Microsoft Adding Sony Blu-ray Support To Windows
CEO Steve Ballmer said his company is working on Windows device driver support for the Blu-ray high definition movie format.
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12.3.2008 Sony PSP Review
I know, I know. It's wayyyyyyy too late to put a review about Sony PSP here. I just think it's not perfect if I post a lot about this gaming console here but no review about it. So, yes, here it is. Just don't hate me and ignore this post if you don't like it. Please :p
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27.11.2005 Sony Ericsson W960i Review
Sony Ericsson, one of the most important handsets manufacturers, is also one of the fewest that managed to educate its fans and teach them how to choose their future mobile phones.
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21.12.2007 Microsoft sides with Nintendo in fight vs Sony
Microsoft sided with rival Nintendo Co. Ltd. on Wednesday in the fight to unseat video game leader Sony Corp., saying many consumers will choose to buy both of their machines for the price of one PlayStation 3.
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11.5.2006 Sony Ericsson Paris To Go With Xperia X1
Sony Ericsson prepares the release of another super-phone besides Xperia X1, and that is Sony Ericsson Paris, also known as Sony Ericsson P5 (or P5i).
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3.4.2008 Sony sees first loss in 14 years
After 14 years of seeing year-end gains, Sony has finally got hit with its first net loss in 14 years, losing $1.04 billion U.S. or 98.9 billion Yen. This is compared to the previous year profit of $3.88 Billion U.S. or 369.4 billion Yen.
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17.5.2009 Pinned: Unconfirmed: Sony may work with Microsoft over PS3
Sony expects to ship over 100 million PlayStation 3 (PS3) game consoles, according to Tetsuhiko Yasuda, Sony Computer Entertainment Asia's corporate executive managing director and senior vice president of Asia. He also said Sony may work with Microsoft in the future.
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18.2.2006 Sony chops price on Blu-ray player
Sony has announced its plans to slash the price of high definition, according the Associated Press. At a New York press conference, Sony talked up its forthcoming BDP-S300 Blu-ray player. The big selling point? Its $599 price.
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27.2.2007 Sony promises more games to boost PS3 demand
Sony expects at least 380 new PlayStation 3 games to hit the market this business year and says that should rev up demand for the console that has so far lost out to Nintendo's wildly popular Wii.
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21.6.2007 Sony Carnival Color Collection PSP-3000
Available in Vibrant blue, radiant red, bright yellow and spirited green, Sony has released four new versions of “Carnival Colors” PSP.
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26.1.2009 Sony-BMG Wins: Defendant must pay $9,250 per song
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) won the first of many digital music file sharing cases Thursday against a single mother, with a U.S. jury finding her guilty of copyright infringement and fining her a total of $222,000.
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5.10.2007 Windows 7’s XP Mode will only work on select Sony Laptops
Windows 7’s XP Mode will not work on all Sony laptops that have hardware virtualization capability, despite being equipped with fully capable Intel Core 2 Duos.
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11.8.2009 Dell, HP, and Sony OEM Certificates Used in Windows Vista Activation Crack
The latest trend in Windows Vista cracks is to utilize OEM certificates in order to bypass the activation process of the operating system. Via the OEM crack for Windows Vista, original equipment
manufacturer versions of the operating system are illegally activated through a process that involves patching the BIOS of the motherboard.
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26.2.2007 Vista not to support EFI
On Thursday, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Fransisco, Microsoft development manager Andrew Ritz revealed that Windows Vista, the successor to the aging Windows XP expected to be released later this year, will not support EFI booting. Ritz admitted that EFI support will not be seen until Longhorn Server is released in early 2007, and on top of that it will never support a 32-bit processor.
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10.3.2006 Live.com Adds Firefox Support
Just one week after the launch of Live.com, Microsoft has added support for Firefox to its new services-based Web site. But the upgrade is not entirely bug free; a minor flaw causes the tabs in search results to display improperly. The problem will be fixed shortly, according to developers.
