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Sony spinoff plans high-end FED monitors for 2009 A company spun off from Sony is developing a line of monitors based on FED (field emission display) technology, which offers faster response times, consumes less power, and produces warmer, more realistic images than is possible with other flat-panel technologies. Sharp integrates scanner into LCD panel If you thought the iPhone screen's two-finger touch was cool, then you should see a prototype from Sharp on show at the Ceatec exhibition, which opened on Tuesday in Makuhari Messe. October 2, 4:59 a.m. PDT HP refreshes its printer strategy Hewlett-Packard (HP) introduced its revamped print strategy on Tuesday in an effort to bolster the company's lucrative printing business by giving users creative tools and Web-linked capabilities. August 28, 12:22 p.m. PDT Sharp shows slender big-screen LCD TV prototype Sharp unveiled a prototype TV on Wednesday that's packed with technologies that could appear soon in its products. The wall-mounted TV is just 2 centimeters thick and gets its signal via a high-speed wireless link, meaning the only cable required is for the power. August 22, 4:52 a.m. PDT Pundits on parade: What’s next in tech You’ve heard of Christmas in July, that classic advertising gimmick designed to lure shoppers into stores despite the oppressive heat and humidity. We’ll, we’ve got New Year’s in August, which invites you to stay indoors and read “The next big things in IT” -- 15 predictions about the future of technology.  August 20, 3:00 a.m. PDT Sharp hits Samsung with LCD patent suit Sharp, one of the biggest manufacturers of flat-panel displays, has accused Samsung Electronics, one of its largest rivals, of infringing five of its patents relating to flat screen technology. August 7, 7:07 a.m. PDT Sharp planning major LCD, solar plant in Japan Sharp is to build an LCD (liquid crystal display) manufacturing plant in west Japan that is likely to be the most advanced of its kind when it begins production. July 31, 6:09 a.m. PDT D-Link, Iogear unveil Wireless USB kits Cables connecting USB devices to PCs may soon disappear thanks to Wireless USB, a short-range wireless communications technology developed by nonprofit USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), which also developed the USB 2.0 standard. July 25, 8:14 a.m. PDT High-fidelity VoIP Not so long ago, I wrote an article on Asterisk and open source VoIP in general. In my discussion with Mark Spencer, the founder of Digium and the Asterisk project, he recommended Polycom as the phone vendor he would choose for an Asterisk deployment. In the same article, I profiled Summer Bay Resorts, which runs Asterisk across multiple call centers and hundreds of agents, all with Polycom phones. You might think Polycom is onto something. July 23, 3:00 a.m. PDT Epson plans Windows Rally wireless products Japan's Seiko Epson is planning to develop a range of products based on a Microsoft's Windows Rally technology for wireless networked devices. July 19, 5:59 a.m. PDT Logitech launches wireless Air Mouse Logitech fused the old with the new on Thursday, launching a wireless laser mouse that doesn't need a surface to sit on, combining features of the traditional mouse and remote control. July 13, 5:05 a.m. PDT IBM, Ricoh joint venture InfoPrint opens its doors IBM and Ricoh's InfoPrint joint venture officially opened for business Monday. June 4, 1:45 p.m. PDT Hardware makers prepare for Taipei showdown Intel and Advanced Micro Devices will square off next week at the annual Computex exhibition in Taipei, where many of the world's largest hardware makers will be showing off products slated for release later this year. June 1, 5:08 a.m. PDT Sony, LG.Philips unveil flexible OLED displays Two of the world's biggest flat-panel display makers, Sony and LG.Philips LCD Co., unveiled flexible full-color displays at a display industry show in California this week. May 25, 5:03 a.m. PDT Panasonic, Hitachi team on PDP supply Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) and Hitachi have agreed to mutually supply PDP (plasma display panel) screens to each other as part of a deal reached to help boost profits in the competitive business area. May 24, 4:30 a.m. PDT Ritek to start mass producing BD-RE discs Taiwanese disc maker Ritek plans to start mass producing BD-RE (Blu-Ray Disc Rewritable) discs as well as HD DVD-RE (high definition) discs in the third quarter of this year, a small but important step to helping reduce the cost of such discs for users. May 22, 7:43 a.m. PDT LG Electronics to cut PDP production