a post by Alec, filed in Computer, funny, internet, piracy, program, technology on April 1st, 2008. Read the full post »
I almost thought it was a joke when I first heard about this! However, this a true story. France Sony BMG got caught using pirated Microsoft software on its servers. That isn’t the worst part though. Guess how Sony got caught? They actually called Microsoft tech support and gave them their illegal key. Can you believe these fools at Sony BMG? After they install root-kits on peoples computer and crack down and P2P and music-sharing college students they use pirated software on THEIR OWN servers. Stupid French. However they only got a fine of $450,000 which is like pocket change to a massive corporation like Sony when they are charging college students $5,000 for sharing a couple of songs.
I have two words for Sony BMG:
EPIC FAIL!
a post by Griffin, filed in Apple, Computer, Microsoft, Video Games, internet, media, technology, windows on March 6th, 2008. Read the full post »
Obviously realizing that there is some trouble afoot, Microsoft on Thursday announced price cuts on its most expensive versions of Vista and said those discounts will range from 20 percent to 48 percent. Ironically, those discounts are designed to coincide with the release of Vista Service Pack 1, which according to Microsoft, will usher in a slew of security fixes and improvements that should make the Vista experience much better. I’m still skeptical that Vista will ever truly get off the ground, and it looks like Microsoft is starting to wake up and smell the rotten eggs. Read the rest of this entry »
a post by Josh, filed in Video, funny, josh on February 29th, 2008. Read the full post »
a post by Griffin, filed in Video Games, technology on February 25th, 2008. Read the full post »
Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, has announced that he will resign on February 29. Harrison has been working with Sony since 1992 and many are sorry to see him gone.
The past 15 years at Sony Computer Entertainment has been the defining journey of my life so far. I am grateful to all the PlayStation family for their incredible support, guidance and friendship. It has been a privilege to serve as part of the team and be inspired by them on a daily basis. I am so proud of everything PlayStation has achieved and will continue to support its future in every way I can.
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a post by Griffin, filed in Video Games, technology on January 23rd, 2008. Read the full post »
Well, I’m sure you can tell what this article is about from the title. Sony made a big boo-boo and forgot to make their PSP headsets Skype compatible. Seriously, what were they thinking when they did that. Wouldn’t that be one of the first things that one would do when developing a VOIP program? It is noted that this was for the Japanese release, but that doesn’t change the fact that they slipped up. It wouldn’t be
hard to fathom someone losing their job over this. The North American and European launch dates are reportedly not affected. No new launch dates for Japan though. Sorry to all our Japanese readers (all 52 of you.)
In other news, Sony apparently has gained a 93% hold on the HD disc format wars after Warner Brothers announced their plans to switch to being exclusive to Blu-Ray before CES last week.
