The Dirty Backstabbing Mess Called Betamax vs VHS
You think you enjoyed Blu-ray vs HD DVD? Memory Stick vs SD? Pshaw! You haven't seen a format war until you've…
Panasonic Now Hoping For 40-inch OLED TVs Mass Produced By 2011
Last month the projection was 37 inches. Now a more reputable Japanese paper, Nikkei, is reporting a 40-inch target…
Toshiba and Matsushita to Start Cranking Out OLEDs in Massive Numbers
Toshiba and Matsushita's joint display group is about to become the first Japanese firm to jump into the OLED…
Panasonic to Have 37-Inch OLED Panels on Sale By 2011?
Adding to the rumors we brought you a few months ago, the Sankei Shimbun daily newspaper is reporting that Panasonic is…
Panasonic Joining OLED TV Game?
In a end-of-article one-liner afterthought, Digitimes noted that Panasonic will begin making OLED TVs "in the future."…
Old Lady Sues Tech Giants for Patents, Bakes Cakes with Lasers
Columbia University Professor Emeritus Gertrude Neumark Rothschild, the scourge of high-tech companies and freeway…
Nine-Megapixel Lumix DMC-TZ50 Has Wi-Fi, Photo-Sharing
May sees the Japanese release of Panasonic's Lumix DMC-TZ50, a nine-megapixel point-and-shoot with built-in wifi,…
Pioneer Boss Resigns Abruptly
Pioneer just released a statement that its much-loved North American chairman and CEO, Tom Haga, will "pass on the…
Pioneer Will Give Kuro Secret Sauce to Panasonic, Says Nikkei
According to a new Nikkei report, Pioneer is going to cease plasma production, as we suspected, but will not just…
Reuters: Pioneer Ending ALL Plasma Production, Will Outsource Panels to Panasonic
About a week ago it was confirmed that Pioneer was killing off its 42-inch plasmas to focus on sets bigger than 50…
Matsushita Becoming Just Panasonic on Oct. 1
Most of us are more familiar with the name "Panasonic" than Matsushita—Panasonic being Japanese electronics giant…
Toshiba to Sell Big OLEDs in 2009?
The news is that Toshiba plans to bring an OLED TV to market by 2009. IDG reported it, but the story got better when…
Bluetooth D-Snap Player from Panasonic
The new D-Snap SV-SD950N from Panasonic is Bluetooth-enabled, so can pair with your phone and control some call…
Power Pedal Robot Legs
Matsushita Electric, makers of everything exoskeleton, recently annoucned their new Power Pedal robot legs. Designed…
Energy Bill Got You Down? You Need Penguin Power!
In the universe of gadgets meant to monitor or conserve energy usage, this is the first we've seen that takes an anime…
Toshiba Matsushita Display Introduces New 21" OLED Screen That Nobody Will Be Able to Buy
Another week, another display manufacturer trying to make us believe that large OLED screens are going to happen…
Matsushita Too Successful for Its Own Good in Plasma Market?
Matsushita is reporting one its best quarters in over a decade, largely due to its dominance of the plasma screen…
Matsushita Fire-Massage Chair Not Working out as Planned
Panasonic-owned company, Matsushita, is recalling thousands of massage chairs because they can ignite on fire. The…