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    Selling HD In Turbulent Times  Nov 21, 2009
    We have one with Panasonic for a P2 recorder. Over the last [few] years, we've also made available various space stations, camera control units, etc. (Multichannel News)

    Reportlinker Adds The Cable Set Top Box Market: After a Record Year in 2008, Slightly Lower Demand in 2009  Nov 21, 2009
    "market" : {"NAME" : "U.S.", "ID" : "us_market", "TZ" : "ET", "TZOFFSET" : "-18000", "open" : "", "close" : "", "flags" : {}} , "STREAMER_SERVER" : "http://streamerapi.finance.yahoo.com","arrowAsChangeSign" : false,"throttleInterval": "1000". Search for share prices. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    California Energy Commission Rule to Impact HDTV Industry  Nov 20, 2009
    Many in the industry--including the Consumer Electronics Association, the electronics company Panasonic, and the retail chain Best Buy--felt that the measures taken independently by the TV manufacturers, and by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy's , were sufficient to guide manufacturers on the path towards environmental awareness and compliance ... Not surprisingly, Panasonic--the major manufacturer of plasma televisions--was recently touting how much more energy... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Intel, Google take seats on smart grid board  Nov 20, 2009
    Google, Honeywell, Intel and Panasonic are among the companies elected to a seat on the board of a broad new group chartered to help manage the evolution of smart electric grids. The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) will provide technical guidance on smart grid standards and specify testing and certification requirements for grid interoperability. (EETimes)

    Building the Smart Home Wirelessly  Nov 20, 2009
    The team points out that more than 70 manufacturers, including Echelon, IBM, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel, Panasonic, Philips, Sony, and Toshiba have joined OSGi, which means that the standard could be widely adopted and implemented by technologists. The NCKU team has built on this open network system using RFID so that devices and individuals can be connected to video devices in the smart home for entertainment or security purposes. (Science Daily)

    Murata to Delay Plan to Sell Lithium Batteries by a Year Amid Competition  Nov 20, 2009
    will postpone its plan to start selling lithium-ion batteries by at least a year as it plots a strategy to compete in a market that includes Japanese rivals Panasonic Corp. and GS Yuasa Corp. ... Panasonic plans to start operating a 100 billion yen lithium-ion battery factory near its Osaka headquarters, while GS Yuasa, also based in western Japan, announced this week it will build a factory on a 56,000 square-meter (14 acre) site in Shiga prefecture next October to produce the cells. (Bloomberg -- Asia)

    Panasonic to Deliver Full Lineup of HD Equipment to Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games  Nov 20, 2009
    Initiative Is Panasonic's Largest-Ever Equipment Supply for the Winter Olympic Games Making Vancouver the First HD Winter Olympic Games ... Source: Panasonic Corporation ... TOKYO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic Corporation, the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, announced it is providing a full lineup of High-Definition (HD) equipment to support the broadcast of the Olympic Games; delivering the largest... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Panasonic to Launch Marketing Campaign for Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games  Nov 20, 2009
    Tokyo, Nov 20, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic Corporation, the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, announced it will bring its Full HD 3D Plasma Home Theater System* to the City of Vancouver's live site to the utmost excitement of spectacular images with the residents and visitors from all over the world ... Panasonic will set up a 700 m2 corporate pavilion called "Panasonic FULL HD 3D THEATER" at the David... (JCN Network, Japan)

    Panasonic One-Inch Thin Plasma and LUMIX Digital Camera Win Popular Science Magazine's 'The Best of What's New'  Nov 19, 2009
    Panasonic One-Inch Thin Plasma and LUMIX Digital Camera Win Popular Science Magazine's 'The Best of What's New. Annual Popular Science Award Names Panasonic TC-P54Z1 Plasma and LUMIX GF1 Digital Camera the 2009 "Gadget" Winners ... SECAUCUS, N.J., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Popular Science Magazine has named two Panasonic products, the TC-P54Z1 Ultra-thin VIERA Plasma and the LUMIX GF1 digital camera, the magazine's 2009 "The Best of What's New" winners in the Home Entertainment and... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Holiday Shopping Guide: Digital Camera 101  Nov 15, 2009
    In general, you ll do well to stick with a major brand, such as Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, and Sony. You may be able to find a good bargain elsewhere, if you re willing to research the other choices. (Fox News)

