Yes indeed.
I don't quite know enough about S3, so I won't be contemplating o­n the ramifications of this decision. Hopefully someone can clue me in.

Sony has set a goal for themselves: create a completely natural converstation partner robot in five years.
They've established the "Sony Intelligence Dynamics Laboratory" for this purpose, which uses 350 linked computers for large-scale calculations. Distributed computing, anyone?

This ought to take away a lot of the insecurity potential users may have with FeliCa.

TechJapan generally doesn't cover video game news, but I feel as though I wanted to post this o­n the main page for two reasons - o­nly o­ne of which is good:

1. The PSP is more than just games
2. I will probably buy o­ne

This article is a fusion of two articles, really; o­ne from AV Watch and o­ne from Game Watch.

Apparently this is the same card that they have in their newer "Airboard" wireless TV.

Rather than being able to wind up o­nly a single cable, these can apparently wind up two.
Yeehaw.

Remember the headphones that come with the QUALIA 017? Sony has decided to offer just the headphones. Understandably expensive, since they're apparently brass.

Yes, I know that plenty of sites already have this story in English, but I figured I'd translate the Impress Watch article as they usually manage to get more technical information about the devices, rather than sit and bash Sony about their attempts to create a competitive product. Hopefully this will contain some information new to you.

They include:
-The "Pocket Bit Pro" with a 2GB MicroDrive
-"Pocket Bit U-Mini D" with a compact design
-"USM128F" with a fingerprint reader
-"USM128BMS" with a Memory Stick slot
-Large capacity "Pocket Bit USM-E"

There's apparently a mail going around to different people's phones that says they have won a free PSX.
Big suprise, it's a fake.

*queue annoying "you have won a free DVD player!" banner ad*