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Instead Of Fixing A Man’s Laptop, Sony Sends Him 7 Broken Computers For Him To Fix

3:20AM September 22, 2011 | Casey Chan

Joe Litwin was waiting for a box to ship his broken Sony Vaio laptop in for repairs. Normal enough, right? One thing: the box never came. Instead, other Sony customers looking for repairs began shipping their broken computers to Litwin’s home. What the? More »


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Sony’s Vaio Z Torn Apart By A Wild Pack Of Sony Engineers

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10:00AM August 24, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Usually product teardown videos are done by third parties interested in the engineering that goes into new gadgets. Now Sony’s getting into the game, tearing apart own of its own shiny new Vaio Z laptops. At four grand a pop, I’m glad it’s them and not me. More »


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Sony Vaio Z Review: So Fast, So Light

10:10AM August 23, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Vaio Z is’s Sony sculpted little reminder that companies besides Apple can make exciting laptops too. More »


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Sony Recalls Over 500,000 Vaio Laptops

11:02PM June 30, 2010 | Brian Barrett

It’s a rough day to be a major laptop manufacturer. First comes news that Dell knowingly sold busted products, and now Sony is recalling 535,000 Vaio laptops that could get hot enough to burn your skin. More »


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Sony All-In-One PC Gets A Touchscreen, A Touch Cheaper

10:54PM June 8, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Sony’s joined the all-in-one touchscreen party, with a shiny Vaio J entrant that you can trick out pretty impressively: 21.5-inch 1920×1080 display, up to a Core i7 CPU and 8GB of RAM. But is it as affordable as they say? More »


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Sony Vaio P Is A Worthy Upgrade With Accelerometer, Touchpads, GPS

4:41PM May 10, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Well, well, well. If it isn’t another attempt by Sony at that ill-conceived “not a netbook, it’s an ultraportable!” market. After rumours, they’ve done good: inbuilt GPS, inbuilt 3G and an accelerometer. Plus, strange optical touchpads either side of the LCD. More »


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Sony Promises A New “Ultra Mobile” VAIO

9:40PM April 28, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

After the VAIO P and VAIO W, it seems Sony isn’t quite done in the “ultra mobile” scene. Sony Japan’s got a teaser page on its site, complete with a worrying paperclip. Will it be pre-loaded with Microsoft Word? More »


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PS3 Remote Play Soon To Be On Sony VAIO Laptops

10:11PM April 26, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

PS3 firmware updates have been in the headlines recently thanks to the OtherOS uninstall, but there was also that attractive 3D gaming business too. It’s not all bad at Sony – unless you don’t own a VAIO laptop, anyway. More »


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Sony Vaio E-Series Adds 14- And 17-Inch Blu-ray Sporting Models

9:31PM March 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

A couple of extra sizes of the E-series Vaio range first announced in February have been shown off today: a more portable 14-incher and desktop-hog 17-incher. Both have Blu-ray drives, and the 17-inch model has a Core i5 chip. More »


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Sony Launches Vaio E Series Today: Core i5 Notebooks

1:50AM February 3, 2010 | Brian Barrett

There may be only one build of the Sony Vaio E notebook you can buy today, but your colouring options are equal parts expansive and aggressive. Even beyond the plumage, though, you’re looking at a nice little set-up. More »