LG Electronics plans to cut back production of PDP (plasma display panel) screens as part of it efforts to improve the business performance of its display operations, it said Friday. May 18, 8:48 a.m. PDT Fujitsu shows off latest color e-paper screens After several years of development, Fujitsu has improved its electronic paper technology to the point where it has begun exploring its commercial use in displays. May 17, 5:13 a.m. PDT Clock ticking for Optimus Maximus keyboard In just over three days' time, Russian designer Artemy Lebedev will finally start taking preorders for his Optimus Maximus keyboard. But anyone with $1,564.37 burning a hole in their pocket better act fast, only 800 keyboards are going to be made during the first three months of production. May 17, 4:36 a.m. PDT 'Final' Vista iPod fix delivered Microsoft released on Tuesday what it called the "final" Vista fix for a problem that iPod owners had been having with the new operating system since its Jan. 30 launch. May 9, 12:24 p.m. PDT Acer: No major laptop battery improvement in offing Dreams of fuel cells serving the power needs of a laptop PC or other new technology to significantly increase battery life won't likely be available for years, an Acer executive says. May 4, 4:08 a.m. PDT Corning to invest $129M in advanced LCD plant Amid rising prices for the LCD (liquid crystal display) panels used as screens in LCD TVs, laptop PCs, and flat desktop displays, Corning announced plans to spend an additional $129 million to expand a glass substrate factory in Taiwan. April 26, 6:42 a.m. PDT Coming soon: a Microsoft fuel-cell charger A New York-based company that is one of a handful developing fuel cells for consumer electronics devices says it has started commercial production of a fuel cell-based recharger for Microsoft. April 16, 4:39 a.m. PDT HP aims to speed business printing with Edgeline Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has built its Edgeline print head into two new departmental printers designed for print volumes up to 50,000 pages a month. The printers offer the speed of laser printing with the color quality and reliability of ink. April 11, 9:45 a.m. PDT IT management software eases Lenovo battery recall Hardware makers in the PC industry have been working harder to make the life of an IT manager easier in recent years by ensuring the machines can be diagnosed and fixed easier, especially in times of crisis. April 9, 4:28 a.m. PDT Epson case against ink vendors moves forward Seiko-Epson's battle at the U.S. International Trade Commission to have 24 companies stopped from importing Epson-compatible ink cartridges has moved a step closer to conclusion. April 5, 6:31 a.m. PDT Optimus keyboard faces another hurdle The much-talked about Optimus Maximus keyboard project is facing another problem but the product should still be available this year, its designer said Tuesday. March 27, 5:53 a.m. PST Microsoft, Fuji Xerox agree to cross-license patents In a move aimed at speeding up development of new document management systems, Microsoft and Japan's Fuji Xerox Co. have agreed to a patent deal to use each other's technology. March 22, 6:19 a.m. PST Lending ear to open source VoIP Whereas commercial VoIP vendors typically supply their own phones, tying them to their IP PBXes for solid integration and providing phone setup, configuration, and maintenance as part of their packages, when it comes to deploying an open source VoIP solution such as Asterisk, it’s strictly a BYOP (bring your own phone) affair. March 19, 3:00 a.m. PST Optimus keyboard coming this year, says designer The long-awaited Optimus keyboard will be available at the end of this year, its creator, Russian designer Art Lebedev, said at CeBIT on Friday. March 16, 12:30 p.m. PST AU Optronics sees LCD rebound Executives at AU Optronics, the world's third largest LCD panel maker by revenue, on Thursday said demand for notebook PCs and digital cameras has picked up recently, and predicted better times ahead. March 8, 7:15 a.m. PST 3M sues Sony, Lenovo, others over battery patents 3M Co. has filed suit against several big electronics companies, including Sony and Lenovo Group, for allegedly violating two patents related to lithium-ion battery technology. March 8, 4:41 a.m. PST Microsoft moves to replace JPEG with HD Photo Microsoft will soon submit a new photo format to an international standards organization that it says offers higher quality images with better compression, the company said on Thursday. March 8, 4:26 a.m. PST More IT war stories Off the Record, the real-world slice of life that graces the last page of