OK so its pretty well established that the economy is in shambles and the major corporations are feeling the squeeze pretty hard now. Sony isn’t exactly in great shape and the rumor mill has been clocking in overtime lately. One of the most potentially sensational rumors is that Sony is looking at some serious cutbacks [...]

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With the Dow Jones currently trying to recuperate and investor confidence at an all time low, many companies are trying to find solutions to their financial problems in order to stay afloat. Sony is one of those companies and they have recently announced their solution to their financial crisis: they plan to layoff 16,000 employees [...]

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A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council has shown that if you leave your Sony Playstation 3 plugged in all the time, and you play it frequently, you could add about $145 to your electric bill every year. Although the other gaming consoles do take a lot juice to run, except for the Nintendo [...]

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The video above is an example of a generic battery pack facing catostrophic failure. The users created an artificial condition and took out certain components of the battery in order to force it to overheat itself. While Sony’s battery packs have recently come under fire, they did not explode in the cool manner above, I [...]

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The electronics conglomerate may be going through a rough patch as of late. Sony’s projected earnings for the 2008 fiscal year has gone from 2.4 billion to 1.5 billion. Some Tokyo analysts are saying that this could be the beginning of a “big earnings collapse”. The low profits are a result of unexpectedly low sales [...]

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