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Sony develops a way to send electricity over air to power a TV

Mike Ferro — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:56:22 +0000

Sony recently revealed that the company was working on a power supply solution that will require no wires and could be transferred over the air. A device like [...]

LG TVs not truly borderless, but raise interesting build-your-TV concept

Mike Ferro — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:21:54 +0000

LG unveiled an interesting TV line at the IFA 2009 conference called the LIVE Borderless series. Initially when the Borderless series was announced many thought that the TV would [...]

Consumer technology sales decline

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:06:57 +0000

Consumer spending on technology products has been growing for years. Now, U.S. economic woes in 2008 have finally caused a decrease in 2008 consumer technology sales.

Although total sales are still significant, the 2008 total of $112 billion was a 4 percent loss from 2007. That 4 [...]

MSI U110 ECO netbook keeps ticking for nine hours

Dave Jeyes — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:59:41 +0000

MSI has just released the world’s most energy efficient netbook in the U110 ECO that can run on its battery for up to nine hours at a time. This means no more being tethered to the power outlet and the smugness [...]

Pioneer calls it quits on TV business

Mike Ferro — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:30:32 +0000

Pioneer, one of the longest standing TV manufacturers in the world may be calling it quits. Reportedly, the electronics giant may be looking into spinning off its TV business by selling it. If the rumor is true, than Pioneer would [...]

Green this season’s colour at CES

John Lister — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:10:20 +0000

The organization behind this week’s Consumer Electronics Show says environmentally friendly technology will be a hit this year. It says research shows the majority of consumers will now pay more for a green product.

According to the Consumer Electronics Association, one in five people [...]

New display technologies ease battery problems

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:30:16 +0000

All owners of cell phones and other portable electronic devices want the brightest possible displays, but that takes a lot of battery power. Now there are new breakthroughs in display technology that may help solve this problem.

A number of companies have recently announced improvements in the [...]

5 Secrets to beating Black Friday

Triston McIntyre — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:44:50 +0000

Wake up like normal and walk away empty handed; wake up early and get a shot at the big time; don’t go to bed…and you have a fighting chance. Black Friday electronics and entertainment shopping isn’t for the faint of heart, [...]

Tis the season to buy a bargain HDTV – prices dropping fast

Dave Parrack — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:46:54 +0000

There are some advantages to a global recession. The main one being that both retailers and manufacturers tend to drop prices in order to shift stock. And that is exactly what is happening at [...]

Blu-ray quickly catching up to DVD in Japan

Mike Ferro — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:30:16 +0000

As far as new technology adoption rate goes, Japan has always been on the cutting edge. For example, the flat panel TV adoption rate sky rocketed in Japan before it even started taking off here in the States. According [...]