    5 Who Killed Black Friday?  Nov 14, 2009
    The deal today is a 42" plasma TV from Panasonic for $529. You can subscribe to the deal of the day via RSS. Newegg.com offers its daily , a wildly low price on some piece of consumer electronics or computer gear. It even offers to , and tells you what time of day next deal will hit. The Wall Street Journal today that "Black Friday has gone from a one-day event to a month-long parade of promotions this year, as retailers are making a dash for early holiday cash. " Instead of being the deal-day... (Datamation)

    Could this be the season for Web TV?  Nov 13, 2009
    Big TV manufacturers including , Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Vizio say that they're poised to revolutionize television this Christmas shopping season: They're about to launch the first major marketing push for a new generation of sets that can easily integrate Web content with traditional TV news and entertainment without the fuss of connecting the TV to a set-top box. "When we all open up the newspapers on Jan. 1, and they talk about the hot items from the holiday selling season,... (USA Today)

    How Much Did Avatar Cost?  Nov 10, 2009
    Fox is also reportedly catching a break on the marketing side through deals with companies such as IMAX and Panasonic. And then there's also the chipmunk factor -- specifically ,, which opens a week after Avatar for the studio and is considered a "relatively safe sequel to a chipper family comedy that cost about $60 million and took in $217 million at the domestic box office when it was released two years ago.". (IGN FilmForce)

    Holiday Gift Guide: TVs  Nov 10, 2009
    Excellent plasma performance for a price that's not sky-high distinguishes this popular Panasonic. And when you get bored of what's on TV, you can always fire up YouTube. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)

    Liao: A Fresh Eye To Speed Innovation  Nov 9, 2009
    In an e-mail, Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts the current chairman of CableLabs noted that Liao joined the group with consumer-electronics experience from his days at Panasonic, where he headed up the company's research and technology efforts in North America, as well as during his tenure at Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) and Bell Labs. As our services become more integrated and connect to more devices, the unique perspective Paul brings from his CE [consumer-electronics]... (Multichannel News)

    Next Up: Ultra High-Def  Nov 8, 2009
    While TV manufacturers including Panasonic already offer gigantic sets that could theoretically support Ultra HD, no commercial video is available at such resolutions today. Abraham expects Ultra HD, also represented as UHD, to be five to 10 years away from being commercialized. (Multichannel News)

    A Glimpse Of The Future: Robots Aid Japan's Elderly Residents  Nov 7, 2009
    Among the products in development in Japan: A robotic bed from Panasonic that transforms into a joystick-controlled wheelchair on the user's spoken command. There's also Riba, a robot nurse disguised as a giant teddy bear, which can lift patients weighing up to 134 pounds. (W-USA News, DC)

    Japanese technology: Invisible but indispensable  Nov 6, 2009
    Whereas big Japanese electronics companies such as Panasonic, Sharp and Sony have been losing market share to rivals from China, South Korea and Taiwan, these smaller, less well known Japanese firms continue to dominate niches upon which the global technology industry depends. The Japanese even have a term for them: chuken kigyo (strong, medium-sized firms). (The Economist)

    Panasonic begins Sanyo takeover  Nov 5, 2009
    Panasonic is less dependent on exports to the US than Sanyo. Japanese electronics group Panasonic says it has begun the process to take over a majority stake in smaller rival Sanyo for 402bn yen ($4 ... Panasonic, the world's biggest plasma TV maker, has made an offer to buy more than half of Sanyo's shares. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    Sanyo receives tender offer from Panasonic  Nov 5, 2009
    TOKYO, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Electronics maker Panasonic on Thursday launched a tender offer to acquire more than 50 percent in rival Sanyo, aiming to make the company a subsidiary in a deal worth 400 billion yen (4 ... Panasonic decided to make an offer for Sanyo last year, aiming to gain access to the electronic maker's green battery technology ... The offer is on the table until Dec. 7, but with Goldman Sachs, Daiwa Securities and the Sumitomo-Mitsui group all signaling they will agree to sell... (Xinhuanet, China)

