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Why Sony Ignored Hackers' Threats
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 10:27am | 615Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) reportedly knew about the impending attack after hackers sent an email demanding an unspecified amount of money. Security experts say this revelation changes things, but there's a big question left unanswered: Why didn't Sony react sooner if it knew about the...
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Is Another LinkedIn Password Leak Coming?
Friday, June 8, 2012 - 2:45pm | 577As the world recovers from a massive leak involving at least 6.5 million LinkedIn (NASDAQ: LNKD) passwords, many users wonder if their information is finally safe. After all, it wasn't that long ago that Zappos.com -- a subsidiary of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) -- had an enormous password leak...
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Netflix CEO Apologizes for Price Hike, But is it Too Little, Too Late?
Monday, September 19, 2011 - 9:05am | 924Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings just found the worst way to weather a storm: by apologizing to consumers just before announcing another mistake. To his credit, Hastings must be scrambling right now. After infuriating consumers with an unnecessary and arrogantly promoted price hike, the...
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Sony Forces PSN Users to Waive Their Rights, Will Ban Users Who Won't Comply
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 2:50pm | 201Corporate gluttony at its finest. For those who didn't think that Sony (NYSE: SNE) was stupid enough to drive itself out of the game industry, get ready for the company's latest announcement: the PlayStation maker wants PSN users to sign away their rights to collectively sue over future security...
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Five Ways Sony Can Repay Customers For The PSN Outage/Data Breach (SNE)
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 12:35pm | 528When you screw up – I mean really screw up – what do you do? Do you whip out a simple “I'm sorry”? Or do you rush to the nearest jeweler, buy a large diamond and beg for forgiveness, Kobe Bryant-style? Whatever the case, if you were one of the 70+ million PlayStation Network subscribers affected...
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Madden 3DS: Taking The Gridiron To Another Dimension
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 4:52pm | 899Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) has traditionally been known as the maker of the deepest sports games. But among the company's portfolio of football, basketball, hockey and soccer simulators, EA has also released a handful of arcade-style games that ushered in new eras of sports entertainment. From...