Oh snap. You’d think that Sony would be perfectly content with only winning 2011′s “Worst Network Security Award”, but Sony’s very own Tim Schaaff (President of Entertainment) thinks the title of “Largest Foot Shoved In Mouth” is yet attainable. When speaking with VentureBeat about the PSN hack among other things, Schaaf says that the overall PSN hack was “enlightening” and an overall “great experience”. ...
AT&T is feeling a bit more generous these days towards globe trotters made evident by some newly revamped global data plans. The only problem, however, is that the plans are still grossly overpriced and give end users far too little data. The most generous 800 MB — yes, 800 megabytes — costs $199/month! As we’ve mentioned before, if traveling abroad for any length of time, getting your phone unlocked and a pre-paid SIM from a local carrier is a...
Remember that “special AT&T announcement” we heard about late last night? Today AllThingsD confirmed with AT&T that the BlackBerry Bridge app for AT&T will officially launch at 12:00pm (EST) today. Though there is one big drawback — AT&T requires the $20/month tethering plan to make it work. To be clear, the PlayBook will now be able to pull contacts, calendars and email free of charge. But using the internet portion of BlackBerry...
In regards to massive engineering failures, the first generation Xbox 360 was one of the staple best. A poorly designed PCB and internal cooling system caused critical internal components to eventually wriggle apart and displaying the dreaded RRoD (Red Rings of Death) error. Over the last 5 years, the RRoD death has become as much of a sign of failure as it has the butt of countless jokes. Though theres one other big Xbox 360 failure that doesn’t get nearly the same...
There are certain instances in life where you should take extra special care to make sure you’ve dotted all your i’s and crossed all of your t’s. In the above Droid X holiday promotional banner, Verizon did not do so. An epic Photoshop fail if we ever saw one. Cue Verizon iPhone rumors in 3…2… Via: ...