    Ultra-compact cameras with wide angle, zoom  Nov 5, 2009
    Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15 ... The bottom line: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15 is well-appointed for the money with the mixed performance and photo quality typical of its class. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Best Buy, Sonic launch online video store  Nov 4, 2009
    The system will come on devices made by Panasonic Corp., Toshiba Corp., Sony Corp. and other manufacturers. The movies and TV shows customers buy or rent will be stored on central servers rather than on the devices themselves, allowing them to be viewed on any device. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

    Sony, Samsung Results Suggest Tech Turnaround  Nov 3, 2009
    The strong showing from other Asian technology groups such as Sharp, Acer and Panasonic provided further ammunition for bullish technology investors, rounding out the industry's upbeat quarterly earnings ... Panasonic, the maker of Viera flat TVs and Lumix digital cameras, raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 60 percent and posted a first profit in three quarters on robust sales of advanced DVD recorders and appliances. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Best Buy to launch movie download service  Nov 3, 2009
    Best Buy plans to load software for it on electronic devices from manufacturers that include Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba. Facing an industry decline in sales of physical media such as DVDs and CDs, Best Buy has been making an aggressive push into digital delivery. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Christmas could be the reboot of tech  Nov 2, 2009
    Hopes that the global technology sector will outlive the pre-Christmas shopping season flared up as Samsung Electronics and Panasonic gave robust outlooks on improving demand and cost cuts ... Panasonic lifted its full-year operating profit forecast by 60 percent and posted a first profit in three quarters on robust sales. (Business Report, South Africa)

    Crowded movie theaters build momentum for 3-D at home  Oct 31, 2009
    Next year, major electronics manufacturers Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. plan to introduce 3-D-capable high-definition televisions for the mass market. You'll still need to wear special glasses, though. (Florida Today)

    Japanese Building Robot from 'Aliens' Movie  Oct 31, 2009
    Activelink is owned by Panasonic and financed by the consumer technology company's Spin-Up Fund. The fund is designed to support employee projects. (Fox News)

    Zimbabwe: 'SME Sector Can Be Profitable'  Oct 31, 2009
    Panasonic West managing director Mr Steve Tetluk told delegates to the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry annual convention held in South Africa last week that there were 'enormous' opportunities for SMEs in Zimbabwe, despite the many challenges the country was facing. He noted that while volumes had dropped significantly for its business, which distributes Panasonic equipment, in South Africa, its business in Zimbabwe had grown significantly, providing Panasonic West with additional... (allAfrica.com)

    Sony, Panasonic Project Narrower Losses After Cutting Jobs, Closing Plants  Oct 31, 2009
    Sony, Panasonic Narrow Loss Estimates After Job Cuts (Update1) - Bloomberg ... Sony, Panasonic Narrow Loss Estimates After Job Cuts (Update1) ... Sony today reduced its net loss for the year ending March 31 by 21 percent, while Panasonic narrowed its annual shortfall by 28 percent after posting its first profit in four quarters. (Bloomberg -- Japan)

    Slow mobile sales hit Sony profit  Oct 30, 2009
    Meanwhile Panasonic and Toshiba both reported quarterly profits. Operating profit at Panasonic, the world's largest plasma TV maker, was 49. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    Panasonic posts first quarterly profit in a year  Oct 30, 2009
    TOKYO -- Panasonic posted a quarterly profit for the first time in a year, buoyed by recovering demand for home electronics and appliances. Osaka-based Panasonic Corp. said Friday it booked a 6 ... Panasonic, like many other Japanese electronics makers, has been battered by the global economic slump and competition from rivals. (Fresno Bee -- Business)

