Stories by Matt Peckham

Office for iPad not happening? Don't believe the naysayers, claims site that leaked image

PCWorld's Damon Brown says yesterday's Office for iPad tease by The Daily is probably just hype, and he's in good company -- Microsoft itself said in a recent New York Times story that the purported screenshot was bunkum.

By Matt Peckham | 23 February, 2012 07:14

Tags: Apple, apple ipad, applications, hardware systems, iPad, Microsoft, microsoft office, Office suites, productivity, software, tablets

Google clarifies privacy policy consolidation, claims it's not changing controls

Attempting to deflect criticism of its upcoming privacy policy changes, Google is on the defensive.

By Matt Peckham | 01 February, 2012 07:07

Tags: Google, online privacy, privacy, security, Tech industry, youtube

Sony Distribution Center torched in London riots

Rioters in London apparently set Sony's Enfield-based DADC (Digital Audio Disc Corporation) facility ablaze last night, reducing the massive disc distribution center to flames and smoke. The massive multi-story, 20,000 square meter building would have likely contained stock tied to multiple mediums, ranging from music labels to video games to movies and more.

By Matt Peckham | 10 August, 2011 00:01

Tags: games, gaming, sony, twitter

Sony denies PSN hack, confirms PSN Web exploit

The PlayStation Network wasn't hacked so much as threatened yesterday when a password exploit accessible through its PSN web page login page came to light, claims Sony.

By Matt Peckham | 19 May, 2011 23:46

Tags: games, gaming, hackers, Playstation, sony

PSN apology: What else would you have Sony do?

Now that the PlayStation Network’s back, Sony’s trotting out something it's calling a "PlayStation Network and Qriocity Customer Appreciation Program," prompting cries of "too much" or "too little" in certain press channels.

By Matt Peckham | 18 May, 2011 01:08

Tags: games, gaming, hackers, Playstation, sony

Sony Online Entertainment hacked, 12,700 credit cards stolen

Not quite out of the frying pan, but into the fire anyway: Sony just acknowledged another network breach related to the first one.

By Matt Peckham | 03 May, 2011 09:24

Tags: data breach, game consoles, games, gaming, hackers, Playstation, security, sony

Is Sony’s PSN ‘Welcome Back’ enough?

Sony Japan’s explanation for the PSN’s takedown yesterday didn’t tell us much, but -- nearly a week and a half on -- at least the company apologized. Sony’s deputy president Kazuo Hirai took the stage, bent forward as if to touch his toes in a deep and held bow, then apologized “for the great anxiety and inconvenience” caused by the ongoing PSN and Qriocity outages.

By Matt Peckham | 02 May, 2011 23:43

Tags: Game platforms, games, gaming, Microsoft, Playstation, sony, Xbox

Portal 2: a little better all the time

The fleeting hour I was able to devote to Portal 2 last night, dashing through the remainder of its suddenly capacious middle chapters, proved a little better than the dull, shallow preliminary five.

By Matt Peckham | 21 April, 2011 00:05

Tags: games, gaming

What you'll get in the Microsoft Kinect for Windows SDK

If you're waiting for Microsoft's official do-it-yourself motion-sensing PC kit, you won't have to wait much longer. Microsoft says the Kinect for Windows software development kit (beta) will ship this spring, and they've put up a research page to prove it.

By Matt Peckham | 15 April, 2011 04:38

Tags: Game platforms, games, gaming, Kinect, Microsoft, operating systems, software, Windows, Windows 7, Xbox

Analyst: Apple iPhone 5 may slip to next year

Tired of all the will-they, won't-they iPhone 5 stories? Or are you secretly kind of jubilant each time they pronounce the iPhone-next's arrival "later than expected"? I'm talking about those of you who picked up a Verizon iPhone 4 in February (okay, me) assuming it'd be obsolete a few months later.

By Matt Peckham | 12 April, 2011 04:37

Tags: Apple, apple iphone, consumer electronics, iPhone, Phones, smartphones

Angry Birds Rio soars to 10 million downloads

Onward Angry Birds Rio, the exotic new adventures of a bunch of irate avians that just flew past 10 million downloads. If they had legs, they'd probably be dancing on the sand.

By Matt Peckham | 05 April, 2011 04:43

Tags: games, gaming, iPhone, Phone-based games, Rovio

Sony Online Entertainment job cuts, closures confirmed

The numbers are humbling: Three studios (of five) terminated, 205 jobs simply gone. That's the damage -- substantial by any measure -- at Sony Online Entertainment, Sony's flagship online games development brand.

By Matt Peckham | 02 April, 2011 00:28

Tags: games, gaming, Sony Online Entertainment

Kinect Breaks Guinness Record, Sells 10 Million Systems

It looks like Kinect's officially a record-setter, grabbing Guinness' attention long enough to snag the title 'fastest selling consumer electronics device'. According to Microsoft, their controller-free Xbox 360 motion-sensing camera has sold a whopping 10 million units since it launched in early November last year.

By Matt Peckham | 10 March, 2011 07:01

Tags: games, gaming, gaming peripherals, Microsoft, Xbox

Nintendo 3DS sells 400,000 in Japan, already R4 hacked

It looks like Nintendo's 3DS isn't having trouble finding buyers in Japan. According to Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun (via Andriasang) gamers essentially exhausted Nintendo's initial shipment of 400,000 units. The 3DS launched in Japan Saturday to reports of lines and pre-order sellouts.

By Matt Peckham | 01 March, 2011 01:49

Tags: consumer electronics, E2E, game consoles, games, gaming, Handhelds, Handhelds / PDAs, Nintendo, nintendo ds

Nintendo 3DS launches in Japan

Nintendo's bid to put glasses-free 3D into the anxious hands of the masses just got underway in Japan. The company's 3DS -- sequel to the DS and DSi, and employing a new 3.53-inch widescreen that uses parallax barrier tech to create the illusion of three-dimensional imagery -- launched Saturday in the Land of the Rising Sun to long lines, claims of emptied stores, and Twitter tales of 3D-induced headaches.

By Matt Peckham | 28 February, 2011 02:20

Tags: games, gaming, Nintendo

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