One of the company's newest phones uses the same technology found in cutting-edge TVs to deliver incomparable color.

Congressional Democrats overwhelmingly embraced President Obama's ambitious and expensive agenda for the nation yesterday (April 2), endorsing a US$3.5 trillion spending plan that sets the stage for the president to pursue his most far-reaching priorities.

Eizo Nanao will release on July 1, 2009, the "RadiForce LS560W," an LCD monitor that has a 56-inch screen with a resolution of 3,840x2,160 pixels and is intended for use in operating rooms.

The nation's largest developer of renewable energy has planned to unveil a green power purchase program that could shake up the market by channeling all of the money into new wind and solar projects.

Elpida Memory said Thursday it is considering offering an approximately 10% stake in the company to Taiwan Memory Co., the memory-chip firm being created by the Taiwanese government. The Japanese DRAM chipmaker hasn't decided on the amount of the stake in monetary terms, the timing or how it would be offered.

UL becomes first nationally recognized testing laboratory to provide Energy Star eesting of LED products for North America.

Its new venture capitalist arm pledged to help find and develop "exceptional start-ups", offering early stage investments to a range of new firms. Areas it will look at include consumer Internet, software, clean tech, bio tech and healthcare. But it will also include "areas we haven't thought of yet."

Microsoft has said it settled a patent dispute over car navigation technology with TomTom NV for an undisclosed amount. Under the terms of the five-year settlement, TomTom will pay the software maker for use of eight patents.

A key index of consumer confidence rebounded slightly in March, but it held near historic lows as consumers remained uneasy about the economy and the labor market.

It's no secret that IBM is outsourcing US jobs. Last year, IBM's US employment fell 5%, while emerging market employment rose 15%, particularly in high growth markets like India, China, Brazil and Russia.

As promoted by Goldman Sachs in 2001, this approach focuses on Brazil, Russia, India and China. While their stock markets were as battered as those in North America and Europe in 2008, most of them may recover faster and offer sustained growth.

As world leaders assemble in London for the Group of 20 summit this week, the latest evidence of the severity of the economic crisis emerged from Asia on Wednesday (April 1).

An executive with Hitachi Displays was charged on Tuesday with participating in a conspiracy to fix the prices of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panels, the US Justice Department said.

Two white LED emitters have broken efficiency records, according to a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report released on December 8, 2008. Both emitters were developed by the Optoelectronics Packaging & Materials Labs at the University of California, Irvine, and both were made from blue LED chips available on the open market.

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) developed a light emitting material that can be printed on paper and cloth and used to make light emitting posters and POP materials, flexible displays, etc.

Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of the global technology distributor, Avnet Inc, and the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) have joined forces in an energy efficient lighting initiative, aimed at stimulating the design and development of a new generation of LED lighting products.