    Moto Imagines a 'Universal' 3DTV Set-Top  Oct 30, 2009
    In addition, TV manufacturers are using different 3D rendering technologies ; at the show, for example, features demos by Panasonic, LG and Hyundai. In theory, a 3D-capable TV set could instruct the set-top which format or formats it supports using HDMI. Such a 3D-aware set-top could also produce a 2D version of the video, according to Kim. (Multichannel News)

    Finding a quality camera for under $300  Oct 30, 2009
    Before you know it, the holidays will be here. There'll be plenty of memories you'll want to capture. (USA Today -- Tech)

    IDATE's DigiWorld Summit 2009 - 31st Annual International Conference 18 & 19 November 2009 - Le Corum, Montpellier (France)  Oct 30, 2009
    Panasonic plus a special seminar). Open Telcos: How can operators forge themselves a path between the dumb pipe approach and a classic vertical integration strategy. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    4 reasons for 3-D TV, 7 more for why it's a long shot  Oct 29, 2009
    28) is any indication, the possibility of 3-D entertainment in the home is a foregone conclusion, at least if you believe Japanese consumer electronics giants such as Sony and Panasonic ... At the conference here, FPD International 2009, top executives promoting Blu-ray systems -- from Panasonic and Sony, respectively -- made clear that they are ready for a 2010 launch of full HD 3-D-equipped Blu-ray players and matching 3-D TV sets. (EETimes)

    Panasonic to Show Full HD 3D Home Theater, Expanded tru2way(R) Solutions at Cable-Tec Expo 2009  Oct 29, 2009
    DENVER, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic will demonstrate prototype Full HD 1080p 3D televisions and will exhibit an expanded range of tru2way solutions, including tru2way-based broadband cable set-top boxes and its tru2way-intergrated consumer VIERA HDTVs at this year's Cable-Tec Expo -- the cable industry's engineering show of the year -- beginning today through October 30 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver ... In addition to the Panasonic booth (#14053), the company's presence will... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Going Plasmonic In Search Of Faster Computing, Communications  Oct 27, 2009
    Zayats notes that interest in the team's work has been extensive within both academia and industry, evidenced by the success of a workshop in June in Amsterdam attended by representatives of several photonics and electronics firms, including NEC and Panasonic. "I think that we will start to see this technology make its way into commercial applications over the next five to ten years," Zayats says. (Science Daily)

    3-D TV in homes in 2010  Oct 25, 2009
    Panasonic and Sony recently held demonstrations of the TVs ... Sony and Panasonic say they will release home 3-D television systems in 2010; Mitsubishi and JVC are reported to be working on similar products ... "TV finally becomes real" in three dimensions, said Robert Perry, an executive vice president at Panasonic. (CNN -- Tech)

    3-D TVs Lag, But 3-D PCs Ready To Brag  Oct 24, 2009
    eIBD Investor's Business Daily Digital Edition. Access recent eIBD issues easily. (Investors Business Daily)

    Microsoft opens retail store in Scottsdale  Oct 23, 2009
    There are Panasonic televisions, Bang en headphones, Dell computers and LG telephones, among many others. All of the products, however, run on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, which was released concurrent with the store opening. (AZCentral -- Business)

    TOMY and Panasonic Collaborate in Road Testing CNG-Powered Long-Haul, Heavy-Duty Truck  Oct 22, 2009
    Osaka, Oct 22, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic Corporation and TOMY Company, Ltd. today announced the results of six-month on-road trials of a long-haul, heavy-duty truck which was fueled with compressed natural gas (CNG) ... In product transport, Panasonic and TOMY use the same routes in some areas ... In the round-trip trials, Panasonic shipped VIERA flat-panel televisions from its plant in Osaka to its distribution center in Urayasu City on the outskirts of Tokyo on the eastbound leg. (JCN Network, Japan)

    Panasonic Avionics Corporation To Provide Premier Broadband Connectivity Solution for Business Aviation  Oct 21, 2009
    Source: Panasonic Avionics Corporation ... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic Avionics Corporation, the world leader in state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment and communication (IFEC) systems, today announced the availability of its Global Communications Suite to business aircraft at the annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) conference in Orlando ... Panasonics Global Communications Suite offers enhanced connectivity and productivity for business flyers through a combination of the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Japan stocks rise on US tech earnings  Oct 20, 2009
    Panasonic Corp. rose 1. 2 percent to 1,298 yen, but Sony slipped 0. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)

