A Kinect for Sony television sets is coming soon, a new report reveals.
According to The Daily, “sources familiar with the subject” has told them that Microsoft is on the offensive to push Kinects into as many homes they can put the motion-sensing peripheral in.
The Daily writes that the Windows operating system maker “is said to be in the early stages of licensing its Kinect technology to television hardware manufacturers like Vizio and Sony.”
That, by the way, is Sony’s television …

Apple is apparently working on a 4-inch-screened iOS device as Hitachi and Sony are reported to have begun shipping 4-inch LCD displays to the iPhone maker.
The development was revealed by Macotakara.com from which AppleInsider has based this report on.
According to AppleInsider, Macotakara cites unnamed “sources within Apple’s Far Eastern supply chain” as the source of the news.
The development begs the question of what iOS device these 4-inch screens will be used for.
It may be …

The freshened flagship smartphone of Sony Ericsson, the Xperia Arc S, is now available for pre-order on the Sony website for those in the U.S.

The pre-order page for the Xperia Arc S has gone live on the Sony site.

Nonetheless, the Xperia Arc S has already been available outside the U.S. with the Sony Ericsson Android powerhouse being released by Vodafone U.K. on September 30.
The Xperia Arc S being offered on the Sony site for pre-order in the U.S. is a contract-less unit.
Those who want to …

Sony Corp has lowered its expectations for its latest fiscal quarter, anticipating a $1.1 billion loss after the devastating floods in Thailand.

The Sony Center in Berlin. (Image: Roberto Arias (CC), via Flickr)

Panasonic, Nintendo and now Sony, three of the largest tech companies in Japan, are announcing lackluster financial forecasts, with the latter firm picking on the Thailand floods.
Sony, which announced last month a release date for its PS Vita gaming console, said that those floods …

Sony has announced that it is buying out Swedish firm Ericsson from the companies’ joint venture in the mobile phone space.

Sony will buy Ericsson out of their joint venture Sony Ericsson. Image: Naomi Reynolds / Flickr (CC)

After the deal is completed, Sony will take full control of Sony Ericsson, a 50-50 joint venture formed by the two companies in 2001.
Sony will pay about $1.5 billion for the buyout, reports say.
During a press conference in London, Reuters quotes Sony CEO Howard …

The Sony PlayStation Store has officially launched on the Sony Tablet S, various reports note.

The Sony Tablet S gets the Sony PlayStation Store. Image: shugo01 / Flickr (CC)

The Sony Tablet S officially got access to the PlayStation Store on Tuesday but it only got a selection of a few games.
There should have been a notification on the Sony Tablet S informing users of the tablet that it now has access to a select few games from Sony PlayStation Store.
Reports say that the games Cool …

Sony has announced that its latest portable gaming console, PlayStation Vita, will arrive in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia on February 22, 2012.
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) CEO Jack Tretton said at the Web 2.0 Summit on Tuesday (also confirmed on Sony’s PlayStation Europe blog) the launch date for its “groundbreaking” PS Vita handheld device.
The PS Vita will come with a whopping quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, SGX543MP4+ graphics …

Sony Ericsson will be shifting its entire portfolio to smartphones only for next year, the company has revealed.

Sony Ericsson will focus on smartphones only starting 2012. Image: John.Karakatsanis / Flickr (CC)

According to Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg: “Android-based Xperia smartphone sales now account for more than 80 percent of sales and we have shipped 22 million Xperia smartphones to date.”
“We will continue to invest in the smartphone market, shifting the entire portfolio to …

Sony revealed on Wednesday that it has locked about 93,000 accounts on its services after another cyber attack has hit the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant.

Sony has restricted about 93,000 accounts after a major attack on its systems. Image: xsix / Flickr (CC)

Reports say that Sony detected the attack quickly and locked the accounts which were targeted in the attack to prevent further complications.
Sony is also said to have notified those affected with emails including password …

Sony will be getting the movie rights for the upcoming Steve Jobs biography, various reports from major media outlets confirm.

Sony is reportedly finalizing a deal for the movie rights to the upcoming “Steve Jobs: A Biography” book by Walter Isaacson. Image: Annie Bannanie 06 / Flickr (CC)

According to The Associated Press, Sony is in “final talks” to get the movie rights for the new book titled “Steve Jobs: A Biography”.
Citing an unnamed “person familiar with the matter,” …