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EU clears Nokia’s buy of digital map maker Navteq

Guardian: Nokia got clearance from the European Commission on Wednesday to buy U.S.-based digital map supplier Navteq and said it would close the deal by next week. The transaction would give Nokia — which is looking for new revenue sources as the mobile phone industry matures — a stronghold in the navigation business, one of the [...]

Panasonic announces availability of its first VIERA CAST Web-enabled plasma HDTV

HiddenWires: YouTube, Google’s Picasa Web Albums and Bloomberg Sites Accessible Directly On-Screen Panasonic announced that its much-anticipated web-enabled PZ850 series of VIERA Plasma HDTV’s will be available at retail beginning in mid-June. The flagship line’s wide range of cutting-edge features is highlighted by VIERA CAST which provides access to some of the most popular content sites on [...]

Latest sales figures show Blu-ray picking up speed

Techradar.com: When it comes to consumer electronics, Japan is generally an excellent weathervane for forecasting the picture in the West a few months ahead. With that in mind, the latest electronics sales figures suggest a balmy autumn lies ahead. Data from the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) show some staggering increases in sales [...]

Widescreen LCDs going widescreen by 2010

Engadget: The term “widescreen” is one of the most notoriously confusing monikers (this side of Full HD) used to describe a display’s specifications. Widescreen generally translates to a 16:10 aspect ratio when discussing computer LCDs (monitors or laptop displays) or 16:9 if your talking about the living room TV. Of course, it can also refer to [...]

LG Introduces “Frameless” Plasma TV

Electronic House: If you’re looking to really blend that TV into your decor, LG has a unit for you—or will at some point. The PG61 is a “frameless” plasma TV. That means it’s a single layer, resembling a big sheet of black glass. Maybe I am missing something, but the image looks like it has a [...]

Gear4’s tiny boombox turns tables into speakers

Electricpig: Cranking oodles of sound from a tiny speaker is no mean feat, but Gear4 has cracked it, not by using a massive sound box, but by turning any flat surface into a speaker. Dubbed the BlackBox micro, this USB-powered speaker cube is Gear4’s smallest to date, using an SFX gel base to turn any solid, [...]

Xbox 360 going 3D?

Hexus.gaming: Rumour has it that the next big Xbox 360 dashboard update will include a new 3D interface option that will utilise the rumoured motion-sensing controller. In addition to a huge list of other features and enhancements, including faster loading times and new payment methods, Kotaku claim that the new dashboard will will “recreate the increasingly [...]

Samsung SGH-D780 Gold Plated Edition is official Russian Olympic Team phone

IntoMobile: It’s a good marketing for handset makers to prepare the special edition phones for the Olympic Team of any country. When it comes to Russia, a golden phone is needed. And because the Olympics involve travelling to China this year, it’s neat to have a device with two SIM card slots so you could use [...]

Microsoft drives in-car voice systems

VNUNet.com: Microsoft has teamed up with embedded speech and text-to-voice provider Svox to develop speech technology for use in cars. A new generation of in-vehicle speech options will be designed to meet the automotive industry’s growing demand for complex, multi-lingual and high quality text-to-speech platforms, according to Microsoft. The companies argue that, working together, they will be [...]

Toshiba to combat Blu-ray with…DVD?

Hexus.lifestyle: Toshiba’s HD-DVD format may be dead and buried, but the wounded Japanese company is preparing to tackle Blu-ray via other means. Following its decision to discontinue HD-DVD, reports have suggested that Toshiba will be opting out of manufacturing Blu-ray players. Instead, it’s been reported to focus on improving DVD players with enhanced upscaling technology. These new-and-improved [...]

Sony company to mass-produce FED displays

Techradar.com: Less than a year after it launched the world’s first OLED television – the XEL-1 – Sony is looking to compete with an entirely different line of next-generation displays called FEDs. Sony affiliate Field Emission Technologies is set to begin mass-production of FED (field emission display) panels by the end of next year, according to [...]

Restore Your CD, DVD, Blu-Ray Media with CD-RE1AT from Sanwa

Akihabara News: Have you got CD’s, DVD’s or game discs that skip, or don’t even load? If you’re tired of your favorite media not working you need CD-RE1AT from Sanwa. It removes dust, fingerprints, and oily spots from disc surfaces, solves skipping, scrambling, and disc loading problems, and forms a protective layer on the disc to prevent [...]

Sony “tactile pixels” patent hints at touchscreen innovations

EETimes.com: Sony is exploring the development of a potential game-oriented touchscreen device that may also be a communicator, according to a couple of just filed U.S. patent applications. One application shows a handheld touch device that would allow both direct and gesture-based input and which would also provide force feedback across the entire display through a [...]

Sony Ericsson goes nostalgic for SE T610 with new Sony Ericsson Remi

IntoMobile: We love classic handsets as much as anyone else, but it seems that Sony Ericsson is going the nostalgic route with their unannounced Sony Ericsson Remi. It’s still a rumor at this point, but the handset bearing the codename “Remi” is apparently Sony Ericsson’s remake on the tried-and true favorite, the Sony Ericsson T610. The Sony [...]

T-Mobile adds Netherlands iPhone 3G plans

Electronista: T-Mobile clarified its 3G iPhone offerings for the Netherlands, which were previously hinted at on the company’s website, offering unlimited data plans starting at €30. The plans start at a basic 150 minute/SMS plan, with the next at 300 and 500 minutes/SMS messages, and offer varying discounts on the actual device itself. From lowest tier to [...]

LG readying 8MP camera phone

Stuff.tv: It was bound to happen, word has reached us that LG is the first company to challenge the Sony Ericsson C905 in the 8MP camera phone stakes. According to a reliable source over at Unwired View, LG has already shot the ad for its new cell, dubbed the KC910. It will rock eight megapixels and [...]

New Panasonic projector runs on water

Crave: The Panasonic PT-DZ12000’s reported native curve screen support may be a cool feature, but what caught our attention was its water-cooling system. This takes the heat off the DLP three-chipper efficiently, while four built-in lamps deliver a whopping combined 12,000 lumens for installation in large venues. The latter also give this 1,920×1,200 light cannon enough headroom [...]

Google boosts mobile search with Tele Atlas agreement

InformationWeek: Google beefed up its position in the digital navigation world by signing a long-term agreement with Tele Atlas that gives the search engine company access to Tele Atlas maps and content in more than 200 countries. The deal could also eventually place Google and its Android Open Handset Alliance in stronger competition with Nokia and [...]

Sharp CD-SW340H & CD-MPX880H - mini hi-fis with maximum power

Tech Digest: Sharp has launched two new hi-fi systems designed to shatter glass and anger neighbours the world over. The Sharp CD-SW340H packs a Tyson-esque 520W punch which, like Iron Mike, will pretty much take your ears off. It has a five CD changer, which I’m not sure how relevant it is in this day and [...]

Philips mulls cutting hundreds of jobs in Europe

Reuters: Philips Electronics is considering cutting hundreds of consumer electronics jobs in France and the Netherlands due to weak markets and to improve competitiveness, it said on Tuesday. Philips has proposed to its French works council cutting 279 jobs at its French TV factory in Dreux as part of a reorganisation plan for its struggling European TV [...]

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