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  • Japan sinks Singapore at Sudirman Cup

    Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday. Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta Danny Bawa and Terry Zhao 21-7, 21-18. World No.24 Gu Juan of Singapore was beaten by No.10 Minatsu Mitani at 21-10, 21-19 in women's singles while in men's singles, Derek Wong ...

  • Sony Entertainment Network Offering Music Unlimited Service In Brazil

    Sony Network Entertainment International announced that Music Unlimited, the company's cloud-based digital music subscription service, is now live in Brazil. According to a release, the Music Unlimited service offers on- demand access to a global catalog of over 20 million licensed tracks from all major and many leading independent labels across an array of devices including PlayStation3 ...

  • Sony PlayStation 4 Developers Explore What Next Gen Gaming Will Deliver

    With the world awaiting the Xbox Reveal at Microsoft's Bellevue headquarters on May 21, gamers are anticipating a fall launch for the two consoles that will define next generation gaming - Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft next Xbox, currently codenamed Durango. A couple of the top game developers for Sony's PS4 offer their thoughts on what gamers can expect from next gen ...

  • Goldman Sachs to invest in Japans green energy sector

    TOKYO--U.S. investment banking giant Goldman Sachs said Monday it will start investing in Japanese renewable energy projects, with a reported US$2.9 billion outlay over the next five ...

  • Bulls Stampede Into Japan ETFs

    In recent sessions, DXJ (WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity) continues to impress, reeling in more than $1.3 billion and nearing the $10 billion mark now in terms of net AUM ($9.8 billion). EWJ (iShares MSCI Japan) also pulled in nearly $600 million last week, as the hunger for exposure to Japanese equities continues unabated. There is certainly no shortage of coverage of the stampeding bull market ...

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Solaris (2002) [DVD]

Solaris (2002) [DVD]

Steven Soderbergh's film of Polish novelist Stanislaw Lem's Solaris was advertised as a romance during its theatrical release, which is not entirely inaccurate, depending on what your definition is of a romantic movie. Solaris is a love story, but it's not exactly a date movie, unless your date is a graduate student in philosophy. Rather, it is a difficult and enigmatic exploration ... ...

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  • Sony offers firstglimpse of PlayStation 4 in teaser video

    Sony released the first images of the PlayStation 4 today in a short teaser video. Sony has promised that it is going to give PlayStation fans a full picture of its upcoming next-generation gaming console, the PlayStation 4, at the company's E3 press briefing June 10. But not wanting to miss out on any of ...

  • Ex-EA CEO John Riccitiello Warns Sony And Microsoft Not To Forget Gamers

    jockey for attention in the upcoming console war, it's easy to see this is a two-horse race. There is a console market, there are two major players releasing next-gen consoles, and one of them will win. There is one point of view that wonders whether both consoles might fail, because the era of dedicated gaming systems is coming to a close. That point of view of talks about the quickly ...

  • Japan Govt. Says Economy Picking up Moderately

    (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Japan's government has upgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy for first time in two months, citing accelerating exports and the weakened yen. The Japanese Cabinet Office said in its monthly economic report for May that Japan's economy is picking up slowly. Last month, it said the economy was showing signs of recovery but still had some weak spots, ...

  • Sony Releases PS4 Teaser Trailer As It Battles Microsoft For Gamers Attention

    has released a blurry teaser trailer for its Playstation 4 just one day ahead of its rival's big Xbox reveal. There are a lot of closeups and difficult-to-decipher geometry, but the intent here is clear -- Sony is going to show us what the PS4 actually looks like. The company got some flack for holding its big reveal in February without actually revealing the console, and now it's ...

  • Ian Reifowitz Hello Republicans Japan Switches to Stimulus Gets Growth Europe Sticks With Austerity Stays in Recession

    right now in Japan and in Europe. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has embarked on aggressive measures to stimulate Japan's long-moribund economy since he took office in December, and the result so far has been strong growth -- and, perhaps, liftoff after a triple-dip recession. Europe, on the other hand, remains mired in the muck of austerity and economic contraction. To briefly recap ...

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