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Sony Corp is in talks to buy a Japanese microchip production line from Toshiba Corp for an estimated 50 billion yen ($598 million) to boost its output of chips for cameras and mobile phones, an industry source said on Thursday.

In what appears to be Sony's success in its efforts to link its hardware with online content-delivery services, the Japanese electronics behemoth said on Wednesday it has launched an online streaming-music service, the Wall Street journal reported.

Sony Corp plans to buy back a Nagasaki semiconductor plant from Toshiba Corp for about 50 billion yen ($597.2 million) to double output capacity for image sensors used in smartphones and other devices, the Nikkei business daily reported.

Sony Corp is on target to sell 15 million PlayStation 3 game consoles in the business year to March 31, 2011, a company executive said on Wednesday.

Call of Duty: Black Ops is the quickest video game ever to reach the $1 billion mark.

Sony Corp's LCD TV sales will likely fall slightly short of a targeted 60 percent rise in unit terms this financial year, a senior executive said, with new 3D TVs unable to resuscitate soft sales in mature markets.

Google Inc., the company known for innovation, has stumbled in what was to be its main offering this holiday season. It has asked several of its partners to delay their rollouts of Google TV so that the company can further refine it.

Sony Corp said it was likely to fall slightly short of its ambitious 25 million unit LCD TV sales target for the year to March 2011, with sales in developed markets seen flat from last year in the key year-end shopping season.

Sony has announced that it is bringing its PlayStation platform experience on iPhone and Android via apps.

A recent report from Nielsen says gaming consoles are taking over the living room as people use them for a wide range of tasks.

A new supercomputer from the Air Force is built out of 1,716 Playstation 3 consoles.

A weaker-than-expected quarterly profit from electronics bellwether Best Buy Co Inc led to a decline in shares across multiple platforms.

At the Video Games Awards, release of 'Mass Effect 3' was announced, and winners declared. While just hours ahead of the 2010 ceremony, Microsoft delayed the news on much-awaited 'Gears of War 3'.

Sony Corp <6758.T> expects cash flow to improve by 100 billion yen ($1.20 billion) this fiscal year due to overhauling materials procurement and production, Executive Deputy President Yutaka Nakagawa told the Nikkei.

Sony Corporation of America's CFO Robert Wiesenthal said the company will bridge the gap between the media and Hollywood, as a content creator and an electronics manufacturer.

As the tablet market is being crowded each day with more and more devices, time is ripe for Microsoft to unveil a new operating system exclusively for tablets.

As the holiday shopping season is underway, Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY), will be offering a minimum of four free smartphones every day through December.

Apple has updated the terms of service for their Game Center application to display a gamer's real name along with the nickname while sending invitation to friends, a move that is geared towards decreasing anonymity in gaming.

Apple iPad has topped the electronic gadget wish list of kids aged 6-12, beating probables like Nintendo and Sony PlayStation game consoles.

Commonly known as Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. is considered one of the biggest retail days of the year. Most shops in the country start as early as 5 AM and stay open till late, offering massive discounts. Gadgets still top the list among the most sought after category of goods.

Viacom becomes the latest to block its content from Google TV

FaceMash.com, a website made by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg during his student days at Harvard University that landed him in trouble, was sold at an auction last week for slightly more than $30,000.

Microsoft hopes that its newly launched hands-free sensor gadget, Kinect's growing popularity will help revive sales of its Xbox game console in the upcoming shopping season.

Twitter claims it has a lot of money in the bank. Looking into Evan Williams' claim, it seems to be the Promoted Suite that has made the site rich.

OnLive, a video game streaming company, will begin selling its small gaming console on Thursday for a promotional price of $99.

Specifications of Sony Ericsson's Anzu smartphone are out in the wild and the reports confirm it's not running on Gingerbread juice.

Japan’s Sony Corp unveiled the world's first tilting screen that could be set up either vertically or slotted to a six-degree backwards lean.

Sony and Microsoft are hoping their new motion sensor controllers help them surpass long-time industry champion Nintendo in the console race this holiday season.

Academy awards have always been the pinnacle of one's achievement in the film world and since its inception in 1928 there has been intense speculation about prospective winners. Come December and these opinions escalate. Here is a run down on what the media is saying about the best female lead prospects for the 2011 statuette.