"...Skype users can now utilize the Oregan platform to view message alerts and caller ID functionality straight through their TV screen ..."

"...Sony also said it aims to eventually sell 100 million units of PS3 in the year ending March 31, 2006 but Sony expects the margin to fall to 1.2% due to due mainly to heavy start-up costs..."

Shipments of PDP TVs climbed 97.6% on year to 58,000 sets, with those of LCD TVs jumping 43.3% to 418,000 units. Shipments of CRT TVs fell 44.4% to 133,000 sets.

Speaking at a Tokyo hotel packed with more than 7,000 shareholders, Stringer stood with Sony President Ryoji Chubachi, and assured stockholders Sony, founded in 1946, was 'on track' for a turnaround.

"...Gartner is forecasting that there will be a 5.8% shortage of NAND flash supply in the fourth quarter of 2006 "