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1. Sony Vaio AC adapters recalled in shock scare

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 29 October 2009

   Sony has issued a safety recall for AC adapters for its Vaio desktops and docking stations. Around 69,000 of the faulty units are believed to be in use. Sony has issued a safety recall for AC adapters ...

2. Sony debuts ultra-thin Vaio X notebook

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 08 October 2009

   Sony has debuted its ultra-thin Vaio X notebook line. The X series - which is housed in a lightweight carbon-fiber chassis - weighs 1.6 pounds and is just over a half-inch thin. Sony has debuted its ultra-thin ...

3. Sony marketing campaign plumbs new depths

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 10 September 2009

   Consumer electronics giant Sony can surely afford to hire the sharpest brains around. How, then, do we explain the sheer Jeffdamned awfulness of its new online marketing campaign? Consumer electronics ...

4. TVs set to go 3D this year

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 01 September 2009

     Three-D televisions could be about to take off, following the announcement that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is to support the format. Meanwhile, Sony is expected to announce a range of ...

5. Sony gets Google Chrome plated

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 01 September 2009

   All Sony Vaio PCs sold in the USA will come pre-installed with Google Chrome, the company said today.All Sony Vaio PCs sold in the USA will come pre-installed with Google Chrome, the company said today. ...

6. AMD takes lead in discrete mobile graphics

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 17 August 2009

   ... Pavilion dv6T, Alienware M17, Acer Aspire 5739G, Toshiba Satellite M500, Sony VAIO FW Series, Samsung R522, Asus W90Vp-X1, MSI GX623 and Dell Studio 15. "As consumers increasingly demand greater visual ...

7. Nintendo Wii sales plummet 57 percent

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 30 July 2009

   ... Sony reported a 37.4 percent year-on-year decrease of video game and computer sales, due to lower game console and VAIO PC sales. Indeed, the company sold 1.1 million Playstation 3 units and 1.3 million ...

8. Sony falls to Netbook fever

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 07 July 2009

     While it has refused to get tangled up with Netbook PCs before, Sony has decided to bite the bullet and release one anyway. While it has refused to get tangled up with Netbook PCs before, Sony has ...

9. Sony first major vendor to follow China’s censorware rules

   (Security/Security Features)

   Monday, 29 June 2009

   As we are hearing more and more stories about flaws in “Green Dam” censorware, a software that is required to be installed on all computers sold in China beginning July 1, it is reported that Sony is already ...

10. 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 ...

11. Security whiz spells Safari's doom in upcoming hacking contest

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 March 2009

    ... under Windows 7 on a Sony Vaio P machine. Contestants will be also invited to break into Safari and Firefox running under OS X Leopard on MacBook Air. Whoever wins gets to walk home with $5,000 in the ...

12. Sony reorganizes major business lines, seeks greater interoperability

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 06 February 2009

    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 ...

14. Linus Torvalds' old company now officially dead

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

    ... 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 ...

15. CES 2009: Sony unveils world's lightest eight inch notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

      This evening at CES, Sony unveiled its new VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC, the world's lightest 8" notebook. "About the size of a business envelope and roughly as thin as a cell phone, the VAIO Lifestyle ...

16. Dell pitches MacBook Air rival, Sony enters netbook market

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 24 December 2008

    ... Adamo. Sony is prepping a new Vaio portable computer that walks a fine line between an ultra-portable notebook and a netbook. What about Apple? As the race to knock down the MacBook Air heats up, the ...

17. Sony intros ultra-expensive ultra-portable notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 23 September 2008

      If you like the idea of a compact notebook, but simply don’t want to accept the compromises a netbook will bring, Sony will have something for you. Of course, for a lot more dough than the $350 ...

18. Sony unleashes two more Blu-ray laptops

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Friday, 12 September 2008

    Sony on Friday introduced two new Blu-ray equipped notebooks. The Sony Vaio NS and the Sony Vaio CS join the popular Vaio family. The Vaio NS comes equipped with a 15.4-inch widescreen display, a 2GHz ...

