News tagged with television sets
Toshiba shares jump as it drops Japan TV operations
Toshiba shares surged almost six percent Thursday after saying it had stopped making televisions in Japan where a strong yen has hurt exports as slow demand and falling prices also ate into earnings.
May 17, 2012 |
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Review: Super Bowl online decent, won't replace TV
(AP) -- The television set won't be the only place to watch video of the New York Giants and the New England Patriots this Sunday. For the first time, U.S. football fans will be able to watch the Super Bowl ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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TV outside the box: Using cell phones, new system would let TV programs spill off the screen (w/ Video)
Augmented reality is an emerging discipline that uses handheld devices to superimpose digital data on the real world: If, say, you're in Paris and point your phone at the Eiffel Tower, the tower's image would ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Google tunes Internet television offering
Google on Friday set out to breathe new life into its moribund Internet television platform.
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Logitech pulls plug on Google TV set-top boxes
Logitech has pulled the plug on Google TV set-top boxes, saying consumers just aren't ready for the device which merges television and the Internet.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Google sees Android enhancing home appliances
Google's Android software is best known for powering smartphones, but executive chairman Eric Schmidt sees a future where it could also help devices communicate at home.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Sony to stop selling ultra-thin organic TV in Japan
Sony said Tuesday it would stop selling in Japan an ultra-thin television using organic materials because of sluggish demand, in a setback to its efforts to regain a reputation for innovation.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 16, 2010 |
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CRTs going down the tubes? Hardly
Many people may assume that conventional television sets and computer monitors — the kind that use picture tubes (technically known as cathode ray tubes, or CRTs) rather than flat panel screens — have virtually ...
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Masters will have breakthrough 3-D broadcast
In an unprecedented broadcasting move, the 2010 Masters will be produced and broadcast live in 3-D, Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne announced on Monday.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 15, 2010 |
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100 million TVs will be Internet-connected by 2016, report predicts
Soon, the living room TV will become as hyper-connected as the people watching it.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Wal-Mart buys online movie company Vudu
US retail giant Wal-Mart plunged into the online video market on Monday with the purchase of Vudu, a company which delivers movies to Internet-enabled television sets and Blu-ray players.
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Bang & Olufsen unleashes huge plasma TV with huger price: $85,000
How can a home television set cost $85,000? It's big. Bang & Olufsen's new BeoVision 4-85 plasma TV has an 85-inch screen, measured diagonally, which conveniently comes out to $1,000 an inch.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Microsoft CEO hits familiar chord in CES swan song
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer struck a familiar chord Monday in his swan song at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Another Dimension in Technology Awaits
If you’ve been to the movies lately, chances are your popcorn came with a pair of 3-D glasses.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient (Update)
(AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 18, 2009 |
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