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Article | 7/09/2006 Sony slashes launch PS3 shipments, big shortages likely

In what could result in a Christmas disappointment for hundreds of thousands of children, Sony Computer Entertainment has drastically decreased the nu...

Article | 31/08/2006 Sony launches official PlayStation 3 site in Japan

Three weeks ahead of the first public unveiling of its PlayStation 3 console, Sony Computer Entertainment has launched another official website for th...

Article | 31/08/2006 Fujitsu plans higher capacity 2.5-inch drives

Fujitsu will soon bring the benefits of perpendicular recording technology to its family of 2.5-inch hard-disk drives.

Article | 30/08/2006 Blu-ray Disc movies to launch in Japan in November

Japan will soon become the world's second major market to see the launch of Blu-ray Disc movies.

Article | 29/08/2006 LG launches Blu-ray Disc PC burner

LG Electronics is adding its name to a long list of companies producing Blu-ray Disc writer drives for PCs.

Article | 25/08/2006 Sony puts price on battery problems

Sony has provided for the first time an estimate of what the recalls of its battery packs by PC makers could end up costing the Japanese company.

Article | 23/08/2006 Samsung debuts 8GB music phone

Samsung Electronics Co. has developed a music-player cell phone with 8G bytes of built-in flash memory -- that's double the amount of memory in Apple ...

Article | 21/08/2006 Samsung develops 70-inch LCD panel for TVs

Samsung Electronics will this week unveil what it says is the first 70-inch high-definition LCD (liquid crystal display) panel.

Article | 18/08/2006 US, Japan to share Blu-ray region code

Blu-ray Disc players and movies expected on sale later this year in Japan and the U.S. will share the same region code, Sony said Thursday.

Article | 16/08/2006 Sony battery problems could go beyond Dell laptops

Faulty batteries produced by Sony like those that caused Dell to initiate a huge recall this week could be present in laptops from other companies and...

Article | 8/08/2006 Pioneer planning new PDP plant in Japan

Pioneer is planning a new plasma display panel (PDP) factory in Japan.

Article | 3/08/2006 Sony unwraps GPS add-on for digital cameras

Sony will soon start selling a small global positioning system unit that can be used to add location information to digital pictures.

Article | 28/07/2006 Sony adds video podcast support to PSP

Video podcast support is coming to the PlayStation Portable (PSP) thanks to a firmware update Sony Computer Entertainment published on Thursday.

Article | 26/07/2006 Samsung prepping 4GB flash drive for Windows Vista

Samsung Electronics has developed a flash memory-based drive that will help users take advantage of features in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista ope...

Article | 26/07/2006 Apple to cut the cord on the Mighty Mouse

Apple Computer has developed a wireless version of its Mighty Mouse, according to a U.S. regulatory filing.