Masaru Ibuka

Name	Masaru Ibuka
Caption	Masaru Ibuka, co-founder of Sony
Birth place	Nikkō City, Japan
Death date	(aged 89)
Death place	Tokyo, Japan
Company	Sony
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	Sony
Education	Waseda University}}

Not So 'Sony' Any More 02 Feb 2009

Chosunilbo In 1947, a year after Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded Sony, Bell Laboratories of the United States developed the transistor. This circuit switch, made up of three slices of silicon put together to control or amplify electrical currents, was designed for military purposes including weapons development. Ibuka, a former radio repairman, was elated. He went to the U.S. and...

Nobutoshi Kihara, 84, engineer called 'wizard of Sony' 03 Mar 2011

The Boston Globe NEW YORK - Nobutoshi Kihara, the engineer known as the wizard of Sony for his ingenuity in developing products such as Japan's first tape recorder and transistor radio and later the Betamax videocassette recorder that helped propel the company's rise from the ashes of war to become a global electronics giant, died Feb. 13. He was 84. Howard Stringer, chairman of the Sony Corp.,...

Nobutoshi Kihara, Sony Engineer, Dies at 84 28 Feb 2011

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Nobutoshi Kihara, the engineer known as "the wizard of Sony" for his ingenuity in developing products, like Japan's first tape recorder and transistor radio, and later the Betamax videocassette recorder, that helped propel the company's rise from the ashes of war to become a global electronics giant, died on Feb. 13. He was 84. Howard Stringer, chairman of the Sony Corporation,...

The Sony Walkman, 1979 to 2010 26 Oct 2010

The Boston Globe NEW YORK - The Walkman, the cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and...

A Walkman Obit: Remembering the portable player 25 Oct 2010

LA Daily News By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment WriterPosted: 10/25/2010 03:09:48 PM PDTUpdated: 10/25/2010 06:01:48 PM PDT NEW YORK—The Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods, has died. It was 31 years old. Sony announced Monday that it has ceased production of the classic, cassette tape...

Walkman era comes to an end 26 Oct 2010

LA Daily News By Jake Coyle Associated Press Posted: 10/25/2010 06:45:28 PM PDTUpdated: 10/25/2010 07:06:09 PM PDT...

Walkman, 31: Sony pulls plug on iconic cassette player 26 Oct 2010

Inquirer NEW YORKThe Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods, has died. It was 31 years old. Sony announced on Monday that it has ceased production of the classic, cassette tape Walkman in Japan, effectively sounding the death knell of the once iconic, now obsolete device. Models on the company's...

Sony pulls the plug on obsolete Walkman 27 Oct 2010

Philadelphia Daily News By JAKE COYLE Associated Press NEW YORK - The Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods, has died. It was 31 years old. Sony announced earlier this week that it has ceased production of the classic cassette tape Walkman in Japan, effectively sounding the...

Sony presses 'stop' on Walkman in Japan 25 Oct 2010

Yahoo Daily News TOKYO (AFP) – After three decades and more than 220 million units, Sony has stopped selling its Walkman cassette player in Japan, the company said Monday, admitting the gadget could not keep up in the digital age. Cherished by a generation of joggers, school children and music fans since its launch in 1979, the Walkman revolutionised the way people listened to music but...

Walkman's long run is over 31 Oct 2010

The Dallas Morning News The Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods, has died. It was 31 years old. Sony announced Monday that it has ceased production of the classic cassette tape Walkman in Japan, effectively sounding the death knell of the once iconic, now obsolete device. The Walkman is survived by the Discman...

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