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Sony Corp named Vice President Kazuo Hirai as president and CEO, replacing Howard Stringer who will step down from day-to-day management in a long-expected change for a company struggling to regain its driving force in consumer electronics.

Unwrinkled pop newcomer Lana Del Rey has a lot in common with grizzled Newt Gingrich this week. They're the names on everyone's lips; we're all pleased to have them around, out of appreciation or sheer blood sport; and there's a general expectation that neither will be much more than a footnote in their respective races a month from now.

Kit Connell plays Nintendo DS to stay young.

South Korean retailer E-Land Group confirmed on Tuesday it is part of a consortium that is among short-listed bidders in the auction for bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, a move that could help it expand further in the sportswear business.

Microsoft has quashed the hopes of Xbox enthusiasts by announcing that the highly anticipated Xbox 720 will not be released in 2012, but not all fans are convinced as the Xbox rumor mill continues to turn.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata dismissed the idea that the age of the dedicated handheld games device was over and said he aimed to return the company to substantial profit in 2012/13, after it warned of its first ever operating loss this year.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata dismissed the idea that the age of the dedicated handheld games device was over and said he aimed to return the company to substantial profit in 2012/13, after it warned of its first ever operating loss this year.

Nintendo Co Ltd posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit and forecast a bigger-than-expected full-year loss, its first at an operating level, as it battles a strong yen and its games devices lose ground to gadgets such as Apple's iPhone.

Nintendo announced a tentative release date for their next-gen console, the Wii U on Thursday, and said that it will be here in time for the 2012 holiday season.

Nintendo Co Ltd posted a 61 percent drop in quarterly operating profit on Thursday and forecast a 45 billion yen ($580 million) operating loss for the full year to March 31, after poor sales forced it to slash the price of its 3DS handheld games device.

Angry Birds, the popular gaming service from game developer Rovio, is one of the most popular games on the planet. Rovio has plans to create animated tv shows among a variety of other merchandise to support the franchise. That has us wondering: Is Rovio the next Nintendo?

Microsoft's next-gen video game console, rumored to be called Xbox 720, will be ready to ship and be released by November 2013. The console will reportedly feature six times the processing power of its predecessor, the Xbox 360.

Lego, the construction toy manufacturer, will soon release block sets based on a Minecraft theme. Ideas for the Minecraft Lego set were pitched to Lego through Cuusoo, a section of the Lego website that allows people to pitch ideas for custom themes. After an idea reaches 10,000 votes, it is sent to a Lego jury where the company decides whether the product will be made.

Four key technology giants are to report earnings Thursday. Intel, IBM, Google and Microsoft results may provide keys to 2012 progress, while Apple comes next week.

A handful of technology leaders – IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Google and Apple – are all scheduled to report quarterly earnings over the next week. Here are five things to watch when the numbers come out because they may indicate prospects for 2012.

There's but one more day for the Consumer Electronics Show, but before CNET's traditional Best of CES list comes out, here's what busted out of the huge trade show on day two. Most of the press has gone to so-called smart televisions, super-thin notebook computers and mobile devices, but they represent only a fraction of tech coming out of Las Vegas.

Japanese technology major NEC showed off a clamshell-hinged Android-powered device called LT-W Cloud Communicator at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, but is it really such a great device to sing and dance about?

The combination of lightweight operating systems, low-power processors, and near-ubiquitous high speed broadband will empower the disruption of the living room paradigm in 2012, says an analyst.

Las Vegas -- There are many weird yet pricey offerings at the 2012 International CES, but none more so than in the robot section of the consumer electronics show.

Las Vegas -- Although it might not been much different from robots we've seen in the past, the dancing robot by the TP-LINK section stole the first day of the 2012 International CES.

Xbox 720 Arriving at E3 2012