
Best Buy is working on building out its in-store digital reading section this fall with the addition of the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle. The retailer has already been selling Barnes & Noble’s Nook and the various Sony (NYSE: SNE) Readers. By putting the Kindle on its shelves, Best Buy is...
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» The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) saw its shares rise as high as 8 percent upon speculation that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim was either looking to buy or raise his stake in the media giant. But the billionaire denies any such plans.
» Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has consistently...
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) unveiled a connected TV running Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV at the IFA show in Berlin. TechRadar has the lo-down and pics, revealing Google TV to be an integrated part of Sony Internet TV that offers search...
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Today on the Net: Apple TV could take a bite out of cable and online VOD sales, Sony officially launched its Qriocity multiplatform media subscription service and Will Richmond argues Amazon would have to launch a DVD-by-mail service to compete fully with Netflix. 
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Sony’s long-held ambition of providing a content service available to its game console and other devices is finally coming together.
At the IFA show in Berlin on Wednesday, CEO Howard Stringer said the cloud-based Sony Online Services (SOLS) platform, which was hinted at in November, is being christened Qriocity, and will offer both...
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Sony will reportedly announce its own streaming and video subscription service available across a wide range of devices. The service will initially draw on users logged into its PlayStation Network on PS3 and PSP gaming systems, but will expand to TVs, Blu-ray players and other devices. 
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Sony will begin selling updated versions of its Reader Pocket and Reader Touch devices today, but it is still months away from releasing its new Daily Reader with WiFi access. In practical terms, that means that Sony (NYSE: SNE) will not be directly competing with the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle...
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Facebook loves Hollywood ad dollars, except in the case of one particular film. That would be "The Social Network," the upcoming film best known as "The Facebook Movie." But clever Sony has found an end run around the ban--and gets free ads, to boot.
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Target won’t be the only bricks-and-mortar retail outlet for Kindles much longer. Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is adding the Staples office supplies chain to the mix this fall, making that two options for would-be buyers to try out the device. The deal will put Kindle in Staples—the chain has more than 1,500 U.S....
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Digital veteran Adam Klein takes over for owner Danny Stein. A new site overhaul, scheduled for the end of the year, is supposed to help the subscription service compete against Apple and Amazon on one end, and Rhapsody, Mog and Rdio on the other. Much more interesting: The service says it will have a...
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