Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox hit by delays
(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.
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Sony’s Tokyo HQ taking greater role in Hollywood studio after furor
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.
Japan, wary of North Korea, works to secure infrastructure after Sony attack
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo February 15, 2014.
RPX buys Apple-backed Rockstar patents for $900 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Patent risk management company RPX Corp said on Tuesday it would buy patents owned by Apple Inc and other firms for $900 million, helping to further scale back lawsuits over smartphone technology.
Obama says Sony ‘made a mistake’ in pulling ‘The Interview’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said Sony Pictures “made a mistake” in pulling the satirical film “The Interview” after suffering a devastating cyber attack blamed on North Korea. “I wish they (Sony) would have spoken to me first,” Obama said at a news conference. “I would have told them, ‘Do not get into a pattern in which you’re intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks.'”
U.S. investigators link North Korea to Sony hacking: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators have determined that North Korea was behind a cyber attack on Sony Corp’s computers, U.S. government sources said on Wednesday.