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AC alerts us to a change in the new Sony PlayStation Network terms of service that basically says that you agree not to sue the company.

Honestly (and Sony pointed this out in its defense), such clauses are pretty common. It is debatable how enforceable some of these clauses are, but they say that you have to go to arbitration, rather than sue.

The terms also bar participating in class action lawsuits, which seems much more questionable.

Facebook just hired infamous Sony PlayStation hacker George Hotz, the latest in a line of young cybercriminals hired by super-exclusive tech companies.

It’s now been almost two weeks since hackers broke into Sony’s PlayStation network, and now rumors are swirling, alleging those miscreants swiped 2.2 million credit card numbers.

It looks like Sony's quixotic strategy of suing George Hotz (Geohot) for jailbreaking the PS3 is starting to cost the company in additional ways as well.

What do you get when you string 1,760 Sony PlayStation 3 video gaming consoles together? You get the Condor Cluster -- the biggest, fastest interactive computer the Defense Department has.

The H Open: "The Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) developers have announced the release of version 6.2 of their PowerPC distribution that runs on the Sony PlayStation 3 and other computers with Cell processors, including IBM's Cell blades."

Practical Technology: "Hulu says that it’s “free online video service that offers hit TV shows including Family Guy, 30 Rock, and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, etc.” Unless, though, you own a Sony PlayStation 3.

If that’s you, you’re out of luck."

O'Reilly Blogs: "The technology that once powered supercomputers now is found in embedded devices. In recent years both MIPS32 and MIPS64 cores have been found powering everything from routers to the Sony PlayStation."