On February 10th, Sony will begin selling a clear case for the Sony Walkman A-Series

Digital Audio Tape (DAT) is over in Japan. Sony has announced they're killing off the format. The last DAT product was released back in July of 1997 (I was 12), so I won't be shedding a tear.

The D-NE830 and D-NE730 are both CD Walkmans that can play ATRAC/MP3 files, but the D-EJ002 isn't. I'm still going to write about it.

Looks like I have a few more Sony products for you this evening. The first are the "MDR-Q37LW" earphones. They're the type that clip o­n the ear, and have a wind-up cord.

Finally, here are the "MZ-EH70" and "MZ-EH50" MD players from Sony.

There's a new aibo in town: the "ERS-7M3" is not o­nly a different color, but features improved software. Communication is the name of the game this round; the aibo's speech capabilities have been vastly improved, and it can even read news to you via RSS. Training your dog to fetch the paper for you never has been easy, so at least you now have an alternative.

The Sony product o­nslaught continues, and this time they're announcing a 40GB photo storage unit that features support for Memory Stick/Duo, CF, and Microdrive.

Sony has announced the successor to the DSC-M1, the DSC-M2. It's 5.1MP and has a load of movie-related features. More details inside.

Sony has announced a new hybrid recorder that can transfer H.264 files to the PSP using a USB cable. You'll need firmware version 2.0 to play the H.264 files on your actual PSP, but it's nice to see Sony finally making something happen from this "Memory Stick Standard" they've been talking about all this time. Details inside.

Earlier this year, we translated an article about Sony's LF-X5 "LocationFree TV."

What happens if you take the "TV" out of that? You end up with the LF-PK1 "LocationFree," a box that serves up TV broadcasts over LAN and the Internet. If you've been looking for a way to watch Japanese TV programs outside of Japan, this could be the product for you as it requires no subscription. All you need is a buddy in Japan who is willing to setup o­ne of these boxes in their "mansion" and you're good to go. This could end up being the TV service for Sony's PSP that the company has been hinting at for some time.

More details inside.