InfoWorld, is one of our most popular columns. I know this from reader surveys and from all the e-mail I receive about it. As reader Roland Sickenberger put it recently, “It’s my favorite part of the magazine, kind of like a ‘Dilbert come to life’ thing.” March 5, 3:00 a.m. PST BenQ to launch 65-inch LCD TV BenQ plans to offer a 65-inch LCD TV in the second half of this year as it moves to expand the size of its LCD TV products, a manager in its digital media group said Friday. March 2, 5:07 a.m. PST Sanyo and Lenovo to share cost of battery recall Japanese electronics company Sanyo Electric and computer vendor Lenovo Group are discussing how to pay for the recall of over 200,000 laptop PC batteries, but have agreed to share the burden. March 2, 4:15 a.m. PST Update: Lenovo recalls 205,000 notebook batteries Months after joining other PC vendors in a massive recall of faulty notebook batteries, Lenovo Group has found a different problem with some models, and will recall 208,000 notebook batteries worldwide, the company said Thursday. March 1, 9:45 a.m. PST Faster LCD panels are next front in TV battle Even if you bought a TV in the last several months you may already feel like it's out of date. Your shiny new flat-screen arrives, you hook it up to the antenna and the first thing you see is a commercial for a bigger, better model. It might even have a cheaper price. It's the way things seem to work these days in the world of TVs. February 27, 6:13 a.m. PST Gauging Net consumption However it is that urban myths get started, it’s kind of a bummer when one of them gets dispelled. A couple years ago, for example, a Chinese astronaut went into space and debunked the myth that the Great Wall is visible from up there. February 22, 3:00 a.m. PST Linux and Vista users share driver pain Customers are getting annoyed. They spent good money on the latest and greatest PC peripherals, only to find out that the hardware is only partially supported on their operating system of choice. Without the kernel drivers necessary to power them, some of the best features of the new toys are going unused. February 12, 3:00 a.m. PST Merger puts Taiwan's AU in running for LCD title For years, two South Korean giants have dominated the LCD (liquid crystal display) panel industry, but a recent merger in Taiwan has propelled AU Optronics into the running for the top spot. February 9, 6:40 a.m. PST HP, Kodak introduce new inkjet printers Hewlett-Packard is upgrading its inkjet printers to appeal to small business owners for whom a big business machine is too expensive but a small consumer-oriented printer inadequate. February 7, 5:08 a.m. PST New from Sony: an iPod accessory If you can't beat them, join them? Sony is getting into the iPod accessory market with the U.S. launch of an iPod docking station. February 5, 6:13 a.m. PST Pioneer puts new PDP factory on hold Poor sales of PDP (plasma display panel) televisions in the U.S. over the year-end holiday period have forced Pioneer to postpone planned investment in a new PDP factory in Japan, it said Wednesday. January 31, 6:08 a.m. PST Gemalto sees online safety in USB smart card At next week's RSA Conference in San Francisco smart card vendor Gemalto will introduce new technology designed to give online shoppers an easy way to log on to their accounts using a smart card device that plugs into any PC. January 31, 4:51 a.m. PST Women in technology: A call to action A quick scan of almost any IT department -- from the trenches to the corner office -- confirms it: Women who embrace technology as a lifelong career remain a rare breed. To be sure, opportunity for women in technology has advanced in the past few decades, as have education initiatives aimed at leveling the playing field, but for every woman rising to prominence or embarking on a profession in IT, there seems to be another opting out of her career in technology. January 29, 3:03 a.m. PST Back to school: Getting girls into IT Despite the success of various education initiatives in the past several years, there’s little doubt that the shortage of women in technology begins on the playground. As such, many industry leaders and experts believe the long-term solution to the gender imbalance in IT lies in women technologists going back to school -- way back, to high schools and even elementary schools to mentor young girls, who too often give up on math and science at an early age. January 29, 3:02 a.m. PST Activism provides competitive advantage for IT Encountering another woman working in technology was a rare event for me when I started out in IT many years ago. In the years since, women have