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12 Jan 2011 11:15

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Tech: Sony wants court to prevent PS3 system master key’s spread

  • The lack of injunctive relief will … result in the loss of goodwill to licensees, encourage infringers to increase operations, and discourage anti-piracy enforcement which is great and irreparable harm.
  • A court document from Sony’s lawyers • Asking for a temporary restraining order to stop the spread of the Playstation 3 master key, which was released online earlier this month by Geohot (George Hotz), who originally jailbroke the iPhone, and the FAIL0VERFLOW group. It’s good to note that the PS3 was originally released with an Other OS feature, which (awesomely) allowed people to run Linux on their consoles. However, it was eventually turned off by Sony for security reasons, leading to the current chain of events. Streisand effect, anyone? source
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01 Mar 2010 22:08

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Tech: Understatement: Sony’s PS3 bug only affected a couple of machines

  • 20 million consoles screwed up by
    a stupid software glitch source
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01 Mar 2010 11:54

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Tech: Gamers whine about their busted PlayStation 3s on Twitter



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19 Oct 2009 20:55

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Tech: Now that the PS3 doesn’t cost a month’s rent, people are buying it

  • three years amount of time Sony’s costly PS3 has been on the market; the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii routinely beat its sales numbers
  • $299 (finally) the cost of the PS3 Slim – which allowed Sony to finally win a month in console sales against Nintendo and Microsoft source
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21 Sep 2009 13:10

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Tech: Nigeria doesn’t like it when they’re called out for their 419 scams

  • In this commercial for Sony’s Playstation 3, Sony suggested that Nigeria was a source for lots of scams. When the Nigerian government heard about it, they freaked, claiming that Sony slandered them. They also asked for their bank account numbers. source
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18 Aug 2009 21:53

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Tech: Took long enough: Sony finally cuts the PS3’s price

  • $599 The cost of the Sony Playstation 3 at launch; it’s gone down a little since then, but was sold at a huge loss at launch.
  • $249 The launch price of the Nintendo Wii, which managed to sell like hotcakes AND be profitable at launch.
  • $299 The price of the PS3 as of tomorrow. It only took Sony about two and a half years to get it priced this cheap. source
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