Sony Will Cut 10,000 Jobs Worldwide
On the heels of Yahoo's announcement that it would cut 14 percent of its workforce, reports are coming out today that Sony, over the next year, will eliminate 10,000 jobs.
George Hotz, the hacker who unlocked PS3 and started a war between Sony and Anonymous in the process, told The New Yorker's David Kushner that he was done sharing his exploits online, but he seems to have forgotten that sharing with a print reporter also makes your dirty laundry public.
On the heels of Yahoo's announcement that it would cut 14 percent of its workforce, reports are coming out today that Sony, over the next year, will eliminate 10,000 jobs.
The release of Verizon's annual "Data Breach Investigations Report" gives some numeric confirmation that 2011 was indeed "The Year of the Hack," as some observers (including us) maintained.
Since a large group of tech companies protested the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) in conjunction with the House's first hearing on SOPA last week, civil rights advocates have been rooting out the pro-SOPA traitors.
Each Friday we're taking a tally of who's getting heard, what they're saying and why it matters.
Cody Krestinger has a court date on December 13
Hackers compromised 93,000 accounts on Sony's online services
Plus: Clint Eastwood comes out of retirement for a baseball movie
The Tablet S and folding Tablet P start shipping in September
The labels believe TubeFire has violated copyright laws
Walter White will meet his end after one (or two) more seasons.
Meet George Hotz, aka GeoHot
LulzSec wants to be a force for good, but it could turn into a platform for jerks
Police say suspects are members of Anonymous
Group that tormented Sony and the FBI is very nice to NHS
Lulzsec seems to thrive on running circles around its opponents
This could mean a very bad couple of months for the entertainment giant
The PlayStation Network is back normal, but not after a long series of false starts
All you need to do is follow the money. We think
The embattled videogame maker gets kicked while it's down
Japan, however, wants more security measures before the gaming network returns there
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