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1. Sony, Philips get wrists slapped very lightly over storage monopoly

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Sony, Philips and a third firm, Taiyo Yuden, have received a not very severe ticking off for behaving monopolistically in the recordable media market.Sony, Philips and a third firm, Taiyo Yuden, have received ...

2. Intel sues Silicon Valley partner

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... and partners including HP, Lucent, IBM, Cisco, LSI Logic, McAfree, Palmchip,  Rambus, Net Optics, Philips, Hitachi, Agilent and many other companies, it claims on its web site. It is also clearly ...

3. Faulty chip causes defibrillator recall

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   While most product recalls merely cause mild annoyance, occasionally one really is a matter of life and death. Unshocking news reaches us from Dutch Electronics giant Philips: it is recalling its HeartStart ...

4. Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google others sued over patent

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... Quicklogic, Freescale, Texas Instruments, Google, T Mobile, HTC, Apple, Sony, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Philips, LG Electronics, Research in Motion, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Nvidia, AMD, Dell, AT&T, Verizon, ...

5. Apple, Microsoft, others sued over touchpad products

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... that it owns US patent number 6,639,584 , called Methods and Apparatus for Controlling a Portable Electronic Device using a Touchpad. Other defendants in the case include LG Electronics, Philips Electronics, ...

6. LCD companies accused of cartel collusion

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Philips and LG Display have been accused of colluding together to keep the price of LCD panels high.Philips and LG Display have been accused of colluding together to keep the price of LCD panels high. ...

7. Vizio doesn't make any of its LCD TVs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... make their own LCD TVs, Vizio outsources 100 percent of its production, while Philips, the Dutch company, outsourced 62 percent of the LCD TVs it shipped in the quarter. The trend is set to grow, said ...

8. Samsung, Duracell join Wireless Power Consortium

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... and Philips. It was formed at the end of last year. According to Camille Tang, from the Consortium, a universal standard in wireless power charging is within the top 20 percent of what people want from ...

9. Man claims he owns biggest US corporations

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... Apple, Verizon, Cigna, AT&T, Dell, IBM, Accenture, Philips, Jeromes Furniture, Harpo Productions, Warner Brothers, Time Warner Cable, Tiffany & Co, Loreal, Ritz Carlton Hotels, ZipLip Inc, Trinuc ...

10. UPDATED: The 100 oldest registered dot com, org, net, edu domains

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... n/a 060 unisys.com 12/11/86 23969 061 cgi.com 01/19/87 102209 062 cts.com 01/19/87 n/a 063 spdcc.com 01/19/87 n/a 064 apple.com 02/19/87 66 065 nma.com 03/04/87 n/a 066 prime.com 03/04/87 n/a 067 philips.com ...

11. Blu-ray gets simplified licensing

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... licensing will become much easier. Panasonic, Philips and Sony announced that they have agreed to create a "one-stop-shop" product license company for Blu-ray, which should positively impact the availability ...

12. Philips loses EUR 1.5 billion this quarter, will cut 6,000 jobs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      Europe's largest maker of televisions announced Q4'2008 results today. After posting a EUR 1.5 billion loss, Philips will cut 6,000 jobs and stop buying back outstanding shares to reduce expenditures. ...

13. The White House starts blogging, goes web 2.0 and social

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... understand and is really engaging. Philips wrote that new site focuses on communicating and articulating the administration's policies and decisions, in addition to offering a level of transparency ...

14. Apple's Mini DisplayPort to become a part of DisplayPort 1.2 specification

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It is being pushed by Nvidia, AMD and Dell, which offer DP video cards and monitors. HP, Philips, Samsung, Lenovo, Nvidia, Intel, Microsoft ...

15. Apple, Nintendo absent in Greenpeace green electronics ranking

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... current report sees Nokia in the lead, followed by Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, Samsung and Fujitsu-Siemens. Trailing the pack are Apple, Philips, Lenovo, Microsoft and Nintendo. Nintendo is dead last and scores ...

16. DisplayPort and HDCP in your Mac: What you need to know

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... sell DP video cards and monitors. HP, Philips, Samsung, Lenovo, Nvidia, Intel, Microsoft and other key IT players have pledged to support DP as well. Smaller than DVI or HDMI, the DP interface is easy ...

