Sony CEO Howard Stringer (pictured), one of the few foreigners to lead a major Japanese company, will step down in April. Executive deputy president Kazuo Hirai will take his place, the electronics giant has announced.
Sony Ericsson's Canadian eShop website has been attacked, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Hackers stole personal data from 2,000 users, forcing the site to shut down, in the wake of a massive theft of data from more than 100 million accounts.
Electronics giant Sony began restoring its PlayStation Network games service Sunday, following a major security breach in which personal information was stolen from millions of user accounts. Service restoration is expected to be completed by May 31.
Sony scrambled to manage mounting criticism of its leadership and security systems on Tuesday, after the electronics giant revealed hackers may have stolen data from another 25 million user accounts.
Internet giant Google opened its online electronic bookstore Monday, launching itself into the booming e-book market which has long been dominated by Amazon.com, home to the Kindle reader.
Computers, mobile phones, televisions. India recycles an estimated 420,000 tonnes of electronic waste every year- and that number is only growing. Analysts believe India could become a global rubbish heap for electronic waste, and that the country is ill-equipped to deal with the volume of waste coming its way from the West.
Good news continued to pile up for the electronics industry. The ongoing economic uncertainty calls for continued innovations. So goes Windows 7. Raphael met Jean-Philippe Courtois, he is the President of Microsoft International.
Hit by weak demand, Japan's camera and precision equipment maker Nikon announced on Tuesday that it would cut about 1,000 jobs, mostly at its domestic plants. The group aims to reduce its annual costs by about 84 million dollars.
Electronics and entertainment giant Sony posted a 98.94 billion yen (1 billion dollar) loss for the year ending March 31, the company's first annual loss in 14 years. The Japanese company expects a net loss of 120 billion yen for 2009/2010.
Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. announced Monday an annual net loss of $1.3 billion as a result of the global economic downturn. Sharp is not the only Japanese manufacturer badly hurt by the crisis.
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