Most Active Articles 2009-11-26T14:08:38.765-05:00 Business Exchange Business_Exchange@businessweek.com urn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:sony Cliff Edwards cedwards653 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17588835484652992126-6e397ec18207a153f391b72f02cecc58 2009-11-22T18:50:39.622-05:00

This past Friday we let you know that Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10 handset was rumored to go on sale, unlocked, for upwards of $850. Of course, if a carrier were to announce the XPERIA X10’s availability we would see that price decrease dramatically...

This past Friday we let you know that Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10 handset was rumored to go on sale, unlocked, for upwards of $850. Of course, if a carrier were to announce the XPERIA X10’s availability we would see that price decrease dramatically... http://www.mobilewhack.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-most-likely-coming-to-att/ Paul Briggs pbriggs473 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14807750954140661307-df4e468d95389e7b073853eb1f96067d 2009-11-20T12:47:12.613-05:00

Sony's Hirai Talks About An i-Tunes-like Store Posted by: Kenji Hall on November 20 Sony’s Kazuo Hirai has a lot of ideas about what he would do if it had an iTunes-like online store. The company wouldn’t just sell digital music, movies and books...

Sony's Hirai Talks About An i-Tunes-like Store Posted by: Kenji Hall on November 20 Sony’s Kazuo Hirai has a lot of ideas about what he would do if it had an iTunes-like online store. The company wouldn’t just sell digital music, movies and books... http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2009/11/sonys_hirai_tal.html Maki Yamasaki myamasaki237 5 5 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15269485542858947987-959e98ebd5c3bd365caa67d9d78a7332 2009-11-19T12:33:42.689-05:00

Chairman and CEO of Japan's Sony Corporation Howard Stringer smiles during a press conference at the headquarters in Tokyo on November 19, 2009. TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images Sony (SNE) is taking a page from Apple's playbook (AAPL). On Nov.

Chairman and CEO of Japan's Sony Corporation Howard Stringer smiles during a press conference at the headquarters in Tokyo on November 19, 2009. TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images Sony (SNE) is taking a page from Apple's playbook (AAPL). On Nov. http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2009/gb20091119_588376.htm Maki Yamasaki myamasaki237 6 5 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13003786952379032676-d4e30320f615fe4478d96a1f75bd5148 2009-11-16T20:17:33.428-05:00

http://www.mobilewhack.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-to-be-available-in-february-2010/ Paul Briggs pbriggs473 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11594727961068404444-990e393bb48d964f72a1495b700903fe 2009-11-11T19:04:04.884-05:00

Sony Monday said it will offer owners of some of its TV sets the chance to rent the Sony kids' movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" via the Internet a month before the movie is available on DVD.

Sony Monday said it will offer owners of some of its TV sets the chance to rent the Sony kids' movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" via the Internet a month before the movie is available on DVD. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125779120669339117.html Kendall Whitehouse kwhitehouse251 6 6 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4526883028203700199-913a22f12aab5def15b865a8ce50635b 2009-11-09T17:57:47.617-05:00

The conventional music industry is in a downward spiral. The oligarchy of major recording labels—Warner Music (WMG), Universal Music (VIVEF.PK), Sony Music Entertainment (SNE), and EMI—still account for some 80% of industry's revenue, but sales...

The conventional music industry is in a downward spiral. The oligarchy of major recording labels—Warner Music (WMG), Universal Music (VIVEF.PK), Sony Music Entertainment (SNE), and EMI—still account for some 80% of industry's revenue, but sales... http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/nov2009/id2009116_540817.htm Michael Arndt marndt561 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13612284565561275857-3b183dd33e2b8e49258cefc20fbdeb34 2009-10-31T20:16:30.203-04:00

Over the past few years, when it was racking up record profits and crushing its rivals in the video game industry, Nintendo often drew comparisons to Apple (APPL). The two had gone against the conventional wisdom to create gadgets and software that...

