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Sony Officially Taking Over Sony Ericsson

Sony Officially Taking Over Sony Ericsson

It looks like the ten-year partnership between Sony and Ericsson is finally over, as Sony is purchasing their subsidiary for $1.475 billion dollars. Continue reading

Sony Selling Playstation 3 160GB Model for $249 (for now)

Sony Selling Playstation 3 160GB Model for $249 (for now)

Sony has dropped the price of the PS3 on their site, which has also prompted a price drop at other online retailers. However, no word on if this price drop is permanent. Continue reading

Sony Cuts PS3 Prices in an Attempt to Boost Sales

Sony Cuts PS3 Prices in an Attempt to Boost Sales

If you’ve been waiting to purchase a PS3, now might be a good time. The price for the 160GB PS3 is now just under $250. Continue reading

Sony, Geohot Settle Their Feud Out of Court

Sony, Geohot Settle Their Feud Out of Court

Sony and the hacker known as “Geohot” are no longer at war, as they have mutually agreed to leave each other the hell alone. Continue reading

USAF: Building Supercomputers -- One PS3 at a Time

USAF: Building Supercomputers — One PS3 at a Time

The United States Air Force has been working on a PS3 supercomputer for many years, with the number of PS3s being used increasing from eight to 1,716. Continue reading

Rumor: Sony Prepping "Hack-Proof" PS3?

Rumor: Sony Prepping “Hack-Proof” PS3?

Rumors are swirling that Sony, still embattled with hacker George Hotz over his release of the PS3 rootkey, is working on a “hack-proof” SKU. Continue reading

Have You Looked Inside of Your PS3 Recently? You Really Might Want To Take a Peek

You’re not going to believe what might be lurking inside of your PS3. I’ve been wondering why it hasn’t been running right. As it turns out, the PS3 makes an excellent bed for a pet rodent (and probably premature babies as well). Though we highly recommend you take out all of the innards first. Hit the jump to see why.

Playstation 3 Jailbroken, Finally

After much, much, much adieu, the Playstation 3 has finally been “jailbroken,” the last major console to be cracked. Who was capable of such sheer genius hackery?  The same guy who first jailbroke the iPhone, Mr. George Hotz, better known on the web as Geohot. What’s even more impressive is that it took him merely five weeks to penetrate the console’s puzzling security. He hasn’t revealed much about how much control the crack actually allows, but if we can start... Continue reading

PS3 Wireless Visual Interface Brings the Screen to You

Since I haven’t been able to save up just yet for any super-comfy furniture, I always have to contort my body into the weirdest positions in order to both be comfortable and see the screen while I play my PS3. Someone walking in on me would think I was performing some sort of kinky solo Kama Sutra. This awesome PS3 Wireless Visual Interface, designed by Ben Heck protege and forum user techknott, would allow me to sit any which way... Continue reading

Three Reasons to Update to PS3 3.0 Firmware

Speed, speed, speed. Check out these three videos to see the major speed boost firmware version 3.0 provides for the PS3, even for Blu Ray discs. Not to mention, it’s much prettier.