made significant strides, sometimes against great odds, proving their mettle as both tech execs and engineers. January 29, 3:01 a.m. PST Gender crisis in IT You don’t need a degree in statistics to recognize that IT is a men’s club. Just walk the floor of any tech conference or, in all likelihood, your own office — XY chromosomes everywhere you look. January 29, 3:00 a.m. PST Update: IBM to hand off printing division to Ricoh IBM plans to eventually offload its enterprise printing systems division to Japanese printer and copier vendor Ricoh Co. The two companies announced Thursday that they're forming a joint venture company based on the IBM unit which will gradually become a fully-owned Ricoh subsidiary. January 25, 8:32 a.m. PST Ricoh close to acquiring IBM's digital printer business Japan's Ricoh Co. is close to a deal to acquire IBM's digital-business printer operations, according to sources at the companies. January 25, 5:24 a.m. PST Learning to consume We tried. We really tried. We had every intention of sticking to our knitting — reporting on a slate of enterprise computing topics, from blade servers to SOA deployment strategies. January 15, 3:00 a.m. PST Canon buys Toshiba stake in SED Canon will buy Toshiba's stake in SED Inc., a joint venture they formed to develop large-screen, low-power flat panel televisions. The companies hope the move will put an end to a patent lawsuit brought against Canon in the U.S. January 12, 7:22 a.m. PST Spotlight on current trends, not tech breakthroughs The annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year will focus more on technologies that support current trends rather than those that promise to break new ground for consumers. January 3, 12:31 p.m. PST Technology of the Gods January is named after Janus, the two-faced Roman deity of beginnings and endings, who reportedly was able to look both forward and back. So for our Jan. 1 issue, we pay homage to the mythological immortal with our seventh annual Technology of the Year Awards, an analysis of where IT has been and where it’s going in 2007. January 1, 3:00 a.m. PST Panasonic develops battery that won't overheat Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) said it has developed a lithium-ion battery that won't overheat even if a short circuit occurs. December 18, 4:21 a.m. PST Review of reviews It’s coming up on closing time for 2006. All around us, everyone is going into holiday mode. Not to be curmudgeonly contrarians, InfoWorld will be following suit, taking a one-week break before returning on Jan. 1 with our first print issue of the year. (It’s really only a semi-hiatus; InfoWorld.com will continue to perk over the holidays with a slightly reduced slate of stories.) December 18, 3:00 a.m. PST Cisco to breaks free of desktop with digital signage company nuy Cisco Systems is taking it to the storefront, the stadium and possibly even the streets by acquiring a digital signage company. December 15, 12:49 p.m. PST Wireless devices to work Europe-wide The European Commission is harmonizing radio frequency bands across the European Union in order to spur use of a wide range of wireless devices such as wireless computer keyboards, headphones and garage door openers, it said Thursday. December 14, 8:28 a.m. PST Microsoft readies PC-sharing tool Microsoft plans to commercialize technology developed at its India lab that allows several computer mice to be used with a PC simultaneously. The technology, developed last year by Microsoft Research Lab India in Bangalore, enables several mice to be connected to a PC's USB (universal serial bus) port, helping to make up for the shortage of computers at schools in India and other emerging economies. December 14, 6:48 a.m. PST Color e-paper trials begin on Tokyo trains Commuters in Tokyo are getting a chance to experience some cutting-edge display technology from Thursday -- although they might have to look hard to see it. December 14, 5:48 a.m. PST Update: Samsung, Sharp reeled into LCD investigation An investigation into possible anticompetitive behavior in the flat-panel display market widened Tuesday, with at least four more big vendors saying they had been contacted by investigators. December 12, 9:19 a.m. PST LG.Philips subpoenaed in LCD competition probe First it was chips, now it's LCDs (liquid crystal displays). Authorities around the globe are investigating possible anticompetitive conduct in the LCD industry, according to activity at LG.Philips LCD Co. offices. December 11, 6:49 a.m. PST NTT DoCoMo to replace 1.3M phone batteries NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi Electric are planning