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Microsoft to support 1394b standard
Microsoft Corp. will provide support for the IEEE1394b standard "within a reasonable time" after the launch of Windows Vista, according to a Microsoft Corp. representative who attended the IEEE1394 Trade Association meeting held here last week.
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1.5.2006 Windows 7 High Color Support
Windows 7 plays nice with rendering content beyond the 8 bit limit, taking users into the visual territory of High Color, namely display capabilities involving high precision, High Dynamic Range, and support for gamuts superior to sRGB.
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26.11.2008 Windows 7 Will Support Third-Party Codecs
Microsoft has offered official confirmation that Windows 7 will support third-party codecs, programs designed to make media players play nice with digital data stream or signal when it comes to encoding and decoding tasks.
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5.4.2009 Windows 7 RTM Support, the Evolution
Windows 7 is an evolutionary Windows client release, according to Microsoft, and it was also fit that support for the OS would also be an evolution compared to what was available for Windows Vista.
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30.10.2009 Microsoft and Intel to Support HD-DVD
Microsoft and Intel on Tuesday pledged their support for HD-DVD, the next-generation DVD format created by Toshiba. Microsoft had previously remained neutral in the standards war between HD-DVD and Sony-backed Blu-ray, as the company's VC-1 Windows Media Video codec will be included with both formats.
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Redesigned Microsoft.com doesn't support Firefox, Opera?
Take a trip to the preview site for Microsoft's new homepage and you'll notice a nice shiny new layout with a fresher look and feel to it, provided you're using Internet Explorer.
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30.7.2006 Support ends for Windows XP SP1
Microsoft will end support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 and SP1a today, leaving people no option but to upgrade to Service Pack 2 if they wish to continue to receive crucial components, including security software.
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10.10.2006 Announcing (English only) support for CPP participants
Nick White of Microsoft writes on the Windows Vista Team Blog: We're pleased to announce the addition of best-effort phone support (in English only) to North America CPP participants of the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) using English-language versions of early test builds of Windows Vista (Beta 2, RC1 or RC2).
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14.12.2006 Google Talk 1.0.0.104 gets Vista support
The new version of Google Talk doesn't appear to have any new features, but it does now have support for Windows Vista according to the download and "What's New" pages.
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7.1.2007 BitFox Adds BitTorrent Support to Firefox
BitFox is a Firefox extension that aims to make downloading torrents “as simple as downloading a file over a HTTP or FTP connection.”
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26.2.2007 Security Vendors Lagging on Vista Support
Windows Vista's revamped security features are posing difficulties for some IT security vendors looking to make their software work on the new operating system.
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2.3.2007 Microsoft can't afford to support OEM Vista?
Microsoft might have $7.6 billion in spare cash in the bank, but when it comes to supporting users who purchase Vista on a new machine, the software giant is all too ready to cry poor.
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15.5.2007 Microsoft to support Chinese document standard
Microsoft is expanding its repertoire of document formats. The company on Monday is expected to announce that it is sponsoring an open-source project to create a converter between Ecma Open XML--a set of file formats closely tied to Microsoft Office--and a Chinese national standard called Unified Office Format (UOF).
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21.5.2007 Windows XP Support Extended until 2014
Microsoft has finally given in to public demand. The company has decided to offer technical support for Windows XP with updates and security patches for an extended period until April 2014. However, it will not go back on its decision to discontinue Windows XP sales after June 30.
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26.6.2008 How long will Microsoft support XP and Vista?
In the Talkback section to another post, a reader asks a question about when Microsoft plans to drop support for Windows Vista. I hear variations on this one all the time, so I figured it’s worth covering here.
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22.9.2008Sony launches four Centrino 2-based Vaio notebooks
At a press event last night, Sony launched four new Intel Centrino 2-based Vaio laptop PCs, including an entry-level model -- the Vaio SR -- and the
Vaio Z, the first notebook PC from Sony to be configurable with a Blu-ray disk drive...
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15.07.2008Sony Shows Two New VAIO X
Models
VAIO X Living offers a
built-in PC; VAIO X Video
Station has eight tuners and
four hard disks...
