Sony set to restore PSN network for Americans and Europeans

June 2, 2011

The PlayStation Network is set to be fully restored across the US and Europe today, Sony has announced. The network was completely shut down in April once Sony discovered a huge security breach that involved 100 million users having their data stolen.  A limited service allowing people to play games was ...

Virgin Media and Sky rate high on customer service survey

June 21, 2010

In a recent Satmetrix survey, 8,700 Brits were polled to reveal that Sky and Virgin Media rank among the top companies recommended to UK consumers. According to the results compiled by the analyst firm, Virgin Media and Sky are accompanied by O2, Sony, Apple, First Direct, and Saga has brands that ...

Sony Warns PS3 Users Not to Play System

March 2, 2010

Sony warned millions of PlayStation 3 owners not to use their consoles on Monday while they tried to fix a huge bug in the software that started affecting consoles worldwide on Sunday afternoon. The group said that the newest slim version of the system didn't appear to be having ...

Films and television to be streamed through Wii consoles

January 15, 2010

Owners of Nintendo Wii consoles could soon be watching streamed films as well as playing games through the machines as a deal is struck with Netflix in the U.S. The company has already signed deals with Microsoft and Sony as manufacturers attempt to position the games consol as the predominant ...

Simon Cowell slams campaign to keep X Factor off the Christmas number one spot

December 11, 2009

X Factor boss Simon Cowell has hit out at a campaign designed to prevent the winner of the show securing the number one spot in the Christmas charts. He called the campaign to get Rage Against The Machine's song Killing In The Name into the top spot both cynical as ...

Muppets have their eyes on Christmas number one

December 9, 2009

Record label EMI has announced plans to release The Muppet's version of the Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody in a bid to secure the coveted number one spot in the singles charts this Christmas. EMI have made the decision after the version was viewed a massive nine million times on the ...

Long awaited This Is It film premiers around the world

October 29, 2009

Thousands of Michael Jackson fans in eighteen countries around the globe celebrated the long awaited live premier of This Is It. The film was compiled from footage that was taken of the rehearsals of what was to be Michael Jackson's farewell concert tour. The films premier took place in Los ...

Asus set to launch the world’s cheapest ereader

September 8, 2009

According to one retail analyst, sales of ereader devices produced by companies such as Amazon and Sony that allow customers to download and read books on a computer screen have only sold around 80,000 units throughout the U.K. This may be about to change because Asus, creators of the super cheap ...

Aug. 7, 1955: Tune in Tokyo!

August 13, 2009

Before Sony Electronics invented portable music and overpriced TVs, it was called Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, and it cobbled gadgets people in the U.S. scoffed at. At the very beginning of the Cold War, electronics from Japan had the rep of being junky gizmos that paled in comparison to their counterparts made ...

Sony fires latest salvo in e-reader war

August 7, 2009

In what is fast shaping up to be a war in the e-reader marketplace, Sony has launched a sub-$300 touch-screen "Reader Touch Edition" and the $199 "Reader Pocket Edition," which features a 5-inch display. The company is also lowering prices of ebooks. New releases and best-sellers will all be $9.99, ...