http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Top executives from Sony and online marketing firm Epsilon told lawmakers Thursday that they support federal legislation that would require companies to promptly notify consumers if their personal information is stolen or exposed by a data breach. http://phys.org/news226246299.html Technology Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:11:55 EST news226246299 (PhysOrg.com) -- Sony’s PSN has been offline since April 21 when a security breach was discovered. As a result 77 million customer records were lost and an additional 24 million accounts were compromised. http://phys.org/news224675984.html Technology Sun, 15 May 2011 11:00:26 EST news224675984 Sony said Tuesday that it will be at least a few more days before it restores the PlayStation Network, which has been offline since it was targeted by by hackers last month. http://phys.org/news224260685.html Technology Tue, 10 May 2011 15:38:43 EST news224260685 (AP) -- Warner Bros. on Thursday joined studios Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox in demanding shipments be delayed to $1-per-night DVD rental kiosks like Redbox in an attempt to preserve demand for higher-priced disc purchases. http://phys.org/news169457020.html Technology Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:40:01 EST news169457020 (AP) -- Hurt by the recession and few hit game launches, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in July, showing an even bigger decline than what many analysts were expecting. http://phys.org/news169448541.html Technology Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:50:01 EST news169448541 Sony, in a challenge to Amazon's Kindle, unveiled plans on Thursday to do away with the proprietary software on its electronic Sony Reader and convert its e-book store to an industry standard format. http://phys.org/news169392591.html Technology Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:40:01 EST news169392591 Worldwide mobile phone sales fell by 6.1 percent in the second quarter from a year ago but smartphone sales were up sharply in the period, market research firm Gartner reported Wednesday. http://phys.org/news169317113.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:00:03 EST news169317113 (AP) -- The United States has won a wide-ranging ruling against Chinese trade practices that could provide massive market opportunities for American makers of everything from CDs and DVDs to music downloads and books. http://phys.org/news169309442.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:00:02 EST news169309442 (AP) -- DVD rental kiosk company Redbox said Wednesday it has sued 20th Century Fox over the movie studio's attempts to delay its titles from appearing in Redbox vending machines. http://phys.org/news169297304.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:02:23 EST news169297304 (AP) -- A federal judge has barred RealNetworks Inc. from selling a device that allows consumers to copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, pending a full trial. http://phys.org/news169282944.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:20:02 EST news169282944 (AP) -- Having lost the video format war, Toshiba Corp. said Monday it will make Blu-ray disc products and plans to join the once-rival camp, the Blu-ray Disc Association. http://phys.org/news169118646.html Technology Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:24:34 EST news169118646 (AP) -- Hollywood studios are split over Redbox, the $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company: They could supply it with cheap wholesale discs and ride its massive growth, or starve it in the hopes of preserving higher-priced purchases. http://phys.org/news168879752.html Technology Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:03:08 EST news168879752 Sony today announced two new Cyber-shot cameras (DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1 models) that provide unprecedented advances in low-light performance with approximately twice the sensitivity of cameras with traditional image sensors. http://phys.org/news168793522.html Electronics Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:07:22 EST news168793522 (AP) -- Thirty years after revolutionizing portable music with the Walkman for playing cassette tapes, Sony is trying to master the digital media player with the X Series Walkman. http://phys.org/news168714063.html Electronics Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:30:02 EST news168714063 (AP) -- Electronic books are often mentioned in the same breath as Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle digital reader. Now e-book rival Sony Corp. is determined to recapture consumers' attention with a smaller reader that's also $100 cheaper. http://phys.org/news168672987.html Electronics Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:10:02 EST news168672987 Japanese high-tech giant Panasonic Corp. announced Monday a big first-quarter loss, blaming weak sales of televisions, digital cameras and other electronic goods during the recession. http://phys.org/news168498511.html Technology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:00:02 EST news168498511 The eBook Store from Sony, together with Google, today announced it is providing access to more than 1 million free public domain books - from classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island to biographies, historical texts, romance novels and hundreds of other genres. The announcement reinforces Sony’s commitment to providing consumers with the largest, most comprehensive selection of eBooks available. http://phys.org/news168099320.html Electronics Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:16:51 EST news168099320 (AP) -- Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June, the largest year-over-year decline the industry has seen in nearly nine years. http://phys.org/news167028108.html Technology Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:30:03 EST news167028108 (AP) -- Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a tiny new laptop starting in August, the company's belated entry into the growing but cutthroat "netbook" PC market. http://phys.org/news166185367.html Electronics Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:36:51 EST news166185367 (AP) -- Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again. http://phys.org/news166115446.html Technology Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:11:17 EST news166115446 (AP) -- Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory. http://phys.org/news165735779.html Technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:43:33 EST news165735779 Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age -- the iPod. http://phys.org/news165644510.html Electronics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:30:02 EST news165644510 (AP) -- No more asking around the office for the right sort of charger. At least that's what European Union and cell phone makers are hoping. http://phys.org/news165487897.html Electronics Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:55:43 EST news165487897 Sony Corp. remained tight-lipped over reports that it may combine its PlayStation Portable game console with a mobile telephone into a new gadget to challenge rival Apple's iPhone. http://phys.org/news165475475.html Electronics Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:25:03 EST news165475475 A US jury has ordered a 32-year-old woman to pay nearly two million dollars in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs over the Internet in a high-profile digital piracy case. http://phys.org/news164601902.html Technology Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:46:12 EST news164601902 (AP) -- Recording company Sony Music Entertainment has joined Vevo, an online music video site due to launch this year with the backing of Universal Music Group and YouTube. http://phys.org/news163359752.html Technology Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:42:50 EST news163359752 Sony on Tuesday demonstrated a prototype motion-sensing videogame controller, as the maker of PlayStation consoles joined rivals in a trend away from playing with complicated buttons and joysticks. http://phys.org/news163225917.html Electronics Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:35:11 EST news163225917 Sony on Tuesday unveiled a sleek next-generation PSP Go handheld videogame, movie and music gadget in a direct challenge to Nintendo's freshly-launched DSi devices. http://phys.org/news163180170.html Electronics Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:50:09 EST news163180170 Sony Music Entertainment and eMusic announced on Monday that songs from Sony's back catalog would be available later this year through the online music store. http://phys.org/news163088970.html Technology Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:30:19 EST news163088970 Sony Ericsson announced the integrating and scintillating new smarter phone, Ainoa also spelled Aino in London on May 28, 2009. By smarter, I mean the future of communications is exemplified by the 4.1-inch x 2.0-inch x .06-inch, 4.7-ounce Obsidian Black Ainoa phone. Ainoa 3G with UMTS HSPA 850/1900/2100, UMTS HSUPA 850/1900/2100, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 will hook you up on every device you own, dream of owning or is on the drawing board in a R&D lab. The future is now. http://phys.org/news162996451.html Electronics Sun, 31 May 2009 17:17:32 EST news162996451