“There was an astronaut walking on the moon, and we were watching it on TV.” “I didn’t see it.” “Oh, you’re kidding me!” So goes the conversation between two men in The Flying Clouds, a promotional ...

Sony has placed the final nail in the Betamax coffin four decades after it launched the format. The electronics giant said it would no longer produce the cassettes in Japan, which is the last country ...

Father Time has claimed another victim as Sony recently revealed plans to cease production of Betamax cassette tapes next year. For most, the news here isn't that Sony is pulling the plug on Betamax ...

Sony announced this week that it will stop selling Betamax cassettes from March 2016. It was a format that appeared not to succeed as Sony had desired. Betamax was introduced by Sony on April 16, 1975 ...

In November 2015, Sony finally announced that it would stop selling Betamax video cassettes. By this time, its battle for dominance with the rival VHS format from rival JVC was already lost. The story ...

Sony announced it has created a cassette tape that smashes a previous record for data storage. The Japanese company says its new tape is capable of holding 185 terabytes, or 148 gigabits per square ...

Sony has announced that it will stop selling Betamax video cassettes in March 2016. The firm revealed on its website that it will also stop shipping the Micro MV cassette, used in video cameras. It ...

The growing popularity of digital downloads has sealed the fate of Sony’s iconic cassette Walkman, with the Japanese company announcing that it will cease production of the device. The cassette-based ...

It was the invention that defined a generation. Portable and cool, the Sony Walkman was a must-have for any self-respecting teen in the 1980s. But now Sony has announced that it will no longer be ...