Looks like Google is backing the Sony Reader against Amazon and the Kindle: it’s putting 500,000 titles online at the Sony eBook Store, dwarfing the Kindle library, and for free. Read on for all the details.
March, 2009
That lovely weather just keeps on going, but don’t be tempted out this lunchtime until you’ve caught up with all the latest tech news. It’s all rounded up for you right here in the lunchtime lowdown.
Killzone 2, the Sony PS3′s sci-fi first-person shooter “will push 360 owners to try out the PS3″ according to Scott Steinberg, VP Product Marketing, Sony Computer Entertainment America.
The Sony X Series Walkman was given a release date by Amazon, but the timing vaguely pencilled in for the OLED portable media player hasn’t turned out to be correct. Instead, a new and more exact release date has just popped up on Play.com. Read on to find out when you’ll be able to get your hands on the Sony X Series Walkman.
UPDATE: An official complaint has been made to the UK authorities about Google Street View. Is the service about to be shut down?
Google Street View has been available in the US for a while, bringing usefulness, privacy concerns and hilarity in equal measure. Now the Google Street View team has hit the UK, bringing ground-levels snaps of Britain’s streets to the web.
The Pirate Bay trial has drawn to a close, with a verdict due on April 17th. Are the defendants sitting idly by and waiting for the result? Not a bit of it. They’re proudly predicting an “epic win” in the piracy case of the century.
Apple may be preparing an OLED iPhone for release later this year, according to a source at Korean electronics giant LG.
LG has been tapped by Apple to supply various sizes of organic light emitting diode (OLED) and an anonymous source has snitched that one of the screens will definitely end up in the next generation of iPhone.
SingStar Sony PS3 gamers have bought over four million songs from the in-game “Singstore” since SingStar released in December 2007. And now Sony have released the top ten most downloaded tracks for the game. The list should be a source of shame to those who, presumably drunkenly, are choosing them.