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Sony failed to fully study battery problem (Oct 2)

Sony was aware of faults in its personal computer batteries last December, but failed to fully study the problem, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

Five reasons Zune may kill iPod (Oct 2)

Motorola challenges Nokia in emerging markets with super-thin handsets (Oct 2)

Canon to start mass producing SED TVs in 2008 (Oct 2)

Monitor maker sharpens vertical focus with big launch (Oct 2)

ViewSonic is gearing up to release more than two dozen display products in the next three months to better penetrate the digital home.

Sony battery recall 'could affect consumer products' (Oct 2)

Sony to launch blu-ray recorder in Japan in Dec (Oc 2)

Sony said on Tuesday it will launch its Blu-ray HD optical disc recorder in Japan in December, with an expected price tag of around 300,000 yen for a model with a 500-gigabyte hard disk drive.

CEATEC Japan 2006 opens its doors on Tuesday (Oct 2 )

UMC and IME to partner on advanced noise modeling for nanometer technologies (Oct 2)

MagnaChip challenges TFT, CSTN with PM OLED display (Sep 29)

Sony-Ericsson to offer Bluetooth watch (Sep 29)

HP officers avoid questions or deny knowing of any illegal spying (Sep 28)

Samsung introduces M55 HD DVD notebook (Sep 28)

Sony finds reputation in danger (Oct 1)

Creative introduces ZEN V Plus in a higher capacity of 8GB (Oct 2)

Report: Intel ups layoffs at Folsom plant (Sep 29)

Qualcomm chips might be barred from US in fight with Broadcom (Oct 2)

HP's Hurd: I'm not resigning (Oct 2)

Console wars fought on many fronts (Oct 2)

Hynix, ST to open 12-inch fab in China (Sep 29)

Sony stock hits 2 month low on battery woes (Oct 2)

Toshiba cumulative production of 1.8-inch HDD climbs to 40 million (Oct 2)

Toshiba, Fujitsu join battery recall (Oct 2)

Indian automotive electronics market poised for growth, iSuppli says (Sep 29)

Philips completes sale of majority of semis division (Sep 29)

Avago unveils 480-lumen RGB LED lighting modules (Sep 28)

Siemens says examining BenQ mobile ops contract (Sep 29)

Sharp vs Sony: LCD TV battle heating up in Japan (Sep 29)

Lite-On licenses Cree white LED patent for backlighting laptop displays (Sep 28)

TSMC studies investing in Holland's Mapper Lithography - report (Oct 2)

JVC announces new product lineups at CEATEC Japan 2006 (Sep 27)

NTT DoCoMo unveils portable 3D display (Sep 30)

Sharp highlights digital network at CEATEC Japan 2006 (Sep 29)

Sharp will showcase LCD TVs made with 8th-generation glass substrates at the show.

Liquidator says gets approaches for BenQ Mobile (Oct 1)

Siemens besieged by critics over BenQ handset insolvency (Oct 1)

Westinghouse 46-inch HDTV is affordable (Sep 30)

HP ships Wi-Fi equipped HDTV (Sep 30)

JVC busts out "world's largest" RPTV at 110 inches (Sep 30)

A 'bluetooth watch' for those too lazy to answer their mobiles (Sep 30)

More Dell battery packs recalled (Oct 2)

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