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• Sony Ericsson Chief: Holding Up In Tough Times

  Content Next - 2009-01-08

  You have to hand it to Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) CEO Hideki Komiyama, at least the man tells it as it is and doesn't feel the need to resort to the usual spin. In an interview with Reuters at CES, Komiyama said he hoped that the...

  Tags: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, LG Electronics Inc., Motorola Inc., Research & Development, Cellular Phones, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, Sony Ericsson, Gadgets, Dianne See Morrison, Sony Corp.

• CES Wire: Yahoo and Samsung Team On Web TV; LG Unveils Broadband HDTVs

  Content Next - 2009-01-07

  Here are two related items from the Consumer Electronics Show CES about efforts to offer greater connection between the web and the living room:—Samsung and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) are working on a web-based content service to be released this spring. The Yahoo has created a "widget engine" for Samsung...

  Tags: Web TV, Team, Yahoo! Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Broadband, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Companies, Yahoo, Entertainment, Media, TV, IPTV, David Kaplan, NetFlix Inc.

• Getting Rid Of The Box Netflix Software To Be Embedded Directly Into LG TVs

  Content Next - 2009-01-05

  In the march towards getting "rid of the box" as the going-forward philosophy in the evolving digital home, Netflix has extended its partnership with LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) and embedding its online video service directly into the new HDTVs from the Korean electronics company. LG's new LCD and plasma...

  Tags: Software, NetFlix Inc., LG Electronics Inc., TVs, Corporate Communications, Business Structures, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Finance, Entertainment, Movies, Gadgets, Media, TV, Rafat Ali

• Report: Motorola's Reign Over The U.S. Market Ends Next Year

  Content Next - 2008-12-09

  Motorola (NYSE: MOT), – still riding its years-long wave of success from the Razr, will end this year on top once more after selling the most consumer handsets in the U.S., but the dance ends next year, according to a new report from MultiMedia Intelligence. The handset manufacturer is...

  Tags: U.S., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., New York Stock Exchange, Motorola Inc., Gender And Diversity, Cellular Phones, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, Apple, LG, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, Research & Metrics, Matt Kapko, Apple Inc.

• Legal Tech Week: Spansion, Samsung, LG, Kodak, Google, Microsoft, More

  BNET - 2008-11-22

  I thought that adding an occasional round-up of high tech legal machinations might be interesting to readers. If you think it's worthwhile, or not, email or comment and let me know. Spansion sues Samsung -- Memory chip maker Spansion, a Fujitsu and AMD joint venture, has decided...

  Tags: Google Inc., Patent, Eastman Kodak Co., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Microsoft Corp., Spansion Inc., Erik Sherman

• Kodak Sues Samsung, LG Over Digital Camera Technology Used In Phones

  Content Next - 2008-11-19

  Eastman Kodak has filed a pair of lawsuits against LG (SEO: 066570) and Samsung alleging that the companies infringed on patents involving digital cameras in some of their devices. The complaints, which were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and with the...

  Tags: Phone, Eastman Kodak Co., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Digital Camera, Camera, Digital Cameras, Document Management, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Matt Kapko, Companies, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Legal, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp.

• AT&T gets LG's first Windows smartphone

  Strategy Eye - 2008-11-19

  AT&T is to be the exclusive US carrier for the new LG smartphone - the first to use Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. LG says that with Windows Mobile, the 3G device is its first to compete in the crowded US smartphone market. ...

  Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phone, LG Electronics Inc., AT&T Corp., Touch-screen Phone, Smart Phones, 3G, Microsoft Windows, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Andrew McDonald, Apple, Inc., AT&T, LG Electronics

• LG, Sharp, Other Accused Price Fixers Need Courage, not Nerve

  BNET - 2008-11-13

  It's been an interesting time for accusations of price fixing. Late in August, a class action was filed in California claiming that AMD and Nvidia were fixing prices of GPU processors and graphics cards -- just before Nvidia settled a lawsuit on the same topic. And just yesterday, LG Display...

  Tags: NVidia Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Sharp Corp., Price, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Video Cards, Hardware, Components, Erik Sherman, DRAM, Class Action, Memory, Semiconductors

• Football: Street are in High spirits; LATEST FROM AROUND THE SUNDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCENE Wigham leads scoring spree Blyth/Wansbeck Sunday Lg

  - 2008-09-27

  HIGH Street just managed to beat North Shields Gunner 7-6 in the only Second Division match played. Goals for High Street came from Ryan Wigham (4), Anthony Goldie (2) and Alan Goldie. The Gunners' efforts were scored by Paul Noon (2), James Ridley, Chris McMath and Alan Langlands (2)....

