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Sixteen Thousand Is Enough For Sony(0)

January 4, 2009

Sony has commited to the original reorganization it announced several weeks ago and expects no additional job cuts and plant closures on top of what it unveiled in December. Sony stocks have seen moderate gains as of late, and will eventually return to a better status as Apple has been swimming in a sea of [...]

Sixteen Thousand Is Enough For Sony

Japan Is No Stranger To Financial Crisis

Japan’s industrial output dived at a record pace and core consumer inflation fell faster than forecast in November, putting the shrinking economy on course for a spell of deflation next year. With much of the developed world in recession and emerging economies quickly losing steam, many analysts think Japan’s export-oriented economy could go through one [...]

Entertainment Weekly Says Raphael Saadiq’s ‘The Way I See It’ Most Overlooked CD Of 2008

Raphael Saadiq (born Charlie Ray Wiggins on May 14, 1966 in Oakland, California) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer associated with the soul music movement. In September of this year, he released The Way I See It, “a truly cohesive and thoroughly enjoyable body of work that pays tribute to the golden era [...]

Department Of Justice Clears Sony In SRAM Price Fixing

In response to press inquiries, Sony Corporation has confirmed that Sony Electronics Inc. received a letter from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice stating that its investigation with respect to static random access memory (or SRAM) business is now closed. The DOJ had subpoenaed Sony - along with many other companies - [...]

Sony Issues The 21, 22, And 23 Series Unsecured Bonds In Japan

Sony Corporation announced today that it has determined the terms of three tranches of straight bonds in Japan in the total principal amount of 37.5 billion yen to be issued under its domestic bond shelf registration. The unused maximum aggregate principal amount under the shelf registration is 300 billion yen and the shelf registration’s period [...]

Christmas At The Sony Center In Berlin, Germany

Here are some holiday pictures (click for larger version) of the Sony Center in Berlin, Germany. In the early 20th Century, the area was originally a bustling city center. After World War II, the area suffered a sharp decline and was eventually left abandoned. As part of a redevelopment effort for the area, the center [...]

A Major Shift Is Happening At Columbia Music

Columbia Records GM Mark DiDia suddenly left the label yesterday, and insiders are questioning whether Rick Rubin’s role at the company is changing. Rick Rubin is an American record producer and is currently the co-head of Columbia Records. He is given credit for merging rap and heavy metal as well as producing the “American series” [...]

Tronic Studios Create A “Sweet” Video for SonyStyle

Consumer electronics rank high on holiday wish lists but who doesn’t enjoy a gift of chocolates on any occasion? So when creative collective Tronic Studio sculpted an animated array of the latest Sony products from digital chocolate in a whimsical holiday spot for the Sony Style stores, they demonstrated that life can be “Sweet” indeed. [...]

Sony Expects To Make Further Job Cuts

Sony may make further restructuring moves, including adding more job cuts to its recent round of layoffs, according to a Kyodo news service interview with the company’s President Ryoji Chubachi published Thursday. The Japanese firm said last week it would cut 16,000 jobs, but Chubachi said more steps — including further lay-offs — may be [...]

Duelo de Sorrisos - A Sony Inspired Smile Duel

Sony Brazil is promoting Cyber-shot Digital Cameras with a Smile Duel competition, a game where the person who stays serious wins. Whoever smiles first is captured by the Smile Detection features of the Cyber-shot camera while the two contestants stare at each other in a makeshift ring. Pictures were printed out and several items were [...]

The Optimum High-Definition Experience Sweepstakes

It’s the Holiday season, and with that comes various contests and promotions. Sony is now running “The Optimum High-Definition Experience Sweepstakes” with some rather impressive prizes. The grand prize is a Sony BDP-S550 Blu-ray Player and 15 Blu-ray movies. First prize is a PS3 with LittleBigPlanet and Resistance 2. Second Prize is an one-of-a-kind autographed [...]

Sony Is Finally Making Smart Commercials For PS3

When the Playstation 3 Video Delivery Service launched on July 15th, Sony broadened our content offering to include TV shows and movies to make the PS3 the total entertainment package. With nearly 1000 full-length movies and 2700 TV episodes for download onto the PS3 or PSP, the Video Delivery Service brings you digital entertainment right [...]

WSJ: Sony To Raise Prices In Europe

Even as the electronics industry wages a price war in the U.S. to drum up sales, Sony Corp. is heading in a different direction in Europe. In an industry where prices for televisions and digital cameras have consistently declined, Sony says it will next month start raising prices of a range of products sold in Europe. The reason..

Sony To Deliver 2009 BCS In Gorgeous 3D

Sony Electronics is teaming with FOX Sports and an all-star roster of technology providers to deliver the first live 3D presentation of next month’s college football FedEx Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game between the University of Florida and University of Oklahoma. The announcement was made here during the Sports Video Group annual League [...]

FeliCa - Contacless IC Card Technology

Not many people in the US and Europe are aware of this interesting and evolving technology called FeliCa and we wanted to share some deets with our readers and see if this is something they think would take off in your respected regions.
FeliCa is a contactless IC card technology developed by Sony. As the name [...]

Sony Closes Last TV Manufacturing Facility In USA

Sony has named its Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, plant as the second factory of a planned 5 or 6 that will be shut down as part of a global restructuring. Sony Insider actually predicted this closure may happen at the beginning of October after comments from Pennsylvania congressman John Murtha. A representative from Sony, Michael Koff, refuted [...]

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