Sports Technology & Communications News from Around the World

Sony today announced the acquisition of Hawk-Eye, the UK firm that provides tracking technology to sports events and broadcasters.

Discussing the company’s new acquisition, Naomi Climer vice president of Sony Europe said, “Hawk-Eye is recognized globally for its innovative solutions for resolving close calls in critical sporting situations, particularly in cricket and tennis where they have developed a worldwide reputation.”

The deal, which completes today, includes all IP rights, Hawk-Eye’s current full time staff as well as its technology, software solutions and engineering capabilities.

Recently, TMC (News - Alert) reported that Sony has taken its official Playstation 3 Bluetooth headset to another level by dressing it up in a more rugged color -- “urban camouflage.” With this military look, users can feel just as tough as the virtual players they control in their games or simply use it as an additional accessory to their wardrobe.

Whether you’re behind a game controller or the steering wheel of a car, this newest headset is equipped with Sony’s high-quality mode for enhanced voice chat. The device also comes with a conveniently-located microphone mute button, in-game headset status indicator and a station for charging, which also doubles as a desktop microphone.

In other Sony news, the media conglomerate announced it has added some astounding components to its lightweight VAIO S series of notebooks. These new SKUs are using dramatically increased specifications such as the new SandyBridge Core i5-2410M CPU, 4GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM, 500GB hard drive, built-in 3G WWAN, AMD (News - Alert) Radeon HD 6470M and a 13.3" screen with a 1366x768 resolution. Features that already come standard with this model include, WiFi ‘n’, Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 port.