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1. Nokia gets Facebooked with range of new phones

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Finnish phone company Nokia claims it's pioneering the smartphone business by offering a Facebook application on its phones.Finnish phone company Nokia claims it's pioneering the smartphone business by ...

2. Portable DivX Blu-ray players arrive

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... more than six hours of video to fit on one DVD without sacrificing quality. The DMP-B15 can be connected to a HDTV or used as a stand alone Blu-ray player. "As the pioneer in the development of DVD and ...

3. Sony Ericsson intros two "green" phones

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... has joined the bandwagon and has introduced two phones which it claims are greener than the average phone today. The phones - the C901 Green Heart and the Naite are being heralded by the company as "pioneer ...

4. Space - the final frontier

   (Space/Space Features)

   ... which did so much pioneering space research, has nothing to show for it today, apart from the last Black Arrow hanging forlornly from the roof of the London Science Museum. Britain ceased to be a major ...

5. Pioneer showcases 16-layer 400 GB optical disc

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Pioneer is exhibiting its super multi-layer read-only optical disc which features 16 separate layers on a single side with 25 GB storage capacity on each layer for a total capacity of 400 GB at the ...

6. BD drive adoption rates slower than expected due to high OEM/ODM quotes

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   ... Acer and Asustek Computer, have asked global ODM/OEM makers, mainly Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS), Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST), Pioneer and Taiwan-based Lite-On IT, to decrease quotes to ...

7. Blu-ray Disc Association says it’s too early to lower prices

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... of the Blu-ray Disc Association.  Parsons, who is also the senior VP of Advanced Product Development at Pioneer Electronics, told attendees at the DisplaySearch/NPD HDTV conference in Los Angeles ...

8. Pioneer to introduce $2000 Blu-ray player

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

   Denver (CO) – Got a little extra cash lying around?  Then you may be interested in splurging for the upcoming Pioneer Blu-ray disc player that will retail for $2000.  According to Wired, Pioneer ...

9. Palm unveils unlocked, but pricey Treo Pro smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

     The Handspring Treo is considered to have been the pioneer of the smartphone category and long before the iPhone, the Treo was the fanciest and most functional cellphone you could buy. The iPhone changed ...

10. PC vendors asking for reductions in ODM/OEM quotes for Blu-ray drives

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... makers are unwilling to lower current quotes, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Among the major BD drive ODM/OEM makers, Pioneer focuses on BD Combo drives and Taiwan-based Lite-On IT concentrates ...

11. Japan and South Korea-based vendors cut prices for entry-level Blu-ray players in US market

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tokyo (Japan) - Japan-based vendors including Sony, Sharp and Pioneer as well as South Korea-based Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have reduced retail prices for their entry-level Blu-ray Disc ...

12. Pioneer creates 16-layer disc with 400 GB capacity

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      A new generation of high capacity optical discs could be on the way as Pioneer claims to have developed read-only disc media with 16 layers and a total capacity of 400 GB. The company believes ...

13. Pioneer obtains OEM orders for BD Combo drives from HP, say Taiwan makers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Pioneer has landed OEM orders for Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drives from Hewlett-Packard (HP) with shipments to begin in July 2008, according to industry sources in Taiwan. International PC vendors ...

14. Bill Gates Milestones: Part 2 (1980-1990)

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... for Xenix. The application pioneered a WYSIWYG concept, meaning typefaces were drawn on screen in a graphical mode exactly as they were printed on paper. It was also the first word processor capable of ...

15. Pioneer announces BonusView Blu-ray players

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

      Pioneer has announced two new Blu-ray players supporting  Bonus View and the HDMI 1.3a spec and promising a “true theater experience”. Expect to pay at least a 50% premium for these players ...

16. Blu-ray prices continue to climb

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... format pioneer Universal decided to jump ship to Blu-ray.  It is a very interesting trend and a lesson in price competition.  To this date, it remains solid that those who bought Blu-ray players ...

17. DVD Forum sets new rules on China HD DVD format

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... industry, Intel from the IT industry and Warner from the Content industry. Other SC members include Hitachi, IBM, ITRI, LG, Matsushita, Memory-Tech, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, NEC, Paramount, Pioneer, Samsung, ...

