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Kazuo Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., speaks at a special session of the Tokyo Game Show 2007 at Makuhari, near Tokyo, on Thursday, September 20, 2007. The game show, billed as the world's largest of it kind, kicked off Thursday for a four-day run, with major game developers unveiling brand new titles.
(photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Sony to Buy Ericsson Out of Phone Venture: Report
Jakarta Globe
Tokyo. In a push to enhance its smartphone business, Japan’s Sony is nearing a deal to buy out Swedish telecom firm Ericsson’s stake in their mobile phone joint venture, according to the Wall Street Journal. | By wresting full control of the 50-50 partnership, Sony aims to integrate its smartpho...
Sony Ericsson's new mobile phone featuring a 12 megapixel camera is displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. Some 50,000 industry officials from major cell phone makers, telecom companies and high-technology firms are converging in Barcelona for an annual four-day Mobile World Congress that opened Monday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
(photo: AP / Manu Fernandez)
Sony near buying Ericsson out of phone venture: report
Canada Dot Com
  | (Reuters) - Sony Corp is nearing a deal to buy Telefon AB LM Ericsson's stake in their 50:50 smartphone joint venture, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. | Sony and Ericsson have been talking for weeks about the future of the venture because th...
Sony Pictures Nabs Vampire Prison Horror 'Nightfall'
IMDb
| Bloody Disgusting is being told that Sony Pictures has nabbed the rights to the film adaptation of the graphic novel Nightfall. The most recent draft of the screenplay was penned by Peter Woodward. The book follows David Paxton, a criminal who find...
Sony Vaio S laptop gets glasses-free 3D display
TechRadar
| Sony has decided to gives its Vaio S laptop a glasses-free 3D display but not in the conventional way. | Instead of the company offering a new line of Vaio S machines with glasses-free 3D functionality it has released a clip-on screen that turns yo...
Sony Might Buy Ericsson (and why This Matters to the PlayStation Brand)
Kotaku
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sony is about to buy Ericsson, the mobile phone company it teamed up with in 2001. Sounds boooooring, but it actually has the potential to be a big move for the PlayStation brand. The Xperia Play, a phone rel...
Sony in talks to buy Ericsson out of phone venture: Source
The Times Of India
HELSINKI/TOKYO: Sony Corp is in talks to buy out Ericsson's stake in their mobile phone joint venture, a source said, in a bid to catch up with rivals. | The move could help Sony recoup ground in the battle against Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics, ...
Sony launches 'Only On PlayStation Network' program
IMDb
| Sony today announced "Only On PlayStation Network," a new program featuring a stream of exclusive games releasing throughout the month of October. PlayStation Network community in North America will find new exclusive downloadable games in the Play...
Sony launches 'Only On PlayStation Network' program
m&c;
| Sony today announced "Only On PlayStation Network," a new program featuring a stream of exclusive games releasing throughout the month of October. | Sony today announced "Only On PlayStation Network," a new program featuring PS3 exclusives. | PlayS...
Women stand by Sony Building in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. Sony Corp. slashed its annual earnings forecast Thursday, projecting its first net loss in 14 years on slumping sales, a strong yen and restructuring costs. The Japanese electronics and entertainment company expects to sink into a 150 billion yen ($1.7 billion) loss for the fiscal year through March, a reversal from 369.4 billion yen profit the previous year.
AP
Sony is defenseless against the fall of the euro
Joystiq
Sony said it expects a "huge impact" on earnings as the euro declines -- many of Sony's exports are to European countries, some of which are on the edge of defaulting on an interna...
A snapshot of SMURFS movie standee
WN / Arturo Ubaub
Sony's Smurfs bid to stay top for eighth weekend
Screen Daily
| The family smash has ruled the roost outside North America for seven weekends through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) and will face a stiff examination from Fox’s ...
In this Jan. 13, 2009 photo, people walk out from Sony Corp. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Sony said Thursday, May 14, 2009, it lost 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) in the fiscal year through March, its first annual net loss in 14 years, and projected it would lose even more money this year amid a slump in consumer demand for electronics goods
AP / Itsuo Inouye
Theater owners group slams Sony over decision to stop paying for disposable 3-D glasses
The Washington Post
| LOS ANGELES — Sony Corp.’s movie studio will save millions of dollars per movie after it told theater owners it will stop paying for 3-D glasses next May. But moviego...
Samsung Galaxy Ace - Smartphone - Gadget - Handsets
WN / Rubielyn Bunag
HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson to add Isis NFC tech in future phones
Engadget
Stacking the lineup against Google Wallet, manufacturers HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have been drafted by team Isis, agreeing to implement its NFC technology ...
David Cassidy Sues Sony Over Partridge Family Earnings
IMDb
| Los Angeles, California (X17online) - David Cassidy has filed a lawsuit against Sony Pictures Entertainment and Screen Gems Inc. for failing to properly compensate him for his stint on The Partridge Family. The former child charges the studio with ...
Gnomeo And Juliet Writer/Director Kelly Asbury to Adapt Comic Pooch CAFÉ for Sony Pictures Animation
IMDb
| Kelly Asbury's robust animation career has included roles in the art department (The Little Mermaid and Kung Fu Panda), voice acting (Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third), writing (Beauty and the Beast) and directing (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron), jus...
Sony near buying Ericsson out of phone venture: WSJ
The Times Of India
Sony Corp is nearing a deal to buy Telefon AB LM Ericsson's stake in their 50:50 smartphone joint venture, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. | Sony and Ericsson have been talking for weeks about the...
Sony near buying Ericsson out of phone venture: report
KDVR
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp is nearing a deal to buy Telefon AB LM Ericsson's half of their smartphone venture, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, signaling a possible fresh push by Japan's No. 1 electronics brand to regain ground lost to r...
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Rs 2250-cr bonus to celebrate 10 yrs of Modi rule
Indian Express
| Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that a sum of Rs 2,250 crore will be paid in cash to eight lakh employees and pensioners in the state, to celebrate 10 years of his rule. | Of this, Rs 1,052 crore are arrears comprising the third revised instalment of the government provident fund under the Sixth Pay Commission, which instead of...
Telecommunication
Brussels - May 4th, 2010 Participation of Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the EC in charge of the Digital Agenda at the signing ceremony and demonstration of eCall technologies. eCall is an in-car system that automatically dials 112, Europe's single emergency number, when a car has a serious accident and sends its location to the nearest emergency call centre - even when passengers do not know or cannot say where they are. Rolling out this life-saving system throughout the EU could save up to 2,500 lives annually and reduce the severity of injuries in up to 15% of accidents in which people are injured. Crdit E.U. / Benot Bourgeois
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Europe to Study Telecommunications Leasing Charges
Herald Tribune
| BERLIN — The European commissioner for digital technology was expected to begin an in-depth review Monday of the charges that the Continent’s largest telecommunications operators impose for leasing access to their national landline networks. | The commissioner, Neelie Kroes, will be trying to determine whether so-called wholesale ac...



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