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Global makers of products from motorcycles to mobile phones are finding it harder to get the parts they need after Japan's earthquake and tsunami wrecked supply chains, and investors worry that the worst is yet to come for earnings.

Cellphone maker Sony Ericsson is suffering component shortages following the Japanese earthquake and has roped in its bigger parents to give it more muscle in the fight for supplies with bigger rivals.

According to a blog post from a Sony Store employee, Sony is discontinuing shipments of the PSP Go, released in 2009.

Booming smartphone demand and cost cuts kept cellphone venture Sony Ericsson in the black in the first quarter as it battled supply disruptions from Japan's earthquake and tsunami.

Booming smartphone demand and cost cuts kept cellphone venture Sony Ericsson in the black in the first quarter, despite the drag of supply disruption from Japan's earthquake and tsunami.

Stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.1 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.1 percent at 0733 GMT.

Booming smartphone demand kept cellphone venture Sony Ericsson in the black in the first quarter, despite supply disruption following Japan's earthquake and tsunami.

Cellphone venture Sony Ericsson is expected to shed light on the magnitude of the hit from Japan's earthquake on the cellphone industry when it unveils its January-March earnings on Tuesday.

Sony Corp has backed off on plans to boost its stake in its joint LCD production venture with Sharp Corp for now, the Nikkei business daily reported, citing company sources.

Lukewarm sales of the 3DS, released Feb. 26 in Japan, have fueled speculation that Nintendo's latest handheld may not see the success enjoyed by its predecessor.

Gleacher & Co. expects mobile chip maker Qualcomm to be a primary beneficiary in the 3G/4G growth and will remain the top supplier for integrated chips and extend its leadership position to LTE.

The game obsessed customers still prefer PSP over the Nintendo 3DS. MediaCreate Reported that Sony’s PSP moved 35,478 units ahead of the 3DS pushing it down to the second best seller selling 32,910 units on April 10.

Swedish music streaming service Spotify announced new changes to its site, including a cap on free music listening to 10 hours.

Nintendo's newest console, according to multiple sources, will be capable of high-definition visuals with graphics comparable to that of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3.

The LA Times is reporting that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures have come to an agreement to partner on the next two James Bond movies. Within this agreement there is also potential to co-finance other pictures over the next five years.

The hacker George Hotz, who settled with Sony after the company sued him for modifying his PlayStation 3 console, is getting a lot of flak from other hackers for not taking the fight further.

The hacktivist group Anonymous is planning a set of sit-ins at Sony stores on April 16, in response to the company's legal actions against hacker George Hotz.

Sony Computer Entertainment America and the hacker who published code that unlocked the PlayStation 3's firmware have reached a settlement in their months-long legal battle.

Apple's hawk eye on the gaming scene has been the point of much discussion and speculation. And finally there seems to be some real development. From rumors about acquiring Sony, or eying Adobe or Disney, there are now reports that Apple is hiring executives from gaming giant Nintendo to push its gaming presence.

World number two Novak Djokovic will miss next week's Monte Carlo Masters with a knee injury and with it an opportunity to close the gap on Rafael Nadal in the rankings.

In the wake of the attacks by the hacker collective Anonymous on Sony and on Livejournal, more attention has been focused on just what such attacks mean and how to defend against them.

In an interview with Fortune magazine, Tretton dismisses Nintendo's latest handheld as a great babysitting tool that offers no competition to Sony's PSP.

The hacker collective Anonymous seems to have changed tacks on its effort to pay back Sony, emphasizing that its members are on the side of consumers and gamers.

Sales for the 3DS took a nosedive in Japan last week as Sony's PSP overtook the top spot.

Motorola's Xoom was crowned the undisputed king of tablets at CES 2011 but little did Motorola realize that the spotlight would last only a month.

The statement counters a previous statement made by Sony America president Jack Tretton, who yesterday said that Sony may be forced to stagger the release of their next portable to keep with demand.

The hacker collective Anonymous has made good on its threat to attack Sony, having launched a distributed denial-of-service attack on Wednesday afternoon.

While the attacks against Sony by the hacktivist group Anonymous don't seem to have materialized, a Facebook page entitled Operation SONY has been set up, pointing to some kind of action on April 16.