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Panasonic Releases Internet-Enabled Plasmas

Though they're a little late on their intended release date, Panasonic has finally delivered the Viera (PZ850) series of plasma televisions, which will have some basic Internet functions baked in. Two, to be precise: the TVs will have ...READ MORE

Panasonic, Skype Want You to Talk to Your TV, for Google-Rivaling VoIP Plan

Well what'd you know? As soon as we get interested about Google's rumored TV tie-up with Sony and its potential plans for Skype rivalry, up pops Panasonic. It's just announced a deal with Skype to bring VoIP to your Panny TV. The new ...READ MORE

This TV Will Cost You $550,000 (Bodyguard Sold Separately)

Yesterday, at a corporate gathering in New York City, Panasonic showed off their latest plasma 3-D television--the biggest in the world, weighing in at 1,500 pounds and measuring 152 inches, crushing the last record the company ...READ MORE

Judging the New CES Gadgets by Looks Alone

Yesterday, on the first day of CES, the world's definitive gadget trade show, the product announcements were flowing thick. What the commenters ignored, however, were the basic question of whose stuff looked the best. That's a ...READ MORE

Panasonic's Would-be Roomba Killer Crawls Like an Inchworm

Recently, Panasonic unveiled a new robot that looks like a washcloth--Except for the fact that it crawls along the floor, mopping up as it moves along. The secret of the Fukitorimushi--which ...READ MORE

Panasonic Kicks New Toughbooks Out The Door

Panasonic [MC] announced a handful of new Toughbooks this week, refreshing the venerable line of go-anywhere, drop-me notebooks. The three new models come in three different form-factors: a lighweight notebook, a tablet PC and an ...READ MORE

Panasonic Releases Internet-Enabled Plasmas

Though they're a little late on their intended release date, Panasonic has finally delivered the Viera (PZ850) series of plasma televisions, which will have some basic Internet functions baked in.READ MORE

Digital Dominance

Panasonic will no longer be making analog televisions, not particularly surprising since technology and media have been steadily converting to digital for a few years now. All of the major manufacturers are concentrating on the ...READ MORE

The Fabled Robotic Future Is Nearly Here [video]

Sitting in my spare bathroom is a large device dubbed a Cat Robot, and though it's not as sophisticated-looking as, say, an automobile production line spot-welding robot, let alone a Transformer, this robotic gizmo is a blessing ...READ MORE

Panasonic Earbuds Use Cubic Zirconia For Better Sound

It's hard to make news with headphones, but Panasonic (NYSE: MC) has made its best effort yet. Its new RP-HJE900 will use pieces of cubic zirconia – the stuff used to make passable faux diamonds – inside its assembly to suppress ...READ MORE

Panasonic Upgraded, Again

New York, May 1, 2008 — Panasonic is on a tear. Never in history has a $90 billion a year company gone from a NORTH RIVER MANAGEMENT GRADE F to B-, let alone done it in six years. This is one of the most astonishing performances ...READ MORE

Free OS Android Too Expensive for Net-Enabled TVs, Says Panasonic

Google, we know, loves to extend its grasping business tentacles in as many directions as possible, so the company's execs will be interested to learn of this particular G-fail: Panasonic is rejecting Android for TVs, citing ...READ MORE

The 2TB Memory Card Arrives: Panasonic's SDXC Format

The format of future memory cards, SDXC, just announced by the SD Card Association -- of which Panasonic is a founding member -- allows data storage in capacities between 32GB and 2TB. That's 2 terabytes, folks: about as much ...READ MORE

Panasonic Water Heater Spies on Your Bathroom Use

Wouldn't it be great if your bathroom knew when you were entering the room and adjusted the bathwater temperature accordingly? Panasonic's HE-KU37CQS water heater gets close to doing just that. The sensor-equipped heater, ...READ MORE

Tesla Teams Up With Panasonic for EV Batteries

Panasonic scored the jackpot this week with Tesla Motors' announcement that the electronics giant will be the automaker's sole supplier of electric vehicle battery packs. As part of the partnership, Tesla and Panasonic will also ...READ MORE

Panasonic Uses Simulation Technology to Cut Carbon Emissions

Instead of giving each factory the same efficiency overhaul, Panasonic has developed simulation technology to help facilities come up with tailored power-saving and emission-cutting solutions. The technology, created as part ...READ MORE

Best Buy to Partner With Panasonic, Push 3-D Televisions With Heavy Price Cuts

As reported by Japan's Nikkei newspaper, Panasonic is going to partner with retailer Best Buy in the U.S. for a major push of 3-D technology. Best Buy brings the retail space, Panasonic brings the hardware, and presumably, customers ...READ MORE

Move Over, U.S. Government: Panasonic Investing $1B in Green Technology

The U.S. government has been the saving grace for green technology, injecting much-needed cash into startups and established companies to expand their services. Now Panasonic is giving the government a run for its money with an ...READ MORE

Panasonic Earbuds Use Cubic Zirconia For Better Sound

Panasonic Earbuds Use Cubic Zirconia For Better SoundREAD MORE

WANTED: Panasonic's "World's First" 3-D Consumer Camcorder

Roger Ebert hates 3-D, and Avatar gave me a headache. But it's the hottest video trend in 2010 and likely 2011. Scores of movies (including good ones, like Toy Story 3) are leading the way in the high-end bracket, but 3-D televisions ...READ MORE

Your 40-Inch OLED TV Will Arrive in 2010, Thanks to Panasonic

I know you're fond of your nice, new LCD HDTV, I know--it's much better than the big CRT brute you had before. But, and trust me on this, you're going to want to buy a whole new TV next year. It's going to be OLED you see, and it ...READ MORE

Panasonic Dips a Giant Toe Into 3-D TV With a 50-Inch Plasma

With lots of industry players working on 3-D TV, and the supporting HDMI 1.4 cable format on its way, 3-D television is guaranteed to be pushed on consumers during this holiday shopping season and the next. Panasonic certainly plans ...READ MORE

Panasonic Releasing 37-Inch OLED TV Within Two Years

OLED TVs are undoubtedly the future of TV technology--they're thin, contain minimal parts, and use up to 50% less energy than LCD TVs (and significantly less than plasma, which uses as much energy as a large refrigerator). The only ...READ MORE

Able Planet Releases Noise Cancelling Headphones for Business Travelers

If you're anything like me you're easily distracted when you're working, you listen to your iPod at dangerously high levels, and your attempts to remedy the former by opting for the latter prove pretty futile in most instances. I've ...READ MORE

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