Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Sony PS3 boss: 'No turning back' despite hacks (AP)

Sony PS3 boss: 'No turning back' despite hacks (AP)

Sony PS3 boss: 'No turning back' despite hacks (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:27 AM PDT

AP - The head of the Sony Corp. unit that makes the PlayStation 3 game console says there's no going back on a push to offer always-connected play despite a series of hacking attacks that downed its network and will cost the Japanese company around $173 million in special costs.

Nintendo debuts touchscreen Wii successor (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:16 PM PDT

Reggie Fils-Aime, President of Nintendo of America, introduces their new gaming console the Wii U during a news conference at the E3 Gaming Convention in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Nintendo has introduced the world to the Wii's touchy new big brother: the Wii U.

E3 2011: Hands-on with Nintendo’s new Wii U motion gaming controller (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 07:24 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - This morning, Nintendo announced the next generation of the Wii gaming console â€" or at least part of it! We were naturally anxious to get our hands on Nintendo's latest and greatest device, known as the Wii U. The Wii U …

Talk-o-Meter gauges who dominates a conversation, improves social lives (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:27 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Ever had a conversation where you needed to fight to get a word in edgewise? And then when you complain about it, people look at you like you're crazy. It sure would be handy if you could find a way …

Comcast to offer home security package (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Comcast Corp is adding home security to its package of services for homes where it already delivers cable television, broadband and phone.

Sony sees brisk sales of new handheld games device (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:23 PM PDT

Ken Lee uses a Sony PlayStation Move motion controller to play a video game during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Reuters - Sony Corp online gaming network, accessed through its iPhone and other mobile devices, now boasts of 50 million users.

Nintendo Wii woos hardcore gamers, underwhelms investors (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 07:57 PM PDT

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd on Tuesday unwrapped a new touchscreen controller as part of its next-generation Wii aimed at winning back hardcore gamers from rivals such as Microsoft Corp's Xbox, drawing praise from gaming critics but disappointing investors.

Pfizer starts first US "virtual" clinical study (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT

AP - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. is running the first U.S. clinical study in which patients participate by using mobile phones and the Internet, rather than repeatedly visiting a participating hospital.

Automatic link-shortening feature unveiled by Twitter (Digital Trends)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 08:59 PM PDT

Digital Trends - A lot’s been happening at Twitter in the last couple of months as it continues its drive to bring more and more services in-house. It recently paid a fair whack for the TweetDeck third-party client. Then there was the introduction of a “Follow” button. After that, it rolled out a new photo sharing tool. And on Tuesday the company released a feature that will automatically shorten links.

Does Nintendo's Wii U only support 1 touchscreen controller? (Digital Trends)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 07:55 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Though the masses don’t seem to have picked up on this yet, one of the first things we noticed when Nintendo unveiled the Wii U this morning was that, though it showed plenty of multiplayer game concepts for the new console, none of them involved more than one Wii U controller at a time. We can confirm that the console definitely supports a Wii U controller and up to 4 more Wii Remotes, but we are becoming fairly certain that Nintendo is not currently planning to support more than one Wii U touchscreen controller on its upcoming system.

Comparing clouds: A look at the three major cloud music services and what they offer (Appolicious)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Appolicious - On Monday at the Worldwide Developer's Conference, Apple finally unleashed its much-anticipated cloud music service to the world. How does it fare as a response to both Amazon's and Google's music offerings? Let's take a look at the pluses and minuses of all three of these major cloud music services, and also consider some of the other lesser-known alternatives out there.

Sony Unveils Mobile PlayStation Vita with Networking (NewsFactor)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:48 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Amid a slew of E3 announcements -- and in the wake of hack attacks -- Sony on Monday announced its next competitive move in the mobile-gaming-console market: The PlayStation Vita. The name means "life" in Latin.

Apple’s iTunes in the Cloud isn’t really a cloud music service (Appolicious)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 10:41 AM PDT

Appolicious - Monday at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address in San Francisco, CEO Steve Jobs rolled out a new batch of software as part of the company's newly announced iCloud service. One big portion is called "iTunes in the Cloud," and it's that big cloud music service we've been hearing rumblings about for months.

Sony and Toshiba (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - Sony and Toshiba are in talks to combine their units that make small LCD panels for smartphones and tablet computers like those in Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL - News) iPad and iPhone, and may sell a stake to the Japanese gov't for $1.2 bil, sources said. The new unit would pass Sharp as the biggest LCD panel maker. Sony fell 1.9% to 25.27.

Apple announces comprehensive Twitter integration with iOS 5 at WWDC ‘11 (Appolicious)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Twitter addicts with Apple (AAPL) products are getting a big boost with the launch of iOS 5, featuring full integration with the social networking site. At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple announced that the newest version of its mobile operating system will have Twitter built into it.

Associates of Peru president-elect address fears (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:06 PM PDT

AP - Associates of Peru's new left-leaning president-elect did their best to calm investor fears, and the stock market rebounded Tuesday after plunging on concerns Ollanta Humala will be hostile to private enterprise.
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