    Comment: ARM, Xilinx and the future of programmable platforms  Oct 20, 2009
    The industry considered the uniprocessor-plus-FPGA-fabric nearly ten years ago, in the form of companies such as Elixent Ltd. (Bristol, England), spun out of Hewlett-Packard Labs and subsequently acquired by Panasonic. There are other examples, indeed Xilinx has been offering PowerPC plus FPGA fabric ICs, but in general the concept has not seen a lot of take up. (EETimes)

    Microtune Lays Off 10% Of Employees, Cuts Executive Pay  Oct 17, 2009
    The company's customers in the cable sector include Arris, Cisco Systems, Motorola, Pace, ADB, Panasonic and Samsung. As of Dec. 31, 2008, Microtune had 220 employees. (Multichannel News)

    Panasonic's Solar Power Status Symbols Turn Japan's Rich Green With Envy  Oct 15, 2009
    Panasonics Solar Power Status Symbols Turn Japans Rich Green - Bloomberg ... Panasonics Solar Power Status Symbols Turn Japans Rich Green ... Turning its white goods business green may help Panasonic double sales from home-products in a decade, said , an analyst at Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. The Osaka-based company, Japans of home appliances, is blitzing magazines and Web sites with recruitment ads to staff its 18,000 branded neighborhood stores -- key to providing the... (Bloomberg -- Japan)

    Gear Deals of the Week  Oct 15, 2009
    Some games may still require the big screen treatment, but you can't always lug with your 61" HDTV on the subway now can you? Use coupon code 6FWJ247J1P44CK to access the discount. Home Theater Gear Panasonic Viera 46" Plasma HDTV - $799. 99 (Normally: $1,199. (IGN Gear)

    Content & Communications World 2009 Exhibitor Profiles  Oct 14, 2009
    Mohawk is the approved OEM for multicore assemblies for Sony, Ikegami, Hitachi, JVC and Panasonic. . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Clear Channel's "Green is Good" Environmental Radio Show Now Available on Apple's iTunes  Oct 14, 2009
    Guests who have appeared on the show include environmental groups such as the Rainforest Alliance, Global Green USA, the Environmental Media Association (EMA), Keep California Beautiful and RecycleBank, as well as big businesses that are doing business in a sustainable way, such as Panasonic, Paul Mitchell Hair Products, Lipton Tea and others. Even Chuck Leavell, Rolling Stones keyboardist and founder of the Mother Nature Network has guested on the show to talk about his mission and causes. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Figuring Out Free Speech On The Internet  Oct 13, 2009
    This kind of discrimination threatens one of the most distinctive features of the Internet: the fact that there is no easy way to discriminate among different kinds of content, just as the electrical grid doesn't ask whether your TV set is made by Sony or Panasonic. But, in recent years, that distinctive feature has been threatened. (CBS News)

    Lufthansa to relaunch intercontinental in-flight Internet  Oct 13, 2009
    The ExConnect service from Panasonic Avionics, a major provider of in-flight entertainment systems, is capable of delivering an up-to 50Mbps data stream to an aircraft ... German airline Lufthansa said Monday that it plans to begin offering Panasonic 's ExConnext broadband service in the middle of next year. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Case Study: Panasonic Picks Intranet Dashboard  Oct 13, 2009
    As the world's largest consumer electronics manufacturer, Panasonic has built its reputation on reliable products and service. To maintain this standing, Panasonic needed to ensure its staff and partners had quick and easy access to technical documentation relating to the thousands of products it brings to market ... Panasonic was being hindered in supplying technical information to its authorized service centre (ASC) partners because it had thousands of documents spread across the business... (IntranetJournal)