17. DVD sales plummet, last chance for Blu-ray this Christmas

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... which goes for $176. Sharp’s BD-HP21U is selling for an average for $191, Philips BDP7200 for $221 and Samsung’s BD-P1500 for $226, the price comparison service states. There are some exclusive-brand offerings ...

18. Canada gets world's most powerful electron microscope

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... existing equipment that includes analytical transmission electron microscopes (models JEOL 2010F STEM and VG HB601 Cryo), conventional TEM (model Philips CM12), scanning electron microscopes (models Philips ...

19. A new try of buy once, play anywhere – without Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... technology firms Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Philips, Sony, Toshiba and Verisign as well as distributors Best Buy (which today acquired Napster) and Comcast. What is significant of this ...

20. Philips adds new Pronto uber touchscreen remote

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

      One of the remotes considered in the uber category by hardcore home theater owners is the Philips Pronto. Philips, according to CEPro, has just unveiled its latest Pronto – the TSU9800 touchscreen.  ...

21. Blu-ray players taking aim at $300

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... which currently sells for an average of $288. Following are Sony’s BDP-S300 with $348, Philips’ BDP7200 for $370, Samsung’s BDP-P1500 for $376 and Sharp’s BD-HP20U for $392. All other generally available ...

22. Philips to transfer PC monitor brand to TPV

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Royal Philips Electronics today announced that it has reached an agreement with TPV Technology on key terms and conditions of a brand licensing agreement under which Philips will transfer its PC ...

23. Sony, Samsung suing Vizio over MPEG-2 licensing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Vizio has been teasing the big boys long enough. Now Mitsubishi, Philips, Samsung and Sony are accusing Vizio of violating 15 patents relating to MPEG-2. The four companies allege that Vizio has failed ...

24. Demand for PC-use BD drives to take off from slim-type models, says PLDS

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... PCs, according to general manager Charlie Tseng for Optical Disc Drive Business Unit of Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS, a joint venture between Philips and Lite-On IT). As desktop PCs sell ...

25. Nvidia's lauches Tegra: A Computer on a chip

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... is no doubt in our mind that this is a potentially game changing piece of silicon that is a kick in the you-know-what of sleeping cellphone giants such as Texas Instruments (TI), Freescale, STMicro, Philips ...

26. Philips expected to quit PDP TV market in 2009

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Philips is likely to completely get out of the PDP TV market in 2009, industry sources predict. In 2007, Philips started to lower its PDP TV shipments and quit operations in China's PDP TV market.  ...

27. Dell aims to cut power consumption of PCs by 25%

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... #5 in among 18 rated companies – ahead of Nintendo, Panasonic, Philips, Microsoft, Acer, Sharp, Sony Ericsson, LGE, Apple, FSC, HP, Motorola and Lenovo, but behind Samsung, Toshiba, Nokia and Sony.   ...

28. Apple may be stylish, but it’s definitely not green

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... and Hewlett-Packard. According to Greenpeace, Samsung and Toshiba are the greenest examples of the group, while Nintendo, Philips, Microsoft and Panasonic are described as doing the least to protect the ...

29. Hitachi ships out super-thin 1.5" plasma HDTVs

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... LCD-focused competitors like Philips. The 1.5 TVs will be sold under Hitachi's "V Series" and "Director's Series" product lines.  The first sets, which is now available, are the 37" Director's Series ...

30. Digital photo frame makers facing competition for panels from mini notebook makers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... with makers of mini notebook PCs for supply of TFT-LCD panels in the 7" and 8.9" segments at the same time, according to industry sources in Taiwan.Thanks to OEM orders from Philips and ViewSonic, Lead ...

31. FCC fines retailers over digital TV

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... it hit seven TV manufacturers for not following digital TV rules related to the V-Chip.  Philips and Panasonic were hit the hardest with these fines, being forced to pay $450,000 and $320,000, respectively. ...

32. Magnavox TVs will be Funai TVs soon

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Philips said that it will leave the U.S. television market in an effort to improve the profitability of its TV business. Funai has licensed the names Philips and Magnavox and will begin selling TVs under ...

