In the late 1970s, music was loud, shared, and rooted in place — until Sony’s Walkman turned it into something personal and ...

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OVER FIFTY years ago, the existence of government records on magnetic tape brought down a president. In 1971 the Secret Service installed Sony open-reel tape recorders throughout the White House ...

Forty-five years ago, Sony’s then-president Norio Ohga took up Ibuka’s call for a transportable listening device. He asked an engineer to turn the company’s Pressman tape recorder into a ...

News that Revox is relaunching its B77 Reel-to-Reel tape recorder as a new MK III model had us delving into the esoteric world of tape innovation, from one-off creations to quirky instruments. The ...

The last time Sony was worth this much on the stock market, Bill Clinton was president and the PlayStation 2 was about to debut on American store shelves.

The 1990s was a time for zany technology products ranging from the useful to the bizarre, but they were undeniably of that era.

TOKYO - Opera singer Norio Ohga complained about the quality of Sony tape recorders before he was hired by the company, developed the compact disc and championed its superior sound.

Amidst figurative and literal ashes of World War II's aftermath, it produced Japan's first tape recorder and grew by leaps and bounds. Today, you can find Sony's roots lodged in virtually every ...

Sony has been a consumer technology innovator for decades, and, its had some massive hits and more than a few flops. Here are a few formats that didn't make it.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. IFA has seen the debut of various new technologies and audio/visual products, such as tape ...

Ohga, a trained opera singer who had been offered a job at Sony after writing a scathing letter to the company about the quality of its tape recorders, was president of Sony from 1982 to 1989, and ...