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Microsoft Online Customer Story: Sony

whitepaper Sony wanted to forge a connection between film fans and current information on upcoming releases, so it went in search of a platform that could offer a high level of interactivity and a real sense of community.

Tags: streaming media

[03 May 2008]

Skype trialled on Java mobiles

News The test software is available worldwide and supports 50 Java-enabled handsets from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, Skype said. Skype has released a test version of a client for Java-enabled mobile devices, a move which the company said...

Tags: java, mobile, skype

[30 Apr 2008]

Mobile big guns back LTE as next-gen network

News The largest handset maker in the world, Nokia, was joined by Alcatel-Lucent, NEC, NextWave Wireless and Sony Ericsson. Several companies yesterday agreed to sign their names to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) framework for the next generation of...

Tags: lte, 4g, 3g, mobile

[15 Apr 2008]

The Mobile Workforce

whitepaper Sony Ericsson P900 or Nokia 6600) and combined phone and PDA devices (e.g. This white paper reviews current and upcoming trends in the mobile workplace, reviews why and how staff can become more effective through improved communications and...

Tags: gsm, smart phones, mobile devices, gprs

[10 Apr 2008]

Running Linux on the PlayStation 3: More Than a Toy

whitepaper The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) runs Linux, but getting it to run well requires some tweaking. When Sony first announced that the PlayStation 3 would be able to run Linux natively, a great deal of excitement ensued.

Tags: linux - open source, natively, playstation, tweaking

[09 Apr 2008]

Mobile market kept afloat by Africa and Asia

News The world's fourth-largest mobile phone vendor, Sony Ericsson, whose forte is its strongly branded and relatively expensive Walkman music and Cybershot camera phones, warned on first-quarter profits earlier this month.

Tags: mobile, nokia, motorola

[01 Apr 2008]

UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown

News Multi-national label EMI sells tracks DRM-free through Apple's iTunes catalogue while Warner, Sony/BMG and Universal offer unprotected songs on Amazon's US site. More people than ever are able to illegally swap their music collections because...

Tags: p2p, drm, bpi

[27 Mar 2008]

Virtualize and Optimize Your IT Infrastructure

whitepaper Register NOW and attend on April 10th and you'll be entered into a drawing to win one of three Sony PlayStation 3 Consoles (40GB)--a $433 retail value! "Connect 2008: Virtualize, Optimize" It is not how much you invest, but the strategy behind your...

Tags: infrastructure management, event, virtualization, retail

[05 Mar 2008]

Employees at European Repair Center Increase Productivity With Business Solution

whitepaper The original SAP solution used by Konica Minolta was unable to interface with the Sony WISE System and the Warranty Claim System, which obstructed operational efficiency and collaboration. Runtime Group - a Germany-based personnel services company...

Tags: application servers

[28 Feb 2008]

Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress

News And so does Symbian, which is used by Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Google launched Android, an open development platform in November last year. Phones sporting the Android software are expected out later this year.

Tags: mwc, google, android, mobile phones

[12 Feb 2008]

Microsoft: One mobile device to rule them all

News The device - the Xperia X1, Sony Ericsson's first and only handset to run Windows Mobile - was being shown off in Barcelona. The business phone is dead and the industry must now come up with mobile devices that can both work hard and come out to...

Tags: microsoft, device, array, handset

[11 Feb 2008]

Poll: MP3 player king of commuter gadgets

News Handheld games consoles (such as the Sony's PSP) accounted for slightly less than two per cent of those polled. The MP3 player has been named the most popular gadget for passing the time on the daily commute by silicon.com readers.

Tags: gadget, mp3, mobile, pdas

[08 Feb 2008]

Nokia: Record sales thanks to Middle East and Africa

News Sony Ericsson has also had trouble growing its market share. But Nokia's competitors, including Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, have had problems addressing the low end of the market. Sony Ericsson has said it plans to launch four handsets...

Tags: nokia, africa, middle east, motorola

[25 Jan 2008]

Apple unveils 'world's thinnest notebook'

News Before unwrapping the MacBook Air from an A3-sized US envelope, Jobs compared the size of the notebook with the Sony TZ series. Jobs said: "The thickest part of the Macbook Air is still thinner than the thinnest side of the Sony TZ.

Tags: apple, macbook, steve jobs, air

[16 Jan 2008]

Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time

News The annual event is Microsoft's opportunity to lay out its vision of where technology is headed and make the case for its approach, as contrasted with that of rivals such as Apple and Sony. Bill Gates may be stepping away from full-time work later...

Tags: vista, olympics, ford, gates

[07 Jan 2008]

CIO Essentials: Vista, Kindle and data breaches

News A competitor to Sony's Book Reader, podcasts and the physical book. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past...

Tags: cio essentials, graham yellowley, transport, adopt

[27 Nov 2007]

Pacific & Orient Takes Remote Security Business Global Over IP Network Infrastructure From Cisco Systems

whitepaper P&O's Digital Surveillance service provides real-time monitoring in countries such as the United States, Thailand and Malaysia through IP video monitoring cameras from Sony Electronics. Pacific & Orient started as a private limited company in 1994.

Tags: tcp - ip

[16 Nov 2007]

Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP...

News Another reader - going by the name Richard A - said he was "shocked" at how slow the OS ran on a new Intel core duo Sony Vaio laptop. In a fight between a penguin and a leopard which one wins? The leopard of course - but when it comes to choosing...

Tags: vista, microsoft, linux, windows

[13 Nov 2007]

BBC tech chief hits back at iPlayer critics

News I use a Sony Vaio on a day-to-day basis. The BBC has hit back at criticisms from the Mac and open source communities over the iPlayer only being available for Microsoft's Windows XP platform. The BBC launched the iPlayer in July this year for the...

Tags: bbc, iplayer, ashley highfield, xp

[30 Oct 2007]

Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit

Comment I use a Sony Vaio on a day-to-day basis. As head of the BBC's Future Media and Technology unit Ashley Highfield, one of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters, is responsible for dragging the Beeb into the digital age through initiatives such as...

Tags: windows xp, bbc, iplayer, audience

[30 Oct 2007]

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