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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Sony Hopes 3-D Pops TV (And Blu-ray and Vaio and PlayStation) Sales

3d-glasses-lifeBig, beautiful high-def TVs are so plentiful and so cheap that nearly everyone who wants one has one. So what can TV manufacturers do to goose sales? Add new features and hope consumers clamor for them.

Hence, Sony’s announcement that it’s making a big bet on…3-D TVs. CEO Howard Stringer is using the IFA Technology Show in Berlin to announce that Sony will make 3-D Bravia sets.

And 3-D Vaio laptops. And 3-D PlayStation3s. And 3-D Blu-ray DVD players.

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Friday, January 9, 2009

Mark Cuban Wants to Know if You’re Ready for Some Football in 3-D

The billionaire investor and whole lot of other people are betting that people are willing to spend money to watch stuff in theaters that they could see for free–if its in 3-D. The technology behind that proposition got a real-time test yesterday during the Oklahoma/Florida college championship game.

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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Sony CEO Howard Stringer at CES: “I Wish I Could Tell You That I’m Recession-Proof”

The Sony boss finds himself in the midst of yet another turnaround effort. Today he gives an industry crowd an update and a promise that things will get better, some day.

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About Peter

Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider.

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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