playstation - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

• After Hours (video games) Tech Treasures [2011 Cool Yule Tools]

  When we first started doing the Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guides, our “After Hours” section used to cover all of the “<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2011/hgg/112111-coolyule-home-entertainment-253138.html">entertainment</a>” devices, toys, gadgets and video games. With the explosion of home entertainment, personal entertainment and other consumer electronics, the entire guide is practically an “After Hours” section. Still, here are some of our picks of favorite video games and other “after work” distractions for you or your family:

• PlayStation Suite will move to more Android devices, Sony exec says

  Sony's second in command, Kazuo Hirai, confirmed this week that his company is working on bringing its PlayStation Suite of games to more Android devices in the future.

• PlayStation scam makes FBI warning list

  Sony PlayStation users are being warned by the FBI about scams targeting them and other online consumers.

• Sony hacker arrests: 5 questions

  Arrests in Spain related to the Sony Playstation Network hacking case have computer users wondering whether the loosely organized Anonymous hacker coalition is weakened -- or merely irritated by being busted.

• PBS hackers put Sony in crosshairs

  The group of anonymous hackers that posted a fake story proclaiming Tupac Shakur is alive and well in New Zealand on PBS' website might now be targeting Sony.

• PlayStation Network users fed up, but not ready to leave

  Sony PlayStation Network users are fed up with chronic outages, corporate doublespeak, and a lack of network playtime. But their bark may be worse than their bite. A completely unscientific look at the loyalty of Sony PSN customers suggest a willingness to forgive Sony for its woes and forget the headaches as of late.

• Sony denies PSN hack, confirms PSN Web exploit

  The PlayStation Network wasn't hacked so much as threatened yesterday when a password exploit accessible through its PSN web page login page came to light, claims Sony.

• PSN apology: What else would you have Sony do?

  Now that the PlayStation Network’s back, Sony’s trotting out something it's calling a "PlayStation Network and Qriocity Customer Appreciation Program," prompting cries of "too much" or "too little" in certain press channels.

• Sony faces weekend hack attack, report claims

  Sony can't seem to catch a break these days when it comes to hack attacks.

• Sony shifts blame back to Anonymous for PSN attack

  In a response to a congressional inquiry into the hack of the PlayStation Network, Sony appears to have shifted the blame back to the hacktivist group Anonymous.

• Sony Online Entertainment hacked, 12,700 credit cards stolen

  Not quite out of the frying pan, but into the fire anyway: Sony just acknowledged another network breach related to the first one.

• Is Sony’s PSN ‘Welcome Back’ enough?

  Sony Japan’s explanation for the PSN’s takedown yesterday didn’t tell us much, but -- nearly a week and a half on -- at least the company apologized. Sony’s deputy president Kazuo Hirai took the stage, bent forward as if to touch his toes in a deep and held bow, then apologized “for the great anxiety and inconvenience” caused by the ongoing PSN and Qriocity outages.

• PlayStation Network users reporting credit card fraud

  Sony PlayStation Network users are reporting fraud on their credit cards -- everything from a flight booked in Germany to purchases in Japanese grocery stores.

• Sony: PlayStation Network resumes this week

  Sony is still investigating the security breach that downed its PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, but expects the gaming network will be back in operation this week, a company exec told media Sunday afternoon in Tokyo.

• PlayStation Network security breach: A survival guide

  Sony has admitted that account details, logins and online IDs for registered Sony PlayStation Network users, as many as 77 million people, have been compromised. The information was stolen sometime between April 17 and 19, according to a Sony blog post, as early as nine days before Sony notified its users of the breach. Even worse, the company says it can't be sure whether credit card information was stolen.