Google weighed security, free speech in move to stream Sony film
People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Google logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014.
People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Google logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014.
TOKYO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sony Corp’s Tokyo headquarters is changing its usual arm’s-length relationship with its U.S. studio following a massive cyberattack and the controversy over the comedy “The Interview”, with the group CEO being consulted on key decisions, company officials said.
A sales assistant uses her mobile phone next to the company logos of Apple and Samsung at a store in Hefei, Anhui province in this September 10, 2014 file photo.
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “The Interview,” the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, drawing many sell-out audiences and statements by patrons that they were championing freedom of expression.
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s Xbox Live and Sony Corp’s PlayStation Networks experienced user connection problems on Christmas Day, for which a hacker group claimed responsibility.
TOKYO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sony Corp’s Tokyo headquarters is changing its usual arm’s-length relationship with its U.S. studio following a massive cyberattack and the controversy over the comedy “The Interview”, with the group CEO being consulted on key decisions, company officials said.