Cryptography failure leads to easy hacking for PlayStation Classic
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PlayStation Classic Hacked Live on Stream
When Sony announced they planned to release their own classic/mini/plug-n-play system this year, many fans were filled with excitement at the chance to relive countless classic games from the 90s. However, once the actual list of titles were made public that excitement faded as reality set in. So many favorites like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon were left off the final PlayStation Classic list, no doubt due to the complexity of licensing agreements. That will all soon change now that [YifanLu] cracked the PlayStation Classic live on a Twitch stream thus laying the ground work for swapping-in a “more …read more
Retrotechtacular: Some Of The Last CRTs From The Factory Floor
It seems crazy having to explain what a piece of technology was like to someone who is barely fifteen years your junior, but yet we have reached that point when it comes to CRTs. There may still be remnants of CRT televisions and monitors left out in the wild, however, the chances that a kid preparing to enter high school has encountered one is slim. While there may be no substitute for the real thing, there is this raw video from [Glenn] who shared his tour of the Sony Trinitron assembly line in the early 2000s.
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Sony Won’t Be Attending E3 2019
Sony says it won’t be attending E3 this year, Microsoft fires shots. Cue the battle sequence.
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Sony Announces Its PS4 Black Friday Deals
Today, Sony announced its the sale prices it will offer on PlayStation 4 during the Black Friday week.
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Man who conducted DDoS attacks on Sony, Xbox & EA pleads guilty
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Austin Thompson, a 23-year-old man from Utah has pleaded guilty to conducting DDoS attacks on gaming giants between 2013 to 2014. Among his targets were companies like EA Origin, Sony’s PlayStation Network, Steam, Microsoft’s Xbox,… Continue reading Man who conducted DDoS attacks on Sony, Xbox & EA pleads guilty
DerpTrolling game server DDoS attacker pleads guilty
Austin Thompson pleaded guilty on November 6 in a San Diego Federal court to knowingly causing damage to third-party computers. Continue reading DerpTrolling game server DDoS attacker pleads guilty
‘DerpTroll’ Faces 10 Years in Prison for DDoSing Gaming Sites as a Teen
He admitted to taking Steam, EA Origin and Sony Online Entertainment offline in 2013 and 2014, causing at least $95,000 in damages. Continue reading ‘DerpTroll’ Faces 10 Years in Prison for DDoSing Gaming Sites as a Teen
Teardown: Sony’s New Aibo goes Under the Knife
In a complete surprise, Sony has moved to release the latest version of their robotic dog series, Aibo, in North America. The device is already out in Japan, where there are a number of owner’s clubs that would rival any dedicated kennel club. Thanks to the [Robot Start] team, we now have a glimpse of what goes into making the robotic equivalent of man’s best friend in their teardown of an Aibo ERS-1000.
According to Yoshihiro of Robot Start, Aibo looks to be using a proprietary battery reminiscent of the Handycam camcorders. Those three gold contacts are used for charging …read more
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Jailbroken PS4 seller sued by Sony
The consoles allegedly sold on eBay by the California man were packed with over 60 pirated games.
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