Losses Mount for Japan’s Electronics Makers
As the earnings reports keep rolling in, Japan’s exporters are posting some ugly losses.
Stringer’s Reign at Sony Comes to an End
The small club of high-profile foreign executives in Japan lost another member on Wednesday as Sony announced president and CEO Howard Stringer will be stepping down.
Wii needs U as sales plummet
Nintendo was demonstrating its forthcoming Wii U next-generation console and Sony its PlayStation Vita handheld at CES in Vegas this week and they cannot come soon enough for the video game industry. Cowen and Company analysts, mulling December’s NPD...
Google investigated over bogus ads
Tech news from around the web: Google is profiting from illegal advertisements on its search engine, even though it takes them down, alleged a report published on the BBC website on Tuesday. The investigation highlighted bogus websites advertising Olym...
Bloggie flips over to new camera models
While Cisco infamously abandoned in April its Flip unit, which popularised value-priced and easy-to-use camcorders for consumers, Sony has stuck it out with the Bloggie brand that tried to imitate the Flip’s success. At the Consumer Electronics Show ...
Apple still reigns but peers narrowing gap
If 2010 was Apple’s year in personal technology, with the launch of the iPad and major redesigns for the iPhone, MacBook Air and Apple TV, it is harder to call the winners of 2011, with Apple happy with …Continue reading: "Apple s...
Sony, Microsoft report Black Friday boom
The Black Friday glad tidings from consumer electronics makers continued on Tuesday, with Sony announcing a big rise in US sales and Microsoft reporting a record week for its Xbox 360 console and Kinect controller. The news followed Nintendo’s announ...
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Sony joins the tablet party
After using Sony’s cameras, consoles, e-readers, televisions and Walkman tape recorders over the years and enjoying its films, music and games, it’s nice to find a little of all of these inside its first tablet. The Sony Tablet S, just …Conti...
Sony’s Home improvement
Sony has been giving the media a sneak peek of the biggest makeover in the short history of Home – the games platform and online virtual world accessible through the PlayStation 3. Games are being placed front and centre in …Continue readin...
Sony tablets “better” than iPad
Sony gave us the hard facts on the launch of its first tablets at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin on Wednesday, naming the two models and giving details of pricing and availability. Sir Howard Stringer, Sony chief executive, …Continue...
