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Paul McCartney resolves dispute on Beatles song rights

PaulMcCartneyhasreachedasettlementovercopyrighttotheBeatlescatalog,avoidingalegalbattlethatcouldhavehadwideramificationsforthemusicbusiness.McCartneyfiledalawsu

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Sony talks PlayStation VR and blockbuster titles at E3

Sony's showcase for the PlayStation at this year's E3 gaming conference was all about the platform's blockbuster games.

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Sony fires at Xbox with arsenal of big PS4 games

Sony on Monday showed off rich, action-packed new PlayStation 4 video games, some for virtual reality, as it defended its crown as the top-selling new-generation console.

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Sony talks PlayStation VR and blockbuster titles at E3

Sony'sshowcaseforthePlayStationatthisyear'sE3gamingconferencewasallabouttheplatform'sblockbustergames.UnlikeMicrosoft'sunveilingoftheXboxOneXatE3,Sonydidn'tfocu

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Sony fires at Xbox with arsenal of big PS4 games

SonyonMondayshowedoffrich,action-packednewPlayStation4videogames,someforvirtualreality,asitdefendeditscrownasthetop-sellingnew-generationconsole.Thecompanyfocus

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Microsoft challenges Sony with powerful new Xbox One X

MicrosoftonSundayunveiledXboxOneX--billingitasthemostpowerfulvideoconsoleevermade,andescalatingabattlewithmarketkingPlayStation.The$499productwasbuiltwiththemus

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Sony explains why it's rejecting Microsoft's 'Project Scorpio'

LastNovember,whenSonylaunchedthenewPlayStation4Pro,asouped-upversionofitsmarket-leadingvideogamesconsole,itwaspracticallyunprecedented.Normally,companieslikeSon

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Sony chief promises profitability, but is short on specifics

Sony’sleaderpromisedacomebackfortheJapaneseelectronicsandentertainmentcompanyhavingitsbestprofitabilityintwodecades.“Weareacompanythatmovespeople,”saidChiefExec

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Emoji movie crashes Cannes Film Festival party

TheEmojiMoviehascrashedCannesadaybeforethefestivalopens,withapromotionalstuntinvolvingaboatandaparachute.Talkaboutguerrilamarketing.SonyPictureshasadoptedastran

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China tops Asia in pre-orders for PlayStation VR sets

Sony's PlayStation VR witnessed a sales boom in China as more console gamers sought the experiences provided by virtual reality devices.

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Sony to launch smartphone games in 2018: Nikkei

Sony Corp plans to release five or more smartphone games around late March 2018, the Nikkei business daily said on Thursday.

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'The Angry Birds Movie' nests atop the box office

An omnipresent, nine-month marketing campaign propelled “The Angry Birds Movie” to No. 1 at the North American box office over the weekend, giving Sony Pictures an important feather for its frayed cap.

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Sony to buy Michael Jackson's stake in music publishing unit

Sony Corp said it signed an agreement with Michael Jackson's estate to buy for $750 million the deceased pop star's stake in Sony/ATV Music Publishing

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Japanese electronics giant Sony to buy Israeli chipmaker for 212 mln USD

Japanese leading electronics maker Sony Corporation announced Tuesday that it will pay 212 million U. S. dollars to acquire Israeli chipmaker Altair Semiconductor, in an effort to play a leading role in developing Internet of Things sector.

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U.S. NSA hacked DPRK years before Sony attack: report

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) secretly broke into the computer systems of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 2010, the New York Times reported Monday, an apparent effort by the U.S. side to convince skeptics it has evidence that Pyongyang was behind last year's cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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Sony releases "The Interview" online

Sony Picture Entertainment released the controversial film "The Interview" online Wednesday, in advance of a limited theatrical screening on Christmas Day.

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DPRK Internet, 3G mobile network suffer 2nd outage

Internet and 3G mobile network of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were paralyzed again Saturday evening amid bickering between the United States and the Asian country over an earlier cyber attack on Sony Pictures.