Sony has announced that its former president of the Consumer Products & Services Group, Kazuo Hirai, will become president and chief executive officer of the Japanese company from April 1. His predecessor, Howard Stringer, will step down to become chairman of the board after a shareholders meeting in June. Sony made the announcement in a

Loyal HP followers can rest easy: After a painstaking evaluation, and a look into alternatives, HP announced today that it plans to keep its Personal Systems Group (PSG) as part of the company. CEO Meg Whitman abandoned the proposal made by HP’s former CEO Leo Apotheker after the company conducted a strategic review, saying that

Now that Sony has gotten total control over Sony Ericsson, what will it do next? Dump any and all featurephone initiatives, says Sony prez and CEO Sir Howard Stringer. The focus from here on out, he says, will be on smartphones. The logical assumption would be that Sony Ericsson will be all “Android ahoy!” since

A takeover has been the subject of rumors for several weeks now, but today, Sony announced that it will take complete control of Sony Ericsson with a €1.05 billion (approx. $1.47 billion) buyout. Sony Ericsson will now become part of the Sony family, wholly-owned by the Japanese company. The deal is good news for Sony Ericsson

Sony may be getting into the tablet business. Japanese newspaper Nikkei is reporting that the company will be launching a Honeycomb tablet by the end of the year, and that the tablet will be released in the US first, before heading overseas. Information about the tablet reportedly came from Sony CEO, Howard Stringer himself. We

Apple is well-known for keeping a tight lid on its upcoming products. Steve Jobs, the CEO of the company, is never one to thrill to secrets of the yet-to-be-released products to leak out before he’s ready to announce them himself. With that in mind, we can’t imagine he’s too happy with Sony CEO Sir Howard