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1. 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 ...

2. Mac clone war sparks fierce debate over Apple tax

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... similar sentiments. "Apple will always have the Apple faithful, who are reminiscent of the Sony faithful in the 70s and 80s who bought only Sony TV and stereo components," said Pachter. "These people ...

3. SiPix promises color e-paper next year

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... such as Prime View International - which supplies Amazon and Sony - isn't expected to have products available for another three years. Prime View uses technology from E Ink, which it plans to acquire by ...

4. Google backs EPUB, kindles Amazon fight

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Search colossus Google said that it will begin to offer downloads in the EPUB electronic book standard, backed by Sony and a number of other players.Search colossus Google said that it will begin to ...

5. Sony fights Kindle with $400 high end wireless reader

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Electronics giant Sony took on Kindle today by revealing a wireless e-reader it will release later this year.Electronics giant Sony took on Kindle today by revealing a wireless e-reader it will release ...

6. Microsoft defends infamous red ring of death

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... owners?! Yeah like as if the viral Sony gang didn't corrupt that with their fanboy stink. Get real." Another reader named PMB opined that the failure rate was likely higher than the reported 54.2 percent. ...

7. Claim: Xbox 360 plagued by a 54 percent failure rate

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... month to repair or replace a console, compared to a week for Nintendo and Sony. "Only 37.7 percent of Microsoft customers found the company's customer service was 'very helpful,' compared to 51.1 percent ...

8. Sony to cut eBook and Reader prices

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sony is set to announce two new eBook Readers tomorrow in an apparent move to compete more aggressively with Amazon. The company will also reduce prices for eBooks offered for the Reader devices, ...

9. Snubbed PS3 owners forced to wait until September for Fallout 3 DLC

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... PS3, we also need to test each DLC when used in conjunction with each of the other DLC, as well as all of them together, along with the entire original game," Cheng wrote in an official Sony PSN blog post. ...

10. From Charles Babbage to Atari: A visit to the Computer History Museum

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... reproduced portraits below. Sadly, the golden era of technology may have departed this world long ago, but it will live forever in our hearts. Ancient Japanese Mainframe Sony Hit Bit MSX Master ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... 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 ...

12. 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 ...

13. Google gives Sony's e-Book reader an additional 500,000 books

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sony Corp's e-Book reading device is expected to be announced today, but already it's received a huge set of copyright-free books, courtesy of Google. The 500,000 book injection adds to Sony's existing ...

14. ChangeWave: MacBook sales up in next 3 months, HP and Dell down

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... with their operating system). Established brands like HP, Dell and Sony are far from Apple in this ChangeWave survey, recording 52%, 55% and 56% in the "very satisfied" rating respectively. It is interesting ...

15. Cell phone battles in Barcelona

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... Samsung, Sony, Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile, and Vodafone all agreed to a common standard based on the USB interface and enforced by 2012 (I would've hoped for yesterday). The ...

16. The P-Series Vaio fits in your pocket, after you empty your wallet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sony has determined its Vaio P Series Lifestyle PC is not a member of the netbook category, as the company feels it possesses much greater capabilities than the majority of netbooks on the market. They ...

17. Up next for Apple TV: Networked cable television

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... the technology, including AMD, Cisco, Intel, Sony and Toshiba. The software platform enables cable's interactive services to be deployed across different devices via set-top boxes or enabled digital TVs ...

18. Amazon's Kindle 2 arriving February 9?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... deal on a great product, they could have something special on their hands. Originally launched in November, 2007 ten years after the first e-book readers, and a year after Sony launched their reader, ...

19. Oprah pitches Amazon Kindle

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    If Oprah’s endorsement for gadgets is similar powerful as her recommendations for books, then the Sony Reader is officially dead, at least in the U.S. The talkshow host today presented the Amazon ...

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

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... 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 ...

21. Kindle 2 pictures leaked: Same size, redesigned package

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... by Sony and if we recall Plastic Logic’s fantastic reader, one clearly has to wonder whether the updates for Kindle 2 will be enough. Especially a touchscreen feature would have been nice. However, as ...

22. Sony announces pricey e-book reader

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

      There has been lots of activity in the ebook reader segment lately. Following Amazon’s Kindle, we recently saw the Plastic Logic’s stunning device and it appears that Sony will also try to take ...

23. 5 reasons why Apple should build its own iPhone SoC (and 5 why it won't last)

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... to the existing audio playback chips. Future iPhone will have killer graphics, no question about it. In fact, future iPhone will render Nintendo DS and Sony PSP obsolete and turn Apple into a key player ...

24. 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, ...

25. Sony’s crapware incident: The right idea gone terribly wrong

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion - Given the speed Sony reacted to the outrage over the company’s fee for removing crapware from one of its notebooks, I am pretty sure that the marketing folks are still trying to figure ...

26. Is a crapware-free PC worth an extra $50?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion – A “Fresh Start” is something many users give their PCs anyway once in a while. But why exactly would you need a Fresh Start with a new PC. Sony is offering that option for a $50 premium ...

27. VIDEO – HD camcorder shootout: Can you tell the difference? Part II

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... Vimeo. Video #1 - Sony DCR-HC28 Ok video #1 was probably the easiest one to figure out as the standard definition Sony DCR-HC28. Most people recognized the standard definiton aspect ratio along with ...

