Sony hit by loss from quake, lowers forecast

From CNET News.com: Sony took a loss in its fiscal first quarter due largely to the Japanese quake and to lower TV sales, forcing the company to lower its annual forecast.

For the quarter that ended June 30, the electronics giant reported today a net loss of 15.5 billion yen ($199...

Olympus E-PL3 Gets Offical Price for U.S.

From DailyTech: Olympus has been on the digital camera market for decades. The company has a line of cameras that includes basic point-and-shoots and offerings that run to the high-end in the micro-four thirds range. The latest of the high-end cameras from Olympus is the E-PL3 micro...

Google Partially Backs Down From Google+ Censorship

From DailyTech: Google Inc.'s new social network, Google+, seemed on the fast track to success, garnering generally positive reviews and earning 20+ million members within only a couple weeks of the launch of the "field test" of the network. But over the last week and a half, the...

HP Condemns Ex-CEO for Stifling Innovation at the Company

From X-bit Labs: The recent quarters were not exactly impressive for Hewlett-Packard, the world's top PC maker, as its sales forecasts were reduced, something that caused analysts question whether the new chief executive can run the company successfully. But HP's chairman of the...

Windows Phone Mango OS sent to manufacturers, carriers

From InfoWorld: Mango, the latest version of the Windows Phone mobile operating system, was released to manufacturers Tuesday, Microsoft said in a blog.

The OS code was officially turned over to manufacturers and mobile operators. The OS will come pre-installed in new Windows Phones...

EA: Game Console Cycle Has Gone Forever

From PC World: Here today, gone tomorrow, that—in so many words—was what EA CEO John Riccitiello had to say about video game consoles in an earnings call yesterday. Riccitiello was on the phone to discuss EA's fiscal 2012 first quarter, which he described as "ahead of expectations,"...

LG turns the corner despite profit decline

From CNET News.com: LG Electronics posted a sharp decline in its second-quarter profit today, but managed to reverse a recent string of losses as its turnaround efforts begin to take effect.

The consumer electronics giant posted a profit of nearly $100 million, compared with a year...

Google updating Chrome for Lion multitouch

From CNET News.com: Google has released a new developer version of Chrome to re-enable a multitouch gesture that changed in Lion, the new version of Mac OS X that Apple released last week.

With the new operating system, a three-finger swipe left or right moves among different full...

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