Over the past few years, when it was racking up record profits and crushing its rivals in the video game industry, Nintendo often drew comparisons to Apple (APPL). The two had gone against the conventional wisdom to create gadgets and software that... http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2009/gb20091030_884923.htm?chan=globalbiz_asia+index+page_top+stories Bruce Einhorn beinhorn468 12 12 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12148191209773054993-0233e3792b101ed2f93722724cfd4793 2009-11-03T09:14:19.918-05:00

Consumer electronics company Sony India is planning to capture a fifth of the country's consumer notebook market by the end of fiscal 2010

Consumer electronics company Sony India is planning to capture a fifth of the country's consumer notebook market by the end of fiscal 2010 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/internet/Sony-India-targets-20-share-in-notebook-market/articleshow/5192798.cms Rajeev Bajpai rbajpai042 7 7 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5882395683277432021-acbd2026e35b5a8d9dbcbec8b3ee83dc 2009-10-26T03:09:08.310-04:00

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) and Netflix, Inc. today (Oct. 26) announced that they are joining forces to make movies and TV episodes from Netflix available to be streamed to TVs via the PlayStation 3 (PS3) gaming system.

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) and Netflix, Inc. today (Oct. 26) announced that they are joining forces to make movies and TV episodes from Netflix available to be streamed to TVs via the PlayStation 3 (PS3) gaming system. http://mytechbox.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/netflix-to-stream-movies-tv-programs-via-ps3/ Rakesh Raman rraman103 8 8 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12823740306941009319-f8c162bade1d96891b439fd3bbb846bc 2009-10-28T20:31:49.290-04:00

Remember the Aino cellphone that we mentioned a few months ago, on May? The good news is that Sony Ericsson announced that the device is now available for purchase, unlocked, with a price tag of $600. The Aino is compatible with AT&T and in terms of...

Remember the Aino cellphone that we mentioned a few months ago, on May? The good news is that Sony Ericsson announced that the device is now available for purchase, unlocked, with a price tag of $600. The Aino is compatible with AT&T and in terms of... http://www.mobilewhack.com/sony-ericsson-releases-the-aino-cellphone/ Paul Briggs pbriggs473 4 4 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14159036661834271188-8ba34c0fb037949de6c2a75ef91fe1cd 2009-10-10T13:12:11.487-04:00

Flat-panel television screens can’t get much flatter and consumers don’t want the screens to get much wider, so Japanese television makers are banking on a whole new dimension to buttress their lineups. High-definition three-dimensional TV is the future.

Flat-panel television screens can’t get much flatter and consumers don’t want the screens to get much wider, so Japanese television makers are banking on a whole new dimension to buttress their lineups. High-definition three-dimensional TV is the future. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/technology/10tele.html Thomas Huynh thuynh381 8 7 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15897040416095725676-0bc725b6401a12a9d805e7b76b262fec 2009-10-26T20:21:26.601-04:00

http://www.mobilewhack.com/sony-ericsson-equinox-now-available-at-t-mobile-usa/ Paul Briggs pbriggs473 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13774272348470516369-e9bf6f06c2c810ff1f0edd2b109dad2f 2009-10-26T09:18:43.649-04:00

Netflix Inc. said it reached an agreement with Sony Corp. to deliver movies over the Internet to Sony's PlayStation 3 game consoles -- a deal that further expands the reach of Netflix's online video service to television sets.

Netflix Inc. said it reached an agreement with Sony Corp. to deliver movies over the Internet to Sony's PlayStation 3 game consoles -- a deal that further expands the reach of Netflix's online video service to television sets. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704335904574496413140377656.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Gabriel Untal guntal468 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16364291275959743603-b89683ae917b2fbaf70f67a389ff5a20 2009-10-19T17:26:25.811-04:00

Wouldn't you love to get rid of the rat's nest of cables connecting the pieces of your home entertainment system and cut the hassle of hooking up new audio-video components? Engineers and consumers alike have dreamed of that possibility for years,...

