NHK is working on Hybridcast (an entirely different system to the Hybridcast 3D-delivery setup it demonstrated last year), a system that uses the internet to make vanilla TV broadcasts interactive. It works by pushing HTML5 overlays to your tablet and TV, so you can play along with quiz shows or follow a travelogue from the [...]

The Galaxy S III may rock an impressive battery life, but if Panasonic has its way, even greater benchmarks could be on the horizon. The company is ready to start making samples of a new ReRAM microcontroller, and — like Sharp and Elpida — it could start mass production as soon as next year… Tweet [...]

Panasonic’s yearly earnings are in and the red ink added up to a record $9.7 billion net loss for 2011. Number one on incoming president Kazuhiro Tsuga’s list is turning around the company’s TV division, where its heavy investments in both plasma and LCD manufacturing resulted in heavy losses… Tweet This Post

If you’d been by the shore of the Sumida River in central Tokyo this past weekend, you would have noticed that it was glowing a distinct shade of blue. That’s because Panasonic decided to kick off the first-ever Tokyo Hotaru (fireflies) festival by sending 100,000 EVERLED light bulbs down the river, both to mimic fireflies [...]

Panasonic, one of the last major TV manufacturers to champion plasma TVs, is now probably regretting that decision. The company just posted a $10 billion loss for the year, and one of its biggest losers is the plasma TV category, where sales fell way short of expectations… Tweet This Post

Okay, it may not be one of the sleekest laptops we’ve seen of late, but Panasonic’s B11 is packing a hefty amount of horsepower underneath that beastly shell to make you forget its looks. This Let’s Note B11 is a worthy refresh to the B10 series we showed you a while back — although aesthetically [...]

The unveiling of Tizen left many mobile open-source aficionados wondering when the OS would reach its all-important 1.0 status. The answer is now: the coalition between Intel, Panasonic, Samsung and a raft of carriers has posted the first non-beta release in both source code and software development kit forms… Tweet This Post

Time Warner Cable’s TWC TV streaming TV service has already arrived on iOS and Android 4.0, so what’s next? According to information we’ve received, the next stop should be connected TV platforms, starting with the popular Roku media streaming boxes… Tweet This Post

Panasonic has been touting its eco-minded efforts for quite some time now, but it’s gone one step further at the currently-happening Fortune Brainstorm Green Conference. The company has announced the formation of a new Eco Solutions business unit, which will be focused on “end-to-end energy solutions” for the United States and Canada… Tweet This Post

Frequent social networkers will tell you that Instagram’s usually plastered with food photos and self-portraits, so we were quite surprised to see a product leak over there. After some careful inspection, we’re pretty certain that the above picture shows a legit Panasonic Lumix GF5, which from this angle bears much resemblance to the GF3 bar [...]

Mobile World Congress 2012 was a massively exciting show and true to form brought us so much new kit to be excited about in early 2012. From Intel’s Medfield launch, a 41-megapixel smartphone, a new generation of personal hotspots and even engineered metals using micro arc oxidation, there was never a dull moment… Tweet This [...]

In the aftermath of company losses that passed $9 billion, Panasonic has announced that Fumio Ohtsubo is to step down as company president. He’ll be replaced by current senior executive Kazuhiro Tsuga in an executive reshuffle that’ll take place in June, when Ohtsubo will step up to become chairman of the board, replacing Kunio Nakamura [...]