Waste Management and Sony Electronics to Host Free Electronics Recycling Event (Broadcast Newsroom)
AUSTIN, Texas , Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- To encourage consumers to recycle electronic devices in an environmentally sound manner, Sony Electronics Inc. and Waste Management Recycle America are inviting Austin -area residents to recycle any brand of used or outdated electronics for free 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Travis County Exposition Center.
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Sony loses patent suit, ordered to pay $18.5 million (Engadget)
Way back in 2006, Lucent-spin off Agere Systems filed a lawsuit against Sony, claiming the electronics behemoth had infringed on not one, not two, but eight of its patents. As it turns out a prior deal with Lucent gave Sony the rights to use seven of those, but that one unlicensed patent became Sony's weak point, allowing Agere's lawyers to inflict massive damage(es). The jury's ...
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Sony tunes in to TV recycling (vnunet.com)
BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 19 November 2008 at 14:35:00 But report finds many TV manufacturers doing little or nothing to promote recycling, despite expected eWaste glut early next year Sony has taken the top spot in a new league table designed to rate electronics manufacturers' US TV recycling programmes ahead of the country's switchover to digital TV.... ...
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Sony loses $18.5M PSP patent suit (GameSpot)
Electronics giant's portable game system and other products determined to infringe on patent for sorting music on a memory chip.
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Asia Markets: Sell-off gathers steam; Nikkei sinks below 8,000 (Nasdaq)
HONG KONG (Dow Jones) -- Asian stocks suffered sharp losses Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei edging back toward the past month's lows, with Sony Corp. under pressure in a glum session for electronics makers after data showed Japan's exports continue to decelerate.
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Sony To Sell Blu-ray In China -- And Compete With Pirates (ContactMusic)
Amid reports that pirates in China are using a high-definition format built into many new camcorders to produce bootleg discs, Sony Pictures said Tuesday that it will become ...
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Sony Starts Eco-Friendly Service (BrandWeek)
Recognizing that most consumers don't bother to properly dispose of their old TVs, Sony has launched its "Green Glove" service. It is offering this in-home delivery service to consumers who purchase a Bravia high-definition television that is 32 inches or larger.
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Sony's digital gamble (CNN Money)
Ty Roberts, CTO OF Gracenote, recently took his 8-year-old son to a Jonas Brothers concert. A sea of screaming teens used their cell phones to take pictures and record videos of the hit Disney Channel band.
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Sony Adds Slacker Personal Radio to BRAVIA Internet Video Link Service (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sony today introduced Slacker Personal Radio and Howcast Media as the latest Sony® BRAVIA® Internet Video Link content providers.
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Top 5 Cell Phone Makers Launch Green Charger Initiative (Phone Scoop)
The world's top five handset manufacturers have launched a new campaign meant to reduce the amount of electricity consumed and wasted by mobile phones. The companies involved include Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG Electronics. The companies have ... (follow link to read)
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