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Sony: Credit Data Risked in PlayStation Outage
By not in system - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES -- Sony Corp. said Tuesday that the credit card data of PlayStation users around the world may have been stolen in a hack that forced it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week, disconnecting 77 million user accounts. Some players brushed off the breach as a common hazard of operating in a connected world, and Sony said some services would be restored in a week. But industry experts said the scale of the breach was staggering and could cost the company billions of dollars. "Simply put, one of the worst breaches we've seen in several years," said Josh Shaul, chief ...
Sony Chairman Credited With Developing CDs Dies
By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO -- Opera singer Norio Ohga complained about the quality of Sony tape recorders before he was hired by the company, developed the compact disc and championed its superior sound. Love of music steered the former Sony chairman's career and in turn, he transformed the Japanese electronics maker into a global software and entertainment empire. The company president and chairman from 1982 to 1995, Ohga died Saturday in Tokyo of multiple organ failure, Sony said. He was 81. The flamboyant music connoisseur steered his work through his love of music. A former opera singer, Ohga insisted the CD ...
States Seek to Make It Safer to Find Love Online
By not in system - AOL NewsHARTFORD, Conn. - Something just didn't seem right when Ilana Angel met her Internet date at a bar. He furtively looked around the room and immediately suggested they go someplace else in his car, leaving hers behind at the bar. Aware of the risks of that come with looking for love online, Angel thought better of the suggestion and said no. "People are shady," said Angel, who writes a blog in Los Angeles about dating and being over 40. "You just have to be aware and you have to be careful." Amid accounts of sex offenders using matchmaking sites to find victims, lawmakers in several states ...
Webcam Wonder: It's Keenan's World, for Now
By not in system - AOL NewsELMHURST, Ill. -- It started innocently enough, with a boy hamming it up in front of a computer webcam. He was doing what teens often do when they stand in front of mirrors: Lip-syncing to a popular song, acting goofy, being himself, as if the world wasn't watching. Except, in this case, the world was watching when Keenan Cahill - then an impish 13-year-old with a knack for oddball humor - started posting videos of himself on YouTube. First, there were hundreds of hits, then thousands, then millions. And an Internet sensation was born. "Keenan, what have you done?" his mom asked ...
5-Year-Old YouTube Sensation Named Governor of New Jersey
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsA 5-year-old boy helmed the state of New Jersey on Wednesday, thanks to a viral video and a kind-hearted governor. Most politicos adopt a stiff upper lip in the face of defeat, but scribble-in candidate and toddler Jesse Koczon sobbed when naysayers dashed his political dreams in 2009. "What's making you so sad?" his mother, Dawn Koczon, asks him in a now-famous video, shot in the family car on the way home from the local polling place, where 3-year-old Jesse was denied both the vote and the top seat in Trenton. " 'Cause everyone tells me that I'm too small to be the governor of New ...
The Week in Weird (Naked Pianist Edition)
By Tony Deconinck - AOL NewsWelcome back to a new week and a brand-new roundup of some of the strangest stories in circulation. This week's theme must be "one of these things doesn't belong" because we cover the odd world of public nudity, scratch-and-sniff latex underwear on a fetish model, and the bizarre delicacy of urine-boiled eggs. And inexplicably, we threw a story about the Amish into the mix. We're strange like that. So enjoy the stories this week, and I'll go digging for even weirder stuff for you next week. If you think you're on top of all the weird news out there, jump ahead and take the Fark Weird News ...
Is Dr. Phil Winning or Losing the Natalee Holloway Case Battle?
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe question of who is winning a courtroom showdown between Dr. Phil McGraw and two Surinamese brothers in the Natalee Holloway case may be up in the air at the moment. However, the TV star's attorney is in a take-no-prisoners mood responding to recent media articles that suggest his side is losing. "The problem with these f---ing things [is] they get a life of their own," Dr. Phil's attorney, Charles Babcock, told AOL News. Babcock also accused the Aruba tourism industry of financing the suit against his client, which the country's tourism agency denied. The latest developments in the case ...
In DC, Everything Is 'Robust' Even When It Isn't
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The economy may be anemic and federal spending slashed, but inside the Beltway, the word these days for all things in the era of austerity seems to be robust. Call it subliminal messaging, but the word that everyone would like to attach to the phrase "economic recovery" is instead hitched to everything but. It describes the Treasury Department's effort to repair its image, the Pentagon's investigation of WikiLeaks. Never mind that politicians use robust when the reality is the opposite. The space shuttle is being mothballed, but Florida Sen. Bill Nelson talks about the robust ...
Kaspar the Friendly Robot Helps Autistic Kids
By not in system - AOL NewsSTEVENAGE, England -- Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions and physical contact -- and now she hugs everyone. Alastair Grant, AP Eden Sawczenko reacts to Kaspar the robot's "Happy" stance of two open arms as she takes part in a research project in Hatfield, England. "She's a lot more affectionate with her friends now and will even initiate the embrace," said Claire Sawczenko, Eden's mother. The girl attends a ...
US Teens, Young Adults 'Doing It' Less, Study Says
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA - Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread diseases. Or perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some influence. Or maybe they're just too busy. AP This graphic shows the percentage change in sexual behavior between 2002 and 2006-2008 among people ages 15-24. "It's not even on my radar," said 17-year-old Abbey King of Hinsdale, Ill., a competitive swimmer who starts her ...
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