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Running Linux on the PlayStation 3: More Than a Toy

whitepaper 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 excitement ensued.

Tags: linux - open source, natively, playstation, tweaking

[09 Apr 2008]

Virtualize and Optimize Your IT Infrastructure

whitepaper Register NOW and attend on April 10th and you'll be entered into a drawing to win one of three Sony PlayStation 3 Consoles (40GB)--a $433 retail value! "Connect 2008: Virtualize, Optimize" It is not how much you invest, but the strategy behind your...

Tags: infrastructure management, event, virtualization, retail

[05 Mar 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 competition in semi-annual...

Tags: petaflop, intel, supercomputer, ibm

[13 Nov 2007]

PSP Hacks: Make a Battery Pack for Your PSP

whitepaper 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.

Tags: cellular equipment, voltage, playstation, psp

[17 Oct 2007]

PHP Hacks: Read RSS Feeds on Your PSP

whitepaper The Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) was a great device even before it got the killer addition of a built-in web browser. But now, with this addition, the game-playing, web-surfing, hip-pocket-size device is simply indispensable.

Tags: web browsers, device, browser, screen

[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 PlayStation.

[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 in brand equity league tables...

Tags: ipod, brands, broadband

[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 prosecution.

Tags: toxbot, dutch, botnet, dutch court

[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 several of its core IT...

Tags: satyam, outsourcing, sony

[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 the hearts and minds of gamers is well and...

[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.

Tags: symbian

[18 Oct 2006]

Accenture Case Study: Sony

whitepaper SCE Europe engaged Accenture to design and build the infrastructure to provide B2C capabilities in time for the PlayStation 2 launch—in just eight months. Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) was preparing its launch of the latest version of the games...

Tags: erp, country, games, consumer

[16 Oct 2006]

Confessions of a CrackBerry addict

Comment So if I'm hooked on the practicalities of the 'BlackBerry lifestyle', what gives me cause for concern is the pervasive spread of such devices among a new generation of young people who are already hooked on other forms of consumer technology, such...

Tags: blackberry

[14 Sep 2006]

Big 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.

Tags: roadrunner, supercomputer, ibm

[06 Sep 2006]

PCs top of the class in twenty-first century schools

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...

Tags: school

[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...

Tags: ibm cell, kernel, linus torvalds, torvalds

[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.

Tags: casino, gambling, poker, internet

[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...

Tags: sony

[22 Sep 2005]

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