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HP signs up new LightScribe licencees

News The company plans to announce Tuesday that it has added 17 new licencees, including prominent drive makers Panasonic and Pioneer. Hewlett-Packard has signed up a number of key backers for its LightScribe technology, which uses a laser to etch...

24 May 2005, 8:42

Dell launches its first rugged laptop

News Dell has launched its first rugged laptop, taking on the likes of HP and Panasonic. Panasonic sells rugged laptops under its ToughBook brand, while HP simply sells the HP Rugged Notebook. The 'All-Terrain Grade' (ATG) Latitude laptop is intended...

18 January 2007, 10:00

HD TV makers battle customer confusion

News Most buyers and potential customers do not have a firm grasp on what exactly this whole hi-def thing is all about, according to Sony Electronics president Stan Glasgow and Panasonic North America chief technology officer Paul Liao.

Tags: high definition, shop, consumers, definition

17 August 2006, 9:58

Photos: Ceatec's consumer electronics

News National, the sister company of Panasonic in the Matsushita conglomerate. Panasonic has shown off similar wall TV concepts, so this shouldn't be too far away from being seen in living rooms. This is a wall TV/family organiser from Sharp Electronics.

4 October 2007, 9:32

News.blog: Phone for every mood

News The people at Panasonic and NTT DoCoMo have apparently done just that, and the result is a mobile phone that changes colour depending on your emotional state. If you crossed a mood ring with a mobile phone, what would you get?

Tags: mobile phone, colours, mood, colour

20 November 2006, 9:26

News.blog: Pioneer drops plasma production

News Matsushita, parent company of Panasonic, the Nikkei business daily reported. Panasonic is the biggest plasma TV vendor in the world, shipping nearly 40 per cent of all plasma displays, while Pioneer ranks fifth, shipping just over 6 per cent of...

Tags: pioneer, cent, plasma, panels

6 March 2008, 9:12

Photos: Top ten holiday gadgets

News Panasonic DMR-EX75 If you're happy to wait until you get home to catch up on two weeks of Deal or No Deal, this Panasonic hard-drive/DVD recorder could be just the job. Summer holidays are supposed to be about getting away from it all, but that...

26 July 2006, 10:55

Plasma TVs making a comeback

News Panasonic brand maker Matsushita also expects strong sales momentum in the US in 2008, following sluggish sales through the summer, on demand for high-definition TVs, its regional head said. In a market where bigger screens have higher price tags...

Tags: consumers, high definition, american, demand

10 January 2008, 10:24

Lego Mindstorms not child's play

News He and hundreds of others were on hand for the 'digital experience', a one-night extravaganza of companies like Hewlett-Packard, Sony and Panasonic hawking their devices and products at the Bellagio resort in conjunction with this week's Consumer...

6 January 2006, 9:59

Qantas says it's good to talk

News Australia's national carrier Qantas has announced it's signing up with local mobile operator Telstra, as well as AeroMobile and Panasonic Avionics Corporation. After Ryanair's launch earlier this week, in-flight mobility has now travelled Down Under.

1 September 2006, 9:08

News.blog: iPods get in-air connectivity

News The connectivity technology has been manufactured by Panasonic Avionics. United Airlines has been subject to some pretty bad press recently for being one of several American airlines to slap a $15 (£7.50) fee on checked bags, but here's a perk: the...

Tags: connectivity, flight, plane, planes

17 June 2008, 8:43

SLRs drive digital camera sales surge

News Samsung and Panasonic also debuted to the tune of 43,000 and 36,000 SLRs, respectively, giving the newcomers 405,000, or 8 per cent, of the 5.3 million total SLRs shipped. Digital camera shipments increased 15 per cent from 2005 to 2006, but the...

4 April 2007, 8:42

Greenpeace criticises wasteful IT industry

News Alhajj said many companies manufacturing desktops, laptops, mobile phones and PDAs -- including Lenovo, Panasonic, Samsung and RIM -- do not have a high level of recyclability in some products due to the use of BFRs in components, which in turn...

Tags: companies, components, technologies, products

6 March 2008, 9:18

Canon announces new high-end SLR

News The company also faces longtime SLR rivals Pentax, Olympus and Fujifilm, and newcomers Panasonic, Sony and Samsung. Canon has countered Nikon's competitive new SLR cameras, revamping its high-performance line with the EOS-1D Mark III, the company...

23 February 2007, 8:50

Intel unveils Atom chips

News MIDs, coming from companies such as Lenovo, Asus and Panasonic, will run Windows or Linux and are being promoted as the functional equivalent of a wireless-connected PC in pocket format. Intel launched its Atom range of processors at the Intel...

Tags: inch, intel, atom, fujitsu siemens

3 April 2008, 9:42