Archive for November, 2008

Sony loses patent suit. Pay up! $18.5 million

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Sony is a wonderful example of Darwinism in retail. They will (and they do) do anything to get to the top, and once they're there they TRY to take out whomever they feel is in their path in order to maintain or advance said position, but once they're there, no ...

Sony Pictures celebrates NXE by blocking 360 Netflix streams

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

If you're not familiar with NXE then click that. It's the XWii360 makeover MS has been touting for a few months now. ANYWAY - classy move by Sony by waiting until the day of a competitor's unrelated upgrade to cancel all of their movie streaming. Just classy. Just hours before the ...

Sonys Home ReReReReleases Beta “Timeline”

Friday, November 14th, 2008

News? No, just Sony trying a different delay tactic. Read on! The following was posted on SCEEs boards for curious users, so if youre a curious user, click through for the full details. 1. The version 1.0 Patch Notes will be published in the closed beta forum so they know what to ...

Sony UK: We’re not known for a ‘patch-patch mentality’

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Here they go again. What f*(&n world do these idiots live in? Sony UK's managing director, Ray Maguire: "We have to make sure that things are born at the right time, that the infrastructures are right and are tested, and that they actually work." Work, yes. Work properly? That's not a criteria at ...

Sony Lets Management Speak Again. Misc 360 Bash Ensues.

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

I have yete to figure out why Sony lets these people speak in public. Do you EVER hear Nintendo or MS do this sh*t? NO. The boss of Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ray Maguire has stated that he believes third party developers will in future use PS3 as their lead platform ...

Dell, HP, Acer, etc… Recall 100k Sony Batteries Over Fire Risks

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Impressive Sony. So last year this same scenario took place. You didn't go back and test any other of your batteries? You didn't try to pre-empt the problem? You just decided to sell the defective batteries to MORE laptop manufacturers, eh? Well I can't say I'm surprised. Must be the ...