Tag: SONY

James Cameron enjoyed making 'Avatar' so much, he's decided to do it again. And again. According to Deadline, the director has just inked a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to produce two brand new 'Avatar' films over the next five years. Cameron says the second and third installments will be "self-contained stories that also fulfill a greater story arc," and that they'll be jam-packed with the ...

Rumors about a PlayStation cell phone platform have been swirling for several years, and Engadget scored the scoop about an actual PlayStation Phone in August. Now, Engadget hounds have obtained photographic evidence of the oft-doubted device, reportedly code-named "Zeus." It apparently features Android 2.X (although 3.0 will reportedly be the official OS), a 1 GHz Qualcomm processor, 512 ...

After 31 years and over 200 million units sold, Sony is officially putting the cassette model Walkman out to pasture. Introduced in 1979, the portable tape player defined the following 10-plus years of mobile music playback. It was even a leader in the era of optical media, with its Walkman line of portable CD players eventually known as Discman. But in the era of the iPod, the brand name has ...

On October 18th, the PlayStation 3 will get a serious update, making it the platform for movies streamed from Netflix. First off, owners will be able to ditch the disc for playback; Netflix will now be an installable app. (Take that Wii!) But the big news is that films will now be streamed in 1080p with 5.1 surround sound. (Take that, everyone!) Netflix will eventually offer the higher-quality ...

It may not have been as impressive a figure as some had anticipated, but the $23 million that 'The Social Network' raked in during its opening weekend was still enough to give David Fincher's Facebook film the top spot at the box office. In the wake of the film's effusive critical reception, many analysts had projected 'The Social Network' to earn at least $25 million during its maiden ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines... Sony's motion gaming system, the PlayStation Move, is now available on Amazon for about a hundred bones. [From: Engadget] The Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet is coming to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. The 7-inch device should land sometime this October or November. [From: Engadget] Toys "R" Us is getting into ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines... At yesterday's Zeitgeist event, Google's Eric Schmidt said the search company plans to add social networking "layers" to its products this fall. [From: Reuters] New numbers from Nielsen indicate that Bing has passed Yahoo! to become the second largest search engine in the U.S. [From: Bits Blog] Buried among yesterday's Twitter ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines New Apple TV? A revised iPod touch? iPod Guitars? Today's Apple Event, where a new online video announcement is expected to take place, will be streamed live (for Mac users only). Expect productivity and Web speeds to dip around 1 p.m. EST when the event kicks off. [From: Apple and Engadget] Regardless of whether or not Apple unveils the ...

Nintendo, of course, pioneered light gun gaming with the epochal 'Duck Hunt' and the somewhat forgettable Super Scope. In the '90s, though, Sony adapted the addictive 'Time Crisis' arcade series for the PlayStation, giving birth to a new generation of light guns and gaming. That franchise and its Guncon armament remain with the PlayStation 3, but the advent of Move technology has quickly ...

Last month, Sony released the first 3-D games for its Playstation 3 console. Now, according to Joystiq, a firmware update to be released in September will allow the PS3 to play 3-D Blu-ray movies. It should be stated, though, that for now the only 3-D Blu-ray title on the market is the kids' film 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,' and gamers probably won't be snatching those up. But, as more ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The absence of a legitimate RIM Twitter app has allowed services like Uber Twitter, Tweetcaster and Open Beak to enjoy great success among BlackBerry owners. After three months of waiting, RIM's official BlackBerry Twitter offering finally seems ready to exit the Beta stage, as an official version just appeared in BlackBerry's ...

It may not be as bad as exploding batteries, but it turns out that some 535,000 Sony laptops that started shipping in January may have a fatal flaw, causing them to overheat and potentially deform. The problem lies within the BIOS installed on the Vaio F and Vaio C series machines. The bug affects the computers' basic heat management systems. Sony has recorded 39 instances of the laptops ...

Well, Microsoft already unveiled its motion game controller, Kinect, so now it's Sony's turn to show off the Move. And be warned, Xboxers, Playstation is looking to put serious pressure on the 'box. The Move will initially land on European store shelves on September 15th, and American shores just a few days later on September 19th. But better than the short wait time is the perfectly reasonable ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Goatse Security, the firm that discovered and publicized vulnerabilities in AT&T's iPad security system last week, has explained its actions as a necessary public service. AT&T issued an apologetic e-mail to customers last night, placing the blame squarely on "malicious" Goatse "hackers" who were only interested in ...

Technically, Sony's PS3 console has been capable of stereoscopic 3-D gaming since a free firmware update was released back in April. However, gamers have been left out in the cold without any titles to play since then. But according to the Playstation blog, 'WipEout HD,' 'Super Stardust HD,' 'PAIN' and a demo for 'MotorStorm Pacific Rift' will be available for the first time today in all their 3-D ...