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Hacker Challenging Court Order to Surrender Computer Gear to Sony (David Kravets/Threat Level)

David Kravets / Threat Level:
Hacker Challenging Court Order to Surrender Computer Gear to Sony  —  Hacker George Hotz must surrender his computer gear to Sony next week  —  The lawyer representing a hacker who published the first major PlayStation 3 jailbreak on the internet said Sunday he would challenge …

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Sony to sell Move motion-sensing wand for $49.99 (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Sony to sell Move motion-sensing wand for $49.99  —  said it will sell its motion-sensing Move controller for $49.99, a low mass market price that could kickstart the company’s attempt to take games to the next level.  —  The company will also sell its Playstation Eye camera, which is used with the Move, for $29.

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Linux on the console?  Sony sued for removing PS3 support (Nate Anderson/Ars Technica)

Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Linux on the console?  Sony sued for removing PS3 support  —  Sony Computer Entertainment America has just been hit with a class action lawsuit in California over the company’s recent decision to remove PlayStation 3 support for the Linux operating system in a firmware update.

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