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Gran Turismo Academy looking for new recruits

Posted April 16, 2012 - 9:13 am

Get off the couch and into a real racing car through this Sony- and Nissan-sponsored reality show.
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Sony shows off old gadgets as part of CES preview

Posted January 6, 2012 - 12:33 pm

Sony offers us a tour of its older consumer electronics products in advance of the modern-day gadgets at next week's CES.
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Video tour of Sony's PS Vita handheld gamer

Posted December 12, 2011 - 10:01 pm

Sony posts two new videos showing off its PS Vita handheld gamer, set for release in 2012.
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Year of the High-Profile Hack taught web developers nothing about security

Posted December 8, 2011 - 4:36 pm

Security vendor Veracode tightened up its criteria to judge which web applications are secure, but still found an appalling number of new web apps built and posted without elementary precautions to plug security holes that allowed hackers to make headlines all this year.
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Sony PlayStation 3D Display raises the 3D bar

Posted December 8, 2011 - 11:17 am

Up until now, 3D television technology hasn't been that interesting to me - the glasses, cost and lack of 3D content hasn't made it appealing. But then I saw this video from Sony showing off its PlayStation 3D Display.
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How hackers get caught

Posted October 24, 2011 - 1:45 pm

Carelessness in concealing home IP addresses, servers and Twitter accounts puts the FBI on more hacker doorsteps than any mistake but the most obvious: don't tell people you did it.
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Video Game Characters Come to Life in Sony Ad

Posted October 5, 2011 - 4:30 pm

I normally don't talk about commercials in this space, but I'll make an exception for this Sony PlayStation ad, which is brilliant. In the ad, a bunch of video game characters are in a bar, just hanging out talking about their experiences, and then honoring "Michael", the person who controls them all.
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Sony finally hires new IT security chief

Posted September 6, 2011 - 11:46 am

Sony announced today it has hired a new VP and chief security officer: Philip Reitman, whose impressive resume includes time as a prosecutor, bureaucrat, upper level manager of large organizations, but little experience working inside a company to make sure its sites are secure.
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Insurer doesn't want to defend Sony for cyberattack; suit could impact all web-site owners

Posted July 25, 2011 - 11:15 am

One of Sony's chief insurers, Zurich American, has filed suit to get a New York court to decide whether costs from cyberattacks should be covered under insurance not specifically written to protect online properties. The result could affect any business with insurance and a Web site.
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Finally, good news for Sony: $2.7B Army super-cloud-computer doesn't work

Posted July 5, 2011 - 3:07 pm

The Army spent billions on a real-time intel analysis system that can't even search its own map. The $2 million, PS3-based Air Force supercomputer is helping unravel mysteries of space-time (we won't mention Sony tried to keep the Air Force from building it; that wouldn't be fair.)
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Suit charges Sony laid off security before big hack, spent only protect itself afterward

Posted July 1, 2011 - 2:41 pm

One of 19 lawsuits filed following the Sony hacks charged Sony shored up security only on the internal network used by employees.
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Sony CEO gives reason for data breaches: Bad people don't like how responsible we are

Posted June 30, 2011 - 1:00 pm

Stringer: the 2nd-largest data breach in history was prompted by Sony suits against customers who mod its game console, not laughable security, poor management and ineffective response.
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LulzBoat sails off into sunset, leaving nasty wake behind

Posted June 27, 2011 - 6:00 am

LulzSec, always split between the desire for anarchic lulz and politically motivated high-concept hacking, has disbanded as higher-profile hackers expose details that make arrest more likely.
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Forget cops; other hackers are taking down LulzSec and Anonymous

Posted June 22, 2011 - 11:24 am

Law enforcement in at least three countries are actively pursuing LulzSec, but the biggest damage so far has been done by other hackers fed up with LulzSec grandstanding.
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Sony is only No. 2 in all-time-largest data breach, despite bad security, weak passwords

Posted June 14, 2011 - 12:12 pm

As at other breached sites, Sony customers used short, simple passwords that could be cracked easily; if Sony hadn't stored them as plain text that could be read without even that much effort.
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Being anonymous doesn't protect hackers from arrest in Spain, Turkey

Posted June 13, 2011 - 3:12 pm

Turkish authorities have arrested 32 people they accuse of being members of the Anonymous hactivist group, raising the stakes for global Anonymi, following the arrest of three alleged members in Spain Friday.
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Citigroup data breach shows why we need fed rules to protect personal data online

Posted June 9, 2011 - 12:02 pm

Breached despite good security, Citigroup hack drives home how great the need has become for consistent requirements on how to store personal data securely.
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At EEE, will Sony admit 'Crack my Network' has become its most popular game?

Posted June 6, 2011 - 10:48 am

Nintendo admits it was also hacked, but the list of Sony breaches keeps getting longer; what do you think it will talk about at EEE, the annual videogame-fest in LA this week?
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E3 press conferences begin; here's how you can sit in without traveling to L.A. [video]

Posted June 6, 2011 - 8:05 am

The week of E3 is finally upon us, fellow gamer nerds! If you're reading this, you should be able to sit in on all the fun. Here's the when and where of how to watch the press conferences via either TV or streaming.
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Good news: Appliance fights spear-phishing. Bad news: You can't afford it

Posted June 6, 2011 - 6:00 am

Security services company Cyveillance is building its global threat database into an appliance that will filter your mail, test bad links and monitor high-risk employees. For a very steep price.
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Hacks make Internet look lawless, but security just hasn't caught up to spear-phishers yet

Posted June 3, 2011 - 12:09 pm

Data breaches shake confidence in the cloud, blaming it for security gaps between new technology, old security policies and a human tendency toward trust. Fix that and you're golden.
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New pwnage shows Sony broke promises to fix its security

Posted June 3, 2011 - 10:58 am

LulzSec hits Sony with the same simple SQL injections that cracked it the last time(s); Sony didn't even encrypt usernames or passwords, which are now safely posted on a public site.
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Playstation store is back, but won't say what it learned from the Big Hack

Posted June 3, 2011 - 12:00 am

Sony's Playstation Store is back online and attracting hordes of traffic from Playstation users frustrated at weeks without updates. Crowding the site doesn't mean they trust Sony, though.
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Sony's new security plan: so many flaws hackers tire before hitting them all

Posted May 23, 2011 - 7:52 am

Remember when Sony's firewall seemed more like a revolving door? It was actually more like a People Mover.
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Breakfast links: Sony hacked again

Posted May 20, 2011 - 10:38 am

Plus: WebOS tablet finally arrives ... at Wal-Mart?
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