19. Sony recalls 73,000 Vaio TZ notebooks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 04 September 2008

      The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Sony issued a recall for about 73,000 Sony Vaio TZ-series notebooks (440,000 globally), which include a manufacturing defect that can cause a short ...

20. Wall of Sheep catches security pros at Black Hat

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 07 August 2008

    ... like the failure of an 11 year-old Sony Vaio laptop and a blown power supply on a Compaq desktop, have slowed the scanning.  Also people are actively trying to hack back at the Wall of Sheep, but ...

21. PS3 outsells the PS2

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 July 2008

      Sony had a rough second calendar quarter (fiscal Q1 2008 for the company) with profits plunging nearly 48% to $326.9 million while sales inched up to $18.7 billion. However, the game segment showed improvement: ...

22. Greenpeace confirms hazardous materials in game consoles

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 20 May 2008

    ... in its products.     There are reasons why Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony do not advertise their game consoles as being especially environmentally friendly. One may be that customers simply ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 21 March 2008

      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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 19 February 2008

    ... 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, ...

25. What it takes to become a DARPA urban challenge contender

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 October 2007

    ... a simple RS-232 serial port.  Originally the team ran what I believe was a Sony VAIO notebook computer with Windows XP.  However, for the newest version they settled on a modified desktop machine ...

26. TG Video: Wirelessly hacking Gmail and more - tutorial

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 11 October 2007

    ... amazed at how many people name their computers with their own first and last names.  People (more accurately IT departments) also like to name their computers by brand names like Dell laptop or Sony ...

27. Intel demos Echo Peak WiMax/Wi-Fi notebook

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 26 September 2007

    ... many details about the chipset, but we were able to see that Echo Peak in fact is up and running and the Wimax feature appears to be on track for a 2008 delivery. Intel also showed a version of Sony’s ...

28. Sony takes Vaio notebooks into the mainstream

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 25 September 2007

    Sony unveiled a new entry-level Vaio notebook series that will include notebooks with a starting price of $750. San Diego (CA) – Sony unveiled a new entry-level Vaio notebook series that will ...

29. Personal safety a problem in ‘lifecasting’ – iJustine interview

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 21 September 2007

    ... with hundreds and on a good day thousands of people.   Justine goes through life carrying a small Logitech webcam that’s connected to a Sony Vaio laptop.  With the help of Sprint’s ...

30. Live video test – Viva Las Vegas!

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 07 September 2007

    ... The cam faces forward and plugs into a Sony Vaio laptop.  Flash Media Encoder compresses the video and then uploads it to the justin.tv video servers (thanks for the beta code guys!).  You can ...

31. Sony gets FCC approval for stylish VGN-TZ notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Monday, 16 July 2007

    Sony has taken the final hurdle in bringing a new compact notebook to the U.S. The new TZ series will weigh in at just 2.62 pounds and offer a choice of Intel’s ultra low-voltage processors U7500 ...

32. Sony introduces thin and lightweight Vaio CR notebooks

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 12 June 2007

    Sony has introduced a new line of thin and lightweight Vaio CR notebooks. The notebooks are available in five fashion colors – sangria, cosmopolitan, dove, indigo and black – with a weight ...

33. Sony debuts new Blu-ray Vaio notebook

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 11 May 2007

    Sony has unveiled its latest Vaio notebook computer to come pre-installed with a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player. Foster City (CA) - Sony has unveiled its latest Vaio notebook computer to come pre-installed ...

34. Google dives into video game advertising

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 20 March 2007

    ... and Mercedes cars to Sony Vaio laptops. In-game advertising like virtual billboards or video walls could become the next big thing as games become more graphically intense. Sony plans on pushing this ...

