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1. Motorola Droid snipes at iPhone's market share

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... AutoFocus and image stabilization. 

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2. Playstation ad offends Nigeria

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 21 September 2009

   Playstation maker Sony has pulled an advertisement which has offended the Nigerian government. Playstation maker Sony has pulled an advertisement which has offended the Nigerian government. The advert, ...

3. Carmack: id Software to develop new rendering engine

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 11 August 2009

   ... processing out there." Finally, Carmack hypothesized that Sony would be the first manufacturer to release a next-generation console. "The whole jockeying for who's going to release the first next gen ...

4. Peter Jackson reveals District 9, Hobbit details

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 24 July 2009

   ... by Sony," Jackson told MTV. We were able to have total freedom. We had this tiny little film in a year when 'Transformers 2' and 'GI Joe' were coming out so we figured we can be grungy, because they can't." ...

5. Sony Ericsson debuts "Walkman" mobile phone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 15 July 2009

   Sony Ericsson has debuted a new mobile phone named after the ubiquitous Walkman of 1980's fame. Like other Walkman phones, the W518a features "advanced" shake control technology that allows users to ...

6. Sony Ericsson intros two "green" phones

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 03 June 2009

   Because green is the new black, Sony Ericsson has joined the bandwagon and has introduced two phones which it claims are greener than the average phone today.Because green is the new black, Sony Ericsson ...

7. Sony’s new PSP is definitely a Go

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 02 June 2009

   ... Sony which analyzes an individual’s music library and delivers tastes which meet a user’s depicted mood. Developers are encouraged to create and design application for the device. Sony said it has reduced ...

8. Qore leaks new PSP details before E3 debut

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Sunday, 31 May 2009

   GamersConsoleNetwork has managed to snag the first official images of the PSP Go from Qore. Qore, a subscription-based interactive online magazine for the North American PlayStation Network, apparently ...

9. Sony showcases PS3 synching phone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 28 May 2009

   Sony Ericsson has unveiled the Aino - a mobile phone that allows users to remotely access media content on PS3 consoles. The Aino also features Media Home, an application that transfers media to the ...

10. CE3100: Intel squeezes yet another chip out of the old Dothan core

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 25 May 2009

    ... CE business on track and build a bridge to the Sony’s and Panasonic’s of this world.     Kim confirmed that Intel has a lot of work to do in this respect and he believes it will be “important ...

11. Sony wants you to move up from point and shoot cameras

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 17 May 2009

    Sony has launched three new digital SLR cameras aimed at first-time buyers looking to step up from point-and-shoot cameras. San Diego, CA - Sony has launched three new digital SLR cameras aimed at first-time ...

12. Sony to showcase new PSP at E3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    Sony will reportedly showcase a new version of its popular PSP at the E3 conference in June. According to 1UP.com, the upgraded device is expected to be named PSP GO! Chicago (IL) - Sony will reportedly ...

13. Rambus acquires patents to move into mobile memory

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 07 April 2009

    ... Rambus, products such as the the Motorola RAZR V3i and the Sony Ericsson C902 mobile phones have used Inapac’s technologies through separate technology license agreements. Rambus indicated that it will ...

14. Sony announces $1000 HDR-TG5V camcorder with GPS

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 03 April 2009

    Sony announced an extremely sleek and small 1920 x 1080 HD camcorder with 4 megapixel photo resolution, 16 GB of internal flash memory, embedded GPS, minimal buttons and a touch-panel LCD display. The ...

15. Skype's mobile assault: iPhone client due tomorrow, Blackberry in May

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    ... available on a range of Nokia-branded devices. Java-based client works on more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones from Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG. by going to the Skype website ...

16. Nintendo at GDC 2009: It’s the software, stupid!

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 25 March 2009

    ... company puts into developing entertaining games.    In plain sales numbers, sales of the Wii and DS consoles are crushing. The Wii alone has sold more than 50 million units, while rival Sony ...

