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E3 is almost over, and after running back and forth across the L.A. Convention Center for two days we've stumbled across a few games that don't get the attention they deserve. These hidden gems are great games that we weren't expecting to see at E3 2012, and now that we've seen them in action it's hard to get excited about the next Call of Duty knockoff or God of War slaughterfest.

Sony is working on producing a slim, ultraportable laptop running Google's Chrome OS, according to documents filed with the FCC. That's right, a Chromebook. Remember those?

Sony is developing electric wall sockets and plugs that can control power consumption by appliance, user or original power source.

Sony CEO Howard Stringer defended the quality of Sony's products at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, and said his company would leverage its broad music and video holdings to bolster its electronics.

Sony is hoping you'll kick off the New Year by picking up a 16GB or 32GB Tablet S device priced as low as $400 -- $100 cheaper than the device's original pricing. The new price tag also brings Sony's Android 3.1 Honeycomb-based tablet $100 below the cost of competing iPad 2 models, which are priced at $500 (16GB) and $600 (32GB). Sony's latest price drop follows a $50 price cut during the holiday season, but this drop appears to be permanent.

Five major Blu-ray and memory manufactures are collaborating to create a new security protocol to protect hi-def content that will be available across multiple consumer platforms, including smartphones and tablets.