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• Philips' Ambient Experience relaxes heart patients

  BNET - 2009-11-19

  A "patient" choosing the Australia theme, one of 10 currently available in the Ambient Experience suite of the National Heart Centre Singapore's cardiac catheterization laboratory.(Credit: Philips)Cardiac patients undergoing procedures at the National Heart Centre Singapore NHCS starting Thursday may find themselves either immersed in a Disney World setting or the...

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• A Road Map to New Lighting

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-19

  Greentech Media submits: By Michael Kanellos Lighting. Admit it, you've never found it that interesting. It's one of the underlying reasons that the incandescent still accounts for around 80 percent of the bulbs sold to consumers in the U.S. Consumers just grab and go when it comes...

  Tags: Materials & Industrials, Greentech Media, General Electric Co., Philips Electronics N.V.

• Philips Electronics: Ready for the Recovery

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-14

  Philips Electronics PHG shocked analysts by reporting an outstanding third quarter. Profits were $256 million or $0.19 a share. That was more than three times last year’s third quarter of $0.06 a share. Analysts were expecting a loss. Sales were down 11%, showing that Philips is not immune from the...

  Tags: Gadgets, John Dessauer, Philips Electronics N.V.

• Philips' figures help create optimistic mood

  BNET - 2009-10-12

  Global equity markets started the week in good form, with stocks in Frankfurt, Paris, London and New York closing at new 12-month highs, as investors waited for the third-quarter earnings season to reach full gallop. An encouraging set of results from Philips, the Dutch consumer electronics manufacturer, helped set a...

  Tags: dollar, Equity, Philips Electronics N.V., Equity Market

• Linux backers near patent deal in bid to protect OS

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-07

  A group of Linux backers which includes IBM and Sony is seeking to avert any legal threat from Microsoft that might discourage the adoption of the Linux operating system by acquiring a set of patents formerly owned by the software giant. The Open Invention Network OIN says that the...

  Tags: Patent, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Open Invention Network, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, The Linux Foundation, Allied Security Trust, Sarah Vizard, IBM Corp., NEC Corp., Philips Electronics N.V., Red Hat Inc., Sony Corp.

• Philips updates Aurea HDTV

  BNET - 2009-09-03

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• Philips: Don't get too excited about 3D

  BNET - 2009-09-03

  BERLIN--Shelled out several thousands for a Philips Cinema 21:9 television? You'll be pleased to hear it's obsolete.Philips has bumped the firmware and added a micro polarizing lens to the screen, to create a prototype 3D TV.The TV gets its tri-dimensional input from a prototype 3D Blu-ray player. Philips said Thursday...

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• First Dell, now Philips: Invasion of the iPhone clones in China begins

  BNET - 2009-08-19

  Tags: China Mobile Ltd., phone, Apple iPhone, Philips Electronics N.V.

• Android-based Philips V900 presented by China Mobile

  BNET - 2009-08-19

  Although it's not a Xenium phone, the Philips V900 is an interesting device, first of all because it's the first Philips to be based on Android – more exactly, on China Mobile's OMS Open Mobile System. The V900 was recently unveiled by the largest Chinese mobile carrier, and it should...

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• Toshiba to Join Blu-ray Disc Association

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  Toshiba announces its intent to produce Blu-ray discs after losing the high-definition DVD format war to Sony. Technology company Toshiba, which lost a protracted high-definition DVD format war with rival Sony (Toshiba backed HD DVD technology, but Sony's Blu-ray player prevailed) is getting ready to produce Blu-ray players of its...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Blu-ray, Toshiba Corp.