Songwriter’s iPadis a gorgeous app that can assist musicians in writing and arranging lyrics, aiming to also ease writer’s blocks with its database of phrases, words and rhymes. The user interface is divided into two screens; the song text editor and a handy resource of words. The song editor organizes your lyrics in parts (intro, verse, chorus) and it includes the option to add custom entries as well. Like any proper text editor, the font and text size can additionally be tweaked and personalized....

I’m a sucker for a portable speaker. Of all the technological advances in recent years, they’re up there with the best. So whenthe Sonos Roamwas announced I was — as the kids say — #Down2Clown. And you know what? It’s good. Really good. But the Sonos Roam goes beyond its technical characteristics; it’s also shrewd business move from the company. We were so excited about this that we put a WHOLE DAMN VIDEO together about it....

Sony has finally taken the wraps off of its new Sony S and Sony P Android tablets, heralding the start of the company’s new push to combine its huge range of consumer electronics. Launching in Europe at the end of September, the Sony Tablet S is a ships with a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, a 9.4 -inch WXGA (1280×800 pixels) TFT colour LCD, oddly shipping with a 0.3MP front-facing and 5MP rear-facing camera....

Sony introduced its successor to the PSP mobile gaming device today at E3, naming it the Playstation Vita. The device features a 5″ touch screen, and from what we saw at the E3 demo, games running on the device look amazingly crisp. The Vita has front and back touchpads, and two cameras for augmented reality games. It’s got a standard dual-stick layout like most regular consoles. Like the iPad, there are two models: wifi-only, and 3G that’s exclusive to AT&T....

Japanese electronics giant Sony has named Philip Reitinger, a former official at the U.S Department of Homeland Security, as its new chief information security officer to protect the company from online threats following the high-profile hacking of itsPlayStation Networkand other company sites in June. Reuters reportsthat Reitinger, who also worked at the U.S. National Cyber Security Center, Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Defense, will report to general counsel Nicole Seligman, reinforcing the company’s defences to prevent future attacks....