Sony Ericsson has announced that Najmi Jarwala, President of Sony Ericsson USA and Head of Region North America (comprising the US and Canada markets), has chosen to leave the company at the end of March to pursue other career opportunities.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Corning's credit outlook to "Negative" from "Stable" on Tuesday, citing a falloff in demand that began late last year.

The partnership between Samsung Electronics and Sony is facing a serious test, with Sony drawing first blood, testing samples of LCD panels manufactured by LG Display.

Novaled AG announces that it will work together with Holst Centre on Organic Thin Film Transistors (OTFT) using the Novaled PIN OLED technology and materials.

Seoul Semiconductor will supply 300 thousand pieces of LED for ‘LED Farming Demonstration Project’ of Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry of Japan. LED light source for farming is getting popular for energy saving and improvement of product quality. Competitive power of Seoul Semiconductor and possibility of its market expansion with diversified items in the Japanese market have been confirmed.

Khatod expects to add more than 50 new products to its current 690-SKU catalog this year, in part with Future’s assistance.

Samsung has told European journalists at its 2009 European Forum that consumers expecting an OLED television from the company anytime soon shouldn't hold their breath.

Daiwa House Industry developed an LED lighting system dubbed "Grace Lumino" in collaboration with Nabesho and Kyocera.

Seeking to boost the US clean-energy industry, President Obama on Monday announced US$1.2 billion for science research at national labs and a proposal to extend a business tax credit for investments in research and development. Obama told researchers and green-technology business people that their work was vital to revitalizing the US economy and cutting the country's dependence on foreign oil.

The European Commission and Japan are going to deepen their collaboration in energy research. The primal areas for cooperation are photovoltaics, power storage and carbon capture and storage.

Lam Research is cutting 375 jobs or 10% of its workforce as part of a restructuring effort the company estimates will save it up to US$95 million a year.

A startup called Zeebo is betting that people in emerging markets want to play good video games just as much as people in the US, Western Europe and Japan do. Zeebo plans to launch its "video game console for the next billion" in Brazil next month for US$199 and other countries later in the year for US$179. It was developed using the cell phone technology of Qualcomm.

Germany's Siemens AG (SI) Tuesday said that Siemens Energy is to acquire a 28% stake in Italian solar company Archimede Solar Energy S.p.A. and thus expand its competencies for solar thermal power plants.

Sussex-based Powerlase is making lasers that are expected to have an impact on the production of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

General Electric made a big splash last fall when it very publicly announced that it would be getting back into the television business next month, with a new line of feature-rich LCD TVs. Now very quietly, the company has pushed back three months or more the date when the TVs will enter the market.

New multi-color PhlatLight LEDs offer stage-grade lumen performance, homogeneous mixing quality and dynamic color range

Broadcom Corp has announced that its continued collaboration with RaisingSun Digital Video Technology Co of Shanghai, China, has produced a next-generation 'all-in-one' digital television (DTV) turnkey solution that supports all Chinese broadcasting standards, including AVS, as well as Internet connectivity.