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Sony is developing a new product line of handheld devices to counter Apple’s portable devices. The newspaper quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the products being developed include the ability to download and play PS games smartphone. Sony is working with partner Ericsson, the Swedish mobile phone development of this product.

Another Sony developed a portable device is a kind of confused the Internet book, e-book reader, PSP game of the difference between equipment. This multi-function device is said to be with Apple’s upcoming iPad compete.

Sony’s new smart phones and multifunction devices with Sony is expected to be launched in the United States this month, online media platform, used together. The media platform will be the same as Apple’s iTunes store offers movies, TV shows and music. These new products are said to be released this year.

Sony Ericsson will be released in April this year, its first smartphone Xperia X10. The phone uses Google’s Android operating system.

Apple has sold more than 4,000 million iPhone (mobile access) mobile phones. iPhone and iPad Touch is handheld game market and Sony’s PSP to compete. Apple’s iPad is expected to be in the e-book reader market and the Sony Reader and Amazon’s Kindle to compete.

We first caught sight of the Asus Eee Keyboard at CES, we were excited by the innovative new form factor. We knew it was a concept that was still months away, but we didn’t expect it to be the victim of repeated delays that put it on the verge of vaporware.

Fortunately for Asus, journalists have gone hands on with prototypes and prerelease versions. The real question is when these will finally hit consumers. According to Engadget, the Eee Keyboard has been delayed once again, now holding an April release window.

Word of the new April release date came from Asus chairman Jonney Shih during a post-press event Q&A session. While the chairman has previously promised dates that have come and gone, hopefully this one will be the one to finally stick.

IBM unions Alliance @ IBM said Tuesday, IBM laid off another 1,700 employees, most of which the United States government departments, staff, and this number may also continue to increase. Alliance @ IBM had disclosed yesterday, IBM has laid off nearly 500 employees, but since then the organization has received more separation documents.

Alliance @ IBM National Leader Lee Conrad (Lee Conrad), said, IBM job cuts this week’s upcoming activities and spread across multiple departments across the United States. He said: “We are moving from IBM, where employees received a report that said it is training a replacement overseas, he puts being laid off.” Conrad said last year, IBM has been cut in the United States and Canada of 10.4 million employees.

According to a source familiar with the matter said, IBM laid off this year’s expenditures are likely to remain in the past two years, within the same range. According to IBM with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) annual report show that last year IBM layoffs related activities with global spending 4.74 billion U.S. dollars in 2008 compared with 737 million U.S. dollars.

In the past four quarters, IBM’s sales have dropped by three quarters of all, this situation has prompted the company to part of the work carried out on overseas markets. The sources declined to be named, said most of the restructuring costs this year, IBM will come from Europe and Asia.

IBM spokesman Doug Shelton (Doug Shelton) said yesterday: “We are continuing to re-skilled and integrated corporate structure to meet the changing needs of customers.” He said today declined to comment further.

As of December 31 last year, until, IBM’s global workforce of 399,409 people, which means that the number of job cuts in its workforce, the proportion of less than 1%.