35. CES 2007: Sony plans next Blu-ray attack at HD DVD

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 07 January 2007

    If there was one underlying theme at Sony's CES press conference today, it was that Sony desperately asks for the designation as the market leader in high definition. Las Vegas (NV) - If there was one ...

36. Dell ships $3700 Blu-ray notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 11 December 2006

    ... Like Sony, which aggressively markets the Blu-ray component of its PS3 gaming console, Dell is a leading company in the BD Founders Association, and therefore has a high stake in the acceptance and adoption ...

37. Comparing Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 execution: Focus makes the difference

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Tuesday, 21 November 2006

    ... when you compare the working strategies for game systems between Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, in the end it is focus, or the lack of it, that differentiates the efforts. This week one of the big items ...

38. Sony to bring out world's lightest notebook computer

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 02 November 2006

    According to a Reuters story, Sony has announced plans to introduce what it's calling the world's lightest notebook computer to Japanese consumers some time in December, in an attempt to bring back some ...

39. Sony's new laptops cash in on upcoming James Bond movie

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 31 October 2006

    Not everyone can be James Bond, but at least you can buy his laptop. Sony is offering a new line of James Bond 007-branded Vaio TX and Vaio UX laptop packages. Along with a laptop, Sony is through in ...

40. Is Sony coming back?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Wednesday, 18 October 2006

    This has not been a great couple of years for Sony. We had the rootkit catastrophe last year and the battery disaster this year. A number of us have been increasingly concerned that the PS 3 would be ...

41. Sony recalls own laptop batteries

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 17 October 2006

    Sony announced today that it is recalling batteries from its own Vaio notebook computers in Japan and China, adding to the seemingly never-ending list of computer manufacturers affected by a massive recall ...

42. Sony intros Vaio C-Series notebooks

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 12 October 2006

43. Sony unveils VAIO N notebook for the home

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Thursday, 14 September 2006

      Sony has unveiled the VAIO N series notebook computer line, saying its design can complement any home's motif, and its features will appeal to users who want to balance form with function. Sony ...

44. With Grouper.com acquisition, what is Sony getting itself into?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 23 August 2006

    Another major deal in the very-fast-growing Web video sharing field was announced today, with Sony Pictures acquiring Grouper Networks, proprietor of one of YouTube's most intriguing competitors. The ...

45. Samsung to launch Blu-ray player on 25 June

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 15 June 2006

    Sony is late to the Blu-ray party, but Samsung will keep its initial promise. Samsung confirmed to TG Daily that it will be offering a Blu-ray player on 25, June, shortly after the official U.S. debut ...

46. First Blu-ray titles to arrive on 20 June, Sony player delayed until August

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 13 June 2006

    Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) today confirmed its 20 June availability date for the first wave of Blu-ray titles. The company remained quiet on the launch date of its first living room Blu-ray ...

47. Sneak Peek: Sony's tiny Windows XP Micro PC

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 07 June 2006

    A sneak peek at Sony's recently announced VAIO UX Micro PC was posted on MobilityGuru today. The tiny PC is loaded with features, yet everything fits into a 1.2 pound package. A sneak peek at Sony's ...

48. Sony VAIO notebook to feature Blu-ray burner, built-in DV-R in June

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 16 May 2006

    It didn't take long after Toshiba made its announcement of an HD DVD-supportive notebook computer for North America, for Sony to follow up with a Blu-ray alternative. Its new VAIO AR Premium notebook ...

49. E3 2006 Preview: The showdown between consoles and PCs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 06 May 2006

    ... Joining Sony's Vaio and Intel's Viiv in the Weird Names Hall of Fame is Nintendo's Wii. The number three player in consoles, Nintendo, successfully stole its share of the spotlight last week, with the ...

50. Sony ships Blu-ray discs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 05 May 2006

    Following a wave of delays surrounding its next generation media format, Sony today sprinkled some positive news and said that it has begun shipping recordable Blu-ray discs for PC. Park Ridge (NJ) ...