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Sony Corp is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Inc's highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.

Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said in a published report on Friday it may stop making video games for Sony's PlayStation 3, the No. 3 console in the United States, due to high costs and poor sales.

Sony on Friday introduced its new line of light and thin computers with the VAIO NW notebook, featuring with Blu-ray technology and a ‘powerful high-definition experience.’

Sony Corp Chief Executive Howard Stringer said the loss-making Japanese electronics conglomerate's turnaround efforts, which include job cuts, plant closures and a management reshuffle, are advancing well.

Leading provider of Blu-ray Disc and DVD product solutions Marvell Technology on Tuesday said its 88DE2710 video processor powers Sony's latest High-End BDP-S5000ES Blu-Ray Disc Player.

Amazon.com just got company in the e-book market online.

Sony Electronics introduces its new industrial XCG series, with four series cameras in different ultra-high resolution, and frame rates to match a variety of machine vision and security applications with extreme low-light conditions.

Sony Corporation on Thursday said it introduced its mercury-free alkaline button battery, which is commonly used in cameras, remote controls and calculators, the alkaline manganese.

Japan's Canon Inc, the world's largest digital camera maker, revived on Friday plans to build a $180 million factory as demand holds firm for its high-end single-lens reflex cameras, lifting its shares 1.6 percent.

Sony Corp's Sony Music Entertainment will join the online music video service being developed by Google Inc's YouTube and Universal Music Group.

Akira Kubota replaced Shizuo Takashino as board chairman of Sony (China) Co. Ltd. on June 1, 2009, Sony China said in a statement.

Sony Corp is in no hurry to cut prices on its PlayStation games console, top executives said, even though many industry experts and other executives consider it a foregone conclusion.

In spite of being number three in terms of console sales, Sony CEO said they have no plans to drop the price of its expensive PS.

Cellphone maker Sony Ericsson unveiled on Thursday two handset models it said are more eco-friendly, adding that the company will push greener features across its product line in the next two years.

Sony Corp unveiled on Tuesday a smaller, lighter PlayStation handled game device called the PSP Go, in a race to catch rival Nintendo in an intensely competitive mobile games arena.

Sony has its plans to debut the awaited PSP Go in October with a suggested price of $249 at an ongoing event in Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2009 conference in Los Angeles.

Sony Corp unveiled on Tuesday the latest in its Playstation Portable line of hand-held devices, the PSP Go, as it races to catch rival Nintendo in the mobile gaming arena.

A flat-screen joint venture between Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Sony Corp said on Tuesday it began volume production at a new manufacturing facility that took $1.5 billion to build.

Japan's Sony Corp plans to sell a smaller and lighter PlayStation Portable handheld game machine later this year, according to video game websites which cite what they say is Sony's own promotional video clip.

Nintendo Co Ltd plans to launch a new version of its Wii Fit home exercise game this autumn, aiming to help boost sluggish sales of its Wii console in Japan, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.

Sony Ericsson introduced a new phone on Thursday that allows consumers to connect to their PlayStation3 gaming consoles, part of its Christmas line-up and its strongest sign yet of integration with parent Sony Corp.

Sony Corp will halve the number of its suppliers in the next two years and aims to slash procurement costs by 20 percent this year, it said on Thursday, stepping up restructuring efforts amid mounting losses.

(Corrects Nikkei point loss in paragraph 10)

Japan's Nikkei stock average lost 1.2 percent on Thursday, with Honda Motor Co and other exporters down as the yen climbed to a 2-month high on the dollar and after the Federal Reserve cut its outlook for the U.S. economy. Tech shares fell in the wake of losses by their U.S. peers, with Sony Corp dropping 1.6 percent, despite saying it plans to halve the number of it...

Japan's Nikkei stock average lost 1.5 percent on Thursday, with Honda Motor Co and other exporters down as the yen climbed to a 2-month high on the dollar after the Federal Reserve cut its outlook for the U.S. economy.

Japan's Nikkei stock average slipped 0.6 percent on Thursday, as the yen rose to a fresh two-month high against the dollar weighing on Toyota Motor Corp and other exporters.

Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp said on Tuesday its loss-making mobile phone joint venture with Sweden's Ericsson will likely seek at least 100 million euros ($135.5 million) in funds by March.

Nine major Japanese electronics companies gave the financial report for FY 2008 by May 15, and all but Mitsubishi Electric Corporation reported loss.

Sony announces three new cameras, the DSLR-a230, DSLR-a330, and DSLR-a380 for entry level customers wanting easy-to-use point-and-shoot digital still cameras.