With the PSN finally back up, it's time for important things -- you know, messaging your buds for a Black Ops pwning spree or hitting up Netflix.

Hyperkin's Remotext for PS3 wants to help you get back into action with its hybrid remote / controller / chatpad. ...

You thought that eBay lot of used Super Nintendo games was a good idea, until you discovered they were all either broken or horrifically outdated sports titles. At least you'll have a pot to piss in, as long as you follow Price Charting's instructions on how to build a video game urinal.
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Apple is actively conducting an internal investigation into the Mac Defender malware attack I wrote about yesterday (here and here). An internal document with a Last Modified date of Monday, May 16, 2011 notes that this is an “Issue/Investigation In Progress.”
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There's an old sketch from MTV's brilliant The State, where a kid reprimands his obnoxious classmates, saying, "You can't even joke about it! You just can't say 'Gee, wouldn't it be great if we shot the President,'" which results in a swarm of Secret Service agents flooding the classroom and carrying him away. Well, that isn't much of an exaggeration.
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Sony’s efforts to restore the PlayStation Network following a huge data theft have stalled after users spotted a new security problem that could allow criminals to take control of accounts.
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Amidst increasing speculation that the three-week PSN outage has been the driving force behind a recent, mild wave of PS3 returns here and abroad, Sony CEO Howard Stringer and executive deputy president and the man himself, Kaz Hirai, have spoken on that point and a few others to the Wall Street Journal. Whilst Hirai ascertained that only a “very small percentage” of (presumably former) PS3 owners decided to cancel their PSN accounts, Sony remains future-cautious.
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