Summary Box: Review of Samsung Galaxy S phones

2010-08-18T14:45:15Z

Summary Box: Review finds Samsung Galaxy S phones do Android proud

SMART PHONES: Samsung's new Galaxy S line of smart phones runs Google Inc.'s Android operating system. The Samsung Captivate and Vibrant are available throug...

Sony surprises with Q1 profit, raises outlook

2010-08-03T16:31:38Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp lifted its annual outlook and returned to profitability in the first quarter on booming demand for its Bravia flat TVs and PlayStation 3 game consoles. Rivals TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp <6758.T> surprised investors by lifting its annual outlook after returning to the black in the first quarter thanks to improved demand for Bravia flat TVs and PlayStation 3 game consoles. Rivals SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics <005930.KS>, the world's No.1 memory chipmaker, warned of weaker margins and profit growth after posting record quarterly earnings, as prices of chips and flat screens drop and smartphone competition grows.

Panasonic returns to black as appliance sales boom

2010-08-25T14:55:36Z

Panasonic returns to black on growing sales, raises full year forecasts

Panasonic, Japan's biggest home appliance maker, returned to profit in its latest quarter and raised full year forecasts amid stronger sales of products from air conditioners to flat-panel TVs. Panasonic Corp. reported Thursday that April-June profit totaled 43.7 billion yen ($50...

Panasonic buying out Sanyo, Panasonic Electric

2010-08-25T14:55:32Z

Panasonic plans to buy out subsidiaries Sanyo, Panasonic Electric under $9.4B green initiative

Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels.

Panasonic introduces 3-D camcorder for consumers

2010-07-27T23:45:17Z

Panasonic introduces 3-D camcorders for consumers to create own 3-D footage

The problem of what to watch on a 3-D TV will be yours to solve with Panasonic's camcorder for families to film birthdays, baby's first walk and weddings, all in 3-D. Numerous global electronics companies are racing 3-D televisions into the shops, hoping a revival of interest in the technology sparked by blockbuster ...

Panasonic unveils 3D consumer camcorder

2010-07-27T23:15:43Z

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday unveiled what it says is the world's first consumer camcorder to allow anyone to record in three dimensions using a special lens. The electronics giant, which earlier launched a 3D camcorder for professional use, said its HDC-SDT750 camcorder, to be launched on August 20 in Japan, would allow "anyone to create powerful...

Sony likely bounced to black in first quarter: report

2010-07-25T21:15:15Z

Japan's Sony is likely to have swung back to the black in the first quarter with operating profit reaching 30 billion yen (342 million dollars) due to aggressive cost-cutting, a report said Monday. That would compare with a 25.7-billion-yen loss in the same April-June period last year and represent the first profit in two quarters, the

Taiwan flat-panel maker sues Sony for patent infringement

2010-07-07T09:16:09Z

Taiwan's leading supplier of flat-panel TV screens, Chimei Innolux Corp, Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the US against Sony, accusing the Japanese company of patent infringement, Chimei Innolux said. The lawsuit filed at an Arkansas district court of the Lady Gaga, creative director for Polaroid brand, lends star power to Mass. museum

Lady Gaga is lending star power to Polaroid and the MIT Museum. The pop star known for her outlandish wardrobe posed Wednesday for a Polaroid at the museum run by the Massachusetts I...

Polaroid action nets 12.5 million dollars

2010-06-24T10:16:49Z

A collection of photographs from Polaroid auctioned by Sotheby's this week raised nearly 12.5 million dollars, or more than one million more than anticipated, the auction house said Wednesday. The auction included small color images of the late US senator Ted Kennedy and actress Reuters) - A sale of photographs from the collection of the Polaroid Corporation brought in $12.5 million, setting an auction record for iconic photographer Ansel Adams and new marks for the medium by artists including Andy Warhol,

Honeywell says bids 1.4 bln dollars for Sperian

2010-05-19T11:15:32Z

US conglomerate Honeywell International Inc. bid 1.4 billion dollars (1.13 billion euros) on Wednesday to take over French protection equipment company Sperian Protection, the two companies said. Honeywell offered 117 per share in cash for Sperian, representing a 67 percent premium over the last price before private equity firm Cinven m...

