the first week of September versus the week before the system's price was cut to $299 for the 120GB 'slim' unit.
Friday: September 4, 2009
- Sony Walkman outsells the iPod for the first time in four years over in Japan.
Sony's win be may due to a variety of factors, according to BCN. The company focuses on lower-cost music players, with the average price of a Walkman dropping in recent weeks while Apple's prices have stayed firm.
Thursday: August 27, 2009
- Microsoft decides to follow Sony's lead, drops price of Xbox 360.
The 'elite' version of the Xbox can now be all yours for just $299 starting on Friday.
Wednesday: August 19, 2009
- Sony pulls the curtain back on slim version of PlayStation 3.
...and it also comes with a lower price tag now at just $299 now too. Welcome back to the party Sony.
Saturday: August 15, 2009
- Sony files patent for laugh detection on the PS3.
Patent covers a range of emotions other than laughter. Sony want to know when video games make you cry.
Friday: July 10, 2009
- Netflix and Sony team up to stream movies to Bravia television owners.
But what about that certain other particular Sony device that people seem to use a lot?
Wednesday: July 8, 2009
- Sony would like you know that you won't be seeing a PlayStation price cut anytime soon.
I'm sure this will make the folks at Activision quite happy.
Tuesday: July 7, 2009
- Sony to jump into the netbook market with latest Vaio offering.
It'll set you back about $629 bucks. Display resolution is a little larger than most other netbooks as well (1,366 by 768 pixels) - which is nice.
Monday: July 6, 2009
- Sony files patent for turning any object into a video game controller.
Take that, Project Natal?
Monday: June 29, 2009
- Thirteen year old swaps an iPod with original Sony Walkman for a week.
It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.
Friday: June 19, 2009
- Activision not too happy with how the PS3 is performing these days.
It's expensive to develop for the console, and the Wii and Xbox are just selling better. Games generate a better return on invested capital on the Xbox than on the PlayStation.
Tuesday: June 16, 2009
- An in-depth reevaluation of Final Fantasy VIII.
'In-depth' really doesn't scratch the surface in terms of article depth. Grab a cup of coffee, enjoy the read and then go dust off the old Playstation.