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Sony Corp. executive Kazuo Hirai announced on Saturday that the PlayStation Network's PS3 and PS online gameplay services are back online around the world although the PlayStation store will come back online at a later date.

Sony said it had begun restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday, almost a month after a massive security breach of the network forced the company to shut it down.

Sony Japan told customers today that it would begin phased restoration of its services of its beleaguered Playstation Network which has been suffering from an outage for nearly a month.

Sony said it would begin a phased restoration of its PlayStation Network games service Sunday on a country by country basis and expected the process to be complete by May 31.

Ending ominous silence over the restoration of PS3 Network that had millions of users on tenterhooks, Sony said in an official blog on Saturday that it has started the phased restoration of the PlayStation services which have been down for more than three weeks after daring hacker attacks.

Sony Japan told customers today that it would begin phased restoration of its services of its beleaguered Playstation Network which has been suffering from an outage for nearly a month.

Sony said it would begin a phased restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday on a country by country basis and expected the process to be complete by May 31.

Sony told customers that it is moving closer to restoring services to its beleaguered Playstation Network, saying earlier this week that it would take be a few days, but so far after a week the network is still offline.

The Playstation Network outage has inconvenienced and enraged tens of millions of Playstation users for weeks now.

Sony told customers that it is moving closer to restoring services to its beleaguered Playstation Network, saying earlier this week that it would take be a few days, but so after a week the network is still offline.

There is no word as yet on when Sony's PlayStation Network will be back online. Surprisingly, rumor mills too are silent about Sony's next move. There is talk however that fans experiencing withdrawal symptoms could look at alternatives. That means a hardware sale windfall for Xbox and Wii.

Sony Japan told customers that it is moving closer to restoring services to its beleaguered Playstation Network, but the announcement states that service wouldn't be restored everywhere immediately.

LimeWire will pay $105 million to 13 record companies for infringing copyrights according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) late Thursday.

Sony Corp's computer networks remain vulnerable to attack three weeks after the company learned that it had been victim of one of the biggest data breaches in history, according to an Internet security expert.

Sony Japan told customers that it is moving closer to restoring services to its beleaguered Playstation Network, but the announcement states that service wouldn't be restored everywhere immediately, and implied Japan would be first in line.

Sony PlayStation Network outage has outraged its fans, but has failed to either erode the console’s fanbase or its sales.

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Sony offering 30 days of free game time and some bonus in-game additives as part of the welcome back package.

Sony has show signs of steady and even increases in sales despite the prolonged PlayStation Network outage for the month of April. The Sony brand has taken a hit from the cyber attack from hackers that compromised over 100 million user account information but the effect on sales has been minimal.

Sony PlayStation Network is still offline and will be so for quite some time, apparently to allow Sony to boost its security, but some angry and disappointed fans are already deserting Sony.

Sony has made a number of statements to its customers around the world regarding the situation of the current Playstation Network outage, but many have found them to be non-answers. A letter released yesterday to Japanese clients is a little more forthcoming, however.

Hackers have dealt a serious blow to Sony's strategy to create an ecosystem of online content around its devices by bringing down its online game system PlayStation Network and Qriocity services.

Sony Japan told customers today that it is moving closer to restoring services to its beleaguered Playstation Network which has been suffering from an outage for nearly a month.

Sony promises to do everything in its power to support its publishers.

NDP Group report states that Sony Computer Entertainment America recorded a 13 percent increase in hardware sales for the month of April.

Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) online gamers could not withstand three weeks of downtime and has decided to give Microsoft Xbox 360 a try.

Jokes on dreaded (and deceased) terrorist Osama bin Laden have flooded the Internet ever since U.S. President Barack Obama announced that U.S. special ops forces stormed his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed him. Of the several hundreds of jokes on the Al Qaeda leader, these 20 jokes take the cake.

The Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) outage has angered and frustrated Sony fans into rushing to retail stores and trading in their PlayStation3 (PS3) consoles for rival Microsoft Xbox 360 systems. Reports from retail stores indicated that more customers have been trading in their entire PlayStation3 set including both console and games for the Xbox 360, mostly for Call of Duty online gamers.

Sony Japan told customers today that it is moving closer to restoring services to its beleaguered Playstation Network which has been suffering from an outage for nearly a month.