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Power boosts beyond battery advances

News In the face of slow progress in battery technology, PC makers are increasingly working on device components to extend battery life for laptop users.

Friday, September 12 2008 07:58 PM

Tags: Components, Battery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Notebook, phone, performance, energy efficiency, Dell Computer Corp., Components, Sony Corp.

Sony: Our innovation is back

News Drive to be more contemporary is helping company shed its image as one "ridiculed for its software development", says its chairman and CEO Howard Stringer.

Tuesday, September 09 2008 08:08 PM

Tags: Innovation, Personal applications, Software engineering/development, Consumer Technology, Development/design, Personal Computers, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Innovation

Notebooks running on gas?

News Companies explore new designs and concepts. Welcome to the notebook of the future.

Tuesday, August 20 2002 09:58 AM

Toshiba buying out Panasonic's share of joint LCD venture

News Toshiba already held 60 percent, and will pay to take on Panasonic's 40 percent in order to more quickly restructure the company's liquid crystal display business.

Thursday, April 02 2009 08:50 AM

Tags: Monitors and displays, Business structures, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Mobile, Mobile Device, Panasonic, light-emitting diode, LCD panel, Wall Street Journal, LCD

Sony gets a TV repairman

News Hiroshi Yoshioka, Sony's head of consumer products and devices, hopes to close gap with competitors in TV market by revamping supply chain, cost cutting and adding features to its products.

Monday, November 30 2009 11:38 AM

Tags: Best strategies, Cost control, Hiroshi Yoshioka, TV, Amazon.com Inc., DisplaySearch, 3D, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., analyst, LG Electronics Inc.

Sniffing keystrokes via laser and keyboard power

News Researchers prove they can spy on a computer by using laser beams and by sniffing the electrical socket, bringing the James Bond world of espionage to everyday geeks.

Friday, March 20 2009 10:05 AM

Tags: PC security, Security, Attack, Wireless, computer, laser, Hardware, keyboard, Laptop Computer, researcher

Microsoft confirms Zune HD coming this fall

News New device will feature an HD Radio tuner and OLED screen, but will it be enough to take on the iPod Touch? Also, Microsoft is rebranding Xbox video service with Zune name.

Wednesday, May 27 2009 08:52 AM

Tags: Game players, Video, Music devices, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Touch Screen, Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod, hard drive, Microsoft Xbox, radio

Asia winning race to patent ideas in US?

News The world’s most innovative companies go to great lengths to guard their trade secrets, but do companies with the most patents have the best ideas?

Tuesday, January 20 2009 10:42 AM

Tags: Innovation, Patents, Hewlett-Packard Co., Patent, Canon Inc., Infineon Technologies AG, Japanese company, Japan, IFI Patent Intelligence, Korea

Linux watch: Ahead of its time?

News Besides telling time, the IBM/Citizen Watch prototype comes with calendar-scheduling software, a pager-like application and a Bluetooth chip.

Friday, October 12 2001 03:09 AM

Toshiba works on next-generation LCDs

News Toshiba is applying its experience with liquid-crystal displays to create the next generation of screen technology known as organic light-emitting diode displays.

Thursday, May 31 2001 02:16 PM

Sony brightens prospects of OLED

News The consumer-electronics giant will invest in and start mass production of organic light-emitting diode displays next year, planning the screens for use in its own mobile devices.

Friday, June 13 2003 08:29 AM