Wouldn't you love to get rid of the rat's nest of cables connecting the pieces of your home entertainment system and cut the hassle of hooking up new audio-video components? Engineers and consumers alike have dreamed of that possibility for years,... http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2009/gb20091019_079270.htm Andy Reinhardt areinhardt626 3 3 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17701881954082065236-553e124f879be1a010d69ef719875d95 2009-10-12T19:43:09.950-04:00

- It's starting to look like more than a schoolyard crush. As Sony (SNE) scrambles to recover from billions of dollars in losses, a flirtation with Google (GOOG) is becoming serious. It's the first PC maker to sell machines pre-loaded with the...

- It's starting to look like more than a schoolyard crush. As Sony (SNE) scrambles to recover from billions of dollars in losses, a flirtation with Google (GOOG) is becoming serious. It's the first PC maker to sell machines pre-loaded with the... http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_42/b4151030035652.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_top+stories Michael Arndt marndt561 7 7 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8887084401549798461-88fd451b5007d0cf8a7ac93939b3010c 2009-09-24T15:29:32.648-04:00

Struggling handset maker Sony Ericsson is hoping for a turnaround in more ways than one. In August, the company announced that it would hire a new a CEO. Now it's changing its brand strategy.

Struggling handset maker Sony Ericsson is hoping for a turnaround in more ways than one. In August, the company announced that it would hire a new a CEO. Now it's changing its brand strategy. http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sony-ericsson-shifts-brand-strategy/2009-09-04 Jesse Kedy jkedy401 7 6 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14506155672119284441-a7a745e79e8d2855aedefd7b1f5f590d 2009-09-30T11:49:58.740-04:00

1 in 5 shoppers said they planned to buy an ebook player this year. 10% would like to receive a ebook players as a gift. Just 3.4% want to receive a mp3 player, and game consoles came in at 6%. Likely buyers tend to be men, under 35 years old, living in the Northeast where more people use public transportation, and with an average annual household income of more than $100,000. Of those who said they planned to buy an ebook player, 62% said they would buy Amazon's Kindle while 32% favored the Sony Reader. More devices are scheduled to hit the U.S. market within the next year. To give its online bookstore a competitive advantage, Sony today is announcing it is throwing the doors open to independent authors to publish electronic books on its site. Sony said it has partnered with two companies, Smashwords and Author Solutions, to help independent writers self-publish digital books on Sony's eBook Store, which currently sells more than 130,000 titles. It also distributes millions of free public domain books via a partnership with Google. Amazon, on the other hand, boasts 350,000 titles for its Kindle readers. Although sales of electronic books constitute less than 5% of the $25-billion book market, it's the fastest growing category.

1 in 5 shoppers said they planned to buy an ebook player this year. 10% would like to receive a ebook players as a gift. Just 3.4% want to receive a mp3 player, and game consoles came in at 6%. Likely buyers tend to be men, under 35 years old, living in the Northeast where more people use public transportation, and with an average annual household income of more than $100,000. Of those who said they planned to buy an ebook player, 62% said they would buy Amazon's Kindle while 32% favored the Sony Reader. More devices are scheduled to hit the U.S. market within the next year. To give its online bookstore a competitive advantage, Sony today is announcing it is throwing the doors open to independent authors to publish electronic books on its site. Sony said it has partnered with two companies, Smashwords and Author Solutions, to help independent writers self-publish digital books on Sony's eBook Store, which currently sells more than 130,000 titles. It also distributes millions of free public domain books via a partnership with Google. Amazon, on the other hand, boasts 350,000 titles for its Kindle readers. Although sales of electronic books constitute less than 5% of the $25-billion book market, it's the fastest growing category. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/09/ebook-readers-kindle-sony.html Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12841271818660420917-399f6c781be738572a78ee79bcc7be14 2009-10-14T20:21:18.987-04:00

Sony Electronics is launching the first in a series of digital cinema music concerts, as part of the ongoing alternative content initiative by its Digital Cinema Solutions and Services group.

