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1. Internet behemoths fight hard for net neutrality

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   ... the interest of consumers, the letter continued. Other luminaries who have signed the letter include the CEO of eBay, the president of Sony Electronics, the CEO of Skype, and the founder of Flickr. This ...

2. Startup goes head on against Kindle, Sony

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... in Paris: "We're not competing in an entrenched market. We think that Sony has recognized there are some opportunities in this market."He showed a prototype of the light slim reader and said txtr intended ...

3. Donald Duck ensnares Spiderman

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... how Disney will sort out existing deals Marvel has with competitors such as News Corp or Sony Entertainment. The CEO of Marvel believes Disney is a perfect spot for its gallery of heroes and superheros ...

4. Semi market stutters all the way through this year

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ...  Richard Templeton 5 ST Microelectronics Carlo Bozotti 6 Renesas Technology Katsuhiro Tsukamoto 7 Sony Howard Stringer 8 Qualcomm Paul Jacobs 9 Hynix Kim Jong-cap ...

5. Electronic Arts jumps on motion-based bandwagon

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Electronic Arts (EA) has pledged to support the next generation of motion-based gaming devices, including Microsoft's Natal and Sony's new controller. EA's focus on casual gaming could help the corporation ...

6. Rumor: Sony prepping PS3 Slim for August 18 launch

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Sony is reportedly preparing to launch a new version of its Playstation 3 console. According to RTL Info, the "PS3 Slim" will be unveiled in Germany on August 18 before the official opening of the Gamescom ...

7. Sony bleeds money despite big cuts

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Beleaguered Japanese giant Sony has turned in a net loss and blamed it on people not buying its stuff and on the strength of the yen.Beleaguered Japanese giant Sony has turned in a net loss and blamed ...

8. BioWare co-founder criticizes Activision's PS3 bashing

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has reportedly criticized Activision's threat to "stop supporting" Sony if the company did not implement an immediate PS3 price cut. San Francisco (CA) - BioWare co-founder ...

9. iPhone shakes up mobile games industry

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... a genuine gaming platform. The president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America dismissed the notion in June, when he told CNBC that the "iPhone was just a phone." "At the end of the day, ...

10. Sony chief downplays rift with Activision over PS3 price cut

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sony CEO Howard Stringer has downplayed a rift with Activision chief Bobby Kotick over the latter's demand for an immediate Playstation 3 price cut. According to Stringer, Kotick "likes to make a lot ...

11. Rockstar Games preps PSP version of GTA: Chinatown Wars

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available for the Sony PSP this fall. The latest version of the popular title is expected to feature "upscaled" widescreen ...

12. Activision demands immediate PS3 price cut

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has demanded that Sony implement an immediate Playstation 3 price cut. Kotick explained that the the PS3 has lost "momentum," while the Wii and Xbox "are just selling better." ...

13. Microsoft eyes major Xbox upgrade as Nintendo Wii sales plummet

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... million Wii units by March 31, 2010. Pachter proposed a new price tag of $200, which would allow the Wii to compete with Microsoft's least expensive Xbox 360 console. It should be noted that Sony has ...

14. Sony claims iPhone is just "a phone"

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sony has rebuffed claims that Apple's popular iPhone may negatively affect PSP-Go sales. "At the end of the day, the iPhone is a phone," Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of ...

15. Sony lowers Playstation 2 price to $99

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sony had claimed it would be making a big announcement this week, but didn't give consumers any hints. Speculators and analysts assumed we'd be seeing a significant decrease in the price of the PlayStation ...

16. The next iPhone looms on the horizon

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of both Sony and PSP in the portable gaming arena, enabling game developers to create and port stunning games. And last but not least, the new iPhones will download data from cellular networks twice ...

17. Sony leaned on by game publishers: Lower the price of the PS3!

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sony has launched into defensive mode following the announcement of Nintendo's 100 millionth DS sale after a mere 4 years 3 months on the market. It took Sony a full 5 years 9 months to achieve the same ...

18. Who needs Steve Jobs, anyway?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... second of every Steve Jobs keynote, we should all adapt to new realities. As Apple grows and becomes the next Sony, something has to give. And in Apple's case it may well be the Hollywood-style presentations ...

19. Blu-ray gets simplified licensing

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... licensing will become much easier. Panasonic, Philips and Sony announced that they have agreed to create a "one-stop-shop" product license company for Blu-ray, which should positively impact the availability ...

20. Sony reorganizes major business lines, seeks greater interoperability

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Today, Sony announced a major reorganization and restructures of its electronics and game businesses. In addition, Sony will receive an entirely new management structure, along with new management teams ...

21. Apple absent from MWC, but iPhone still on everyone's lips

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... (UCS) initiative, was appealing enough to unite the GSMA and 17 industry heavy-weights, including AT&T, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Vodafone and others. However, the idea ...

22. Microsoft to copy Apple's stylish retail stores

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... that often place Xbox and Zune side by side with rival products, such as Sony's PlayStation 3 or Apple's iPod. At the same time, Microsoft may alienate its existing retailers who bring in most of the ...

23. Linus Torvalds' old company now officially dead

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... long and there were not many design wins for the chip – the most significant may have been the integration of Crusoe in a silver-purple Sony Vaio sub-notebook, which this writer can remember all ...

24. Top 10 people in technology

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... in the video game console war with Microsoft and Sony. Sony dominated, Microsoft tried to figure out its direction and Nintendo ended up as the company no one saw coming. Reggie Fils-Aime is the charismatic ...

25. Linus Torvalds’ old company acquired and gone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... as a software engineer on its staff, continued with an impressive launch of the Crusoe processor in 2000, some design wins (including Sony and Toshiba). However, Transmeta was never able to seriously challenge ...

