Gadgetory

the PlayStation Network recovers from a hack and LG SmartWatch it's a new design I am Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update if you had trouble logging into Sony's PlayStation Network over the weekend it looks like prankster hackers could be to blame a group or individual calling itself the lizard squad boasted on Twitter that it caused an interruption in service for several online video game networks along with PlayStation there were also interruptions with EVE Online League of Legends and blizzards battlenet now Sony says the hackers did not access personal data of the members rather this was a distributed denial-of-service attack which causes chaos by flooding the networks with more requests than it can handle so people are blocked from logging in Sony and other networks are back online now these types of denial of service attacks are common but the account took the trolling to an alarming level by tweeting that there may be a bomb on the plane that was carrying the president of Sony Online Entertainment there was no bomb the plane was diverted and there were no explosives found on board switching gears to the world of smartwatches there's another round Android powered watch coming soon LG's square G watch has only been out for two months but LG is coming out with yet another model this time with a rounded face LG posted a teaser video online and more details will come next week at the IFA trade show in Berlin in other gadget news if your iPhone 5 has a short battery life or if it needs to be charged frequently Apple may replace your battery for free Apple has a page online that lists the serial numbers of the iPhone 5 models that may have defective batteries which were sold between September 2012 and January of 2013 Microsoft may be trying to clear out inventory of the surface 2 tablet because it just cut the price by $100 Microsoft says the pricing is good until September 27th or while supplies last and we've seen fitness trackers for the wrist but Ralph Lauren has put trackers in a high tech shirt if you're watching the US Open tennis tournament you may notice some ball boy is wearing the polo Tech shirt which features sensors knitted in to read biometrics although for now most folks will probably stick with the fitness bracelets job on maker of the up24 band shared some interesting data from its users when an earthquake hit Northern California on Sunday morning jawbone says it's almost all up owners living in the nearby area wake up during the quake and many users stayed up for the rest of the night so what can we learn from this data that jawbone knows where you live and is watching you sleep that's your tech news update you can always find more at cnet.com from our studios in new york I'm Bridget Carey