After 58 Years: Panasonic To Cut The Cord With JVC Kenwood

Panasonic has been partnering with Victor Co. of Japan, which in 2008 merged with Kenwood to become JVC Kenwood, since 1954[......]

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Review: The Playstation 3D Display Lets You Bring All Of Your Friends

Features: 24-inch 1080p 3D Display 240Hz Refresh Rate Includes One Game, HDMI Cable, And One Pair Of 3D Glasses Supports Dual-Player Gaming, Each Player Sees a Different Screen MSRP: $499 Pros: Excellent build quality Cool 3D dual-gaming feature Bright, crisp video Cons: Oddly-placed buttons Screen is glossy and reflective Not all games are supported [......]

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Ambient Field Conditioner Will Condition Your Ambient Field

If you didn’t get everything you wanted this holiday and still have a few thousand left over, why not blow it on a box that you put next to your stereo that literally does nothing for the circuitry inside? This box by Less Loss is a "shield" that keeps "noise" out of your stereo. It costs (I’m not making this up) $1,323. [......]

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An iPhone Lover’s Take On The Galaxy Nexus

You have to hand it to Google. They know that I prefer Apple products and have been generally critical of many Google moves in the past couple of years[......]

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What Will Happen If Verizon Fails To Launch The Galaxy Nexus Tomorrow?

It seems as though Verizon and Google have really screwed the pooch when it comes to the Galaxy Nexus launch. As of this very moment, we’re on our eighth rumored release date: tomorrow, December 15 . [......]

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Daily Crunch: Up In The Air

Here are some recent posts on TechCrunch Gadgets: Nintendo Reveals The 2012′s 3DS Release Schedule, Look For Kid Icarus, Tekken and MGS 3D This Winter American Airlines First To Be Granted FAA Approval For Pilot iPads Paul Allen And Burt Rutan Launch Stratolaunch Systems, Plan To Build World’s Largest Aircraft Video: Honda’s (Amazing) Personal Mobility Robot Uni-Cub Heads-Up: Lumus Shows Off 720p, See-Through Video Glasses [......]

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Asia’s space race could turn into an arms race

A Chinese lunar probe on its way to orbit. Asia’s current space race could turn into an arms race akin to the Cold War, according to James Clay Moltz , a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. He makes that argument in a recent Nature commentary[......]

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Onkyo Japan Announces Windows 7-Powered “Slate PC”

Onkyo Japan has been releasing quite a few Windows-powered tablets in the past months, and the company yesterday announced [JP] yet another model. The TW2A-A25Z7CK features Windows 7 Home Premium as the OS (32 bit), and comes with a stylus, a stand/case, and a Bluetooth keyboard[......]

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HP Shifts Consumer Notebook Production From China To Japan

Back in June, HP announced something very unusual: a plan to shift production of business notebooks for the Japanese market from China to Japan . [......]

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Video: World’s Largest 3D Display Boasts Full HD Resolution, 200-Inch Screen Size, 57 Viewing Angles

Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT) and JVC Kenwood have developed what they say is the world’s biggest 3D display. [......]

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PlayStation Vita Will Debut In US And Europe On February 22

Sony's Playstation Vita has long been slated for a December release in Japan , but Sony has just announced at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that their new portable will be hitting shelves stateside and in Europe on February 22.[......]

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Shopping 2.0: Interactive Hangers Used In Japanese Clothes Store (Videos)

Shopping 2.0: It's no surprise that "interactive hangers" [scroll down for an explanation in English] are first introduced in Japan, a country obsessed with service, shopping, fashion and technology. Vanquish, the shop in question, is located in a department store in central Tokyo called 109MEN'S . The way it works is pretty simple: every time a shopper picks up a hanger, a computer screen above the item displays relevant pictures and videos, for example showing how a T-shirt looks when worn or other clothes that would fit the item chosen.[......]

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CEATEC 2011: Nissan Showcases “Smart House Of The Future”

Next-generation homes are definitely one of the big trends at the CEATEC 2011 exhibition that currently takes place in Chiba, Japan. We have covered multiple "smart home" concepts from various Japan companies over the last years , and at CEATEC, Nissan's so-called NSH-2012 Smart House of the Future is stealing the show. It's not a typical home but rather a simple house that's specifically designed for post-disaster situations[......]

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Pioneer AR HUD turns in-car sat nav virtual

Pioneer chose CEATEC 2011 to show off some stunning in-car concept technology this week, unveiling what it has called the Pioneer AR HUD. TechRadar was given a demo of the company's new see-through heads-up display, which it hopes will eventually replace sun visors in cars. The small screen sits where a sun shade should be and uses augmented reality to show you sat nav directions through your windscreen[......]

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Hitachi Updates Its Amazing Naked-Eye 3D Display Technology

The CEATEC 2011 exhibition in Japan is just one day away, and Hitachi is already showing one of its coolest products: the company has been working on glasses-free 3D projection systems for years and is apparently making progress. The newest version [JP] uses a set of 24 projectors, lenses, translucent half mirrors to superimpose 3D images on an object in the real-world[......]

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