Sony CEO Howard Stringer has confirmed to Japanese newspaper Nikkei that the company will release a Honeycomb tablet this year. Sony’s CEO said the tablet will be available in the United States by the end of the summer. Stringer may have spoken prematurely because Sony followed up by saying the tablet will be released before the end of 2011. Regardless of whose time frame is more accurate, the Sony tablet is real.

3D TV is coming. At IFA in Germany, Sony’s Sir Howard Stringer will throw down the gauntlet and announce next year we’ll see 3D TVs from the company. Sony could use a big hit and bringing the hardware is an important step as content and distribution look to figured out. Sony is expected to make more »

Sir Howard Stringer is about to get a new title. He is already Sony’s CEO and will become Sony’s president when current president Ryoji Chubachi departs from the position on April 1st. Sony has had its share of trouble these days and Stringer thinks this move will help the overall nimbleness of the company. “We more »

Amidst the Circuit City bankruptcy and Microsoft layoffs, not to mention poor sales numbers for both the PS3 and PSP, Sony has found the need to reform. And with two warnings about falling profits coming less than three months apart it’s not a moment too soon.

Projecting a potential annual loss of $2.9 billion, their numbers are a far cry from the average $2.2 billion they usually record for annual profits. Sony CEO Howard Stringer blames a variety of things for the steep decline. Largely, the issues seem due to a falling Japanese Yen, department rivalries, and out-of-control costs, but the fact that Sony has yet to hit the software market certainly has some impact.

We’ll be live blogging Sony’s keynote by Howard Stringer very soon. Either way stick around to this page for live coverage of all the announcements (you can reload the page by hitting Ctrl+R or F5).