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• Sony brings streaming music service to the iPhone

  Sony on Friday released an iPhone app to access its streaming Music Unlimited service, part of its efforts to expand its online platforms to devices from rival manufacturers.

• Sony pulls out of LCD JV with Sharp, gets US$126 million investment back

  Sony said Thursday it will pull out of its over three-year LCD TV panel joint venture with Sharp, part of Sony's ongoing attempts to reform its foundering TV business.

• Sony demos wireless media hub for its computers, smartphones, game consoles

  Sony on Tuesday showed a digital media hub that uses Wi-Fi to connect its PCs, tablets, smartphones and PlayStation game consoles, a product that it hopes will be part of its comeback.

• Xperia Sola hits Harvey Norman

  Sony will sell its Xperia Sola smartphone outright through retailer Harvey Norman, the company announced today.

• Sony targets return to profitability after record $US5.7 billion loss last year

  Sony closed the books on its worst year ever on Thursday, while also targeting a slight profit for the current period, which would be its first since 2008.

• Apple's e-store satisfaction score jumps, thumps Microsoft's

  Apple's online store scored the highest satisfaction rating of any computer-related company, and handily beat rival Microsoft, a consumer pollster said today.

• Sony launches 13-megapixel smartphone with LTE, but only for Japan

  Sony Mobile Communications has launched two new Android-based LTE smartphones for the Japanese market; the light-weight Xperia SX and the Xperia GX, which has a 13-megapixel camera, the company said on Wednesday.

• RIM names new COO, CMO

  Research in Motion (RIM) on Tuesday appointed a new chief operating officer (COO) and chief marketing officer (CMO) as RIM prepares to launch BlackBerry 10 smartphones later this year in hopes of reversing a decline in its global smartphone share.

• Sony launches first Vaio ultrabooks

  Sony is joining Intel's ultrabook push with the new Vaio T family, which includes models with 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch screens, the company said on Wednesday.

• Walmart to expand disc-to-cloud movie service to 30 countries

  Leveraging the power of 5,000 stores, Walmart plans to expand it's Vudu cloud video service from U.S. shores to as many as 30 countries beginning in June, including Eurpoean, Asian and Central and South American nations, according to reports.

• Skype app released for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld

  Internet telephony operator Skype has released an app for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld game console.

• New Sony projector can show, record notes scribbled onto the screen

  Sony said Monday it will sell a projector that displays and saves notes scribbled onto the images it projects.

• Sony to launch 5GB online photo sharing service next week

  Sony said Friday it will launch its online photo sharing service, "PlayMemories Online," next week.

• Sony announces digital media hub for its PlayStation, PC, tablet, phone lines

  Sony will launch a new digital media recorder designed to capture and stream video to Sony-made PlayStation game consoles, PCs, tablets and smartphones, the company's gaming unit said Tuesday.

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  Sony's SmartWatch brings Android to the wrist

  Android isn't just for smartphones and tablets anymore. Sony has unveiled its new SmartWatch, an Android-powered timekeeper that brings smartphone-like capabilities to the wristwatch.