17. Qualcomm backs Zeebo, a new game console

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 24 March 2009

    ... console is not meant to compete with high-end devices like the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation or Microsoft Xbox. The company's goal is to prevent piracy and provide a product capable of competing with ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    ... (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 ...

19. Microsoft to copy Apple's stylish retail stores

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 13 February 2009

    ... 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 ...

20. Zune in Crisis: Holiday sales down 54%

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 26 January 2009

    ... dominates with 71% of the music player market. With the current sales trend, iPod stands a chance of dethroning Sony's Walkman as the best-selling music player of all time. Microsoft last updated Zune in ...

21. UPDATED: Blu-ray sales quadrupled in 2008

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... players in the United States, including 6 million Sony PlayStation 3 units. In the same three-year timeframe after release, DVD players in the 1990s totaled only 5.4 million. If Sony PS3s are excluded, ...

22. CES 2009: Sony announces an iPod Touch rival - the X Series Walkman

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

      On Wednesday at CES, Sony’s Walkman line of portable media devices received a total makeover as the company announced a brand new touch-screen, Internet ready portable media player. Deemed the ...

23. Xbox 360 slaughtered PS3 on Black Friday, Microsoft claims

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 02 December 2008

      Microsoft said that its Xbox 360 game console had its most successful Black Friday yet, selling 25% more units than in 2007 – and outselling Sony’s PS3 by a ratio of 3:1. Redmond (WA) – Microsoft ...

24. Linus Torvalds’ old company acquired and gone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 18 November 2008

    ... 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 ...

25. More dirt in Vista Capable case surfaces

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 16 November 2008

    ... without the AeroGlass surface), an exposure that was estimated at about $200 million per month, according to the filing. The decision was greeted with enthusiasm by Sony (which had invested in the 915 ...

26. G1 & Co.: Top 10 cellphones for your Christmas shopping list

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 17 October 2008

    ... gestures. Expect a price tag of about $400, excluding carrier subsidies. 2. Sony Ericsson Xperia X1: The Xperia X1 is late, but it may be worth the wait. The X1 is wrapped in a metal casing with a curved ...

27. Hot Import Nights – the ultimate photographer’s battleground Part I: Gear

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 07 October 2008

    ... my total time to post (the time to transfer, edit, render and upload) it might actually come out even.  With the Canon HV20, I have to rewind the tape, fire up Sony Vegas and then capture in real-time ...

28. SlotMusic: Can microSD cards replace audio CDs?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 21 September 2008

    ... with PCs, cellphones and other portable devices: Flash memory cards will soon be sold with preloaded, DRM free music.   The format introduced by EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner Bros. is called ...

29. Apple rocks. And puts us to sleep.

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

    ... but there is no company that is a significant road block in that path. Microsoft is waging battles on too many fronts and Sony is focused on its PS3.    Apple posted $819 million in "other music-related ...

30. Samsung, Sony roll out BD-Live Blu-ray players

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 28 August 2008

      Samsung and Sony are showcasing their latest Blu-ray player flagship models at the IFA 2008 tradeshow. Both players are priced outside the mainstream market and may not see especially high production ...

31. Badaboom’s GPU-accelerated video encoding promises a lot, not yet ready for prime time

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 26 August 2008

    ... Sadly, there are no plans for a Sony Vegas plug-in. Even on an 8-core Skulltrail system, rendering long clips of HD H.264 can take quite a while (and god help you if you’re rendering out an entire Blu-Ray ...

32. Batman and Superman to join forces in new MMO. KAPOW!

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 24 July 2008

      You’ll soon be able to fight alongside Batman, Superman or even The Joker in an upcoming MMO based on the DC comics universe.  The aptly-named DC Universe Online is being developed by Sony ...

33. Intel shows off insanely overclocked and aircooled Nehalem – but we can’t tell you how fast

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 June 2008

    ... and Excel.  He then loaded Sony Vegas 8 in about two seconds- as users of Sony Vegas ourselves this was quite impressive!  Piednoel then started fast forwarding through a large video file and ...