to replace around 1.3 million batteries manufactured by Sanyo Electric because they may overheat and catch fire, the companies said Thursday. December 7, 6:26 a.m. PST Microsoft, Belkin settle patent dispute Computer peripheral maker Belkin said Friday it has settled a patent infringement complaint brought against it by software giant Microsoft. December 4, 4:11 a.m. PST Printer ink makers, vendors settle with Epson Seiko Epson has won assurances from a number of manufacturers and importers of ink cartridges that the companies will end their business with Epson-compatible cartridges, it said Tuesday. November 28, 5:44 a.m. PST Opinion: More than just a bow When Sony met Tokyo reporters last month to finally explain the battery debacle that kept the company in the headlines for more than two months, it raised eyebrows not for what it said but for what it did, or rather didn't do. November 9, 8:46 a.m. PST BenQ unveils Vista-approved LCD monitors BenQ unveiled some new flat-panel monitors Thursday that have been qualified to work with Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista operating system. November 3, 6:45 a.m. PST Redefining innovation Innovative ideas are a dime a dozen, according to Jim Andrew, senior partner at big-time consultancy BCG. In fact, at most companies, coming up with great concepts for a product, service, or process isn’t even an issue. But turning those ideas into money … ah, there’s the rub. October 30, 3:00 a.m. PST Acer says it has no need to recall batteries Acer, the world's fourth-largest PC vendor, said it won't need to recall any notebook PCs for battery problems related to a Sony production glitch. October 27, 4:29 a.m. PDT Batteries push Sony to Q2 operating loss The global recall and replacement of millions of laptop batteries, and start-up costs for the PlayStation 3 console, pushed Sony's operations into the red for the July to September quarter, despite a jump in sales. October 26, 4:28 a.m. PDT Gateway to replace Sony-made batteries Gateway is taking advantage of Sony's battery replacement program and will exchange approximately 35,000 of its consumers' batteries, it said Tuesday. October 24, 4:57 a.m. PDT Sony details battery problems Sony has provided greater detail about a battery manufacturing problem that is expected to see the replacement of up to 9.6 million laptop computer battery packs. October 24, 4:08 a.m. PDT Sony cuts profit forecast on battery woes A large recall of Sony-made batteries by PC makers and problems that have hit the launch of the PlayStation 3 console caused Sony to cut its full year profit forecast by more than a third on Thursday. October 19, 4:42 a.m. PDT Assault and batteries The recall of nearly 6 million notebook PC batteries by Dell and Apple in August, and more than 500,000 by Lenovo and 830,000 by Toshiba in September due to fire risk has caused many people to look twice at their computer batteries. However, few alternatives to today's lithium ion batteries exist yet: Promised fuel cell technology for notebooks remains stuck in research labs. October 18, 7:24 a.m. PDT Sony to recall Vaio laptop batteries Sony has added its name to a growing list of computer makers recalling laptop PC batteries made by one of its own subsidiaries. October 17, 4:11 a.m. PDT Toshiba ties with LG.Philips for LCDs Toshiba is planning to buy a one fifth stake LG.Philips LCD Co.'s Polish subsidiary in order to ensure a steady supply of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels for European televisions, it said Tuesday. October 10, 10:02 a.m. PDT Sharp displays prototype high-resolution display Sharp raised the bar for high-definition LCD (liquid crystal display) screens this week with the demonstration of 64-inch prototype with a resolution of 4,096 pixels by 2,160 pixels -- four times higher than current high-definition displays. October 5, 4:53 a.m. PDT Fujitsu recalls batteries in 287,000 notebooks Fujitsu's recall of defective batteries will affect 287,000 notebook PCs, including 63,000 in Japan, the company said Wednesday. October 4, 9:42 a.m. PDT NTT DoCoMo shows fuel cell prototype NTT DoCoMo is showing at this week's Ceatec show in Japan a prototype fuel cell that it's developing with a Japanese startup for use as a cell-phone recharger. October 4, 5:07 a.m. PDT Fujitsu shows a larger paper-thin display Fujitsu has made progress in its development of flexible, paper-thin displays that consume very little power. October 3, 4:37 a.m. PDT Toshiba develops HD DVD writer drive On Tuesday Toshiba will unveil the first slim-type HD DVD writer drive suitable for use in laptop computers. The