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Report: Sony Is Firing A Whole Bunch Of People

Today, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported that Sony is axing 6 per cent of its global workforce — approximately 10,000 individuals — by the end of the year.

April 2, 2012
News

Sony Firing Folks Thanks To Modern Medicine

It was wildly thought that Howard Stringer, a foreigner, was brought in to fire a bunch of people at Sony. Japanese companies traditionally bring in outsiders to fire folks, and Stringer, a foreigner, was even that further removed from the old boys’ network.

December 20, 2011
PlayStation

Could The Father Of The PlayStation Run Sony?

Sony Computer Entertainment honcho Kaz Hirai seemed like a logical choice to replace Howard Stringer. But with Hirai lacking in experience outside gaming, Sony’s old guard could actually select someone with a deep understanding of electronics — namely Ken Kutaragi. [東洋経済]

September 2, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Says PSN Has Added Three Million Users Since Attack

Howard Stringer, the chief executive of Sony, said at a Berlin electronics show that the PlayStation Network has recovered from this spring’s attack and 23-day outage by adding three million new users in the three months since.

June 28, 2011
PlayStation

Sony: 90% Of PSN Users Have Returned

At the Sony shareholders meeting today, the company said that 90 per cent of PSN users have returned since the service was hacked. Have you? [AV Watch Impress via はちま起稿]

May 18, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Boss Defends Week-Long Wait In Notifying PSN Customers Of Breach

Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, sounded less apologetic and more prickly when asked today about the PlayStation maker’s slowness in informing PlayStation Network and Qriocity subscribers of an attack on the company’s network.

May 6, 2011
PlayStation

Sony CEO Apologises To Customers Over PSN Attack

Howard Stringer, the man at the very top of Sony, has released an open letter to customers today, joining PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai in officially apologising for the “inconvenience and concern” caused by an attack on the company’s PlayStation Network.

December 14, 2010
News

Former Sony Brass Not Hip To A Foreigner Running The Show

Howard Stringer is the bossman at Sony, running the show. He’s not Japanese, but a Welsh-born American. And according to one former Sony exec, a foreigner never should have run the company.

June 10, 2010
News

Sony Shows Its Faith In 3D

The people behind the PlayStation have been proudly promoting their 3D wares throughout the year, but today at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, Sony brought some of its biggest guns as executives presented its latest technology push.

September 3, 2009
News

Sony Starts Push For 3D TVs, 3D PlayStation 3 Games

The PlayStation company is putting its electronics might behind 3D television technology, with the company expected to start selling fancy three-dimensional displays next year—with 3D PlayStation 3 games being readied to capitalise on the technology.

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