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• PlayStation Vita hits Aussie shores

  By Spandas Lui | 23 February, 2012 12:03

  Sony's new handheld console, the PlayStation Vita, has finally been launched in Australia.

• Customer data stolen from Sega

  By AAP | 20 June, 2011 11:05

  Hackers have stolen the personal data of some 1.29 million customers of the Japanese game maker Sega, the company said, in a theft via a website of its European unit.

• Sony rolls out PS3 3D Blu-ray support, grief reporting

  By Matt Peckham | 22 September, 2010 08:25

  Sony's long-promised 3D Blu-ray update for the PS3 rolls out today, sooner than originally expected, and all it'll cost you is the time it takes to apply a firmware update.

• PlayStation 3 will be ready for 3D by October

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 02 September, 2010 04:48

  PlayStation 3 owners will finally be able to watch movies in 3D by October, Sony CEO Howard Stringer promised during his speech Wednesday at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show in Berlin.

• Sony: The PS3 can do 3D 1080p, but probably shouldn't

  By Matt Peckham | 20 July, 2010 02:29

  The PS3 can do 3D 1080p, but it probably shouldn't. That's what Sony's telling 3D developers, anyway, in what amounts to an unofficial cap trotted out in warning because the company is worried frame rates at high-def's current pinnacle resolution will head south.

• White is the new black for Sony's updated PS3

  By Matt Peckham | 07 July, 2010 04:22

  Microsoft just flipped its bevel-edged, cream-colored Xbox 360 to piano black, and now Sony's shifting its matte-sable slimline PS3 into the ivory zone.

• Sony launches 3D TVs, gaming

  By Martyn Williams | 11 June, 2010 06:39

  Sony's plans for 3D entertainment begin coming together on Thursday as the company kicks off sales of 3D televisions and begins offering 3D games for its PlayStation 3 console.

• PlayStation 3 OS changes affect Air Force

  By Dave Rudden | 13 May, 2010 08:36

  Late last year, we brought you a story reporting that the U.S. Air Force commissioned a $2 million purchase for thousands of PlayStation 3 consoles in order to create a supercomputer capable of running complex military programs, with the PS3's cell processor and ability to run alternative operating systems were cited as major factors in the decision.

• Hey Sony, don't mess with Linux, says PS3 lawsuit

  By Matt Peckham | 30 April, 2010 08:19

  When Sony nerfed Linux support for the PS3 in early April, we knew it was only a matter of time before someone pulled a pack of lawyers out of their pocket.

• Sony to begin worldwide 3D TV launch in June

  By Martyn Williams | 09 March, 2010 16:29

  Sony will begin selling 3D TVs in Japan on June 10 and worldwide at about the same time, it said Tuesday. A firmware upgrade to its PlayStation 3 console that adds 3D support and other 3D-compatible home electronics products will also be available to coincide with the television launch.

• Sony blames leap year glitch for PlayStation troubles

  By Dan Nystedt | 03 March, 2010 05:54

  Sony has restored service to the PlayStation Network by resolving a glitch in the internal clock of some PlayStation 3 consoles that recognized 2010 as a leap year and wrongly added a Feb. 29 to the clock.

• Teen hacker admits crashing PlayStation site

  By AJ Glasser | 02 March, 2010 06:23

  A 17-year-old honors student from Pennsylvania admitted to crashing Sony's PlayStation site after being banned for cheating in SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals. He brought down the site for 11 days in November 2008 by infecting it with a virus.

• Leave your PlayStation 3 off or else, warns Sony

  By Matt Peckham | 02 March, 2010 08:45

  It's probably just a 24 hour bug, but you'll want to leave your glitchy PS3s off in the meantime, just in case, says Sony.

• Gaming consoles chalk up record sales

  By DAVID RAMLI and SPANDAS LUI | 27 January, 2010 17:16

  According to data from market research firm, GfK, Australian sales for PlayStation 3 units rose by 27 per cent in 2009.

• iPhone hacker cracks the PlayStation 3

  By David Saetang | 27 January, 2010 06:24

  Up to this point, just about every gaming console--from the Xbox 360 to the Nintendo DS--has been hacked in some way, usually to allow it to play pirated games. This excluded the PlayStation 3, which remained unhacked for over three years, leading many to believe that it is virtually impossible to hack.