Sony to release handheld game player
The electronics giant, whose PlayStation 2 games console has outsold rivals from Microsoft and Nintendo 3-to-1, announced plans Tuesday for a handheld game player. The...
Sony develops monolithic dual-wavelength laser applicable to recordable DVD units
Sony has developed a monolithic dual-wavelength laser applicable to writing both a CD-R/RW and a recordable DVD disc. Sony claims that it is the world's...
Philips and Sony release the “Non-Standard Multi-Session CD-Audio Disc Patent License Agreement”.
Philips and Sony have created a license program for a new type of optical disc, under a new license agreement, called “Non-Standard Multi-Session CD-Audio Disc...
Sony upgrades to 4x DVD+RW writing with the new DRU-510A
Sony introduced two new Dual RW drives that support 4X DVD+RW recording. Sony's next-generation Dual RW drives, the internal DRU-510A and the external DRX-510UL, are...
Sony Blu-ray disc recorder to be presented soon
Sony Corp announced on April 10 its world's first recorder in compliance with the Blu-ray Disc optical disc protocol. Blue-ray Disc is expected to be...
Upcoming Violet laser and "Blu-Ray" technologies already patented in the US?
The US firm Colossal Storage Corporation registered a number of patents back in 1998 for a non contact semi integrated read/write head with a high...
Update: Sony says no decision yet on Toshiba chip deal
Sony Corp finally says it has made no final decision yet on whether to invest in a cutting-edge chip plant to be built by Japan's...
Sony to invest in Toshiba's new semiconductor plant
Sony Corp plans to join hands with Toshiba Corp to develop a new generation of semiconductors by investing in a new semiconductor plant Toshiba plans...
SCEI gives PlayStation 2 the first major update
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) will put an upgraded version of its PlayStation 2 video game on sale in Japan in mid May, the company...
Sony to market next-generation Optical disc drive based on Blu-Ray disc standard
Sony Corp has unveiled its latest next-generation optical disc product, an optical drive employing blue-laser technology. The new BW-F101 drive can read/write data from/to special...
