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  • News: LG Display to produce 15in OLED panels this year

    LG Display has announced it will be commencing production of a 15in organic light emitting diode (OLED) display suitable for use in televisions and laptop computers, this year.

  • News: Yahoo & Intel help enable MySpace TV

    MySpace users will be able to exchange messages with friends on their TVs while watching shows, thanks to a social-networking application for TVs jointly launched by MySpace, Intel and Yahoo on Wednesday.

  • News: Panasonic demos 9mm thick 50in plasma

    LCD TVs aren't the only TVs that can be thin. On Wednesday, Panasonic demonstrated a plasma TV set that is one-third of an inch thin - or 8.8mm - at the thinnest part of its profile.

  • News: Sony shows 21in OLED TV panel at CES

    Sony is showing a new prototype OLED (organic light emitting diode) panel at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but hasn't announced a new television to follow the 11in model it launched at CES 2008.

  • News: D-Link launches three 802.11n routers

    D-Link said at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that large numbers of home users and businesses are already switching to 802.11n, even though the wireless LAN technology isn't a ratified standard.

  • Linksys Media Hub

    Linksys has launched the Linksys Media Hub - a device that allows users to access multimedia content such as digital photos, music and movies stored on a number of different devices around the home, from one location.

  • Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive

    Iomega will be unveiling the Home Media Network Hard Drive at CES this week.

  • News: LG to integrate Freesat turners into TVs

    Following a deal signed with Freesat, electronics firm LG has announced it will be installing the free-satellite function into its products this year.

  • News: UK spent £1.9bn on games in 2008

    More than 82 million video games were sold in the UK last year, says the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA).

  • News: Samsung launches 2.5in 100GB SSD

    Samsung has launched a 2.5in 100GB solid-state drive (SSD), which has with enhanced performance for use in servers running applications such as video-on-demand, internet data centers and online transaction processing.

  • Vuzix Wrap 920AV portable media sunglasses

    This year is being touted as the year when 3D films, animation and games go mainstream. We've already had a look at the Minoru 3D webcam - now we learn of another way to enjoy 3D action, thanks for Vuzix's Wrap 920AV sunglasses.

  • News: 3.7 million Blu-ray discs sold in 2008

    The number of Blu-ray discs sold in December 2008 was nearly 400 percent up on those sold in the same period in 2007, says the British Video Association.

  • News: Lenovo PC has 'Nintendo Wii' motion control

    Taking a page from Nintendo's Wii gaming console, Lenovo has announced an all-in-one PC with a remote control that doubles as a motion-based gaming controller.

  • News: Samsung to unveil world's thinnest TV

    Samsung Electronics plans to unveil a flat-panel TV that's as thin as 6.5mm at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

  • Opinion: Cisco's wireless digital stereo system

    Cisco has won much attention from consumer news sites since the New York Times reported Monday that the networking giant at CES next week is expected to unveil a digital stereo system that can move music wirelessly around a house, among other consumer offerings.

  • News: YouTube Blu-ray partnership for CES

    LG Electronics is bringing video-on-demand to its Blu-ray Disc players through streaming video deals it has inked with major Web sites.

  • News: Christmas sees record music downloads

    Billboard magazine reports that weekly digital track sales have set a new record, with 47.7 million sold in the US between December 22-28, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

  • News: Angry Microsoft admits Media Player code crasher

    While admitting malicious code can crash Windows Media Player but denies that the alleged vulnerability is a security risk for PC users.

  • News: Sony cuts PlayStation 3 costs by 35 percent

    Sony Computer Entertainment has cut the cost of materials used to make its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console by 35 percent, according to market research firm iSuppli.

  • News: Nintendo Wii video channel coming next year

    Nintendo plans to launch a video channel for its Wii console in 2009, it said Thursday.