Sony, Panasonic race to make personal CD players skip-free By STEPHEN WILLIAMS Newsday Thursday, August 31, 2000 It's only coincidence, probably, that one of Sony's new portable compact disc players looks like a cross between a miniature Frisbee and a...

Sony is one of the quirkier PC manufacturers around; its all-in- one V desktops and its sleek 505 laptops have few parallels among Windows machines. But this company's better values are found in plainer, cheaper machines such as the tower-case Vaio RS720 model...

The chief architect of Sony Corp.'s flagship PlayStation game console will retire in June as the company struggles to retain its dominance in the video game industry.Ken Kutaragi, 56, an icon among gamers, will step down as Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s chairman and group chief...

Sony Corp. plans to cut capital expenditures at its semiconductor operations by a "large amount," a company executive said Tuesday, weeks after the electronics giant reported a drop in profits for the latest quarter.The Tokyo-based company's capital expenditures in its semiconductor business will be much...

An analysis of Sony's audio players, focusing on the MiniDisc. Describes Sony's position as a leader in consumer electronics. Provides statistical data on product sales.