33. Philips lifts price on upcoming Blu-ray player

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    San Francisco (CA) - Philips announced this week that its pending BDP7200 player will no longer earn the designation of the cheapest player on the market, as it is raising the launch price from around ...

34. More Blu-ray players get DivX support

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    DivX said that it has granted Panasonic, Philips, and Denon licenses to integrate DivX capabilities for six upcoming Blu-ray players. So far, the Playstation 3 has been the only Blu-ray platform to be ...

35. Samsung to volume produce 16" full HD notebook panels in Q3

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... Optronics (AUO) and LG.Philips LCD (LPL) also launch applications for the segment, according to industry sources. More here at Digitimes.  ...

36. Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage to benefit from reported Toshiba HD DVD drop

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... patent partnerships with Royal Philips Electronics and Sony, two charter members of the BD Association. Lite-On IT is able to obtain licensed use of BD patents through Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions, ...

37. LG.Philips LCD to launch 18.9" widescreen monitor panel in Q3

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    While Taiwan-based panel makers are aggressively developing new widescreen LCD monitor panels, LG.Philips LCD, which will soon to change its name to LG Display, is also planning to roll out 18.9" 16:9 ...

38. AMD: To merge or not to merge?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... IBM into worlds that are currently closed for the company, such as the consumer electronics segment, where ATI Imageon chips go head-to-head against STMicro, Thomson, Philips, Silicon Optix and others.  ...

39. LG.Philips LCD to change name to LG Display

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    LG.Philips LCD plans to change its corporate name to LG Display upon receiving approval at the company's annual general meeting of shareholders on February 29. The new corporate name reflects the company's ...

40. Digital photo frame demand to hit 20 million units in 2008

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... A number of international leading makers such as Samsung, Sony, Kodak, Philips, ViewSonic, and Hewlett Packard (HP), among others are now offering models sized as small as 1.5" and as large as 32". ...

41. Philips said to be outsourcing 70% of its LCD TVs to OEM makers in 2008

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Royal Philips Electronics is looking to outsource manufacturing for 70% of its LCD TV shipments this year, up from nearly 60% in 2007, LCD TV makers were cited in today's Chinese-language Commercial ...

42. Readius device merges e-book reader with cell phone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... to be the first use of such technology in a widely accessible consumer device like a mobile phone. Polymer Vision, which spun off of Philips a couple years ago, says this is possible because of its ...

43. Wrap-up: All stories and slideshows from CES 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ... you've never heard of The Blu-ray booth vs. the HD DVD booth at CES 2008 AMD's HDTV on a USB stick Philips booth at CES 2008  ...

44. Up close and personal with Philips' "design collection" and 3D HDTVs

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    We rolled around the Philips CES booth today and found a lot of interesting-looking stuff, including the company's much touted "design collection" form factor and a TV that can produce a ...

45. Samsung CES press conference was dull and painful

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ...  Let me set the stage for you.  It was around 1:45 PM Pacific Time and I was dashing out of the room where the Philips press conference was held to head to the Samsung event, which began at 2:00. ...

46. Philips plunges further with "immersive" TV experience

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Philips spent almost all of the time during its CES press conference talking about expanding its TV technology to the point where it feels like you're "stepping into a mirror". Las Vegas ...

47. LG Philips to release multi-touch LCD screens

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    LG Philips this week unveiled details about large flat-screen LCD TVs that will respond dynamically to touch. Las Vegas (NV) - LG Philips this week unveiled details about large flat-screen LCD TVs that ...

48. Falling global demand for CD-R discs lessens willingness to renew licensing among Taiwan OEM makers

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    While Royal Philips Electronics is still negotiating renewals of its Veeza patent licensing with leading Taiwan-based makers of blank CD-R discs, the makers have become more reluctant to accept the licensing ...

49. Major LCD panel makers accelerate 8G LCD investment

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Korea-based LCD panel makers, including LG.Philips LCD (LPL) and Samsung Electronics, are accelerating their eighth-generation (8G) investments while major Taiwan-based players such as Chi Mei Optoelectronics ...

50. Greenpeace: "Wii" disapprove of Nintendo

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Sharp, and Philips.  Philips scored a 2.0. ...