Sony to testify the hack

             Millions of credit card numbers have been theft and Congress started looking into it.And Sony which had declined till now,want to testify about Playstation network hack.
That will change next week. Sony will send Tim Schaff, president of its international Sony Network Entertainment division, to Capitol Hill to appear before a Tuesday House subcommittee hearing examining the breach, according to a subcommittee spokesman. 
            In April, hackers seized info from up to 77 million network subscribers. Earlier this month, a second data breach occurred, and Sony said info on up to 25 million Sony online customers had been stolen.

            Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.), chairwoman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, when asked Sony to testify, Sony declined and wanted to  respond to the committee's questions in writing.
          Today, Sony responded to the subcommittee's follow-up questions and agreed to send Schaff to the Hill next week, according to subcommittee aide Ken Johnson,as per The Atlantic.

Sony to drop Ericsson

         Sony said that it will drop the brand name Ericsson from its smartphones in the middle of the coming year. Sony will be buying Ericsson for $1.47 billion. After dropping Ericsson, the brand name for the smartphones will be continued as 'Sony' itself. This decision has been taken only to focus solely on smartphones that are Android based. Sony said:

Sony Ericsson Out, Google In

         Sony Ericsson's sync service is about to fade. Last week, the company decided to shut down the service on Dec. 29th, as Google and some other companies are giving the similar offers as Sony Ericsson did. In a statement posted to its site, the manufacturer explained that the service had to be cut, "since it was meant for old generation phones and our aim is to create a more enhanced and integrated smartphone experience for you." 

Will Sony's NGP be a PS Vita?

                It is heard that Sony NGP(Next Generation Portable) would have some of the changes in its specifications,esp. in terms of price. But, the new rumor is that Sony NGP might actually be called as Playstation Vita..where vita-'life' in Latin.

(Source: Ubergizmo)

                "In addition, another strong point to back up such a rumor would be the psvita.com domain that features the same technical contact as psp.com, Sony. No idea on whether this rumor can be substantiated before Sony’s E3 keynote this coming June 6th, but we will find out as long as we cling to the virtue of patience." according to Ubergizmo  
For cheap models it'll be around $250-$300.
Source: Ubergizmo

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Sony Tablet P is available in UK

          New Sony Tablet P sports features like Nvidia Tegra 2 mobile processor with 1 GHz clock speed. It's storage capacity is 4 GB. The new thing to be mentioned is, it has 2 screens and the display size is5.5 inches.

It is playstation certified that is the lower half screen can be used as joy stick and and upper half as gaming screen.

Hollywood Movies in Youtube

         YouTube is nearly adding 3,000+ mainstream movies for rent from Monday. Google's YouTube is offering  blockbusters in the range 99 cent and $3.99 each. Movies like "Inception,"Taxi Driver" are being added. Some of them are Oscar winners.YouTube signed deals with major studios including Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros, Sony Corp's J Sony Pictures, Comcast Corp's Universal Pictures and Lions Gate Entertainment. 

      Users have to upgrade their account,so that they can pay to watch a movie, which they have 30 days to begin viewing. For once started watching the movie, then it should be completed in  24 hours to finish. 

      Most of the movies, which will be streamed, will be available at the same time as DVD releases. Even Hollywood Studios started liking this concept of using social media. YouTube will allow users of movie rentals to share the movies they watched on Facebook and Twitter. But the recipient has only a chance to watch the trailer when clicked on it, unless he pays the rental.YouTube Movie Extras,provide with behind-the-scenes videos, cast interviews, parodies and remixes made by YouTube users. 
The point to be noted is that, this new service is only available in United States.Anyhow,this shows that the goal of Youtube is to drag or bring more views to its site.

Sony to make Jobs's Biopic

(Source: Google Images)

              Based on upcoming Walter Issacson's biography of Jobs, Sony is working on a deal to get film rights for the book, which will be released later this month. Fleming said that the producer will be Mark Gordon. Even though there are other biographies about Jobs, this one is special since it has Jobs participation in it.
              "Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published," according to promotional materials for the book. "He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against." according to CNET .

Apple goes for curved display glass in iPhone 5

Apple might be employing a curved display glass for iPhone 5. There's no info on what Apple's going to do with that.There is also a report according to Wired that Apple has bought 300 glass cutting machines. 

The handset will debut in September, perhaps during Apple’s annual iPod event.The iPhone 5 will have a flat metal back, instead of the glass on the current iPhone. There’s been some debate about near-field communications technology debuting in the next iPhone, to enable wireless payments with the device at stores. However, we’re skeptical because it would first require merchants to be on board with NFC readers.Likely “under-the-hood” changes include the faster A5 processor currently powering the iPad 2, as well as an 8-megapixel camera sensor designed by Sony.The iPhone 5 will become available on T-Mobile and Sprint, according to some analysts.

 Source: Wired

Facebook says NO to take down 'Rape related Page'

             A page with the name "You know she's playing hard to get when you are chasing her down an alleyway" in Facebook has nearly 1.94 lac likes, according to ET.
            Victim charities have claimed that the content of the page itself counter attacks the rules of the networking giant like no nudity, pornography or violence etc..Facebook, instead, supported it saying they "allow freedom of expression"
           "It is very important to point out that what one person finds offensive another can find entertaining, just as telling a rude joke won't get you thrown out of your local pub, it won't get you thrown off Facebook," a statement said. 
          "Groups or pages that express an opinion on a state, institution, or set of beliefs - even if that opinion is outrageous or offensive to some - do not by themselves violate our policies," the statement said. 
          "These online discussions are a reflection of those happening offline, where conversations happen freely in people's homes, in cafes and on the telephone," it added.             

           There is one more thing here. Big companies like Sony, Blackberry and American Express have asked Facebook to remove their adverts from the group, as per ET.     

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