    Best of the high-definition TVs  Oct 13, 2009
    The bottom line: The high-end Panasonic TC-PV10 series of plasmas delivers the best picture quality. Samsung UN46B8000. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    The great TV sale propaganda  Oct 11, 2009
    That's why Panasonic has the suave Ranbir Kapoor as a front for their TVs. Plus, they would like to claim that plasmas are the best display technology on the planet, and that it will never die. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)

    Motorola No Longer on LiMo Foundation Board  Oct 9, 2009
    The LiMo Foundation, started by companies including Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, NEC and Samsung, has built a standard middleware layer that can run on different mobile Linux OSes. Android, which is supported by Google and has replicated some of the development done in the LiMo Foundation, is based on Linux and could thus join the LiMo foundation, though it has not. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Toyota May Avoid Future Prius Delays With Panasonic's Takeover of Sanyo  Oct 8, 2009
    Toyota May Avoid Prius Delays With Panasonic Deal (Update1) - Bloomberg ... Toyota May Avoid Prius Delays With Panasonic Deal (Update1) ... Toyota, which aims to offer hybrid versions of all its models sometime after 2020, may find it easier to do so after its partner Panasonic makes a subsidiary. (Bloomberg -- Japan)

    Strong yen favours Korea - Sony  Oct 8, 2009
    The yen's gain against the South Korean won in the past year has given Samsung and LG Electronics room to slash more than $100 (R745) off a $1 000 television set without trailing Sony and Panasonic in terms of profitability. For Japanese companies, "it's like a death warrant as things stand now and if this continues, they will have a very difficult time", said Chu Moon Sung, a fund manager at Shinhan BNP Paribas Asset Management in Seoul. (Business Report, South Africa)

    Japan Wants to Sell You a 3D TV  Oct 7, 2009
    Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. have both said they will bring their first models to market next year ... "Content is the most important thing," said Masanobu Inoe, a Panasonic engineer who worked on his company's new 3-D plasma sets ... But in a keynote speech to start the show, Panasonic President Fumio Ohtsubo said his company would not lose sight of products for lower-income countries, where markets are rapidly expanding. (Fox News)

    Panasonic to up market share in flat-panel TVs  Oct 7, 2009
    CHIBA: Panasonic Malaysia Sdn Bhd is confident of increasing its market share of flat-panel television by five percentage points to 35% next year supported by the countrys growing consumer market ... He said Malaysia was the leading market for Panasonic products in Asia ... He said the positive sales prospects for Panasonic products in Malaysia were also contributed by its eco-friendly appliances. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    Olympics rebuff won't harm McD's sponsorship, IOC says  Oct 6, 2009
    Top Finance Headlines. Top Government Headlines. (Crain's Chicago Business)

    Sanyo Xacti VPC-FH1  Oct 6, 2009
    In PC World Test Center jury evaluations, the VPC-FH1's video quality was just a shade below that of three $1000-and-up camcorders from Canon, Panasonic, and Sony ... Overall, the Xacti VPC-FH1 earned a combined video-quality score of Good, with only the Canon Vixia HF S10 and the Panasonic HDC-TM300 faring better in our tests. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Big Japanese brands readying 3D flat-screen TVs  Oct 6, 2009
    Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. said they would bring their first models to market next year. The companies are plowing ahead even before there is much content available, with spokesmen saying only that preparation is under way. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)

    The Future Has No Moving Parts (Or Hard Disks or Keyboards…)  Oct 6, 2009
    New digital cameras offer touch screens in place of mechanical buttons, including the, Nikon CoolPix S230, Nikon Coolpix S60, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3 and the Sony Cyber-shot T900. The End of Disks. (Datamation)

    Hhgregg: The Contrarian Electronics Chain  Oct 5, 2009
    Bob Perry, an executive vice-president at Panasonic Consumer Electronics (), says more people buy its $3,500 60-inch G10 plasma TV at hhgregg than at any other regional chain. That helps explain why the company boasts a gross profit margin of 31%, while Best Buy's is 25. (BusinessWeek)

