Last month, Sony announced its intentions to unleash two “smart outlets” on the world that would use NFC and RFID to authenticate users and monitor electricity consumption on a micro level.

Electronics giant Sony will reopen its Fashion Valley retail store on May 17 after a month-long shutdown for a facelift.Moreover, the company plans to open a smaller, boutique retail outlet in San ...

Sony has developed a power outlet that can identify devices plugged into it, ... Sony's Authenticated Power Outlet can identify users via a smartcard (Photo: DigInfo.TV) 3 / 4.

Best Buy Co. Inc. said Thursday that it plans a massive expansion of its "store-within-a-store" concept, with Sony opening stores in 350 Best Buy locations and Samsung adding 500 new stores to its ...