SD-L902A drive is the standard 12.7-millimeters high, which means it can fit in the drive bay of most laptop computers. It can read and write HD DVD, DVD, and CD discs, Toshiba said Monday. October 2, 6:22 a.m. PDT MTI hits fuel cell milestone MTI MicroFuel Cells has demonstrated a prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) to the U.S. military, the company's president said Monday. October 2, 5:33 a.m. PDT Fujitsu details battery exchange plans Fujitsu will offer owners of some of its laptop computers replacement batteries as part of Sony's global battery exchange program, it said Saturday. October 2, 4:25 a.m. PDT Acer in talks with Sony about battery recall Acer, the world's fourth-largest PC vendor, is in talks with Sony over joining its voluntary laptop PC battery recall, but said Acer users haven't reported any problems so far. October 2, 4:13 a.m. PDT Dell expands battery recall, Fujitsu considers action Dell has increased by 100,000 the number of laptop batteries it is recalling due to a potential fire hazard, while Toshiba said it would take part in Sony's voluntary battery replacement program kicked off Thursday. Fujitsu indicated that it was also considering a voluntary recall. September 29, 6:26 a.m. PDT Toshiba to exchange a further 830,000 Sony batteries Toshiba is offering to replace a further 830,000 laptop batteries containing cells made by Sony, it said Friday. The offer covers computers sold worldwide and is separate from a similar announcement made by the company last week. September 29, 4:07 a.m. PDT Sharp develops triple-view LCD Sharp has developed an LCD (liquid crystal display) screen that can display three full-screen images simultaneously, depending on where the viewer sits. September 27, 4:35 a.m. PDT In Brief: Sony shuffles execs in electronics group Sony is reshuffling responsibilities in its key electronics group, allowing the head of the division to play a bigger role in Sony's research and development actvities. September 25, 6:05 a.m. PDT Apple avoids the "e" word History hasn’t been kind to Apple’s enterprise ambitions. Blame it on the products — which emphasized personal productivity over corporate citizenship — or on the smug superiority of Apple users. But “Mac” and “enterprise” have seldom been uttered in the same sentence. September 25, 3:00 a.m. PDT Amid investigation, HP nets new contracts See correction below September 21, 4:40 a.m. PDT Update: Toshiba offers to exchange 340,000 notebook batteries Toshiba has offered to exchange 340,000 notebook computer batteries, but said they do not pose a fire hazard. Instead, defective batteries could unexpectedly cut power to the notebooks, causing users to lose unsaved work. September 19, 5:15 a.m. PDT NTT DoCoMo to invest in fuel-cell developer NTT DoCoMo is planning to buy a slice of a Japanese venture company that has made some promising advances in fuel-cell technology. September 11, 6:10 a.m. PDT Xerox refreshes product line, expands services Xerox wooed Wall Street and users last week in New York with a three-day rollout of new printers, software and strategic initiatives that underscored how services will be the engine of growth for the company. September 11, 4:19 a.m. PDT Panasonic recalls laptop batteries Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) is recalling several thousand laptop computer battery packs because mechanical problems with the pack's latch could lead to overheating of the battery. September 5, 3:37 a.m. PDT Sony names product safety chief Sony has appointed one of its presidents to oversee product quality and safety, the first time such a high-level member of staff has taken that position at the company. September 1, 3:45 a.m. PDT Logitech's new mice seek a Revolution Logitech on Thursday announced new mice that it claims will ease Web searches and navigation of content on a PC. August 24, 4:26 a.m. PDT Asustek, Giga-byte deal to boost motherboard prices Two of the world's largest motherboard makers announced plans to build a new company to combine production of their desktop motherboard and graphics card products, they said late Tuesday. August 9, 6:15 a.m. PDT Apple to cut the cord on the Mighty Mouse Apple Computer has developed a wireless version of its Mighty Mouse, according to a U.S. regulatory filing. July 25, 4:25 a.m. PDT Microsoft touts 'Ultimate Keyboard' Microsoft Corp.'s hardware division is developing a slim wireless keyboard that will make it easier for users to access Windows Live services and features in its Windows Vista OS. July 6, 6:16 p.m. PDT > Hardware |
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