    PC batteries to power cars!  Oct 4, 2009
    TOKYO: Japan's Panasonic Corp has developed a technology that binds together standard lithium-ion battery cells used in laptop PCs to power electric vehicles, taking aim at growing demand for green cars. The new technology will likely enable Panasonic to make electric car batteries at half the cost of lithium-ion batteries that are developed solely for electric cars, since it can use existing battery plants and production expertise, the company said ... Panasonic, which vies with Sony Corp for... (India Times, India)

    Technotainment  Oct 4, 2009
    Panasonic, one of the worlds leading TV manufacturers, has announced plans to cease production of the sets. Its the end of a 55-year run for tube TVs at Panasonic ... Panasonic isnt the first major manufacturer to say goodbye to the tube world. (Variety)

    Why Haven't CableCards Taken Off?  Oct 3, 2009
    Recently appointed CableLabs CEO Paul Liao (formerly CTO of Panasonic) wants to be more inclusive in working with CE makers and others (see and ). But in the meantime, the Consumer Electronics Association is as frustrated by the situation as Bode is. (Multichannel News)

    Panasonic to Demonstrate Comfortable and Eco-Friendly Lifestyle at CEATEC Japan 2009  Oct 2, 2009
    Osaka, Oct 2, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic Corporation will present its vision of tomorrow's lifestyle under the theme of "Excellent Connectivity for Greater Comfort and Ecology!" at CEATEC JAPAN 2009, a comprehensive cutting-edge IT and electronics trade show, to be held from October 6 to 10, 2009 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City on the outskirts of Tokyo ... At CEATEC Japan 2009, the Panasonic booth will present its ideas for realizing a comfortable and eco-friendly lifestyle,... (JCN Network, Japan)

    Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module with High Reliability  Oct 2, 2009
    Osaka, Oct 1, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic Corporation has developed a 1 ... Panasonic's compact and high-energy battery module meets such demands ... Panasonic has a proven record in the production of the 18650-type lithium-ion batteries which are highly reliable and safe, and offer good cost performance. (JCN Network, Japan)

    Fujitsu Selected as Vendor for Development of NTT DOCOMO's LTE Mobile Data Communications Terminal  Oct 2, 2009
    (2) LTE-compliant: On October 1, 2009, NTT DOCOMO, INC., NEC Corporation, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., and Fujitsu Limited plan on launching their LTE-enabled "LTE-PF" communications platform. About Fujitsu Ltd. (JCN Network, Japan)

    India's RMP Infotec to invest RM10mil in Malaysia  Oct 1, 2009
    It is a proven marketing partner of brand leaders in India such as National Panasonic, Tata-AIG, TVS Bikes, ICICI-Lombard, Reliance Infocom, Sterling Resorts, TCPS Computer Education, Beltek, Whirlpool, Compaq, Krypton and Videocon International. "We are currently in the process of obtaining a license. We hope to start operations here within a month and recruit about 400,000-500,000 members in 18 months," its chairman Pravin J Chandran said in a statement here today. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    DOCOMO, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Fujitsu Push Ahead with LTE Mobile-Terminal Platform  Oct 1, 2009
    Tokyo, Oct 1, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC., NEC Corporation, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited announced today that they are making progress with their joint development of "LTE-PF", a mobile-terminal platform based on Long Term Evolution (LTE), a coming mobile communication standard for super-fast downlinks above 100 Mbps and uplinks above 50 Mbps ... Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for... (JCN Network, Japan)

    New Age Electronics Awarded Commercial Channel Distribution Rights for Panasonic 103" Pro Plasma Display  Oct 1, 2009
    Panasonics 103 Pro Plasma Flat Panel Display is Ideally Suited for a Wide Range of Commercial Applications Including Digital Signage, Entertainment, High-End Home Theater, Sports Playback, and Higher Education ... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Age Electronics, a division of SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: - ), announced today an expansion of its strategic distribution relationship with Panasonic Corporation of North America to distribute the Panasonic 103 Pro Plasma display within the commercial... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Most Promising Launches at Demo  Sep 30, 2009
    The demo rocked and the business is straightforward: Sell technology licenses to Sony, Panasonic, Apple, etc. Great demo, great tech, great business. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)