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06.10.2005Sony Swaps IE for AOL Explorer
on VAIO
Scoring a big win for its
alternative browser, AOL has
inked a deal with Sony to
distribute AOL Explorer as the
default Web browser on all new
VAIO desktop and notebook
computers. The browser directs
users to a Sony-branded
AOL.com homepage, which
includes links to technical
support and accessories...
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27.01.2006Sony Launches 11.1" VAIO TZ Sub-notebook in U.S.
Information on Sony's new
VAIO TZ Series notebook first
leaked out in early May from
Sony's European website. From
the specs that gathered, the
VAIO TZ looked to be a real
winner for mobile
professionals.
Today,
Sony officially announced the
VAIO TZ for the U.S. market
and it doesn't disappoint.
The notebook features an
11.1" LED-backlit display
(1366x768), weighs just 2.65
pounds and is less than an
inch thick. Battery life is
listed at up to 7.5 hours.
"Sony is known for
miniaturization and being an
innovator in design, but this
time we have really out done
ourselves," said Mike Abary,
Sony Electronics senior VP of
VAIO product marketing. "This
new notebook is an engineering
marvel that I believe is one
of the best looking PCs on the
market."..
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18.07.2007Sony recalls hazardous Vaio notebooks
Sony this morning announced the recall of certain Vaio TZ series notebooks after a number of consumers reported overheating, with one even resulting
in minor burns...
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04.09.2008Sony to Debut More Affordable VAIO NR Notebooks
Today Sony announced its newest addition to the VAIO line of notebooks, the NR, its cheapest model to date. They're still stylish: slim with rounded
corners, in a textured chassis that looks and feels - though isn't - upholstered...
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26.09.2007Verizon Wireless denies it's sponsoring a Sony Vaio-P rebate offer
Reports yesterday of a $200 rebate being offered by major carrier Verizon Wireless toward the purchase of a Sony Vaio-P netbook computer, spread like
wildfire...
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04.02.2009Sony announces the VAIO W series, possibly a netbook
Sony Japan has just put up a product page for the latest entry into the VAIO line-up of computers, the Sony VAIO W series. Though there is no mention
of a netbook in the translated version of the web page, the W series features hardware more commonly found in netbooks, such as the Intel N280 Atom
Processor (1.66 GHz). The computer also runs Windows XP with Service Pack 3. The W series will be available in 3 colours (white, brown and pink)
and features an isolated 'chiclet' style keyboard similar to the one found in the CS series. Judging by the pictures, the touchpad seems
off-centred, with the surface incorporating some interesting art designs.
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07.07.2009Sony's Vaio P: Slim and sexy, but don't call it a 'Netbook'
Never mind the tiny physical footprint of the Vaio P, if you ask Sony, they will tell you they have never made a netbook. If you ask me, however,
I'll tell you they just did...
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10.01.2009Sony Announces First Blu-ray
Laptop
Sony on Tuesday unveiled a new
addition to its VAIO line of
notebook PCs that is the first
to include a Blu-ray capable
disc drive. However, the VAIO
AR with 17-inch widescreen
display won't come cheap; the
Premium model with Blu-ray
will retail for around $3,500
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16.05.2006Sony laptops disable Windows 7's XP Mode
It's not looking good for Sony Vaio owners who were looking to get their hands on a hot, fresh release of Windows 7 - Sony has disabled hardware
virtualization in their laptop range, thus rendering Windows XP Mode in Windows 7, and many other Virtual Machine Based products, such as VMware and
Virtualbox pretty much useless. Sony claims that they are disabled for "security" reasons - which doesn't really seem to make any sense; Sony
has also said that they will re-enable hardware virtualization on "select" laptops from the Vaio range.
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11.08.2009Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops
Sony is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of wiring faults that could cause overheating.
The recall concerns 19
Vaio models in the TZ series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008 - but does not include models sold in the UK.
Sony said wires have
been put in the wrong position near the hinge, while a flaw in the circuit board that controls the screen also may cause overheating.
The
company said that a number of people had been burnt by the fault.
According to the company 373,000 of the Vaio laptops were sold worldwide
in some 48 countries, with 67,000 sold in Japan.
