Jay Alabaster - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 27/01/2012 Nintendo: Wii U will launch in time for 2012 holiday season, use touch-card tech

Nintendo said Friday its next-generation Wii U game console will launch in time for the holiday season in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

Article | 27/01/2012 Samsung smartphones, TVs help drive strong 4Q profits, even as rivals falter

Samsung has announced profits shot up in the three-month period through December, with a big boost from its burgeoning lineup of smartphones and table...

Article | 27/01/2012 Panasonic offers wireless broadband service to connect its products

Panasonic launched a wireless broadband service in Japan this week that is intended to encourage customers to use its coming wave of Internet-ready ap...

Article | 26/01/2012 Nintendo slashes annual targets for 3DS despite price cuts, software bonanza

Nintendo has slashed its annual sales target for the flagship 3DS handheld, conceding that price cuts and a barrage of software titles were not enough...

Article | 27/01/2012 NEC to cut 10,000 workers, forecasts $US1.3 billion loss in year through March

NEC said it will cut 10,000 jobs, including 3,000 outside of Japan, and it now forecasts a US$1.3 billion loss in the current fiscal year through Mar...

Article | 26/01/2012 Toshiba announces debut e-reader in Japan, mulling launch abroad

Toshiba has announced its first dedicated e-reader. It will launch in February in Japan, backed by an online store with 100,000 titles, and the compan...

Article | 23/01/2012 Sony announces next-generation image sensors for smartphones, digital cameras

Sony said Monday it has developed new technology for the tiny imaging chips that power cameras in portable devices, which will allow for clearer photo...

Article | 13/01/2012 For $1000, a chance for tech glory in Vegas

"When you've got a lot of angry zombies coming at you, you really don't want to have to look away from the screen..."

Article | 13/01/2012 The end dawns for the classic TV remote

People have been very friendly to TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, talking to them, waving at them, occasionally stroking their screens...

Article | 12/01/2012 Plunge your iPhone in water, no case required

A Utah-based company has developed a way to make iPhones and other gadgets waterproof.

Article | 11/01/2012 Polaroid to launch Android-powered Smart Camera with phone

Polaroid finds the whole concept of a "camera-phone" a bit insulting. So it is launching a phone-camera, an Android-driven Smart Camera that is mainly...

Article | 11/01/2012 Sony to launch 'SmartWatch' that synchs with, controls Android phones

Sony plans later this year to launch a small device it is calling the SmartWatch, which links to Android phones via Bluetooth and runs a suite of cust...

Article | 11/01/2012 Audi shows gesture-driven, three-panel, heads-up dashboard display

Audi is showing a new dashboard concept at this year's Consumer Electronics Show that projects three separate displays onto the windshield of a car an...

Article | 10/01/2012 Corning readies new Gorilla Glass for 20 percent thinner screens

Corning is shipping samples of an updated version of its popular Gorilla Glass product, that will allow screens to be 20 percent thinner at the same s...

Article | 10/01/2012 Sony defends products, brings out stars to emphasize media holdings

Sony CEO Howard Stringer defended the quality of Sony's products at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, and said his company would leverage its b...