    McKinney police reports  Sep 30, 2009
    Stolen Property: PANASONIC CAR STEREO , NAVIGON GPS , BOOK OF PERSONAL. CHECKS , BOTTLE OF COLOGNE. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

    EU to set volume limits on MP3 players  Sep 30, 2009
    DigitalEurope represents digital technology associations and companies that do business in Europe, including Sony, Panasonic and Apple, makers of the industry leading iPod. Regulators are expected to finalize the new standards over the next year, Kuneva said. (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Panasonic and Renesas Start Operation of New Development Line for Leading-Edge SoC Process Technologies at the Renesas Naka Site  Sep 30, 2009
    Tokyo, Sept 30, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic Corporation and Renesas Technology Corp. announced today that they will concentrate their joint development functions for leading-edge SoC process technologies at the Renesas Naka site (in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture) and will start operation of their 28 to 32 nm process development line installed at that site from October 1, 2009 ... Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products... (JCN Network, Japan)

    Ogawa aims to strengthen overseas presence  Sep 26, 2009
    In Malaysia, the company faces stiff competition from five major players, including Singapore-listed Osim International Ltd, which is estimated to command about 21% market share in Malaysia last year, and several other Japanese brands such as Panasonic. Chong believes that Ogawa already has wide market coverage in Malaysia through its retail network. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    Noise Canceling Headphones  Sep 26, 2009
    Testers recommend the Panasonic insert headphones. They were top rated, but at $60 they were also a Consumer Reports best buy. (W-USA News, DC)

    Black Market Gear  Sep 26, 2009
    Panasonic Blu-ray Player - $207 ... If you want the absolute best visual experience, Blu-ray is the way to go, and the technology has been around long enough that we're starting to see some considerable drops in pricing across multiple brands, including Panasonic who has one BD player out for just a little over $200. (IGN Gear)

    Will Anyone Watch 3-D TV?  Sep 25, 2009
    Announced in early September, the newest models in the offing for late 2010 from Sony and Panasonic are bringing 3-D HDTV into the home ... They're not quite the flimsy red-and-blue cellophane getups that they used to be, but both Sony and Panasonic models still require you to wear a pair of shades to observe the effect ... Early reviews of the new models from both Sony and Panasonic suggest they've solved the problem. (Time.com)

    3-D HDTV is starting to focus  Sep 25, 2009
    The time is at hand, with Sony and Panasonic recently announcing a new advanced generation of 3-D TV products that should be available within the next year in the United States ... Active shutter' technologyBoth Panasonic and Sony are backing yet another 3-D technology known as "active shutter," referring to the glasses used to view the 3-D video. (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Future is TV-shaped, says Intel  Sep 25, 2009
    Big manufacturers such as Sony and Panasonic have announced plans to release 3D TV sets in 2010, while Samsung and Mitsubishi have recently released their products. Speaking in early September at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Howard Stringer, Sony's chief executive, said: "3D is clearly on the way to the mass market. The train is on the track and Sony is ready to drive it home.". (BBC News -- Technology)

    3-D TV coming soon  Sep 21, 2009
    Heavyweights Sony and Panasonic have announced plans to release 3-D television sets next year, while other major players such as Samsung and Mitsubishi have recently released 3-D-ready TVs ... Sony, Panasonic and others are pushing a standard of delivery that utilizes active shutter glasses ... Heavyweights Sony and Panasonic have announced plans to release 3-D television. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)

    Gear up to Witness the Latest Innovations at "Broadcast India 2009 Exhibition & Conference"  Sep 20, 2009
    Present at the show will be some of the worlds leading manufacturers like Panasonic, Harris, Benchmark, VIZRT, Grass Valley, AVID, Playbox, da vinci, Seachange, Datavideo, Hitachi, Digital Vision, ARRI, Panther, P+S Technik, Cooke Optics, Canon, Dalet, RCS, Daxco, DVS, Digital Rapids, Sennheiser, Monarch D to name just a few. For complete list of exhibitors, please visit our website. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

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