Sony has just unveiled a 3D personal entertainment system, called the HMZ-T1, which can be worn over the head of a user for those who enjoy their entertainment more when they are alone.

Sony has unveiled the HMZ-T1, a wearable 3D device it’s calling a “Personal 3D Viewer”. Image: Ian Muttoo / Flickr (CC)

According to reports, the wearable HMZ-T1, described by Sony a “Personal 3D Viewer” as currently has a selection of movies, games and music videos that users can experience.
The …

Sony has announced on Tuesday that it is taking $50 off the PlayStation 3 (PS3) price, in an effort to revive interest in the aging gaming console.

Sony has cut $50 from the PS3’s price in hope of driving up sales. Image: Sean MacEntee / Flickr (CC)

According to Sony, it will take $50 off of the price of the PS3 making its suggested retail price $249.
The move comes on the heels of the Nintendo 3DS price cut announced by Japanese rival Nintendo on August 11 after sales of the handheld …

The yet-to-be-released PS Vita will be “a car wreck”, according to two game development firm executives, a report from GamesIndustry.biz reveals.

Lyle Hall and Matthew Seymour, executives of game development company Heavy Iron Studios, say the launch of the PS Vita will be “a car wreck”. Image: Dekuwa / Flickr (CC)

The two executives are Lyle Hall and Matthew Seymour of Heavy Iron Studios, and they believe that the launch of the PS Vita will be a flop.
“With all due respect to Sony …

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Consumer electronics and entertainment giants Panasonic, Samsung and Sony have reportedly agreed to a deal to develop 3D glasses standards, a joint statement from the three companies reveals.

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According to the statement, the three companies will work with European company X6D Limited, which develops and sells products under the XpanD …

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A Sony warehouse in north London used as a distribution hub for optical discs has been set ablaze and reportedly burned to the ground as looters and rioters continue to wreak havoc across London, various reports detail.
The Sony distribution center is located in Enfield in the northern part of London and is a 20,000 square meter, three-storey warehouse.
Reuters says in a report that a Sony …

After a recent report that the PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) may launch in the U.K. by Oct 28, official word has come from Sony that the device will launch in Japan before the year ends and will not reach U.S. and Europe until early 2012.

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The news comes via The Associated Press which says that Sony Executive VP Kazuo Hirai revealed on Thursday the timeline for the release of the PS Vita.
According to the AP, Hirai “said Thursday the PlayStation Vita will go …

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The PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), the upcoming and much-anticipated successor to Sony’s hit handheld gaming console the PlayStation Portable, may launch in the U.K. this October 28.

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The news comes via the gaming and entertainment-focused news division of IGN Entertainment which reportedly got an anonymous tip which contained a poster for Blockbuster in the U.K. which …

Nortel announced on Friday that it has completed its $4.5-billion sale of its patent portfolio to a consortium of companies which include tech giants like Apple, Microsoft and fellow Canadian company Research in Motion.
In a press release on Friday, July 29, Nortel said that its subsidiaries have “completed the sale of all of Nortel’s remaining patents and patent applications”.
The patent portfolio and patent applications was sold “to a consortium consisting of Apple, EMC, …

Hacker groups and companies and organizations they have hacked have been nominated for awards at the newest Oscars-like awards for the hacking community, the Pwnies.
The Pwnies (pronounced like “ponies”, which comes from tech-speak “pwnd” meaning “owned” or overpowered) seeks to seriously attempt to “acknowledge the people and events that have made the biggest impact on the hacking community over the past year”, a report from Reuters says.
According to the report, hacker groups …

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Sony has announced a lean new addition to its digital camera lineup with the introduction of the Cyber-Shot DSC-TX55.
The Cyber-Shot DSC-TX55, the latest addition to Sony’s T-series lineup, features a 16-megapixel sensor and a touch screen made up of a 3.3-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen.
It can reportedly snap 16-megapixel still photos and take 1080i-resolution, …