The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendos dominance in the gaming sector. With the “PlayStation Move,” Sony hopes to lure gamers who have outgrown Nintendo, which launched the Wii in 2006 and became the first to introduce motion-detecting controllers.
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Sony said in a blog post Monday that the problem was likely caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system, reminiscent of the Y2K bug a decade ago. The problem is affecting older PlayStation 3 models, but not the newest slim version that went on sale in September.
The company urged customers [...]
The London-based company announced the Xperia X10 Mini touchscreen and X10 Mini Pro touchscreen and Qwerty keyboard phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Its also working more closely with parent Sony Corp. to make handsets share content with home video equipment, Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer said. [...]
The next film, now slated for summer 2012, will have a different cast and be written by James Vanderbilt, Sonys Culver City, California-based film unit said yesterday in a statement. “Spider-Man 4″ was set for release in May 2011.
The plan to [...]
Sonys new Reader Daily Edition, which sells for about $400, will be the only e-reader that carries the Post. Readers will have to pay $9.99 a month. And the Journal, which is available for $14.99 a month as it is on Amazon.com Inc.s Kindle device, will have an optional after-market update for Sony subscribers for [...]
Mann, 42, whos played the series for a decade, was one of about 170 fans lined up at 6 a.m. in downtown Tokyo yesterday to pay 9,240 yen ($103) and be first to battle monsters from the lowerworld of Pulse. The game, projected to challenge Nintendo Co.s “New Super Mario Bros. Wii” as Japans best-selling [...]
Sonys Vaio X is the runway model of netbooks: stylish, super-thin and without an ounce of weight to spare. Its expensive too: the base model is $1,300 at Sonystyle.com and Sony Style stores. The price is nearly four times as much as a standard netbook.
Its carbon-fiber body, just over half an inch thick, houses an [...]
Sony Corp. said Friday it has signed a deal with FIFA, the international football governing body, to record up to 25 World Cup games in 3-D – a technology that gives viewers an illusion of depth on the screen.
The Japanese electronics and entertainment company is one of several electronics makers planning or working on 3-D [...]
Sony and Amazon.com Inc.s Kindle are both expanding into the academic world. Students at Blyth Academy in Toronto do all their reading on Sony devices, and five U.S. universities are testing the Kindle. The days of students lugging around heavy textbooks may be numbered, said Sony executive Steve Haber.
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The company said Wednesday its trying to ship the $399 Reader Daily Edition for the holidays. But because interest has exceeded expectations, the company cant be sure that everyone who buys one will get it by Christmas.
Sony unveiled the Reader Daily Edition in August and planned to release it for the holidays. Like [...]