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RSS playstationBig Blue scores bid to build world's fastest PC
News IBM has won a bid to build a supercomputer called Roadrunner that will include not just conventional Opteron chips but also the Cell processor used in the Sony Playstation, silicon.com sister site CNET News.com has learned. [06 Sep 2006]
PCs top of the class in twenty-first century schools
News And despite fears that computers in schools will simply breed a playstation generation, Taggart said computers are helping children interact better. PCs and PDAs are becoming a common sight in the classroom as teachers switch on to the power of... [06 Apr 2006]
Torvalds issues new Linux kernel
News The unusual processor is also used in Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 game console but IBM expects it to be used for high-performance computing tasks such as medical image processing as well. Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday that... [22 Mar 2006]
Theme parks go high-tech to lure stay-at-home consumers
News He told silicon.com: "The more Playstation graphics improve, the more people want to play them. Tourist attractions are going high-tech as they try to tear lazy consumers away from their DVDs and Playstations. [15 Nov 2005]
Ken Kutaragi
AS Profile But that's what Ken Kutargi did with the PlayStation - and lucky for him, it and its successor, the PlayStation 2, turned out to be among the company's biggest moneymakers. It's this mix of vision and realism that wins the father of the PlayStation... [23 Sep 2005]
Sony slashes seven per cent of its global workforce
News The company known for its Walkman music player, the Spider-Man movie franchise and the PlayStation game console will "eliminate the corporate silos" of its Sony Corporation Network starting on 1 October, and replace it with a new structure it... [22 Sep 2005]
What does George Bush have on his iPod?
News According to the pair, Jobs and co are watching how consumers react to the Playstation Portable (PSP) before launching onto the market. US President George Bush is the proud owner of an iPod - and when he's not invading Middle Eastern countries in... [12 Apr 2005]
Project Nevis to take BT to new broadband highs?
News While mobile and hotspot operators have long talked about broadband over wireless - using technologies such as 3G and Wi-Fi - and some gamers already employ cable and ADSL connections for networked Xbox and PlayStation 2 videogames, broadband is... [06 Apr 2005]
iTunes gets link to Sony’s new portable PlayStation
News A small California software maker has developed a program designed to bring at least part of Apple’s iTunes experience to the new Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP). The software, the latest in Information Appliance Associates' series of PocketMac... [01 Apr 2005]
Xbox shortage hits Microsoft
News Retailers reported localised shortages over the holiday season, but nothing compared to widespread sellouts of Sony's rival PlayStation 2, which suffered from slow restocking after a redesign of the hardware and a miniature Suez Crisis when a... [22 Mar 2005]
Brit gets nod as Sony CEO
News Ken Kutaragi - the executive credited with the success of Sony's gaming console the PlayStation - is also stepping down from the board but will remain with the company. Sony's board of directors unanimously approved the selection of a British... [07 Mar 2005]
"We want Britney" say web surfers
News Following were digital cameras, MP3s, Microsoft's xBox, Sony's PlayStation 2, portable DVD players, plasma TVs, digital camcorders, PDAs and electric scooters, respectively. If the term "zeitgeist" is applied as it is defined -- an era's... [24 Dec 2004]
Sony: 'Now we're out of PS2s too…'
News That's the message from Sony, which confirmed on Tuesday what a growing number of Christmas shoppers and eBay bargainers already knew - the company's PlayStation 2 video game console is in short supply at many retailers. [01 Dec 2004]
5 years ago: Sony says PlayStations to overtake PCs
News 16.11.99: Sony's PlayStation 2 will become a serious alternative to the PC, says company CEO Nobuyuki Idei at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas Kazuo Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, agreed, saying the PlayStation 2 will... [16 Nov 2004]
Broadband Creates a Completely New Lifestyle Image
White Paper Products like Playstation and VAIO have made Sony a worldwide household name. They have also positioned it as a company well placed for the development of home networks. Now under the "bit-drive" brand they are entering the communication business. [16 Sep 2004]