  Tags: Games, LG Electronics Inc., White House

• Bebside find smart Alex far too clever; ALL THE LATEST FROM THE SUNDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCENE IN THE REGION AS THE SEASON GETS INTO FULL SWING Synergy Blyth and Wansbeck Sunday Lg

  - 2008-09-20

  THE Alexandra North Shields scored six without reply against Bebside in the Saints Shield. On target for the Alex were Chris Appleby (2), Andy Hale (2), Jay Hussain and Adam Bachelor. Cramlington Brockwell Celtic lost at home 3-2 against Rockcliffe Arms in the Premier Division. Dan Tueart...

  Tags: counter, Games, LG Electronics Inc., White House

• NTT DOCOMO and KT Freetel to Jointly Procure 3G Handset from LG

  - 2008-05-28

  Tokyo and Seoul, May 27, 2008 - JCN Newswire - NTT DOCOMO, INC. and KT Freetel Co., Ltd. announced today that they will jointly procure a 3G handset model from LG Electronics, Inc.

  Tags: 3G, LG Electronics Inc., NTT DoCoMo Inc.

• Albert in the Hunt for top honours; Synergy Blyth and Wansbeck Sunday Lg

  - 2008-05-24

  THE new Premier champions are The Albert North Shields. They secured the title by virtue of Chris Hunt scoring the only goal of the game to secure victory over Blyth Town Sunday. The man of the match awards went to Scott Marshall and Neil Blades. In Division...

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• LG Electronics Partners With Cable Industry on New Orleans School Technology Upgrade

  - 2008-05-15

  NEW ORLEANS, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As the cable industry gathers here next week for its annual convention, The Cable Show '08, LG Electronics is bringing the latest technology to a local school in partnership with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association NCTA, Cable in the Classroom, Discovery Education,...

  Tags: cable, LG Electronics Inc.

• LG and Samsung Join Forces to Develop and Promote North American Mobile Digital TV Standard

  - 2008-05-14

  - Agreement signed on May 14, 2008

  Tags: LG Electronics Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

• DTL Licenses Key Cell Phone Patent to LG Electronics

  - 2008-04-16

  General Patent Corporation International Acts as Licensing Agent

  Tags: cell phone, LG Electronics Inc., patent, phone

• LG VENUS Now Available at TELUS-Canada's First LG Touchscreen Sets New Standard

  - 2008-04-16

  Editors Note: Photos and a video are included with this press release.

  Tags: LG Electronics Inc., touch screen

• Gracenote to Power Next-Generation Music Handsets for LG Electronics

  - 2008-04-02

  CTIA Wireless 2008 -- Gracenote®, a global leader in embedded technology, enriched content, and data services for digital entertainment solutions, today announced it will provide its music services embedded into handsets of LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications. The services include its popular Mobile MusicID®...

  Tags: handset, LG Electronics Inc., mobile

• LG Dacom Meets Explosive Demand for Converged Services with LG-Nortel Solution

  - 2008-04-02

  After just nine months on the market, LG Dacom has attracted more than 300,000 subscribers - and is signing up an additional 5000 subscribers per day - for myLG070, its next-generation fixed and mobile communications service built using VoIP solutions from LG-Nortel, a joint venture of LG Electronics and Nortel(1)...

  Tags: LG Electronics Inc., Nortel Networks Corp.

• Nortel and LG Electronics Demonstrate Two 'World Firsts' in LTE Mobile Broadband

  - 2008-04-01

  Nortel(1) (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) and LG Electronics, a leader in digital electronics and mobile phones, have accomplished two "world firsts" that demonstrate the mobile broadband power of 4G LTE. LTE wireless broadband technology can put wireless Internet and popular mobile multimedia applications like mobile entertainment and productivity applications, HD streaming...

  Tags: broadband, LG Electronics Inc., mobile, mobile broadband, Nortel Networks Corp.

• Nortel and LG Electronics Demonstrate Two 'World Firsts' in LTE Mobile Broadband; Demonstrations Show Super Fast Wireless Internet at CTIA and on the Road.

  - 2008-04-01

  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, Apr 1, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Nortel(1) (TSX:NT)(NYSE:NT) and LG Electronics, a leader in digital electronics and mobile phones, have accomplished two "world firsts" that demonstrate the mobile broadband power of LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, Apr 1, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Nortel(1)...

  Tags: broadband, CTIA, LG Electronics Inc., mobile, mobile broadband, Nortel Networks Corp.