There has been another data breach at Sony, source code has been stolen.
When Sony released its PlayStation 3 console in 2006, most fans were
excited by the enhanced graphics and processing power, but a
small (yet significant) group of buyers was excited about an entirely
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Sony pictures serves were recently hacked and some files were stolen. Apparently, there was a single folder named “Passwords” and this contained all of the files that were stolen. Apparently a DVDrip of the movie Fury was downloaded as well as countless passwords and other files. 47,000 social security numbers for various Hollywood stars including … Read more
The new Playstation 4 console will have the FreeBSD operating system running on it. This will provide a solid UNIX base for the gaming platform. The actual name of the operating system that will power the PlayStation 4 is Orbis OS, which is a Sony spin of FreeBSD 9.0. It’s not a huge surprise FreeBSD … Read more
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/05/25/sony-patent-pauses-games-advertising The Sony corporation is planning to put advertising into their games during game-play. it is bad enough that they are dumbing down games with such releases as the Call of Duty series, but now they are putting ads into the games as well. Is the screen-shot to the right an actual example of the … Read more
Sony corporation has been hit by another Cyber Attack, with the accounts of 93,000 users compromised and Credit Card data possibly used to fleece the owners. This after Sony suffered the first embarrassing attack that compromised countless accounts. A Sony representative has advised that users accounts were locked down and anyone whose credit card date … Read more
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/technology/lulzsec-member-arrested-group-leaks-sony-database-57296.html Cracker group LulzSec have managed to gain access to the Sony Developer Network and download the source code of the network, possibly giving them real-time access to the Sony network whenever they wish. This on top of the original cracking incident that allowed the personal data of millions of Sony customers to be downloaded … Read more
Sony PS3 in the days before Other OS feature was removed from the Playstation 3. This allowed you to have a very fast and reliable system that could be networked into a supercomputing cluster using the Cell processor in the Playstation 3. That was a good system, still available if you have a PS3 that … Read more
This technology would of course be driven by the huge defense budget that would demand better technology like lighter roll-up screens that would be good for officers and soldiers in the field.