Sony plans summer digital SLR launch
Sony is on track to launch its first digital SLR (single-lens reflex) camera in the middle of this year, a company executive said Friday.
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Sony adds DV, DVD and HDD camcorders
The launch of Sony's winter line-up has revealed 14 camcorders: comprised of seven DV models, six DVD units and the DCR-SR90E, which writes video to a 30GB hard drive.
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CES: Sony names first Blu-ray titles
Sony's home entertainment unit has named the first 20 movies it intends to launch on Blu-ray Disc, the high-definition video disc format backed by Sony and several other major consumer electronics manufacturers.
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Sony, BSkyB jointly promote HDTV
Sony and satellite TV operator British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) are today set to announce a marketing tie-up through which the two companies will jointly promote HDTV (high definition TV) in the UK.
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Xbox 360 Japan: 44,000 sales
Microsoft's Xbox 360 console sold just under 44,000 units in its first two days on sale in Japan, a market research company said Friday.
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Sony acquires Dutch game software studio
Sony Computer Entertainment has acquired Guerrilla BV, a Dutch games software maker, and will merge it into its recently formed worldwide studios division, it said Thursday.
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PlayStation 2 shipments hit 100 million
Shipments of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc's (SCEI) PlayStation 2 games console passed the 100 million mark on Tuesday, the company said Wednesday.
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Sony updates PSP, adds RSS support
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (SCEI) has added support for RSS (really simple syndication) and Windows Media Audio files to its PlayStation Portable (PSP) with a firmware update available from Tuesday.
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Sony unveils super-steady camera
Sony has announced a compact digital camera that incorporates two anti-blur systems. The DSC-T9 features one system to compensate for the effect of unsteady hands, and another to capture fast moving objects clearly.
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Camera adds big screens to small bodies
Digital camera may be getting smaller, but Olympus and Sony have released models with three-inch LCD screens, which take up the majority of the rears of the SP-700 and Cyber-shot N1.
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Reviewed: Rokr iTunes phone vs Walkman
Digit reviews the new Motorola iTunes Rokr phone and Sony's W800i Walkman phone in a first head-to-head. And the results were suprising...
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Sony sues firm over UK PSP sales
Pacific Game Technology is being sued in Hong Kong by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (SCEI) for selling the PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game console to customers in the UK, the Hong Kong-based company said Monday.
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Sony readies US upgrade for PSP
Following Sony's release of a 2.0 firmware upgrade to its PlayStation Portable (PSP) in Japan, the company has announced plans to release that software in North America on August 12 -- and it should ship as standard with PSPs launched in Europe on September 1. The update adds a Web browser, photo sharing options and more to the handheld gaming console and media player. The update will be available through the "Network Update" feature on the PSP, and will be available for download from Sony's Web site.
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PSP users get video portal
Sony has launched a Web portal through which owners of the PlayStation Portable (PSP) can download video clips.
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PS3 gets better tools for better games
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (SCEI) has promised better hardware and software tools to help developers make games for the company's upcoming PlayStation 3 games console, the company said Thursday.
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Sony's PSP to browse the Web, play TV
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (SCEI) will release a system software update for its PlayStation Portable (PSP) next week that will add several new functions to the handheld gaming device, including the ability to browse the Internet and download TV programs, the company said Thursday.
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Sony, Konica Minolta jointly develop d-SLRs
Sony and Konica Minolta will jointly develop digital single lens reflex (SLR) cameras, they said Tuesday.
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Toshiba's new CEO wants HD disc talks
Toshiba's new president and CEO, Atsutoshi Nishida, said Monday that his company is still interested in sitting down with competitors to talk about a unified format for high-definition video discs.
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Sony PSP hits 500,000 in US in two days
Sony Computer Entertainment America sold more than half a million of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld gaming devices during the first two days they were on sale in North America, the company said Thursday.
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New Sony HDD Walkman 'apes iPod'
Sony will soon launch a new member in its hard-disk drive-based Network Walkman family, its fourth so far, and this time the new player is more than an update to the previous model.