Sony Electronics is launching the first in a series of digital cinema music concerts, as part of the ongoing alternative content initiative by its Digital Cinema Solutions and Services group. http://www.mytechboxonline.com/mtodcon/sony-cinema-10.html Rakesh Raman rraman103 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11969553946468873355-038efd79e5b857425fea9dc922f1bab2 2009-09-30T10:32:13.792-04:00

Sony announced a partnership with Author Solutions which will allow books by self-published authors to be uploaded to their eBook Store. When books and shelves are digital, rules about scarcity go out the window, eliminating the need for gatekeepers and allowing unheralded scribes to bubble to the surface based only on the crowd’s reaction. But as the gatekeepers (publishers) are surpassed, another issue appears: overabundance of choice on the part of the reader. When there’s more hay in the stack, the needles have to be all the shinier if anyone’s going to find them...

Sony announced a partnership with Author Solutions which will allow books by self-published authors to be uploaded to their eBook Store. When books and shelves are digital, rules about scarcity go out the window, eliminating the need for gatekeepers and allowing unheralded scribes to bubble to the surface based only on the crowd’s reaction. But as the gatekeepers (publishers) are surpassed, another issue appears: overabundance of choice on the part of the reader. When there’s more hay in the stack, the needles have to be all the shinier if anyone’s going to find them... http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/sony-opens-up-ebook-platform-to-self-publishers/ Pete Nikolai pnikolai463 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9301018557718846495-c34d0083ae2e349c0485b1babb503b2f 2009-09-29T08:54:41.939-04:00

Portable music players may have to carry health warnings under proposals from the European Commission. Apple, which makes the iPod, and other manufacturers will be asked either to display labels advising users of the damaging long-term effects of...

Portable music players may have to carry health warnings under proposals from the European Commission. Apple, which makes the iPod, and other manufacturers will be asked either to display labels advising users of the damaging long-term effects of... http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6851339.ece Tom Giles tgiles603 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4999894131144511240-b1fff023c3902ea2f536deb328230e0c 2009-08-19T01:57:44.124-04:00

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. That sums up how Sony executives must have felt as they debated whether to lower the price of the PlayStation 3 video...

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. That sums up how Sony executives must have felt as they debated whether to lower the price of the PlayStation 3 video... http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2009/08/sony_to_release.html Bruce Einhorn beinhorn468 9 7 1 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12115976256302113740-69d37be91cf92cb5ab1542e2cbf484b2 2009-10-03T23:28:36.645-04:00

Sony is joining forces with movie theaters to create a series of multi-player gaming events. The idea is to highlight the potential of "alternative content" as an additional revenue source for exhibitors during non-peak times. To support the release...

Sony is joining forces with movie theaters to create a series of multi-player gaming events. The idea is to highlight the potential of "alternative content" as an additional revenue source for exhibitors during non-peak times. To support the release... http://www.mytechboxonline.com/mtodcon/sony-game-10.html Rakesh Raman rraman103 2 2 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1733872292067963231-666d464be692f1f971aacb87a98f6c6d 2008-12-09T08:33:23.833-05:00

Sony Corp., the world’s second-biggest consumer-electronics maker, plans to eliminate 16,000 jobs in the largest reduction announced by a Japanese company since the credit crunch drove the world into recession.

Sony Corp., the world’s second-biggest consumer-electronics maker, plans to eliminate 16,000 jobs in the largest reduction announced by a Japanese company since the credit crunch drove the world into recession. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azvcrmFh8.nA&refer=home Shirley Brady sbrady224 51 50 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8659461733200935002-98253469e0d68e1aab76382a6f981c51 2009-10-02T23:23:53.923-04:00

http://www.mobilewhack.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-pureness-spotted-at-the-fcc/ Paul Briggs pbriggs473 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5477136879904829980-666fe1d37a8788025ee0a1fd156205cf 2009-04-23T07:44:27.897-04:00

The UFC 2009 Undisputed playable demo for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system will allow players to enter the virtual Octagon for an Exhibition Mode bout between Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. UFC 2009 Undisputed is an explosive...

The UFC 2009 Undisputed playable demo for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system will allow players to enter the virtual Octagon for an Exhibition Mode bout between Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. UFC 2009 Undisputed is an explosive... http://www.mytechboxonline.com/mtogame/game-ufc-04.html Rakesh Raman rraman103 27 27 0 0