今日科技速递：索尼深陷危机

    * 活跃的Facebook用户可能已经留意到，在该网站的动态消息汇总（News Feed）更新中，有些内容涉及如下信息：你的好友们最近通过《华盛顿邮报》（The Washington Post）的社交阅读器（Social Reader）等Facebook应用阅读了以下这些新闻报道，或者他们通过Spotify等在线音乐网站收听了以下这些歌曲。但是，动态消息汇总这种“自动共享”形式到底是未来发展趋势呢，还是说Facebook这么干实际上是在糟蹋“共享”过程？资深IT人罗伯特•斯科博认为是前者，而CNET的莫利•伍德则赞同后者。（科技资讯网站Scobleizer 及CNET）

    * 最近，索尼（Sony）的股价创下24年来的最低记录，市值仅为霍华德•斯金格爵士出任公司首席执行官时的一半。因此，有些人不免认为，该公司目前已身陷危机之中。斯金格及其继任者平井一夫能够扭转乾坤吗？【《彭博商业周刊》（Bloomberg Businessweek）】

    * 惠普（HP）的股票只可能往上涨，原因何在？【美国有线电视新闻网财经频道（CNNMoney）】

    * As an active Facebook user, you may have noticed News Feed updates describing which news stories your friends recently read via apps like The Washington Post's Social Reader or songs they listened to from say, Spotify. But is this form of "automatic sharing" simply the next logical step, or is the social network actually ruining the "sharing" process? Tech influencer Robert Scoble believes the former; CNET's Molly Wood argues the latter. (Scobleizer and CNET)

    * With a share price that recently hit a 24-year-low and market cap just half of what it was when Sir Howard Stringer stepped into the CEO role, Sony (SNE) is arguably a company in crisis. Can Stringer and heir apparent Kazuo Hirai turn things around? (Bloomberg Businessweek)

    * Why HP's (HPQ) stock may have nowhere to go but up. (CNNMoney)

    * 风靡一时的电视系列剧《发展受阻》（Arrested Development）停机5年后，Netflix公司开始制作其续集。预计，该剧续集将于2013年推出。【华尔街日报（The Wall Street Journal）】

    * 尽管总体而言，电子书的使用呈上升之势，但许多家长仍然坚持让孩子们按照传统方式读书。（这大概是面向8岁以下儿童的电子书销售不见明显增长的原因所在吧。）【《纽约时报》（The New York Times）】

    * 一名IT写手使用Spotify125天之后，居然改变了听音乐的习惯。缘何如此？【科技新闻网站SplatF】

    * 迄今为止，Windows Phone 7 Marketplace已有4万多个应用。相形之下，苹果（Apple）应用商店（App Store）中已有50万个应用，而谷歌（Google）的安卓市场（Android Market）也已有30万个应用。（科技资讯网站VentureBeat）

    * iPhone 4S中内置的800万像素的相机能否取代专用傻瓜相机？克里斯•福尔斯曼在IT新闻网站Ars Technica上撰文，对两者进行了深入的横向比较。（IT新闻网站Ars Technica）

    译者：大海

    * Netflix (NFLX) is resurrecting the cult favorite TV show Arrested Development five years after it was canceled. Expect the new episodes to stream some time during 2013. (The Wall Street Journal)

    * While general e-book adoption may be on the rise, many parents insist their children still read books the old-fashioned way. (That may explain why e-book sales for kids under 8 haven't grown much.) (The New York Times)

    * How 125 days with Spotify changed one tech writer's music habits. (SplatF)

    * The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace now has 40,000-plus apps. Compare that to the 500,000 in Apple's App Store and 300,000 in the Google Android Market. (VentureBeat)

    * Can the iPhone 4S's 8-megapixel camera replace a dedicated point-and-shoot camera? Chris Foresman over at Ars Technica does an in-depth side-by-side comparison. (ArsTechnica)