18. Microsoft not "announcing any specific plans" over HD DVD

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... announcements from retailers and movie studios that they will be abandoning HD DVD, including pioneers of the format Toshiba and Universal. Earlier this week, Microsoft also announced that it did not ...

19. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ...    18 HP backs HD DVD Red Herring     27 Pioneer to ship Blu-ray drive in Q1 2006     Read ...

20. MacWorld is disappointing? Yeah right.

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... doesn’t need a PC intermediary, a step that was pioneered by products like Sonos for music.    Even bigger, though content is severely limited right now, is legal DVD ripping (initially ...

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

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ... new USB stick has automatic online backup Netgear touts “metamaterial” antennas and NAS Pioneer plans to innovate plasma, in-car entertainment LG talks about HDTV, ...

22. Pioneer plans to innovate plasma, in-car entertainment

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Pioneer is working on an in-car navigation system that can control every mobile device you need, and even do it with voice recognition, as well as plasma TV sets that are so thin they literally float ...

23. Update: The Black Friday Shopping List

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... 5.1-chanel DVD system $99.99 Best Buy Sony 5.1-channel, 500-watt $99.99 Best Buy Pioneer 4-channel, 50-watt $99.99  ...

24. Organic dye recording film to reduce production cost of Blu-ray discs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Pioneer and Mitsubishi said they have developed Blu-ray recordable discs (BD-R) with organic dye in the recording layer. According to the companies, organic dye BD-Rs will enable disc manufacturers to ...

25. Pioneer introduces new Blu-ray Disc burner

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Pioneer has announced a new Blu-ray Disc PC drive that can burn BD-R as well as rewritable BD-RE media. Long Beach (CA) - Pioneer has announced a new Blu-ray Disc PC drive that can burn BD-R as well ...

26. Pioneer to begin offering 1080p "super black" HDTV sets

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Dedicated plasma TV backer Pioneer will launch its first pair of "full HD" TV sets witha built-in tuner, 1920 x 1080 resolution and its new deeper black technology this October. Long Beach ...

27. Trends in the PC space: HP’s iPhone-like PC, Gateway does color, Dell starts war against crapware

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... new T and M consumer designs and followed Dell with their own introduction of color choices. This idea of being able to pick the color of your PC was pioneered and then abandoned by Apple on PCs, though ...

28. Lite-On IT to begin production of BD Combo drives in 4Q 07

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    With Pioneer unveiling its first Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drive (BDC-S02) in May for sale at a recommended retail price of $299, Lite-On IT plans to start production of its BD Combo drives in the fourth ...

29. Sony NEC Optiarc Blu-ray Disc burner may be pricing reference

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... (ODDs).The price of the BD-M100A is about 10% lower than the planned price of a Pioneer BD burner model to be launched next quarter as well, the sources indicated. More here at Digitimes.  ...

30. Pioneer unveils $300 Blu-ray Disc Combo drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Pioneer on April 17 debuted its BDC-S02 Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drive model in Beijing, for immediate launch in China and later in other markets around the world at a recommended retail price of $299, ...

31. IBM drives 3D processor stacking technology closer to production

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... breakthrough is a result of more than a decade of pioneering research at IBM,” said Lisa Su, vice president, Semiconductor Research and Development Center, IBM. “This allows us to move 3-D ...

32. CES 2007: Warner announces HD DVD - Blu-ray combo disc

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... sound movies to being early pioneers in 1950s television to the creation and proliferation of DVDs," said company chairman and CEO Barry Meyer at a press conference. "We understand the benefits ...

33. CES 2007: A preview of what you can expect to see on the showfloor

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Pioneer, Toshiba, Philips, Sharp, RCA, Samsung, Panasonic and Sony), we already count about 20 noteworthy announcements. The Tom's Hardware editorial team will hit the Las Vegas Convention Center to bring ...

34. Sony unveils details of PS3 online services

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... experience, online functionality for the PS2 was limited to individual games. The Playstation Network is much more of a nod to the pioneering Xbox Live service, an immersive online network for Microsoft's ...

