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Sony is releasing firmware updates for its consoles as if it were releasing anti-virus definition updates. The PlayStation blog has announced the new PSP firmware v5.02 that will claims to improve “system software stability during use of some features, including the PlayStation Store”. The other “some features” are still not known.
The update is expected [...]

 
Sony was the first one to launch an 8-megapixel phone and it seems they will be the first one to create a 12-megapixel phone too. The initial step towards it has already been achieved with the preparation of a 12.25-megapixel CMOS sensor. However, this breakthrough won’t be limited to Sony’s boundaries but will soon be [...]

 
Apart from launching a phone, Sony Ericsson also revealed a wireless speaker, MBS-900. It supports 2.1 channels that streams music wirelessly via Bluetooth (A2DP and AVRCP). A monochrome OLED screen is present to display track names, built-in FM radio receiver and feature to mute itself during incoming calls. No word on the pricing but it [...]

 
Sony Ericsson was one of the major sponsors of the MTV Europe Music Awards and their marketing team found it apt to launch a new music phone at a music-centric event. They announced W705 Walkman phone which is said to have the best sound quality in the market. It is a native Walkman phone with [...]

 
It seems Sony has been cursed with the never ending battery woes. A new voluntary recall of around 100,000 Sony manufactured batteries has been issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission after a few reported incidents, some including burns to the users. Out of the total number, about 35,000 batteries were sold with laptops [...]

 
It hurts. It really hurts. Consider a full-time employee taunted by some part-time kid with the words “You suck at your job. I do it better than you.” Now substitute the full-time employee with Microsoft’s IE7 while the part-time with PS3’s browser.
Sony claims that the new v2.5 firmware update to PS3 not only brings [...]

 
UPDATE: The firmware is available for download.
This is not a mandatory update. The firmware upgrade is actually related to the issue cropped up while using higher capacity memory cards. There seemed to be an error showing ‘insufficient disk space’ while downloading content on 8GB or 16GB cards from PSN Store and this firmware helps to [...]

 
Nintendo has done it again. NPD Group did the honors of revealing the sales figure of all the gaming hardware selling in US. With Wii and DS combined, they managed to sell about 1.2 million units, which is far ahead then all the combined hardware sales of Microsoft and Sony.
Here is the total number [...]

 
Sony announced their new e-book reader, PRS-700 which boasts a touch screen panel. The 6-inch display is based on e-paper technology and is touch sensitive which tries to blur the line between a real book and an electronic reader. A user can slide his finger on the screen to mimic flipping a page of a [...]

 
After being unveiled in Japan, it was time for US to get Buffalo’s speedy BD internal and external writers. The MediaStation 8X writers will sell in US from this month at prices of $350 for the internal one and $400 for external.

A day later, Sony also introduced their BWU-300S 8X Blu-Ray internal writer for the [...]