Review: Sony Tablet S 16GB WiFi

Text and Photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sony has put an interesting spin on its first and much anticipated Google Honeycomb device. The oddly contoured and shaped much like a folded magazine, Sony Tablet S ($499 for 16GB and $599 for 32GB), actually serves to unify Sony's various product lines and aims to make waves in the tablet space. Does it have what it takes?

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Breaking News: Sony Ericsson Canada hacked, 2,000 user's info taken

Sony just can't get a break, Sony Ericsson Canada and Sony BMG Japan's websites have been just been reported hacked and first and last names, email addresses and encrypted passwords of 2,000 users have been compromised. No other personal or credit card information was taken as per a Sony statement. 

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Breaking News: Sony's PlayStation Network is back on

After almost a month of being hacked and compromised, Sony's PlayStation Network has begun to come back online. The video above shows Sony's Kazuo Hirai explaining that the restoration of online gameplay across PS2 and Qriocity, Hulu, PlayStation home and others. Users are asked to download the software update as well as change their passwords in order to improve their security.

Breaking News: Sony pulls gaming service after 24.6 million more user accounts are stolen

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sony has been forced to cut off its Sony Online Entertainment service after another 24.6 million user accounts have been compromised by hackers Sony said in a press release. This is the second such instance of customer data being accessed on Sony online gaming and entertainment services and brings the total number of compromised user accounts breached to 100 million, which is unprecedented.

The first attack which took place  April 20th, forcing Sony to pull the plug on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity streaming services after 77 million user accounts were exposed. These services have not gone back online.

The attack on Sony's online services, which have critical user information such as names, addresses and passwords has earned the ire of customers and observers who are aware that this information can be used by hackers to access other services, commit fraud and ultimately lead to identity theft. 12,700 non-U.S. credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes) were also taken.

Hit the jump is Sony's recent press release on the matter.

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