35. 20th Century-Fox will finally join Warner, releasing Blu-ray titles

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... BD players are available from Samsung now, it will wait for the full "ecosystem" to come into fruition. This includes not only Sony's PlayStation 3, but the release of BD players from Pioneer and Matsushita. ...

36. Blu-ray and HD-DVD to freeze competition until 2007 due to laser diode shortage

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    ... Although several vendors, including Royal Philips Electronics, Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS), Sony, Matsushita Electric, Lite-On IT and BenQ, already announced BD or HD-DVD drives, only Pioneer and Plextor ...

37. Plextor to ship Blu-ray burner in October

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... manufacturers such as Sony and Pioneer, which currently sell their internal drives for $750 and $1000, respectively, Plextor will be offering the PX-B900A in October for a suggested retail price of $1000. ...

38. Supply of blue-laser pick-up heads expected to be short in Q4

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

      The production of blue-laser pick-up heads (PUHs) by only a few makers, including Pioneer, Philips, Hitachi and Sony, is insufficient to meet increasing global demand for blue-laser DVD players, ...

39. Warner Home Video announces four Blu-ray titles for 1 August

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... priced at $34.99. Samsung is currently the only manufacturer with a Blu-ray Disc player currently available, with Pioneer's model having been delayed until reportedly mid-August, and Sony's - at one time, ...

40. Will Sony PlayStation 3 dry up supply of blue laser diodes for Blu-ray?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... diodes on hand to meet orders from suppliers like Lite-On IT, not to mention Philips and Pioneer Electronics, the paper stated. As we reported last week, BenQ has plans to introduce its first BW1000 Blu-ray ...

41. Benq to ship Blu-ray burner next month

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... appears that Benq will be able to beat Sony and other large manufacturers to market with a burner. Sony, for example, has delayed its BDP-S1 burner until October 2006. Phillips, Plextor and Pioneer plan ...

42. Sony Pictures to make first Blu-ray movies available today

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... "on or about August 15," according to the most recent posting on Sony's retail Web site. Pioneer's BDP-SP1 is also expected around that time, as spokespersons for that company have been quoted as saying ...

43. First Blu-ray titles to arrive on 20 June, Sony player delayed until August

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... on an updated launch date or possible delays. Pioneer, which was said to have a Blu-ray player available shortly after 23 May, recently indicated that its player would be delayed because of lack of progress ...

44. Philips announces Blu-ray burner

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... the Blu-ray parade - which includes already announced drives from Samsung, Sony and Pioneer - in August and sell for around $1000 at launch. There is more! Read the complete Computex 2006 coverage on our ...

45. Blu-ray Disc players delayed again, perhaps until August

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    A spokesperson for Pioneer Electronics confirmed to Reuters this morning that the North American release its first Blu-ray Disc player, the BDP-HD1, originally scheduled for release late last month, will ...

46. Samsung delays US Blu-ray players until June 25

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... after Sony, with a Blu-ray player available on the "street," with Pioneer's models expected in July, and Panasonic's recently slated for September.  ...

47. Playstation 3 delay could derail high definition agenda

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... they won't have to. Creating an entry level price point for a definitively premium product is a difficult thing, and the PS3 had been fulfilling that duty on behalf of companies such as Pioneer, representatives ...

48. Microsoft reveals baseline specifications for 'Origami' ultra-mobile PCs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... this work over a decade ago with some of the pioneering Windows CE efforts that I helped create. As people use PCs to stay in touch, work together, manage music, store pictures and build customer relationships, ...

49. LG Electronics to produce HD DVD drives in addition to Blu-ray

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... be limited to BDA members alone. While BDA members Matsushita and Pioneer may be inspired to follow LG's lead, disc manufacturers in the HD DVD Promotions Group - including NEC and Sanyo - may also be ...

50. Primera announces Blu-ray disc publishing system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Primera today said that it will be shipping a Blu-ray enabled disc publishing system in April of this year. The "Bravo XR-Blu Disc Publisher" integrates Pioneer's BDR-101A Blu-ray Disc/DVD Recorder and ...