Sony aims for 5-fold jump in profit but lags consensus

2010-06-12T15:26:34Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's conservative profit estimate suggests the road to recovery for the Japanese electronics maker is bumpy as it braces for unfavorable currency rates and tough competition. Sony has shed jobs, shut factories and cut procurement costs to better compete with the likes of

Sony aiming for black as annual loss shrinks

2010-06-26T04:49:26Z

Sony moving toward profit after posting smaller annual loss

Sony Corp., maker of the PlayStation 3, stayed in the red last business year but predicts a return to profit as restructuring and an aggressive 3-D rollout bear fruit. The Tokyo-based company Thursday reported progress toward profitabil...

Nokia to launch X2 phone: report

2010-04-29T01:15:11Z

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top mobile phone maker Nokia is set to launch a new phone called the X2, photos posted on the firm's Web site showed. Details of the phone were not immediately available, but the pictures showed it has a 5-megapixel camera. The firm declined to comment on the photos. (Reporting by Brett You...

Chinese small cap on a high-growth path

2010-04-27T19:15:20Z

ONP could grow two- or three-fold between now and the end of this year

In an article on SeekingAlpha.com, Eric M Jackson, the founder and managing member of Naples-based Ironfire Capital LLC, said that the stock on w...

Canon raises 2010 outlook on digicams, printers

2010-08-25T14:47:01Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc <7751.T> raised its annual outlook closer to market expectations on Monday after robust demand for digital cameras and printers powered up its quarterly profit by more than fourfold. The result marked Canon's second straight quarter o...

IMAX puts 3D spin on science films with "Hubble 3D"

2010-04-03T17:15:10Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - IMAX has returned to outer space with the movie "IMAX: Hubble 3D," a documentary that harks back to IMAX's roots in science films, but spins into a 3D, Hollywood orbit. In recent years, the company known for giant-screen films has carved out a valuable business boosting the size of big-budget stud...

Swiss antitrust regulators probe Nikon subsidiary

2010-03-25T08:30:19Z

Swiss antitrust regulators investigate subsidiary of Japanese camera maker Nikon Corp.

Swiss antitrust regulators said Thursday they are investigating a subsidiary of Japanese camera maker Nikon Corp. on suspicion of anticompetitive practice. The Competition Commission said the probe started Wednesday and that regulators have searched a home. They are examining whether Swiss subsidiary Enthusiasts revive production of Polaroid film and plan to start selling packs this week

A group of engineers and enthusiasts who leased an old Polaroid film factory in the Netherlands announced Monday that they had successfully reinvented instant film and will start selling packs this week. The news gives new life to some old Polaroid cameras. The company, called The Impossible Project, will sell film for SX-7...

Eva Braun no "dumb blonde", says new biography

2010-06-25T15:01:01Z

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun has been treated as an inconsequential figure in the Third Reich by historians but the author of a new biography said on Friday she was anything...

Sony, Samsung detail 3D TV plans

2010-08-25T14:50:59Z

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony and Samsung announced plans to introduce 3D televisions in coming months, betting they will become the next hot products in an increasingly crowded electronics industry. Sony Corp hopes 3D models will make up 10 percent of more than 25 million LCD TVs it aims to sell in the next fiscal y...

Sony to launch 3D TVs in June, rivals Samsung

2010-08-25T14:50:58Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded market that is betting the revolutionary TV will become the next hot product in the electronics industry. The maker of Bravia flat TVs hopes 3D models to make up 10 percent of more than 25 million LCD TVs it aims to sell in...

Sony to start selling 3-D TVs in June

2010-08-25T14:46:59Z

Sony to launch 3-D TV sales in June as part of competitive industrywide push

Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms. The Japanese electronics giant, known for its PlayStation 3 game consoles and ...

Olympus eyes 20 percent share in high-end digicam

2010-03-04T06:15:27Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese group Olympus Corp is aiming for its small, lightweight models to have 20 percent of the high-end digital camera market in three years, up from 5 percent now, its president said. The camera and endoscope maker is also targeting 500-600 billion yen ($5.7-$6.8 billion) sales of medical ge...

Samsung unveils fridge with built-in Internet

2010-03-04T01:16:16Z

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Thursday unveiled a hi-tech alternative to the fridge magnet -- a refrigerator with Internet access that can display family photos or recipes on a screen. The door of the "Zipel e-Diary" features a 10-inch (25 cm) touch screen equipped with locally developed wi-fi software, allowing users to monitor Internet news and weather and store or display pictures and data. It also can send and ...

