The war between Sony and the PS3 hacking community continues. According to Crunchgear, notorious PS3 hacker graf_chokolo has been dealt the wrath of Sony’s legal team. Police raided his home this morning in tandem with Sony, seizing his PS3 console and accounts. As Sony moves to the offensive, graf_chokolo is being used as an example of what risks may come with a PS3 hacking.
February, 2011
Apple has Airplay and Samsung has their new Smart TV lineup. According to a report from Pocket-lint this afternoon, Smart TVs will be able to stream live TV to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy S 2. Let’s see how the magic happens.
The two most dreaded words muttered by smartphone owners are “bricked phone”. Following Monday’s Windows Phone 7 update, many reports flooded in that Samsung handsets were stuck in download mode or prompted with error c101002e after the update. As a result, Microsoft has suspended the update altogether.
On February 24th Apple will unveil a new line of MacBook Pros, incorporating Sandy Bridge and dropping in price. We’ve covered the Light Peak/Thunderbolt port and even looked at the five features we all want. Let’s do an official recap of the new line, starting with the price.
It’s the end of another day, so stop what you’re doing, grab your coat and our quick roundup of all the afternoon’s news here in your teatime tech.
UPDATE: Invites to a UK Apple event have just hit our inboxes too, with exactly the same image as above. It looks like Apple will be simulcasting the iPad 2 announcement (if it in fact is an iPad 2 announcement). We’ll be there with bells on, so tune in at 6pm on 2 March, where we’ll (hopefully) be getting a look at the new iPad.
The iPad 2 is on its way, on the date that the rumour mill settled on. The invite is out of the bag, and Apple has invited folks along to an event next Wednesday, where it looks like it will be unveiling a new iPad. That’s not officially confirmed of course, but what else could that device be in the top right hand corner? Click through to take a closer look at the Apple invite, and see if you think that sneaky flash of a product shot is the iPad 2.
The Samsung Galaxy S 2 has some fierce specs, but is it good enough to floor the next-gen tech in the LG Optimus 3D, or is a glasses-free 3D smartphone a gimmick too far? Read on for our head to head between the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the LG Optimus 3D.