Sony said that anyone who believed their machine was part of the recall should contact
the firm to organise an inspection and rework of the wiring where needed.
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05.09.2008Verizon Wireless: A Vaio-P rebate may exist for some
Reports yesterday of a $200 rebate being offered by major carrier Verizon Wireless toward the purchase of a Sony Vaio-P netbook computer, spread like
wildfire...
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04.02.2009Sony to ship PCs with Google Chrome browser
Google and Sony have announced a deal that will see computers in its VAIO range supplied with Google's Chrome browser pre-installed. This is the
first time that Google has agreed such a deal with a major OEM. All VAIO laptops and desktops sold in the US will be supplied with the Chrome browser
set to default. Sony claimed that the decision was based on the "quality and functions" of Chrome. According to the Financial Times, Google is also
in talks with other manufacturers about future deals.
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03.09.2009Sony to offer 'Graphic Splash' for select Vaio FW notebooks
Sony's upcoming Graphic Splash notebooks will be based on the Vaio FW multimedia PC introduced this week, and they'll be available for sale online
for a limited time this fall, BetaNews has learned...
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19.07.2008Hands on: Sony VAIO X Windows 7 Notebook
Sony took the covers off its new X series range of notebooks yesterday at a press event in London and Neowin was waiting in the wings for an early
hands on. The new X Series is incredibly light and slim, weighing just 0.78KG (including battery). It's hard to describe just how elegant and
slim this notebook is, the chasis measures no more than 13.9mm in width at any point across its body. It's so light that Sony is claiming the X
series is the "world's lightest laptop." Sony has designed this latest notebook for portability, performance and style. Marketed towards
business travelers, this ultra-premium notebook is sexy in a choice of three finishes; gold, black and premium carbon.
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09.10.2009Sony's Windows 7 virtualization switch-off (partly) reversed
Angry Sony PC customers who've splashed out nearly $2,000 on a new Vaio laptop should give up hopes of running Microsoft's
XP virtualization technology in Windows 7.
The consumer electronics giant has said it will enable Intel's Virtual Technology (VT), which supports Windows XP Mode in the forthcoming Windows
7, only on selected Sony Vaio models in the future. The Z series Vaio - priced $1,719 - won't be one of the machines selected.
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07.08.2009Sony unveils VAIO TT Series: Carbon fiber, Blu-ray, SSD
Sony has taken the covers off of the latest in their VAIO series of notebook computers. The VAIO TT Series of notebooks will be the worlds lightest
Blu-ray capable computers available on the market.
Sony's goal with the TT series seems to be focused on packing a lot of power into
an ultra portable device. Weighing in at only 2.87 pounds and being less than an inch thick, the new series of VAIO notebooks isn't just about
looks. Behind the carbon fiber shell (yes, seriously), you can find an Intel Centrino 2 processor and an optional dual channel 256GB (2 x 128GB) solid
state drive with RAID technology. If the 11.1 inch 16:9 LED display is a little too small for you, there's also an HDMI output so you can connect
the notebook to your HD television of choice and watch your Blu-ray movies in full 1080p high definition. To round it all off and offer you some
connectivity on the go, the device also integrates with Sprint's Wode Area Network, though a separate subscription, through Sprint, is
required.
With all this power and grace, there's also a sizable price tag. The TT series of VAIO notebooks will start off at $2000
US, though the inclusion of Blu-ray will raise the price to $2700 and the optional SSD drive will raise the price even high than that. If you have
the money, then all you have to do is worry about which color to buy. The TT series will be available in premium carbon black, silk black, champagne
gold and crimson red.
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24.09.2008Sony Starts Build-to-Order PC Sales in Japan
'VAIO Owner Made' service aimed at high-end customers...
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31.08.2005First Blu-ray Movies Due June
20
Sony Pictures said Tuesday
that the first seven Blu-ray
movies would be released on
June 20, coinciding with the
release of the first Blu-ray
DVD player from Samsung, and a
Sony VAIO Blu-ray PC. Seven
titles are slated to launch
that day...
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