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• Sony reveals PS3 Slim, slashes PS3 price

  And there you have it, the fabled Sony PS3 price cut as well as confirmation of a trimmer, slimmer iteration of the PS3 after over a year's worth of gossip and false leads and photo-forgeries.

• Sony warns of laptops with faulty Nvidia chips

  Sony has said some of its Vaio laptops are equipped with faulty graphics chips from Nvidia, which the graphics company has said could cause some laptops to overheat and ultimately fail.

• Sony, Sharp partner for world's most advanced LCD plant

  Sharp and Sony have agreed to form a joint venture to operate a new LCD plant in Japan, completing a plan that was earlier postponed because of the global economic downturn.

• It's hip to be square: Aussie teens dig IT jobs

  A survey of Australian teenagers has revealed that IT is the most popular pick for a career, beating jobs in design and acting. Released today by the Australian Computer Society (ACS), the survey of 1820 people aged 12 to 18 marks a shift away from the stereotyping of IT professionals as geeks, with only 5 per cent holding this view.

• In pictures: Sony's new Vaio W netbook

  Sony today took the first step into the netbook market, introducing the Vaio W line of mini laptops.

• Sony puts two new GPS camcorders on the map

  After releasing three high-definition camcorders earlier this year with integrated GPS services from Navteq, Sony today announced two smaller, flash-drive-based additions to its GPS camcorder arsenal.

• Sony takes first step into the netbook market

  Sony will begin selling its first netbook computer next month and in doing so enter the only sector of the PC market showing significant growth.

• Happy birthday! The Walkman turns 30

  Sony introduced its Walkman portable cassette player thirty years ago this week, kicking off a revolution in the consumer electronics industry by changing the way people enjoy music.

• Sony develops mercury-free alkaline button cell

  Sony has developed a new type of alkaline manganese button-cell that contains no mercury and will put it on sale later this year, it said Wednesday.

• Japan's NHK betters Sony with 5.8-inch flexible OLED

  Researchers at Japan's public broadcaster, NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai), have developed a flexible OLED (organic LED) display that's 5.8-inches in size and can display moving images in color.

• Sony's TransferJet tech moves closer to reality

  TransferJet, a data transmission technology developed by Sony that allows information to be exchanged between gadgets by simply bringing them close to each other, took a further step towards commercialization this week when Sony said it would begin accepting applications from companies interested in licensing the system.

• Sony posts annual loss, as economic downturn bites

  Sony reported Thursday a loss for its fiscal year ended March 31, hit by the slowdown of the global economy, the appreciation of the yen, and a decline in the Japanese stock market.

• Sharp, Sony, Panasonic halt Mexico trips on swine flu worry

  Several of Japan's largest electronics companies have halted business trips to Mexico after a deadly outbreak of swine flu in the country.

• The Pirate Bay four found guilty

  The four people involved in running The Pirate Bay, one of the most widely used BitTorrent trackers for music, movies and software, have been found guilty by the Stockholm district court of being accessories to crimes against copyright law. The court handed down its verdict on Friday morning.

• Sony, Toshiba, Qualcomm join the Femto Forum

  Consumer electronics giants Sony and Toshiba have joined the Femto Forum, an industry organization whose role is to push femtocells. Qualcomm has also been added to the membership roster, the Femto Forum announced on Wednesday.