electronics

Photos: Ceatec's consumer electronics

News This is a wall TV/family organiser from Sharp Electronics. Electronics is showing off a folding display of organic light emitting diodes. Panasonic has shown off similar wall TV concepts, so this shouldn't be too far away from being seen in living...

4 October 2007, 9:32

Sony posts loss, but flogs more electronics

News Still, the bright point of the company's quarterly report was its electronics business. Weighed down by its financial unit, Sony posted a $45m loss for its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday. Analysts were expecting an average estimated profit of...

Tags: sales, cent, quarter, point

15 May 2008, 8:58

Sony: 1 million PS3s shipped in 2006

News Sony held a press briefing at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show to show off some of its upcoming products. But just as the PlayStation division represents only one of many businesses the company runs, so too was the game segment of the...

10 January 2007, 10:06

German police raid Hyundai IT at IFA

News The Hyundai IT booth at the IFA electronics fair in Berlin got some unwanted visitors on Saturday: German customs police. IFA, which began Friday and runs through Wednesday, is among the largest consumer electronics shows in the world.

Tags: tvs, visitors, electronics, companies

1 September 2008, 10:23

AMD releases chip for gadgets

News The consumer electronics market, however, differs substantially. Now, it wants to go downscale into the consumer electronics market with a new line of Geode chips for gadgets. The company came up with the idea of going into electronics while...

23 May 2005, 8:35

Pioneer unveils revamped plasma tech

News At a press event in New York on Wednesday morning, the electronics company unveiled its new line of high-definition plasma televisions, a selection of new home-cinema equipment, and a new technology and business strategy that it calls 'Project...

10 May 2007, 10:44

Intel's chips taking on new roles

News Intel has new chips in the works that it hopes will power the next generation of consumer electronics devices and telecommunications servers. The consumer electronics chips will be aimed at devices like set-top boxes and televisions.

17 April 2007, 9:32

Photos: iPhone wannabes

News Fashion designer Prada and LG Electronics announced on Thursday what they call the world's first completely touchscreen mobile phone to come to market. Credit: LG Electronics Synaptics showed off its Onyx concept phone -- which also features a...

Tags: apple, consumer, electronics, lg

19 January 2007, 9:53

Macworld and CES to clash in 2007

News Macworld Expo and the Consumer Electronics Show will collide next year, with the dates for the two major tech events virtually overlapping for the conventions' entire durations. CES posted a larger drop of approximately 18 per cent from the...

16 January 2006, 9:14

Photos: A winner's preview of CES

News At an event in New York on Tuesday night, the Consumer Electronics Association announced its innovation and design award winners for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show to be held in Las Vegas in January 2008.

Tags: speech, hands, bluetooth, electronics

15 November 2007, 9:29

Digital living room still a dream, say tech execs

News Too few consumers are buying into the notion that a "digital home" can improve their lives and the electronics industry has only itself to blame, say executives from electronics firms who spoke at the Digital Living Room conference on Monday.

6 December 2005, 9:40

Ricoh could be peacemaker in hi-def war

News Ricoh, the Japanese electronics giant, has come up with a component that will let manufacturers build drives that read and record both HD DVD discs and Blu-ray discs, potentially bringing some peace to the disc wars.

11 July 2006, 10:22

Oil costs to boost Christmas online sales

News Consumer electronics groups in the US expect the Christmas season to finish off a strong, if not blockbuster, year for the industry. Still, consumer electronics -- from high-end televisions to cheap DVD players -- are likely to top the lists of...

28 November 2005, 9:02

MP3 players top Christmas wish lists

News MP3 players will be the Christmas gift of choice for the second consecutive year, the US Consumer Electronics Association predicted on Monday at its annual industry confab in San Francisco. A portable music player is the consumer electronics item...

17 October 2006, 9:32

Texas company demos carbon nanotube TV

News Texas-based Applied Nanotech, in conjunction with six Japanese electronics firms, has created a prototype of a 25-inch TV that is brighter and crisper than the ones available today, thanks to carbon nanotubes.

8 September 2005, 9:21