It'll also stall Howard Stringer's attempts to vivify the company's consumer electronics division.
Sir Howard Stringer, a Welsh-born American citizen, faces an enormous challenge turning Sony around.
That is the urgent question facing Sony's new boss, Sir Howard Stringer (see article).
Now, the entertainment giant led by Chief Executive Sir Howard Stringer promised to temporarily suspend its used of XCP.
Howard Stringer, the boss of Sony, is the kind of person you would expect to relish such gatherings.
The restructuring follows the appointment in March of Sir Howard Stringer, as the group's first foreign chief executive.
Sir Howard Stringer himself boasted on stage at the CES 2009 electronics event that 90% of Sony devices would connect wirelessly by 2011.
It should come as no surprise that Cisco Chief Executive Officer John Chambers is a keynote speaker at CES, alongside Howard Stringer, president of Sony Corporation of America.
Or Sir Howard Stringer can at least hope so.
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The statement comes days after Sony CEO and President Howard Stringer broke his silence on the matter, posting an apology for the stolen data and network issues on Thursday.
His lavish wedding last year was held at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach and was attended by a corporate A-list that included Sony honcho Howard Stringer and NBC's chief, Robert Wright.
"Under the leadership of Kaz, and Sir Howard Stringer before him, Sony gave me tremendous support to build a global team to coordinate and lead the company's network service business, " said Tim Schaaff.
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Sony shares sagged Wednesday morning after it announced worse-than-expected losses in its fiscal third quarter and drastically cut its year-end forecast, a day after announcing that Sir Howard Stringer will step down as CEO April 1.
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Yes, in spite of a few hiccups, Sony , led by Chief Executive Howard Stringer , is gearing itself for the day when the first PlayStation3 machines are finally whipped off the shelves by videogame connoisseurs.
Chief Executive Howard Stringer echoed Mr. Huang, saying that trying out products is a key factor to getting customers to buy them, and that it's difficult to rely on retailers such as Best Buy to provide that experience.
And speak they did--with LarryPageLarry Page of Google showing off a new video-download licensing system, BillGatesBill Gates of Microsoft touting his company's upcoming operating-system refresh, and Howard Stringer of Sony laying out his vision of the future for home entertainment.
We're not sure if it's Sir Howard Stringer at the helm, or if it's just a corporate mid-life crisis, but we almost fell out of our chairs when Sony announced last year that their audio players would start supporting MP3.
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Sony BMG, a joint venture of Chief Executive Sir Howard Stringer 's Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) with Bertelsmann, is now offering free music downloads as well as cash refunds to those who bought the music disc, as part of a proposed settlement of lawsuits, according to U.K. media reports.
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