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• Panasonic intros MW-10 photo frame and audio system

  BNET - 2009-11-12

  Tags: Photograph, CD, Panasonic, Memory, audio system

• Panasonic launches Sanyo takeover bid

  BNET - 2009-11-05

  • Panasonic looking to tap into Sanyo's 'green' businesses • Major shareholders have agreed to sell shares at offer price Panasonic today began its long-awaited bid to take over rival Sanyo in a deal that is set to form one of the world's biggest...

  Tags: Panasonic, Sanyo Electric Co.

• Sony and Panasonic boost forecasts

  BNET - 2009-10-30

  Japan's two largest consumer electronics companies, Sony and Panasonic, both increased their full-year profit forecasts yesterday as cost cuts improved their operating results. Sony's improved outlook is a further indication that Sir Howard Stringer, the group's chief executive, is turning round the company after being buffeted by a tough business...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Panasonic

• Sony, Panasonic Signal a Recovery

  BNET - 2009-10-30

  TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Sony Corp and Panasonic Corp signalled the worst may be over for the world's two largest consumer electronics makers as they raised their full year outlooks, helped by cost cuts. This follows an upbeat view from Samsung Electronics, the world's top LCD maker, and Sharp...

  Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Sony Corp., Panasonic, Yen

• Lufthansa to re-launch onboard Internet service on Panasonic platform

  BNET - 2009-10-12

  Lufthansa announced yesterday that it will re-launch onboard Internet service next year in conjunction with Panasonic Avionics following a nearly four-year hiatus sparked by Connexion by Boeing's 2006 failure. Hinted at last week (ATWOnline, Oct. 8), LH and Panasonic yesterday introduced an inflight product that will include allowing passengers to...

  Tags: service, Panasonic, Lufthansa, Connexion

• Tech Law: EU Condition on Panasonic-Sanyo Deal, Apple Settles with Eminem, More

  BNET - 2009-10-08

  EU says OK to Panasonic buying Sanyo so long as they sell a European battery plant; voters try to stop Diebold from selling its voting machine division; Apple and Eminem's publisher settle; Psystar defense attorney for Apple copyright suit walks away from the case; and Venezuela looking to bar violent...

  Tags: Panasonic, Apple Inc., Eminem, Sanyo Electric Co., European Union, Games, Engineering, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman

• Exclusive: The Griffen-made iPod connectivity tool for IFE

  BNET - 2009-10-05

  The annual World Airline Entertainment Association WAEA conference and exhibition got off to a roaring start today (and they haven't even opened the doors to the show floor yet!!) I and my colleague Jon Ostrower have been filing copy throughout the day so...

  Tags: Apple iPod, Exhibition, Panasonic, Continental Airlines Inc., connectivity tool

• Panasonic touts Micro Four Thirds camera, 3D gear

  BNET - 2009-09-03

  The new Lumix GF1.(Credit: Erica Ogg/CNET)BERLIN--At Panasonic's press conference, which officially opens press day here at IFA Berlin 2009, the magic number is three, as in 3D and thirds.Laurent Abadie, CEO of Panasonic Europe, is up first. He is talking up Full HD 3D, a new business for the company,...

  Tags: 3D, Panasonic

• IFA 2009: Panasonic adds 58 and 65-inch NeoPDP plasmas to V10 range

  BNET - 2009-09-03

  Panasonic has announced it will be extending its popular V10 plasma range with new 58- and 65-inch NeoPDP TVs. These new behemoths join the existing 42- and 50-inch sets in the range, and bring the same host of technology to the party, including internet content over...

  Tags: TV, Sony Corp., Panasonic, Plasma

• Panasonic Lumix GF1 Camera Improves on the Olympus E-P1... But Not By Much [Cameras]

  BNET - 2009-09-01

  Copy this whole post to another site As leaked, Panasonic's third Micro Four Thirds camera, the GF1, matches the small size of the Olympus E-P1 while adding a built-in flash and some great new lenses. Besides the size and shape, the Lumix GF1 is very similar to the E-P1: Same...

  Tags: Camera, Panasonic