Sony said Wednesday it had suspended 93,000 accounts on its online networks after detecting a large amount of unauthorised sign-in attempts months after a massive data breach.

The attempts took place between October 7 and 10 and succeeded in verifying valid sign-in IDs and passwords of about 93,000 accounts on its PlayStation Network, Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment services.

Sony said credit card details associated with those accounts were not at risk as a result of the attempts.

Sony has temporarily locked these accounts and is continuing investigations into the extent of unauthorised activity. It said it would notify affected account holders to advise them to reset their passwords.

The entertainment giant has been battling to restore consumer trust after a data breach in April compromised more than 100 million online accounts, forcing it to temporarily shut down its PlayStation Network and Qriocity music services.

Analysts say such breaches threaten to further damage Sony’s brand image and undermine its efforts to link its gadgets to an online “cloud-based” network of games, movies and music that relies on consumer confidence in their security. (AFP)

TOKYO (AP) — Sony is launching a head mounted display that provides a three dimensional theater of music videos, movies and games.

Sony Corp. showed the 60,000 yen ($800) “HMZ personal 3-D viewer” Wednesday. The machine is set to go on sale Nov. 11 in Japan, and is planned for the U.S. and Europe, perhaps in time for Christmas, although dates have not yet been set.

Resembling a futuristic visor, HMZ, which stands for “head mounted display,” is worn like chunky goggles-and-earphones in one.

The footage before the viewer — a music video of a Japanese singer in the demonstration for reporters in Tokyo — is crystal-clear and feels like peering into a dolls house in which a real-life tiny singer is moving.

Security Cameras for businesses have advanced to the point where they are smarter, smaller and, to voice a common complaint from many businesses, they look cheaper too.

The low profile housing looks exactly like a high-end indoor Pan-Tilt-Zoom camera housing that has been recessed into the ceiling. In reality, the Low Pro is a stationary security camera that is flush-mounted, so no recessed hole is needed. Not only does the Low Pro camera cost a fraction of the PTZ camera it mimics, but installation can be accomplished in mere minutes.

This is no dumb security camera though. There are brains behind the beauty. The Low Pro employs a technologically advanced High Resolution, Day/Night Sony 1/3” Super HAD II CCD camera module, married to a NextChip Digital Signal Processor (DSP), that gives the camera a whole host of programmable features, and outputs a whopping 560 lines of resolution.

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