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Smartwatches set to lose out to tablets, fitness bands this festive season [Gartner]

If you’re the kind of person who regularly gets gadgets come Christmas time, then you might be expecting Santa to drop a smartwatch in…

Press start: global games market to score $93-billion in 2013

All the gold coins Mario has collected over the years couldn’t compare to the success of the gaming industry. When 2013 is done and…

Apple becomes second biggest brand in Asia, but Samsung is number 1

Campaign Asia-Pacific and Nielsen have just published the 2012 Asia’s Top Brands report — a list of the most popular brands in Asia based…

Sony’s Xperia S hits the right notes [Review]

It was the hypnotic, blue background swirl of the Xperia S which first drew me in. Like staring into the night sky, digital ribbons…

Details leak for PlayStation 4, codename ‘Orbis’

Despite no official news from Sony, PlayStation 4 rumours have spread like a bad virus across the internet. Gearburn.com rounds up the various factoids…

Sony to releases holy trinity of new CyberShots

Sony has unveiled three new CyberShots. The TX200V, WX70, and the WX50. Price-wise, the TX200V is the dearest at US$500. The WX70 and WX50…

Win a CyberShot W530 with Sony and Memeburn

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED Memeburn and Sony are giving you the chance to win a Sony CyberShot W530 camera just in time to…

A throwaway smartphone – Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia X8. A big name for a candybar-sized smartphone that will barely register in your hands (note: have gorilla-sized paws, but…

PlayStation gets $50 pre-Xmas price cut

Sony is slashing the price of its PlayStation 3 game console across North America, Europe and in Japan, the company said, as it looks…

Samsung defiant in face of ongoing Dutch court battle

Samsung has announced that it will launch its Galaxy 10.1 inch tablet in the Netherlands despite an ongoing case between it and rival tech…

What has the digital revolution actually done for musicians?

There are few industries that have felt the move to digital and online more acutely and publicly than the music industry. The rise and…

Sony, Panasonic, Samsung to make universal 3D glasses

Japan’s Sony and Panasonic and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics have announced that they will jointly develop new standards for glasses used to watch 3D…

Troubled Taiwanese iPhone producer replacing Chinese workers with robots

Taiwan IT giant Foxconn — hit by a spate of suicides at its Chinese plants — has announced plans to replace 500 000 human…

Sony to fully restore PlayStation Network

Japanese electronics giant Sony announced on Monday that it would fully restore all PlayStation Network and Qriocity online distribution services in Japan on Wednesday,…

Sony president apologises for security breach

Sony chairman and president Howard Stringer on Tuesday apologised to shareholders and customers over a massive data leak, which helped push its share price…

Sony hack happened – a million Sony Pictures accounts stolen

Update on Gearburn’s breaking news yesterday. The hacker group Lulz Boat has claimed to have stolen more than one million passwords, email addresses and…

It’s not Sony’s fault

I was one of the lucky few South Africans that was invited to be a part of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare…

Hackers goad Sony, claim theft of internal data

It appears that the Sony’s numerous hacker problems are far from over. According to @LulzSec, the Twitter feed of the Lulz Boat (just go…

Sony wants to bring software to its hardware

Sony’s reputation has been shredded by the recent cyber attacks from hackers and it’s struggling to recover. Sony, in the wake of what could…

S-oh no!-ny hacked. Again

Sony on Tuesday said its websites in three countries had been hacked with 8,500 Greek user accounts compromised, in a blow to efforts to…

The story and cost of the PlayStation Network shutdown [infographic]

The spectacular and ongoing saga that has been the felling of Sony’s Playstation and Qriocity networks is certainly one that will go down in…

Sony battles to regain trust after data breach

Japanese entertainment and technology giant Sony faces a battle to regain the trust of millions of consumers after online networks integral to its strategy…

Anonymous denies stealing data from Sony’s servers

According to Sony, a file under the of hacktivist group Anonymous was left its online entertainment network servers. The company hasn’t directly accused the…

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