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Sony: Credit Data Risked in PlayStation Outage

LOS ANGELES -- Sony Corp. said Tuesday that the credit card data of PlayStation users around the world may have been stolen in a hack that forced it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week, disconnecting 77 million user accounts. Some players brushed off the breach as a common hazard of operating in a...

Sony Chairman Credited With Developing CDs Dies

TOKYO -- Opera singer Norio Ohga complained about the quality of Sony tape recorders before he was hired by the company, developed the compact disc and championed its superior sound. Love of music steered the former Sony chairman's career and in turn, he transformed the Japanese electronics maker into a global software and...

Sony Shuts Down Production of PSP Go [VIDEO]

Federal Team Helping Texas as Second Firefighter Dies

DALLAS -- Weary firefighters finally got a handle on a massive wildfire spanning three northern Texas counties Wednesday, aided by federal reinforcements and a weather change that brought cooler temperatures and calmer winds. But some officials cautioned that the improved weather conditions will last for only a few more...

Scientists: Gulf Health Nearly Back to Pre-Spill Level

BAY JIMMY, La. -- Scientists judge the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico as nearly back to normal one year after the BP oil spill, but with glaring blemishes that restrain their optimism about nature's resiliency, an Associated Press survey of researchers shows. More than three dozen scientists grade the Gulf's big...

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NTT DoCoMo launches free Concier mail translation app for Android devices

Not content to simply dabble in double-sided transparent touchscreens , Japanese mobile provider NTT DoCoMo continues its efforts to break the language barrier -- this time with a new Android app. "Mail Honyaku Concier" ( honyaku means "translation" in Nihongo, while that last word is a play on "concierge") is a free app...

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Maingear's 11.6-inch Pulse 11 gaming laptop starts shipping

Alienware's M11x may be history , but as these things tend to go, there's always someone willing to carry the torch.

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PSA: Nintendo Direct Pre-E3 event streaming tomorrow at 6 p.m. Eastern

The 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo officially starts on Tuesday morning, but that hasn't stopped companies anxious to tout their latest wares from spilling the beans a little early.

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LG launches 13.3-inch X Note Z350 laptop with third-gen Intel Core power, WiDi and an SSD

Evidently, " Ultrabook " isn't a "thing" in South Korea.

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06/03/12 Technology: Google's bringing Chromebook closer to the... Source: The Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis IN Google is mum on how many Chromebooks have been sold since launching the cloud-based computers with laptop-makers Acer and Samsung nearly a year ago.
06/03/12 Dell gives business PCs an Ivy Bridge makeover... Source: TMCnet (Computer News Middle East Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dell has given its entire business PC line an Ivy Bridge makeover, with the launch of eight new Latitude laptops and four Optiplex desktops running on Intel's third generation Core processors.
06/03/12 Future Frostbite Engine Based Games Will Require... Source: PC Perspective Last month, Johan Andersson posted on twitter a tweet that stated future Frostbite engine based games in 2013 would require a 64-bit operating system.
06/03/12 Infobip announces opening of offices in Dubai and... Source: AMEinfo.com Dubai and Sydney are global economic powerhouses and headquarters of many enterprises and mobile operators, Infobip's primary clients.
06/03/12 Unreal Engine 4: Wii U Bound? or Bust? Source: GMR (Ziff Davis) Until we hear from the horse's mouthsâin this case, Nintendo and Epic Gamesâeverything regarding Wii U and future game engines is just guesswork.

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Electronics is the branch of physics, engineering and technology dealing with electrical circuits that involve active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies.

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