34. Large internal memory in digital cameras not to become mainstream

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 08 May 2008

    Viewing that the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T2 and DSC-G1 digital cameras are equipped with 4 GB and 2 GB, respectively, of internal NAND flash memory, Taiwan-based ODM/OEMs of digital cameras generally ...

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

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 05 May 2008

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 06 April 2008

    ... 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, ...

37. Will we ever see an iPhone killer?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 03 April 2008

    ... goal: RIM with its BlackBerry 9000, Samsung with its Instinct phone and SonyEricsson with the Xperia. There is a wildcard in this game, which has the potential to make a strong debut – Garmin’s Nuvifone. ...

38. Sony, Nvidia shine in a tough year for chip companies

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 19 March 2008

    ... saw big gains: Sony and Nvidia were the fastest growing semiconductor companies last year, according to iSuppli. El Segundo (CA) – 2007 was not really an enjoyable year for most chip companies, especially ...

39. Sony dishes out PS3 2.17 firmware update

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Thursday, 13 March 2008

    Foster City (CA) - Sony last night unwrapped its latest firmware update for the Playstation 3, bringing the console to version 2.17. According to a post at the official Playstation blog, the update improves ...

40. VIDEO – Our Canon HG10 torture test at Hot Import Nights

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 11 March 2008

    ... recording fast motion.  We certainly did not see that when looking at the raw footage that was imported into Sony Vegas.  We did have some motion blur, but that is from the 24p recording mode.  ...

41. VIDEO – HD camcorder shootout: Can you tell the difference?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 03 March 2008

    ... rendered clips are below ... can you tell the difference? All the camcorders we own (left to right, JVC HD110, Panasonic DVX-100B, Canon HV20, Canon HG10, Sony DCR-HC28) Note - The Panasonic was ...

42. VIDEO: We love our new Skulltrail

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 22 February 2008

    ... a decent power supply, case, hard drives and graphics cards.  We’ll have this baby up and running in a week and will start cranking Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere rendering jobs through the system.  ...

43. VIDEO: Logitech launches GT5 wheel ahead of the game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 20 February 2008

    ... racetracks, but it still is to be considered as a pre-release of the full GT5 game. In that view, we believe Sony is brave to charge its customers $40 for what is essentially not much more than a demo ...

44. Xperia X1 challenges the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 10 February 2008

    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 ...

45. UPDATE: 45 nm Cell BE promised to cut power consumption by 40%

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 04 February 2008

    ... learn this year. Sony is apparently working on a 65 nm to 45 nm migration of its Cell Broadband Engine. Sony claims that the chip area size will be reduced by 34% and the 45 nm Cell will consume 40% less ...

46. TG Daily videos from PMA 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 01 February 2008

    ... CF cards simultaneously VIDEO: Samsung’s tiny 1080P camcorder Camera overload – Sony rains down seven new cameras PNY announces ...

47. Independent developer XGen announces WiiWare plans

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 17 January 2008

    ... bring a handful of its online titles to the Nintendo platform, including 3D Logic, Chicken Jockey, and Interactive Buddy. Sony has offered original game downloads on the Playstation 3 since its debut, ...

48. MacWorld is disappointing? Yeah right.

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Wednesday, 16 January 2008

    ... keyboard with little travel, it was painfully slow, and it was comparatively fragile.   However it also pulled an iPhone like crowd wherever it was shown.   About 5 years ago, Sony ...

49. Wrap-up: All stories and slideshows from CES 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 11 January 2008

    ... company Pulse Link.   Sony does not even say the words "Playstation 3" at CES press conference Sony talked a lot about its less highlighted divisions at today's ...

50. CES: Sony brings everything from dancing MP3 robots to OLED HDTV

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 06 January 2008

    Sony has impressive additions to its television, MP3 player, and mobile phone lines as shown during its pre-CES press conference. Las Vegas (NV) - Sony has impressive additions to its television, MP3 ...