News tagged with tv sets
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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Apple event begins where new iPad expected
(AP) -- Apple has begun an event in San Francisco where it's expected to reveal a new iPad model. There's been speculation of an updated tablet with a speedier processor, a sharper screen and an option for ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices
(AP) -- A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices
The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Gadget Watch: 55-inch OLED TVs from Samsung and LG
(AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are showing off 55-inch TV sets that use organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, instead of plasma or liquid crystals.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Sony quits organic-screen TV business
Sony Corp. has discontinued production of TV sets with organic electroluminescence (EL) display panels, widely seen as the mainstream panel to be used in next-generation flat-screen TVs, it was learned Saturday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Sony, Samsung dissolve panel joint venture
Japan's Sony and South Korean rival Samsung are dissolving their joint venture in liquid crystal display panels as Sony tries to stanch years of losses in its TV business.
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Game streaming service OnLive coming to tablets
(AP) -- OnLive, the startup whose technology streams high-end video games over an Internet connection, is expanding its service to tablets and mobile devices.
Dec 08, 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 TV porn channel launches
Vivid Entertainment is bringing porn to Google TV.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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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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Netflix and beyond: new ways to watch TV, movies
(AP) -- The DVD-by-mail service Netflix built its business on will soon be known as Qwickster. The rebranding follows Netflix's decision to split its DVD rental business from its online streaming service, a move that raised ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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'Bloom is off the rose' for 3D: DreamWorks CEO
DreamWorks Animation chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said Tuesday that Hollywood "greed" is responsible for a glut of lousy 3D movies and weak ticket sales.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 20, 2011 |
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City dwellers produce as much CO2 as countryside people do: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most previous studies have indicated that people in cities have a smaller carbon footprint than people who live in the country. By using more complex methods of analysis than in the past, scientists at Aalto ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Tablets, 3D in focus at future-shaping Taiwan IT show
The question of how to get 3D technology into every living room and a tablet computer into every hand is set to dominate Asia's largest IT fair which opens in Taiwan next week.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 29, 2011 |
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