Sony News & Articles

 While business focuses on big data, the consumer-connected Internet is aiming smaller and smaller, with data presented on smart watches supposed to be the next big thing. But where could we see true innovation, and not just cloning of phone features?

While we wait to see how BlackBerry Will promote the BB10, the new Star Trek movie already has an app, while Motorola, GoDaddy.com and others are putting up a heavy advertising presence among the car and beer adverts for this year's super-advertising-bowl-athon.

 We've covered plenty of PC, phone, tablet and other device launches recently, but can a mere games machine show the way forward for true home device and content integration? Can Sony's new console play nicely in a world of gadgets attempting to defend their own turf?

 Aside from some of the key launch devices, much of the first rush of Windows 8 hardware from various vendors was just a tweak on their Windows 7 products. Now, with more time under their belts, Windows 8 hardware is starting to come into its own, as shown off at CES. 

 It looks like the tower case can finally be laid to rest outside the IT environment as Lenovo, NVIDIA and others shoehorn the PC, or streaming access to it, into all kinds of new formats. 

 To cover all bases, and hand sizes, Samsung is entering the shrinking game with the announcement of a smaller-model Galaxy S3 smartphone. Will all smart devices soon come in a range of glove sizes?

       Considering the product is unseen, unannounced and might still be a collective hallucination, everyone has been very keen on the "iPad Mini" name which has apparently been confirmed, but not by Apple, so a surprise could still be on the cards. Then there's that mysterious hole that cases and templates are being designed around. What could peeking into that reveal?

Regardless of whether the end users are there to buy them, if content producers will play ball or if Apple needs to risk huge capital in making them, it seems the company is starting early production with its Chinese partners of HDTV sets, as polls suggest current iOS users will be the lead converts.

Some gadgets are just too cool not to have, and a “smart” watch just may be one of them. Chances are that a good many of us will be wearing one a few years from now, if not sooner.

On a packed day at the CES show, Microsoft showed off the 4G Nokia Lumia 900, BlackBerry promised an email app for the PlayBook next month, while Sony showed off its first solo phone.

Sony will assume full control over the Sony-Ericsson joint venture that lasted a decade -- pretty good going -- but which now puts the reins firmly in the Japanese company's hands.

Xerox Corporation has announced a new version of its DocuShare enterprise content management (ECM) platform. The new version has a number of enhancements designed to improve the speed and efficiency of managing the full life-cycle of business documents.

For various reasons some very high-profile sites and services have been up and down over the last 24 hours. Find out what's going on.

As Sony and Amazon become the latest brands to enter the Android tablet market, Microsoft will give us a quick peek at its own offerings, but don't expect to get hold of one anytime soon.

Sony's (news, site) consumer-focused pair of tablets are the next contenders to play David to the iPad's Goliath.