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Nadal to Face Djokovic in Florida
Number one plays number two at the Sony Ericsson Open
Sony Music Unlimited Coming to NGP, Xperia Play
Music Unlimited, Sony’s streaming music service, is coming to the PSP, according to Sony.
Nadal and Federer set for semis clash in Miami
World number Rafael Nadal and third seed Roger Federer are set to clash in the semis of the Sony Ericsson Open, which is incidentally their first clash on American soil in six years.
Samsung Ships Laptops With Spyware
Users of Samsung laptops may be sending private information to Samsung without their knowledge, according to a report from Network World.
Record Labels Fuming over Amazon Cloud Drive
Record labels such as Sony are not happy that Amazon is offering a cloud-based storage service for music.
Potential Nadal Vs Federer semis clash after both progress into last-16 in Miami
World number one Rafael Nadal and number three Roger Federer cruised into the last-16 stage of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Miami.
Nintendo Targets Pirates With 3DS
Nintendo is rumored to have remotely-activated software that can brick a 3DS if it detects pirated games.
Djokovic into fourth round after easy win over Blake in Miami
World number two Novak Djokovic eased into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami with a comfortable 6-2 6-0 victory over American James Blake.
Geohot's Legal Team Fires back At Sony
The hacker being sued for altering the firmware that runs the PlayStation 3 has fired back at Sony Computer Entertainment America's attempt to get the case heard in California.
Federer equals Sampras' victory record in Miami
World number three Roger Federer beat Radek Stepanek in the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami and thereby equaled Pete Sampras' total of career singles victories.
Will Sunday mark a sales explosion for Nintendo?
Retailers are expecting a strong demand for Nintendo's latest and greatest portable handheld, the 3DS, but a stiff economy and even tougher competition may make for a tepid reception.
Report: Major iTunes Rivals on the Horizon
Google is preparing its music service and Spotify is headed across the Atlantic.
UPDATE: PS3 Hacker Did Not Flee To South America
The legal battle between Sony Computer Entertainment America and a hacker who published a jailbreak has taken a new turn in the wake of accusations that he deliberately withheld evidence from Sony
Sony May Get PS3 Hacker Case Moved To California
Sony Computer Entertainment America may win its fight to get its case against a hacker tried in California, as it has filed documents that it says tie him to the state.
Nadal and Djokovic to lead Tennis players team in Charity Soccer match for Japan aid
World number one Rafael Nadal and number two Novak Djokovic will lead a team of top tennis players for a soccer match agaisnt Fort Lauderdale Strikers professional team in a charity match for aiding the relief effort in Japan.
Supply-chain woes hit more Sony plants, Rio Tinto
A shortage of parts will force Sony Corp to cut production or suspend output at five more plants in Japan following the country's catastrophic earthquake this month that has hit the global supply chain.
Sony Suspends Production At More Japan Plants
Sony Corp. has suspended production at more Japanese plants after a massive earthquake on March 11 has made it difficult for the plants to get raw materials and components.
Confidence, collective spirit will bring Japan back on growth path: Expert
Professor Yuko Aoyama from Clark University Geography Department says the collective spirit in Japan is very high at the moment, in an interview to IBTimes on Japan's earthquake and the resultant tsunami and their impact on the world's third largest economy.
Sony says supply-chain woes to affect 5 more plants
Sony <6758.T> said on Tuesday shortages of parts and materials would force it to reduce or suspend production at five additional plants in Japan following the catastrophic earthquake this month.
Sony and Nissan restart some factories
TOKYO - Sony Corp <6758.T> said it would partially restart a lithium ion battery factory in Tochigi prefecture on Tuesday, leaving six plants, which make a range of devices from integrated circuit cards to Blu-ray discs, still closed.
Nintendo Shipments May Be Hit By Japan Quake
A second statement from the company suggest that future 3DS shipments may be affected by the situation in Japan.
Samsung Electronics says outlook tough; aims at record profit
Samsung Electronics Co <005930.KS>, the world's top memory chip maker, forecast on Friday a challenging business outlook due to growing competition, but said it was aiming to achieve record profit this year.
Supply Chain Disruptions Hit Japanese Electronics Cos.
A number of Japanese companies have reported disruptions to their supply chains in the wake of the the earthquake there.
Sony Ericsson sees supply chain disruption after quake
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said on Thursday the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan would disrupt its supply chain and that it was looking at measures to compensate.
Japan's Earthquake Impact on CommTech Firms (AAPL, NOK, RIMM, CSCO, JNPR, EMC, NTAP)
Since, Japan is one of the world's largest economies, it is said that business activities of some of the U.S. communication technology (CommTech) companies could be disrupted in near term.
Japan Quake A Risk For Electronics Industry
Home to much of the world's semiconductor factories and electronics companies, Japan's devastation will have significant effects on global electronics supplies.
Amazon Poses Greatest Threat to iPad: Analyst
Leveraging its content and channel, Amazon could present a unique and significant challenge to Apple and its iPad.
Japanese companies assess post-quake damage; two deaths reported in Honda premises
Companies across Japan are in emergency mode and assessing the immediate physical and economic damage caused by the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake.
Hackers breach iPhone, BlackBerry at Pwn2Own, Samsung Nexus S, Dell Venue stand tall
Highly rated smartphones iPhone 4 and BlackBerry Torch 9800 bit dust at the Pwn2Own hacking competition while Samsung Nexus S, which runs on Android, and the Dell Venue, which runs on Windows Phone 7, came away unscathed.
Sony may be the second to embrace Facebook in the war against Netflix
Sony Pictures may become the second movie giant to embrace the social networking site Facebook in the ongoing war between the Hollywood film industry and the video rental service Netflix.