Mr. Sorkin said last year that he was inclined to adapt Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs for Sony. But no deal had been set until now.

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Some tech gadgets that once seemed indispensable have been mercilessly superseded over the years, and Research in Motion is trying to avoid that fate for its BlackBerry.

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BlackBerry, Aiming to Avoid the Hall of Fallen Giants

Sony Corp is to buy full control of the Sony Ericsson mobile phone venture from Ericsson, both partners said on Thursday, as it seeks to catch up smartphone rivals such as Apple Inc while boosting its consumer products range.

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Sony Buys Full Control of Sony Ericsson

A website set up to allow users to get back on the Sony network has been taken offline due to security fears.

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Sony faces further security woes

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood is named music radio personality of the year at the Sony industry awards as the BBC’s 5 live wins six prizes.

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Satisfaction? Wood scoops radio personality prize

Note to self: next year, make sure to attend Mobile World Congress. Not only is the show in Barcelona, but several interesting new phones have been unveiled there — and the stage has been highlighted by a bevy of tech CEOs. One high-level takeaway: from the LG Optimus 3D to the Sony Experia, the new generation of smartphone competitors are getting farther away from the iPhone clones that seem to be all over the market now. I’m curious to see how they stand up in the face of what may be major revamps of the iPhone this year. While we wait to find out, take a look at some photos from Mobile World Congress.

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New Phones and Big-Time CEOs at Mobile World Congress

Nintendo’s handheld DS videogame system has sold more than 47 million units in the United States since the original model debuted in November 2004, according to the company’s internal sales figures. In a press release sent out late yesterday afternoon, Nintendo declared victory: With those numbers, the DS is now the best-selling videogame system in U.S. history. Not just a hit in the U.S., the system has sold more than 135 million units around the world. The only other handheld systems that come close to the Nintendo DS’ worldwide sales are the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance, all Nintendo products. The milestone couldn’t have come at a better time for Nintendo as the company is working to build excitement around the release of the new Nintendo 3DS in March. Very few details about the new handheld system have been leaked, but we know that it promises to deliver a 3D experience to users without requiring special glasses. “When we look back at 2010, we see consumers time and again turning to the value and enjoyment of our products,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “When we look ahead to 2011, we see new portable technology and more great Wii games that need to be seen to be believed.” That second part included in the press release as Nintendo was also celebrating a third consecutive year with sales of the Wii home console topping seven million in the U.S., “a feat never before accomplished in the history of video games by a home console.” For comparison, the Sony PlayStation 2, released more than a decade ago in 2000, has sold nearly 150 million units around the world (the original Sony PlayStation follows with just over 100 million), and the Sony PlayStation Portable has moved more than 60 million units. The best-selling non-Nintendo, non-Sony console is the Microsoft Xbox 360, which places 10th on the list. But it isn’t Sony or Microsoft that Nintendo is worried about. It’s Apple , which may not be the first company you think of when you think of gaming, but consider that, collectively, more than 120 million iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch devices have been sold around the world. Those products aren’t ideal for the kind of immersive gaming experiences that Nintendo specializes in, but casual gaming has seen a big boost this year; Angry Birds alone has been downloaded more than 50 million times on smartphones this year. And, sometime soon, according to game developer Rovio, Angry Birds will make the jump to the small screen from the smallest screen when it becomes available for PlayStation, Nintendo Wii, and Xbox 360.

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Sony and the firm BarberOsgerby have turned high-design light fixtures into discreet home speakers.

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