Jarre concerts to be filmed with 3-D Avatar cameras

2010-04-16T06:58:25Z

Two concerts next month by French electronic music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre are to be filmed in 3-D with the same cameras used to shoot James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar", the musician said Wednesday. In a telephone interview from Belgium, where he is rehearsing, Jarre told AFP he had been contacted by

Historic Polaroid collection to be sold

2010-04-16T07:07:57Z

Historic Polaroid photo collection to be sold, works by Ansel Adams, Chuck Close, others

More than 1,200 photographs from Polaroid's historic collection, by some of the 20th century's most celebrated artists, will be auctioned in New York City this summer. They are estimated to bring $7.5 million to $...

Sony quarterly profit surges to $861 million

2010-08-25T14:07:15Z

Sony Corp. profit surges more than sevenfold in October-December quarter

Sony expects a smaller annual loss after blockbuster movie releases, cost cuts and robust holiday gadget sales boosted quarterly earnings more than sevenfold. The Japanese manufacturing icon, known for products like the PlayStation 3 game console, Thursday said its...

SKorean, US firms embroiled in chip espionage case

2010-04-16T07:12:37Z

Samsung, Hynix, US company Allied Materials embroiled in alleged chip espionage case

The world's top producers of computer memory chips are embroiled in an apparent case of industrial espionage after South Korean prosecutors indicted 18 people over alleged technology theft. Prosecutors said Thursday those involved — including employees of U.S. company Allied Materials and its South Kor...

Samsung Elec bullish on TV, chip demand

2010-04-16T07:16:27Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics expects rapidly recovering demand for its premium computer memory chips and flat screen TVs to drive growth this year, with the unwinding of global stimulus measures the key risk for sales. The world's top maker of memory chips and LCD screens said the ris...

Canon sees profit rebound after tough 2009

2010-04-16T07:18:54Z

Japanese high-tech giant Canon Inc. said Wednesday net profit more than halved in 2009, but it expects to recoup some lost ground this year on the back of strong demand for its digital cameras. Canon is enjoying strong demand for its single-lens reflex cameras, but a slump in demand for office equipment and printers due to the global economic downturn has taken a heavy toll on its bottom line. Net earnings tumbled 57.4 percent last year...

Sony Ericsson loss shrinks

2010-04-16T07:26:17Z

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and said ongoing restructuring would only yield results in mid-2010 in the face of fierce competition for smartphones. In the October to December period, the world's fifth-biggest cell phone maker saw its net loss shrink to 167 million euros (236 million dollars) from 187 million a year earlier, but fo...

Kodak, Samsung agree on licensing pact

2010-04-16T07:43:54Z

Kodak gets royalty payments from Samsung under digital-imaging licensing deal

Eastman Kodak Co. said Monday it will draw royalties from South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. under a licensing pact that gives the companies access to each other's digital-imaging patents. The agreement ends a 14-month-old patent-infringement ...

Useful, useless and unusual at US gadget show

2010-04-16T07:44:52Z

Cutting-edge technology grabbed the headlines at the premier US gadget show here but the showrooms also featured products better described as useful, useless and downright unusual. Sharing space in the cavernous halls at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with snazzy new electronic readers, tablet computers and 3-D televisions were scores of other items -- both high- and low-tech. Here is a glance at some of the most innovative, fun and eye-catching products on display at the Las Vegas ...

Earns Hewlett Packard

2010-08-19T14:47:40Z

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2010 file photo, Hewlett Packard paper is seen on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Hewlett Packard Co. is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter numbers Thursday, August 19, 2010, after the market close. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, fil...

Tech Test Samsung Galaxy

2010-08-18T14:45:44Z

This photo taken Aug. 13, 2010, shows the Samsung Captivate, left, Samsung Epic 4G, center, and the Samsung Vibrant phones in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Economy

2010-08-11T10:00:34Z

FILE - In this July 7, 2010 file photo, a Costco customer looks at Sony, Panasonic and other televisions at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. The HP Pavilion dm4, left, the Sony Vaio, right, laptops and the Samsung NB30 netbook are shown in this photo, in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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South Korea Earns Samsung

2010-07-29T21:45:13Z

FILE - In this May 17, 2010 file photo, an employee of Samsung Electronics adjusts LED TV screens at its branch in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics Co.'s net profit surged 83 percent in the second quarter to a record high amid increased sales and strength in its semiconductor and flat panel businesses, the company said Friday...

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