Newly registered Microsoft-Sony.com and Sony-Microsoft.com domains have sparked a flurry of rumors about a possible team up between two of the world’s biggest names in the videogame industry, Microsoft and Sony.
After it was reported first by zoknowsgaming.com and others that Microsoft has registered the Microsoft-Sony.com and Sony-Microsoft.com domains, several industry observers say that it is an indication that a collaboration between the two companies is in the works.
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Facebook, the California-based company, has completed the process of hiring the celebrated hacker George Hotz, reports AFP. George Hotz, popularly known as “GeoHot”, is the first person who publicly demonstrated how to hack an iPhone.
Facebook has not yet disclosed about what Geohot will be doing for the company.
Hotz was sued by Sony for hacking its PlayStation 3 game console some months back. At that time Sony said that Hotz has violated federal law by posting an information that people …

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Sony will replace outgoing games unit chief Kazuo Hirai in September in the wake of the most massive security breach in tech history, a report from Reuters says.
Starting September 1, Hirai will step down from his current post to be replaced with Andrew House who will become the president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, the news organization reports.
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Just when it seemed that the ruckus surrounding the PlayStation Network breach Sony suffered in April was settling down, the Japanese company has reportedly got hit again with a lawsuit stemming from the controversy.
Several news outlets report that another lawsuit concerning the PlayStation Network breach has been filed against Sony.
This time, three men have sued Sony in the San Diego US …

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Microsoft will reportedly unveil the successor of the popular Xbox 360 gaming console during next year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, Videogamer.com report.
Citing “a high-ranking industry source at Crytek,” the website reports that the firm which developed the Crysis 2 game is “already developing a new TimeSplitters game” for the next-generation console.
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Lulz Security, the hacker group making a name for themselves as one of the most prolific hacking groups as of late, has claimed on Monday that it has broken into Sony’s networks again.
The news follows claims of the group last week saying that they stole one million or more email addresses, street addresses, names, passwords and other data from a breach they conducted on the Sonypictures.com website.
A report from Reuters says that Sony, through a spokeswoman …

Just when it seemed that Sony waters have calmed considerably after a great storm, a group of hackers has claimed on Thursday that they have hacked another Sony unit.

Lulz Security, a group which claimed responsibility for hacking several sites of Public Broadcasting Service in retaliation for the broadcasting company’s film on WikiLeaks, has claimed that it has stolen one million passwords, email addresses and other data from SonyPictures.com.
Sony is still fresh from restoring the Sony …

YouthNet and Sony are partnering to launch a mobile phone application, dubbed +U, in order to promote and boost volunteering in the United Kingdom by serving up more than one million volunteering assignments available on YouthNet’s database.

“There is a huge potential to develop the way in which we encourage and motivate people to volunteer”, explained YouthNet chief executive Emma Thomas. LifeTracks, The Site, and Do-IT are the three websites YouthNet uses to give young people advice …

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Sony has announced to revive its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services in some Asian countries including Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand, reports CNET.
This move from Sony means gamers from Asia will now be able to resume with the PlayStation Network.
Sony stopped the PSN and Qriocity services worldwide after these services were hacked in April. The Sony Online Entertainment …