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Barnes and Noble’s Nook Simple Touch eBook reader can play PlayStation 1 games. No, this isn’t a really late April Fools’ joke. I’m serious. You can do it too. First, you’ll need to root your Nook Simple Touch. Lifehacker has full instructions (with video). Next, you’ll need to download the Free PlayStation Emulator (FPse, which Continue Reading →

GameStop is entering the end of an era. The company told The Verge in an interview published recently that the PlayStation 2 is starting to be removed from store shelves to make room for the hardware that will be launching in the coming years. “The PS2 is a unique one — we still generate a Continue Reading →

Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai said on Thursday that its new gaming device Vita was mostly selling in line with its expectations, though in some places it was off the pace. Vita hit the stores earlier this year, the latest in a line of mobile gaming gadgets in the spirit of Nintendo’s Game Boy and Continue Reading →

This year’s IFA in Berlin looks to be a whopper of a show, especially for Sony. Around since the 1920s, the show has never gotten so much attention but this time might just overshadow CES in Las Vegas and CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. Sony seems to be getting the most attention, although everyone is pouring Continue Reading →

According to a recent survey by Gartner Inc., most consumers are using their tablets at home, in the living room, using them to check email and social networks, read the news and play games. Now Sony wants your tablet to control your home entertainment system. Due out on Sept. 7, the Android tablet comes preloaded Continue Reading →

Internet giant Amazon Friday morning announced that it has reached an expanded content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution. Under the terms of the deal, hundreds of TV episodes from shows like Parks and Recreation, The Starter Wife, Heroes and Battlestar Galactica will be added to Prime Instant Video. Amazon says Prime Continue Reading →

After last year’s historic 9.0 earthquake rocked Japan, many Japanese electronics firms announced plans to increase off-shore operations in an effort to avoid the kind of the disruptions that crippled the country’s technology business for months. But Sony, one of Japan’s most iconic electronics firms, has decided to go in the other direction by announcing Continue Reading →

Sony’s plan to introduce an 80-inch XBR LED television set with 4K resolution is said to be the start of a larger scheme to push 4K on consumers, much like 3D was a huge push in the industry a couple of years ago. Since 3D isn’t gaining much traction, Sony (and we’d assume the rest Continue Reading →

In the market for a new e-reader? One could certainly do worse than Sony’s Reader line. The company’s been packing features onto its devices, and the already leaked latest entry is no different, with upgrades over its predecessor, packed into a newly redesigned body with bigger, better looking buttons. Sony’s promised more intuitive touch with Continue Reading →

During the Gamescom expo press conference in Cologne, Germany, Sony announced games and additional features for its handheld game console, the PlayStation Vita. Here’s a quick summary of what’s new. New Games: Many of the games that will be launched this year have already been announced, but Sony introduced two brand-new ones called Tearaway (by Continue Reading →