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Windows 8 update: all the latest rumours, opinions and possibilities

While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear.

By Tim Greene | 25 May, 2012 14:35

Tags: Windows 8, Windows, steve ballmer, software, sharp, operating systems, Microsoft, MIchael Dell

Sony brings streaming music service to the iPhone

Sony on Friday released an iPhone app to access its streaming Music Unlimited service, part of its efforts to expand its online platforms to devices from rival manufacturers.

By Jay Alabaster | 25 May, 2012 07:37

Tags: sony, Internet-based applications and services, internet, consumer electronics

GAO: US gov't IT reform slower than claimed

The efforts of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to streamline and improve the government's IT systems aren't proceeding as quickly as officials have suggested, a federal auditor said Thursday.

By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 18:42

Tags: Tom Carper, Barack Obama, Molly O'Neill, David Powner, Steven VanRoekel, Government use of IT, government, hardware systems, CGI, U.S. Government Accountability Office, U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. White House Office of Management and Budget

Sony pulls out of LCD JV with Sharp, gets US$126 million investment back

Sony said Thursday it will pull out of its over three-year LCD TV panel joint venture with Sharp, part of Sony's ongoing attempts to reform its foundering TV business.

By Jay Alabaster | 24 May, 2012 10:15

Tags: consumer electronics, Components, business issues, sharp, sony

Lenovo's tablet shipments grow in China with low-priced products

PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC.

By Michael Kan | 24 May, 2012 06:10

Tags: Android tablets, iPad, tablets, hardware systems, Apple, Lenovo

Revisiting RDP, discovering ReactOS, and finding Mindjet

A second look at Microsoft's RDP client, considers a replacement for Windows XP, and delves into "Mind Mapping"

By Mark Gibbs | 23 May, 2012 20:25

Tags: windows xp, software, pc, mind mapping, Microsoft's RDP client, Microsoft, hardware systems, Data Center

Windows 8 puts end to endless reboots

Microsoft yesterday promised that a feature it's added to Windows 8 will put a stop to endless reboots.

By Gregg Keizer | 23 May, 2012 18:48

Tags: Windows, software, PCs, operating systems, Microsoft, hardware systems, desktop pcs

SAP puts its HANA in-memory database in the spotlight

Due to incorrect information provided by the vendor, the story "SAP puts its HANA in-memory database in the spotlight," posted to the wire on May 16, contained an improper characterization of the hardware used in a database cluster set up by SAP.

By Chris Kanaracus | 22 May, 2012 14:54

Tags: databases, applications, software, hardware systems, sap

ZeroTouch turns 55-inch TV into touchscreen, gets ready for market

ZeroTouch, the inexpensive technology that turns regular displays into touchscreens, can be fitted to larger screens, is more responsive and is almost ready for commercialization, according to researchers working on it.

By Nick Barber | 09 May, 2012 06:56

Tags: Input-Output, displays, Components

Exploited display bug lets LCDs show two images simultaneously

Researchers have turned a display annoyance into a way to show two different images simultaneously. When an LCD is tilted, colors change and become difficult to see, but with Dual View from Microsoft Research Asia different images and video can be shown.

By Nick Barber | 09 May, 2012 03:41

Tags: Microsoft Research Asia, displays, Components

Sharp to sell moody robotic vacuum with video streaming, remote control by phone

Sharp's new robot vacuum isn't always happy to do your housework.

By Jay Alabaster | 08 May, 2012 23:16

Tags: sharp, robotics, popular science, consumer electronics

Sharp to sell 80-inch LCD TV, Japan's largest retail set, for US$12,000

Sharp said Wednesday it will sell an 80-inch LCD TV in Japan, the largest such set available through retail in the country.

By Jay Alabaster | 19 April, 2012 02:45

Tags: consumer electronics, sharp, TVs

Japan's Sharp begins mass production of IGZO displays amid rumors of Apple use

Sharp said Friday it has begun mass production of displays using IGZO (indium, gallium, zinc) technology, which analysts have said is a prime candidate for use in upcoming Apple products including its rumored smart TV.

By Jay Alabaster | 13 April, 2012 21:33

Tags: Components, consumer electronics, displays, sharp

Foxconn parent invests US$806 million in Japan Sharp, buys LCD plant share

Hon Hai Precision Industry, the parent company of Foxconn Electronics and one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers, will acquire a stake of almost 10 percent in Japanese consumer electronics maker Sharp, and almost half of its LCD panel subsidiary Sharp Display Products, in a deal announced Tuesday.

By Jay Alabaster | 27 March, 2012 23:44

Tags: business issues, Components, consumer electronics, displays, Foxconn Electronics, Hon Hai Precision Industry, mergers and acquisitions, sharp

Panasonic rice cooker can exchange recipes with Android app via RFID

Panasonic will launch a new line of rice cookers from June that can save recipes and settings online, using touch-card technology to sync with an Android phone running a special app.

By Jay Alabaster | 23 March, 2012 22:43

Tags: consumer electronics, Panasonic

Consumer Reports: New iPad can hit 116 degrees; 'not especially uncomfortable'

Rumors that the new iPad runs at a higher temperature than the iPad 2 aren't just hot air after all.

By Brad Reed | 21 March, 2012 07:37

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Consumer Reports iPad, Consumer Reports new iPad, Data Center, hardware systems, iPad, iPad temperature, New iPad, new iPad temperature, pc, tablets

Taiwan's AU Optronics found guilty in LCD price fixing scheme

A U.S. federal jury on Tuesday convicted Taiwan's AU Optronics of taking part in a worldwide price fixing scheme on LCD panels that raked in at least US$500 million from U.S. companies and customers including Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

By Michael Kan | 14 March, 2012 17:01

Tags: AU Optronics, Components, Criminal, displays, legal

US states settle price-fixing claims with LCD makers

Seven Asian companies have come to a US$553 million settlement with several U.S. states in connection with charges of fixing prices of LCD (liquid crystal display) screens, thus pushing up the prices of computers, television sets and other electronics in which the panels were used.

By John Ribeiro | 29 December, 2011 18:35

Tags: AU Optronics, Chimei InnoLux, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Components, displays, Epson Imaging Devices, HannStar Display, Hitachi Dsiplays, legal, lg, Samsung Electronics, sharp, toshiba

Sharp executive: Not concerned about Apple iTV launch in the U.S.

A Sharp executive said Thursday he was not concerned with the introduction of a rumored "iTV" designed by Steve Jobs and other smart TVs in the U.S. market, and that his company is focused on selling large-screen sets with traditional features.

By Jay Alabaster | 09 December, 2011 05:49

Tags: consumer electronics, sharp, TVs

MIT touts optical computing breakthrough

MIT researchers have published research regarding a breakthrough that could speed the way to zippy new computers that rely on photonic chips that use light beams rather than electrons to work.

By Bob Brown | 24 November, 2011 03:24

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, optical computing, pc, quantum, Toyota

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