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1998 Press Releases

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1998 December

December 12, 1998
Jack Schmuckli Retires from Sony Europe
December 12, 1998
Sony Announces New Management Team at Sony Europe
December 10, 1998
Eight Consumer Electronics Companies to Establish HAViTM Licensing Program
December 10, 1998
Sony Announces Key Top Management Appointments

1998 November

November 30, 1998
Sony Develops i.LINK (IEEE1394) Link LSI Incorporating 5C Digital Content Protection Technology
November 12, 1998
Dr. Yoshiyuki Kaneda, Executive Deputy President and Representative Director of Sony Corporation, To Receive Singapore National Day Award
November 02, 1998
Candescent and Sony to Jointly Develop High-Voltage Field Emission Display (FED) Technology

1998 September

September 29, 1998
Sony Announces Media Converter
September 29, 1998
Sony Announces New Home-use Digital Color Printer
September 29, 1998
Sony Announces New Line of VAIO Desktop Computers
September 29, 1998
Sony Announces New Personal LCD Monitor PC Glasstron
September 24, 1998
Five Leading Electronics Manufacturers Announce Licensing of Digital Transmission Content Protection Method
September 03, 1998
Sony Announces New VAIO Notebook Computer

1998 July

July 30, 1998
Sony Announces "Memory Stick" Recordable IC Memory Card Products
July 30, 1998
Sony Announces High-Quality Interlaced/Progressive Format 3-CCD Digital Handycam Camcorder
July 15, 1998
U.S. Students Arrive in Japan to Participate in Sony Student Project Abroad

1998 June

June 17, 1998
Sony Chairman Norio Ohga Receives l'Ordine Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
June 10, 1998
Sony Develops OPEN-R Architecture for Entertainment Robots
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1998 May

May 14, 1998
Eight Consumer Electronics Companies Release HAVi Core Specification for Networking Digital AV Appliances
May 07, 1998
Sony Announces Executive-Level Changes in Management

1998 April

April 08, 1998
Microsoft and Sony to Collaborate in Creating the Convergence of Personal Computer, Digital Television and Consumer Audio-Visual Platforms

1998 March

March 31, 1998
Hitachi and Sony Reach Agreement on Licensing of SuperH RISC CPU Cores
March 30, 1998
Sony Establishes Corporate IS Solutions
March 18, 1998
Eight Electronics Giants Create Open Specifications for Networking Appliances

1998 February

February 23, 1998
Sony Founder Akio Morita and Sony President Nobuyuki Idei Receive l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur
February 17, 1998
Philips, Sony Announce Licensing Plans for DSD, Super Audio CD
February 13, 1998
Sony Develops 'Living Worlds' Software Prototype

1998 January

January 27, 1998
Sony Implements Changes in Top Management
January 23, 1998
Fujitsu and Sony to Cooperate in the Development and Manufacture of Next Generation System LSI Chips
January 06, 1998
Announcement of the loss of Masaru Ibuka
January 06, 1998
License Agreements for i.LINK(a.k.a.IEEE1394) Trademark Signed with 16 Companies in Japan, the US, and Europe