28. TG Daily videos from PMA 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

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

29. Update: Blu-ray and HD DVD support demystified

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... believed to outpace what Blu-ray can do, and it has been that way since both formats officially launched. Sony is just now beginning to match HD DVD's enhanced navigation and video control features. ...

30. Readius device merges e-book reader with cell phone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... book reader and mobile phone. The Readius screen is similar to the Amazon Kindle or the Sony Reader in that it is actually tailored for reading, eliminating the eye strain of typical liquid crystal displays ...

31. Multiple: 2007 top ten lists

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... is from The Inquirer, where they make some predictions about what'll be up in 2008: Inventions #10 - A Sony plan for a skateboard that operates like a Segway. #9 - Digit-saving biometrics, ...

32. Rob Enderle: 2008's Apple, Dell, Google, HP, Lenovo, Sony, Microsoft and Linux

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... too. :)  Thank you. ---------- Analysis:  2008's Apple, Dell, Google, HP, Lenovo, Sony, Microsoft and Linux by Rob Enderle Introduction Looking ahead to 2008 we are in for one amazing ...

33. Review - PS3 "Eye" sees world of possibilities

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... the name of a new trading card game jointly created by Sony and TCG powerhouse Wizards of the Coast.  It's a kind of a unique title, at least with regards to regular Playstation 3 (PS3) standards.  ...

34. Amazon looks more deeply at downloadable books

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... by Mobipocket with the existing infrastructure at Amazon.com. Sony has a similar strategy with its own brand of e-book reader, and its own e-book store.  Sony offers around 18,000 digital books, ...

35. Nokia, LG, Samsung and MasterCard to turn cell phone into wallet

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    A consortium of companies including Nokia, LG, Samsung, Sony and MasterCard are to turn cell phones into mobile wallets, allowing consumers to pay for goods and services simply by swiping their phone ...

36. HP exits MCE business, continues with Apple inspired line - analyst opinion

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ...  HP follows Gateway who exited some time ago and leave behind a struggling Sony and Alienware, which probably is the only major vendor (they are owned by Dell) to actually come close to getting the Media ...

37. Conquering the cellphone market won’t be a walk in the park for Apple – analyst opinion

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... MP3 players and focused largely on iPod Nano-like flash players, Creative Labs, which had luggable hard drive-based players and some flash products, and Sony, which had attractive products that were crippled ...

38. CES 2007: LG to roll out dual-format Blu-ray/HD DVD player in Q1

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... high-definition battle between Sony (Blu-ray) and Toshiba (HD DVD), then LG's new Super Multi Blue BH100 is your first opportunity to be on the safe side - no matter which format will gain the upper hand ...

39. Consumer Electronics Show 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ... another frivolous iPod add-on or a valuable accessory? Aliph's Jawbone headset and Noise Shield sound too good to be true Sony shows OLED TV prototypes Toshiba offering four embedded NAND ...

40. Sandisk and Sony introduce Memory Stick "Pro-HG" format

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sandisk and Sony think we need another flash format and are introducing the Memory Stick "Pro-HG" card. The cards are a faster and bigger version of the Memory Stick Pro cards and can transfer up to 60 ...

41. Take a guess: Who is chairing the revision of laptop battery standards?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    The IEEE is forming a group to revise the IEEE 1625 standard for lithium-ion laptop batteries and guess which two companies will chair it... wait for it... Sony and Dell. Of course, these two companies ...

42. No defects in PS3 stamping parts, says maker

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Taiwan-based G-Shank Enterprise stated that stamping parts it manufactured for Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) game consoles have no defects and should not cause malfunction of the console's card reader, ...

43. Lines begin to form at retail locations for PS3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... days away. See the Sony Playstation 3 in detail ... Best Buy has historically been among the list of stores that do not offer any kind of pre-order availability for video game consoles, instead making ...

44. Sony Reader is a work in progress

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Electronic Jane on the left, paper Jane on the right. Holding a paperback version of Pride and Prejudice next to the Sony Reader's prerelease e-book version is a study in similarities and contrasts. ...

45. Dell recalls suspect notebook batteries made by Sony, including XPS M1710

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... catching fire. All the notebooks in the recall list have lithium-ion batteries manufactured for Dell by Sony's Japan and China factories. A special-edition XPS M1710, ironically masquerading as though ...

46. Dell recalls 4.1 million notebook batteries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... recalled. The batteries were made by Sony and were sold between April 2004 and July 18, 2006. Austin (TX) - After several reports of self-combusting laptops, Dell is recalling millions of lithium-ion ...

47. Kazaa settles with movie studios, music publishers, vows to go legit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... the Sony Pictures division that prevailed triumphantly in the Grokster case. Sources told The Australian newspaper that Sharman pledged not only to modify its Kazaa software, but also to "use all reasonable ...

48. How soon could Apple build an 'e-book' Ipod?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Apple ready for such a device technologically? At present, Sony leads the way in terms of legibility, with a portable, inexpensive, low-power, very high resolution display based on E Ink technology. Any ...

49. Sony BMG releases customized song without copy-protection

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... download history, there is a song from a major artists that actually sells without digital rights management (DRM). In a rather surprising move, Sony BMG released Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair" went ...

50. Sandisk announces "world's fastest" compact flash cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    When you're a digital camera enthusiast, missing a critical action shot can be embarrassing; but when you are a pro, a missed shot is costly. Sandisk has announced a new line of fast Compact Flash cards ...