Sony's PlayStation Network was one of several online gaming networks taken offline over the weekend by denial-of-service attacks - accompanied by a bomb scare
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Sony Magnetic Tape Technology Used To Create 185TB Cartridge
Sony tape tech claims to store 148GB per square inch
Sony Warns Of Fire Risk From Vaio Fit Laptops
Sony warns of a serious risk of fire from its new Vaio hybrid laptop launched in February
Sony Digital Paper Aims To Reduce Printing Costs And Save Environment – For £661
Sony Digital Paper device to arrive in May, targeting paper intensive businesses, organisations and universities
Sony Joins Forces With Panasonic On Archival Optical Discs
Sony and Panasonic are to work together on next-generation optical discs, including systems with a recording capacity of 300GB per disc
Sony Announces Major US Job Cuts, Store Closures
Company to close two-thirds of its Sony Stores and lay off a thousand employees
MWC 2014: Sony Shows Off Xperia Z2, M2 Smartphones And Z2 Tablet
Sony refreshes smartphone and tablet range in Barcelona, with the Xperia Z2, M2 and Z2 tablet - boosting camera apps and adding NFC devices including the Smartband
MWC 2014: Sony SmartBand SWR10 Wants To Track Your Life
Sony's Smartband wearable doesn't pretend to be a watch. It just wants to play your music. And it gets lonely if it can't find your phone
Sony Confirms Restructuring Plans And Vaio Sale
After several days of speculation, Sony has confirmed plans to restructure its electronics business
Sony Reportedly Selling Vaio PC Business To Investment Fund
Yet more reports claim that Japanese electronics giant is looking to exit the PC market, shift focus to mobile devices
Sony Denies Lenovo Vaio Deal
Sony dismisses reports it is selling its loss-making Vaio brand to Lenovo
Microsoft Accused Of Buying Manufacturer Support For Windows Phone
Microsoft has denied claims that it pays OEMs millions of dollars to produce devices supporting its Windows Phone OS
Sony Announces Mid-Range Xperia E1 And Xperia T2 Ultra Phablet
Sony expands Xperia range with handsets targeted at emerging markets
Sony Mulls Windows Phone Move
Good news for Microsoft as Sony reportedly considers offering a Windows Phone handset
Win A Sony SmartWatch 2 With TechWeek’s Survey
Answer a few questions, and we'll enter you in a raffle for a £170 Sony Smartwatch 2
Current Smartwatches Are Ugly And Lack Functionality – Gartner
Gartner says consumers are unconvinced by smartwatches and will stick to tablets this Christmas
Sony Shows Xperia Z1 Underwater Smartphone
Sony showed dunkable Xperia Z1 and cool clip-on smartphone cameras at IFA in Berlin
Microsoft Boosts Xbox One Specs
Microsoft has tweaked the Xbox One's hardware ahead of launch to bring its performance closer to Sony's Playstation 4
Panasonic, Sony To Launch 300GB Optical Disc By 2015
The two industry giants will work on a new format together
Sony Stops Fighting £250k Breach Fine ‘For Security Reasons’
Irony lost on Sony, saying it would give away too much info on its security if appeal against ICO fine for 2011 PlayStation breaches goes ahead
Sony’s SmartWatch 2 To Launch In The UK Next Week
The clever timepiece is available for pre-order at £120
Sony Xperia Z Ultra Phablet Is World’s Slimmest Full HD Smartphone
Sony enters the phablet market and steals smartwatch march on Apple
Sony Unlocks Access To SmartWatch Firmware
Now enthusiasts can write their own OS for the clever timepiece
Sony Xperia SP To Ship Without Charger On O2
Sony becomes third manufacturer to sign up for O2 green initiative
Waterproof Sony Xperia ZR Can Be Submerged For 30 Minutes
Xperia ZR hopes to continue the Sony mobile charge in 2013
LulzSec Members Plead Guilty To NHS, Sony Attacks
Four LulzSec hackers now await sentencing next month
Sony Xperia SP and Xperia L Set For Q2 Release
Sony hopes cheaper smartphones will help broaden its range
MWC 2013: Sony Says Brand Is Stronger After Sony Ericsson Buyout
Sony's Stephen Sneeden says that its mobile operations are in a better position after acquisition
MWC 2013: Sony Mobile Wants To Be Number Three In Smartphones
Sony Mobile tells TechWeekEurope that it has high hopes for the Sony Xperia Z
MWC 2013: Sony Launches Xperia Z – Thinnest Android Tablet Ever
The classy (and waterproof) Japanese device will come to Europe in the second quarter of the year