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BBC iPlayer gets the HD treatment
News The new HD format will initially appear on the online version of iPlayer but will soon be available to Virgin Media cable customers and on the PlayStation 3. Selected programmes will soon be available on the BBC's... [17 Apr 2009]
Major shake up at Sony and president steps down
News According to the statement, the PlayStation network service platform is "integral" to the creation of new products within this group. Sony has announced a major reorganisation of its business divisions that sees chief... [02 Mar 2009]
Photos: The world's fastest supercomputers revealed
Photo Roadrunner is based on the IBM QS22 blades, which are built with advanced versions of the processor used in the Sony PlayStation 3. The colossi of computing took their places on the supercomputing podium today. [17 Nov 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News Recent infected websites include those of ITV, Sony PlayStation and a golf page on the BBC site - all these websites have now fixed their security hole. Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors'... [23 Jul 2008]
Roadrunner runs away with supercomputing prize
News The fastest supercomputer in the world - used to monitor the US nuclear weapons stockpile - is based on the IBM QS22 blades, which are built using advanced versions of the Cell processor in Sony's PlayStation 3. [19 Jun 2008]
Running Linux on the PlayStation 3: More Than a Toy
White Paper The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) runs Linux, but getting it to run well requires some tweaking. When Sony first announced that the PlayStation 3 would be able to run Linux natively, a great deal of... [09 Apr 2008]
Beep beep! Move over for IBM's super Roadrunner
News The company is working on a computer nicknamed 'Roadrunner' that will combine Cell processors - a family of chips found inside the PlayStation 3 - and processors from Advanced Micro Devices. IBM once again dominated the... [13 Nov 2007]
PSP Hacks: Make a Battery Pack for Your PSP
White Paper Well, mini power surges aside, any voltage higher than five volts could very quickly, with a sizzle and a burnt smell, fry up the PlayStation Portable into a very handy PlayStation doorstop or paperweight. [17 Oct 2007]
Satoru Iwata
AS Profile But its position soon slipped with the advent of the PlayStation and then the Xbox. Iwata is the Nintendo chief who turned the company's fortunes round. In the early 1990s, Nintendo led the global games console market. [12 Oct 2007]
The rise and rise of the Asian tech empire
AS Analysis While Jobs took the category of digital music players and recast his company as the one that brought that platform to the masses, Iwata at Nintendo launched the Wii, bringing gaming to millions who had never before picked up an Xbox or... [12 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: Ranking everything
Comment Sony PlayStation I noticed a story this morning about the favourite brands in the UK. It wasn't dominated by big tech and internet names - think Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook. Nor was it the usual run-down you see... [13 Sep 2007]
Toxbot hackers sentenced by Dutch court
News The pair used the identity information they collected, which also included eBay and PayPal account details, to purchase PlayStation game consoles, iPods, audio speakers, a graphics card and a camera, according to the... [01 Feb 2007]
Sony Europe signs up with Indian outsourcer
News Sony has had a poor year financially, largely caused by the delayed release of the PlayStation 3 console and the hugely expensive recall of millions of laptop batteries after some caught fire. Sony Europe is outsourcing... [11 Dec 2006]
Julie Meyer: Microsoft v Sony: A fight to the death?
Comment Playstation 2 has sold over 100 million units worldwide to date with Microsoft Xbox a distant second. But Playstation has been an overweight contributor to Sony's bottom line for a decade. The battle for... [14 Nov 2006]
Symbian for PlayStation on the horizon?
News Smart phone OS-maker Symbian has hinted it would be open to expanding beyond the cellular. Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford revealed that the company is open to approaches from those needing an operating system for non-cellular devices. [18 Oct 2006]
