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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»

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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»

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»

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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»

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»

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»

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Panasonic Earbuds Use Cubic Zirconia For Better Sound

Panasonic Earbuds Use Cubic Zirconia For Better SoundREAD»

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»

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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»

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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»

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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»

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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»

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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»

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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»

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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»

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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»

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»

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»

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Milan 2009: Lights by Naoto Fukasawa

Naoto Fukasawa, Japan's master of simplicity, designed lighting for Panasonic's illuminating exhibit.READ»

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Five Robots To Ease Your Domestic Chores

The science magazines of the 50s were fond of portraying the future as populated with 'droids designed to ease life in every way imaginable. Sadly, it is the future, and that's not quite the way things turned out. But at least there ...READ»

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Japan's Swankiest Capsule Hotel

Who says packing-in like a sardine can't be swank?READ»

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The Enduring Power of Brand: Leica vs. Panasonic

Two nearly identical cameras, but one has slightly different design details, more passionate fans, and sells for $300 more.READ»

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Networked AV Empowers Communication

The latest digital signage systems, networked video/data projectors, and collaborative solutions combine the power of multimedia and IT to produce major gains in productivity.

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Panasonic Releases Three New Digital Cameras

July isn't usually a big month for tech product announcements, but Panasonic [NYSE:MC] is bucking the trend by announcing three pretty capable-looking digicams. Starting with the low end, there's the small form-factor Lumix ...READ»