26. Linus Torvalds’ old company up for sale

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... process, but eventually won Fujitsu, Sony, NEC and most recently Nvidia as licensee’s and customers. And when the company’s cash was almost gone in October of 2006, the company sued Intel for patent ...

27. Steve Ballmer inherits Bill Gates’ CES keynote

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced today that the chief executives of Microsoft, Sony and Ford will deliver keynote addresses at the 2009 International CES tradeshow. Most notably, ...

28. Blast from the past: Apogee announces Duke Nukem trilogy

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... in summer of 2009, while Chain Reaction and Proving Grounds will follow in a predictable pattern. When it comes to platforms, Apogee is targeting Sony PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS. These mobile ...

29. Sony and Amazon team up to deliver video everywhere

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

      As part of its "video everywhere" strategy, Sony plans to marry Internet-equipped Bravia HDTVs with Amazon's new video-on-demand service to fight off increasing pressure from set-top box vendors. ...

30. Apple rumored to be preparing an iPhone with a slide-out keyboard

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... - a full QWERTY physical keyboard. For example, the best-selling smartphones from RIM, Danger, Nokia, Sony-Ericsson and HTC all have keyboards. It appears that any device that lacks a physical keyboard ...

31. Nokia acquires remaining shares of Symbian, donates software to open source

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... of the new organization. Together with Sony Ericsson, the three companies said that they will use these technologies to create one open mobile software platform.   AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung ...

32. Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the greenest of them all?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... technology field. The pack is led by Apple, which was described as “green” by 21% of respondents, and is followed by HP (21%), Microsoft (21%), IBM (20%), Intel (20%), Sony (20%) and Dell (19%). If we ...

33. Formula 1 goes to Codemasters after Sony unrest

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    After Sony refused to pay the licensing fees requested by the Formula 1 car racing association, England-based Codemasters has stepped up and nabbed the former Sony-exclusive license.  Codemasters ...

34. Apple may be stylish, but it’s definitely not green

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... climate efforts. Apple's results fall far behind other tech companies:  IBM is at the top with 77 points, followed by Canon (74), Toshiba (70), Sony (68), Hewlett-Packard (68), Motorola (66), Hitachi ...

35. Safari for Windows up, Mac down, iPhone rocks at Flickr

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... other devices. Data that supports this claim is derived from Flickr’s own usage statistics that has the iPhone overtaking Sony Ericsson and Nokia handsets. The iPhone is the clear front runner at this ...

36. DVDs come under pressure from the-same-day iTunes digital releases

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... both new releases and catalog titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, ...

37. Sony expands PS3 Home Beta, pushes back final release

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... a year and has faced massive changes during that time, causing developers to continuously delay the final release. Sitting on a virtual couch in Home The Home project, based in Sony Computer Entertainment's ...

38. WWDC 2008: Switch on that reality distortion field, Steve

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... be building a powerful weapon against virtually any consumer electronics company. We are sure that the Sonys and Nokias will be watching WWDC 2008 very closely.  ...

39. Sony aims for a 50% global market share for its Blu-ray products in 2008

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sony will offer Blu-ray Disc (BD) devices in a wide range of product lines and prices and aims to increase the global market share of its BD products from 20% currently to 50% by the end of 2008, according ...

40. TG Daily Hands-on: 4K RED One camera – Unwrapping the Lamborghini of video cameras

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... and durable HD camera. Oakley is well-known for its relationship with sports, so this wish was not too surprising. Jim's idea did not find any friends at broadcast equipment manufacturers such as Sony, ...

41. Sony-BMG working towards a music flatrate

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

      In an effort to turn around a declining music business, Sony-BMG is currently in discussions to offer a flatrate-based music download service. In an interview with a German newspaper, CEO Rolf Schmidt-Holtz ...

42. Tim Sweeney, Part 3: Unreal Engine 4.0 aims at next-gen console war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Unreal Engine 3. Version 4 will exclusively target the next console generation, Microsoft's successor for the Xbox 360, Sony's successor for the Playstation 3 - and if Nintendo ships a machine with similar ...

43. Tim Sweeney, Part 2: “DirectX 10 is the last relevant graphics API”

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... as Intel's research scientist] recently showed ray-tracing on a Sony UMPC, an ultraportable device equipped with a single-core processor. True, the resolution was much lower than on PCs of today, but it ...

44. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... since the beginning of the format war to provide an overview of the events that led up to Sony’s success and Toshiba’s loss. On the following pages, we are listing all important HD format war articles, ...

45. PhysX to become a CUDA extension, PS4 developers rejoice

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... is creating a complete solution for Sony, which will help to bring down the price of manufacturing. In fact, a PS4 might end up in the range of the first Xbox. We are digging our way through the tunnels ...

46. AMD: To merge or not to merge?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... a ton of manufacturing partnerships and is a member of a manufacturing alliance that involves AMD, IBM and Chartered from one side, and Toshiba and Sony from other. Let's not forget the fact that with ...

47. Xperia X1 challenges the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Apple will be facing a new iPhone challenger from the Windows camp in the second half of this year. SonyEricsson’s new Xperia X1 copies not only has a similar size as the Apple phone, but also offers ...

48. Analysis: Nvidia’s Ageia purchase – a brilliant move?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of Ageia is the PhysX SDK. PhysX is reportedly used in more than 140 game titles developed for Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, Sony PlayStation3 consoles and PC platforms. At the time of ...

49. PC games playable on Playstation 3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Users with Linux installed on their PS3 can now stream any game from their PC to the gaming system. New York (NY) - Users with Linux installed on their PS3 can now stream any game from their PC to ...

50. Playstation 3 sales double thanks to price cut, new model

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... thanks largely to the introduction of a lower-priced $400 version. Sony CEO Howard Stringer told the Associated Press that number was significantly greater than most weekly sales for the system, which ...