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Sony rolling out blank Bluray discs in EuropeMar 7, 2006 - in News
Sony Europe will start shipping blank Blu-ray discs next month. Rewritable single-layer discs will be available in retail stores in mid March, while write-once discs will start selling in April. Sony also plans on selling blank dual layer discs later in the year.
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Sony cancels development of next-generation PDDMar 1, 2006 - in News
Sony will not release further versions of its professional Blu-ray format, the Professional Disc for Data (PDD).
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Sony incident leads government to consider rootkit banFeb 17, 2006 - in News
Most electronics consumers had never heard of rootkits before last year's Sony BMG debacle.
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Sony releases 8 GB MicroVault USB drive in EuropeFeb 6, 2006 - in News
Users in Europe will be able to buy a new 8 GB version of Sony's MicroVault Pro USB hard-drives this month. Sporting a one-inch hard-drive, the new MicroVault connects to the computer via a 180 degree swiveling USB 2.0 connector.
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NEC, Sony and Toshiba team to develop 45 nm processFeb 1, 2006 - in News
NEC, Sony and Toshiba agreed to collaborate on the development of a 45 nm process technology for semiconductors. The companies hope that the miniaturization will result in higher performance and functionality as well as lower power consumption of integrated circuits.
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Researcher: Sony BMG "rootkit" still widespreadJan 23, 2006 - in News
Hundreds of thousands of networks across the globe, including many military and government networks, appear to still contain PCs with the controversial copy-protection software installed by music discs sold by media giant Sony BMG, a security researcher told attendees at the ShmooCon hacking conference this weekend.
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Sony adds SATA interface to tape drivesJan 11, 2006 - in News
Sony claims it is the first manufacturer of tape drives that integrate a SATA interface.
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CES 2006: Sony unveils VAIO SZ notebooksJan 6, 2006 - in News
Sony is rolling out its new VAIO SZ notebooks, which will have a 13.3" screen and biometric fingerprint sensor.
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Toshiba delays HD DVD launchDec 14, 2005 - in News
Toshiba has announced a delay to the launch of its HD DVD players until the first quarter of next year, a move that may see the technology hit the market at around the same time as Sony's rival Blu-ray system.
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Intel working on rootkit detection techniquesDec 9, 2005 - in News
Intel is working on a research project that would immediately notify PC users if they inadvertently download a rootkit like the XCP (extended copy protection) software found on certain music CDs shipped by Sony (Profile, Products, Articles) Corp., researchers said Tuesday.
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Sony's DRM fix hits hitchDec 8, 2005 - in News
The US computer scientists who discovered a significant security flaw in one of Sony BMG's CD copy protection systems have discovered that the flaw is still present in the patch released by the record company yesterday.
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Sony CDs in second hacker blowDec 7, 2005 - in News
For the second time in two months, Sony BMG has been forced to admit that software embedded into millions of its music CDs can leave customers' computers vulnerable to attack from malicious hackers.
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Sony malware infections in the millions - security expertNov 15, 2005 - in News
At first glance, Dan Kaminsky's bright red-colored map of the world looks like a visualization of the global population - but it's actually a map of networks carrying Sony's DRM software. The computer security expert estimates the number of infected networks at more than half a million - which puts the number of impacted computers easily into the millions.
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Sony debuts CF Type II-compatible hard drive, to compete with flashNov 8, 2005 - in News
Signaling the fact that hard drive technology is nowhere near obsolescence, Sony Electronics announced this morning the release later this month to the US market, of a 5 Gb hard drive measuring 1.5 inches per side, that can fit in existing Compact Flash Type II slots.
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Sony releases PC multimedia transfer software for PSPNov 1, 2005 - in News
In a move that could transcend its immediate influence upon gamers' ability to store their high score tables, the Media Software division of Sony has released a new Media Manager application for the PC for transferring files to and from PlayStation Portable.
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Sony lets users upload music to the car stereoNov 1, 2005 - in News
At the SEMA auto show in Las Vegas, Sony introduced a new radio/CD player called the Giga Panel that can store music in internal memory. The player has one Gigabyte of flash memory and users can upload songs via a USB port in the front faceplate. It can also play ATRAC/3 songs (Sony's proprietary format) burned onto a CD.
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PS3 could run at 120 fpsOct 31, 2005 - in News
Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi has claimed that the PlayStation 3 will be capable of running games at an unprecedented 120 frames per second.
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Gates: Blu-ray DRM is 'anti-consumer'Oct 17, 2005 - in News
As part of a speaking tour at universities across the United States, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates sat down with Princeton's newspaper to discuss the road ahead.
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Sony releases third PSP firmware upgrade in two monthsOct 13, 2005 - in News
Yet another PSP firmware upgrade has been made available for the US and Japan, this time adding the capability to play broadband wireless video through Sony's LocationFree TV. Meanwhile, some homebrew developers have other plans, as they launch the first PSP-based Web server.
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CCD sensor failures hit digital camera industryOct 11, 2005 - in News
According to imaging-resource.com, Sony, Canon, Fujifilm and Konica Minolta have issued alerts for possible CCD failure sin digital cameras.
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Sony patches PSP 2.0 firmware as homebrewers fight their own malwareOct 4, 2005 - in News
Homebrew PlayStation Portable developers find themselves the victims of an exploit; meanwhile, Sony posts an update to its PSP firmware to thwart a potential exploit.
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Sony announces digital camera with touch-screen focusingOct 4, 2005 - in News
Sony preps a new tweak for its Cybershot digital still camera series. The DSC-N1 comes with a "Free Spot Focus," which lets users focus on objects with a simple tap on the LCD screen. The camera will also integrate enough internal memory to house a photo album with up to 500 pictures.
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Sony may invest more in Samsung LCD ventureSep 27, 2005 - in News
Sony is considering an additional investment in its liquid crystal display (LCD) joint venture with South Korea's Samsung Electronics to meet fast-growing demand for LCD TVs, its president said on Tuesday.
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Sony to place LCD TV panel orders with AUO and CMOAug 4, 2005 - in News
AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) have received LCD TV panel orders from Sony, according to the Taiwan-edition of the Chinese-language Apple Daily News.
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Matsushita insists Toshiba yield on DVD formatMay 19, 2005 - in News
The president of Matsushita said on Thursday it is up to Toshiba to yield its position in talks on a unified format for next-generation DVD technology, making clear that Matsushita and its partner Sony won't budge.
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Samsung-Sony joint-venture intros amorphous TFT displaysApr 19, 2005 - in News
S-LCD, a South Korea-based joint venture between Samsung and Sony, announced that it started shipment of amorphous TFT displays to its parent companies.
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Sony 'open' to Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD bonding talksApr 13, 2005 - in News
Sony has held an olive branch out to proponents of the HD DVD blue-laser optical disc format, inviting them to discuss how their preferred format could come together with its choice, Blu-ray Disc.
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IBM sees Cell chip for industry, not just gamersApr 1, 2005 - in News
IBM (is taking the highly anticipated Cell chip technology at the heart of the future Sony PlayStation and offering to help customers design it into a far wider range of electronics, from aerospace to military to medical products, the company said.
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