Sony
A Japanese company that manufactures a wide range of electronic goods, such as TVs, computers and MP3 players. The company was founded in 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita. The company currently employs 168,000 people worldwide.
# sony - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Four LulzSec hackers sentenced to jail for “cowardly and vindictive” attacks
“You cared nothing for the privacy of others but did everything you could through your computer activities to hide your own identities while seeking publicity,” a judge told the four men.
# sony - Friday 26 April, 2013
Portraits of Norway massacre survivors win Sony World Photo Award
The overall winner scooped top prize for her portraits of survivors from the Norwegian Utoya Island massacre.
# sony - Friday 4 January, 2013
Irish businesses warned of ‘significantly increased’ IT security risks in 2013
Major security breaches at large international businesses such as Sony, LinkedIn, Global Payments and RSA are a warning to Irish businesses, says a leading security specialist.
# sony - Monday 1 October, 2012
Open thread: Happy 30th birthday CD player… what was your first CD?
Here at TheJournal.ie towers we’ve turned up gems from Dustin the Turkey, Boyzone and Tupac. What was your first CD purchase?
# sony - Monday 24 September, 2012
Apple supplier Foxconn shuts plant after 2,000-worker brawl
40 people were injured after a “personal dispute” among workers escalated into a larger dispute.
# sony - Sunday 8 July, 2012
Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
Some of the internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# sony - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Aaron Sorkin to adapt ‘Steve Jobs’ film
The Oscar-winning writer is to write a screenplay for Sony based on the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson.
# sony - Monday 9 April, 2012
Sony “to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide”
Reports emerging from Japan say that the company will cut the jobs over the next year as it tries to return to profit.
# sony - Monday 20 February, 2012
Sony launches new handheld games console – the ‘Vita’
The €250 device has touch screens on both sides and aims to take gaming business away from smartphones.
# sony - Wednesday 12 October, 2011
Sony not recalling Bravia televisions despite concerns
Contrary to earlier reports, electronics giant Sony is not recalling 1.6 millions TVs but has offered owners free safety inspections.
# sony - Friday 2 September, 2011
The Daily Fix: Friday
Catch up on the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.
Here are the tablets Sony hopes will challenge iPad’s dominance
Sony has unveiled two new tablets which will go on sale in Europe later this year.
# sony - Wednesday 31 August, 2011
Sony warehouse fire “not started by rioters”
New evidence suggests it may have been a professional heist. Stock belonging to 150 independent labels was destroyed in the blaze.
# sony - Wednesday 10 August, 2011
Blow to music industry after Sony warehouse burns
Dublin-based [PIAS] Ireland was one of the businesses affected. It is encouraging people to support independent labels who lost stock in the fire by downloading music from their websites.
# sony - Tuesday 19 July, 2011
China’s largest search engine to pay for music downloads
Sony, Warner Music and Universal have reached a deal with Baidu. Currently almost all of music downloads in China are illegal.
# sony - Sunday 26 June, 2011
Hacker group LulzSec calls it a day but why?
It could be a sign of nerves in the face of law enforcement investigations.
The 9 at 9: Sunday
In your 9 at 9: Minister in sack threat; the universal social charge is here to stay; the end of LulzSec; the senator and the passport row; and the world’s ugliest dog.
# sony - Tuesday 21 June, 2011
19-year-old Essex man arrested over CIA and Senate hacking
An English teen is suspected of being involved in the ‘LulzSec’ hacking movement, which denies any involvement.
# sony - Saturday 18 June, 2011
Sega becomes the latest hacking victim
We didn’t even think the Megadrive could connect to the internet…
# sony - Friday 10 June, 2011
Three alleged Sony hackers arrested in Spain
The men are thought to be part of the international group of hackers who call themselves ‘Anonymous’ – alleged to be behind attacks on Sony’s PlayStation network.
# sony - Sunday 5 June, 2011
Hackers target Nintendo but company says no data has been lost
The makers of the Wii console revealed details of the attack today in what is the latest in a series of breaches targeting big brands.
# sony - Friday 3 June, 2011
Britain’s Got Talent ‘fix’ furore takes off – as Cowell calls in the cops
Simon Cowell has asked police to probe allegations that show favourite Ronan Parke was personally selected for success by BGT producers long before the series began.
Sony investigates claim of another security breach
Hackers have claimed that they have hit Sony for a second time – taking over one million passwords, emails, and other user information – by accessing unencrypted data stored by the corporation.
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Fears over the spread of new forms of deadly MRSA and E.coli bugs; checkout worker takes Tesco to court over lottery row; and Stephen Fry’s suicide fears.
# sony - Tuesday 24 May, 2011
Sony says Greek music site security breach affected 8,500 user accounts
Latest security breach comes soon after the Japanese company announced a serious attack on its online gaming site, affecting over 100m registered users around the world.
# sony - Wednesday 18 May, 2011
Sony defends reaction to security breach
Sony boss says the electronics giant acted quickly in notifying customers after a cyber attack affecting almost 100 million customers.
# sony - Sunday 15 May, 2011
Sony begins to restore PlayStation Network
Sony has begun to restore its PlayStation Network service in the United States and Europe today, after being forced to shut down operations due to a massive security breach that affected over 100 million online accounts.
# sony - Tuesday 3 May, 2011
Sony reports second major attack on its online gaming systems
Attack on the company’s Sony Online Entertainment PC network came a day before the separate attack on its PlayStation network, which affected 77m users.
# sony - Sunday 1 May, 2011
Sony to resume some PlayStation services following data breach
The company said that some services would resume this week but it would take until the end of the month for a full reboot.
# sony - Wednesday 27 April, 2011
PlayStation Network users’ data compromised after major security breach
Sony says credit cards and password details of some 77 million users of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity may have have been accessed by an “unauthorised person”.
# sony - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
In photos: Sony unveils first tablet devices
Japanese electronics company presents two prototype devices to launch its way into the increasingly-crowded tablet market.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things to know: Irish toddler to undergo pioneering surgery; Afghan police search for over 450 escaped prisoners; and a ‘human canonball’ stuntman has been killed in Kent.
# sony - Wednesday 2 March, 2011
Japanese pop group cause outrage with ‘Nazi’ uniforms
Jewish rights group criticised Sony and MTV for allowing band to appear in SS attire.
# sony - Monday 27 September, 2010
Sony to launch Google TV box in two weeks?
The Japanese manufacturer sends out press invites for an event launching the “world’s first Internet television”.
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