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Article | 28/08/2012 Sony to exit CD, DVD, Blu-ray PC drives, as wireless netbooks, tablets reign

Sony will close its once-proud optical PC drive subsidiary by early next year, as part of its efforts to refocus on the connected world of smartphones...

Article | 23/08/2012 TV with 16 times resolution of HDTV passed by UN standards body

A new television format that has 16 times the resolution of current High Definition TV has been approved by an international standards body, Japanese ...

Article | 21/08/2012 Survey: Smartphone growth surging in Japan, Android use double iOS

Japan's smartphone users have surged 43 percent this year, and two-thirds now use Android devices, according to a survey conducted by comScore.

Article | 21/08/2012 Panasonic offers Android-linked air conditioners, refrigerators and washers

Japan's Panasonic on Tuesday announced a new lineup of wired home appliances controlled with a smartphone app, including a Wi-Fi air conditioner that ...

Article | 20/08/2012 Japan's NTT DoCoMo signs up 1 million LTE users in a month, hits 5 million total

NTT DoCoMo said Monday its LTE users continue to increase rapidly, with the latest million signing up in less than a month.

Article | 20/08/2012 Sony's new "stacked" image sensors open door to smaller devices, more pixels

Sony, which makes the camera modules used in the latest smartphones from Apple and Samsung, said Monday it will begin sales of a new image chip that i...

Article | 16/08/2012 UStream Asia to start "tipping" service so viewers can donate to streamers

UStream's Asian venture said Thursday it will start a new service that allows viewers to give their favorite content providers small monetary "tips" d...

Article | 15/08/2012 Sony's PlayStation Vita to work as PS3 controller, similar to Nintendo Wii U

Sony said Wednesday it will release software for its PlayStation Vita gaming handheld allowing it to be used as a controller for PS3 consoles, in a ga...

Article | 15/08/2012 Sony launching PlayStation for third-party devices from fall, adds Asus devices

Sony said Wednesday that its new mobile gaming platform, which will allow "PlayStation-like" games to be played on third-party Android devices, will l...

Article | 8/08/2012 Microsoft signs up Sharp to license exFAT file system for Android smartphones

Microsoft said Wednesday it has signed an agreement allowing Japanese electronics maker Sharp to use its exFAT file system, as the U.S. software giant...

Article | 7/08/2012 Smartphone keyboard that links with touch-card technology to launch in Japan

Japan's Elecom said Tuesday it will launch the world's first smartphone keyboard that uses NFC touch-card technology to link with Android handsets.

Article | 2/08/2012 Sharp on course for huge losses, ramps up production of rumored Apple screens

Japanese display maker Sharp said Thursday it is ramping up production of a screen technology rumored to be favored by Apple for its new devices, even...

Article | 2/08/2012 Sony turnaround falters

Sony's big recovery has already faltered.

Article | 1/08/2012 Fujitsu, NTT DoCoMo and NEC to form smartphone chip venture

Japanese electronics heavyweights Fujitsu and NEC, together with the country's largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo, said Wednesday they will form a new...

Article | 31/07/2012 Panasonic rebounds after largest loss by Japan manufacturer

Panasonic said Tuesday it squeezed out a small profit in the April-June quarter, rebounding from a US$10 billion loss last fiscal year, the largest ev...