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Article | 7/08/2001 Panasonic unveils new concept camcorder
Digital video cameras have boasted the ability to double as digital still cameras. For some time, however, users wishing to take advantage of this fea...
Article | 6/08/2001 Fujitsu eyes major share of fingerprint sensor market
Fujitsu Ltd. is planning a major push into the fingerprint sensor market and has set out a goal to grab just under 50 percent of the global market by ...
Article | 3/08/2001 Fujitsu to end 3.5 inch IDE hard disk manufacturing
Faced with declining sales as a result of the sharp drop in the desktop personal computer market, Fujitsu Ltd. has decided to end production of 3.5-in...
Article | 1/08/2001 NEC outlines midterm plan, chip division cuts
NEC Corp., one of the world's largest electronics and semiconductor manufacturers, announced Tuesday its new midterm management plan with a sweeping r...
Article | 27/07/2001 Hitachi to halt production of PC monitor CRTs
Hitachi has decided to halt production of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) for computer monitors by the end of this year and concentrate exclusively on liquid...
Article | 23/07/2001 Japan's chip makers put brakes on production
In the face of weakening demand and still plunging prices, many of Japan's major chip makers are using the upcoming Obon holiday period to idle plants...
Article | 11/07/2001 NEC plans to enter PDA market later this year
The personal digital assistant (PDA) market is about to get more crowded with the entry of another Japanese hardware maker. NEC Corp. said Monday it p...
Article | 10/07/2001 Samsung, Hitachi announce new flash memories
Two of the industry's leading suppliers of flash memory chips, Samsung Electronics and Hitachi, are rising to the challenge of fitting more memory int...
Article | 6/07/2001 Sega to market special-edition Dreamcast
Sega is breathing life into its Dreamcast games console one last time and has announced plans to put on sale a special edition of the device in Septem...
Article | 5/07/2001 LCD makers agree to cooperate on environmental issues
Representatives from the world's largest LCD (liquid crystal display) manufacturing companies have agreed at a meeting in Tokyo to exchange informatio...
Article | 4/07/2001 Sharp, Sanyo team on networked home appliances
Sanyo and Sharp on Tuesday announced plans to work together on production of home appliances that can be connected to home electronics networks. The t...
Article | 26/06/2001 Toshiba pushes hard disk density higher with new models
Toshiba announced Monday a line-up of hard disk drives for notebook computers that manage to cram more data than ever into a square inch of disk space...
Article | 20/06/2001 Use your mobile phone to buy a Coke
Thirsty users in Singapore can now buy drinks from vending machines using their mobile phones, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and F&N Coca Col...
Article | 15/06/2001 Transmeta plans 1GHz Crusoe in third quarter
Transmeta plans to begin shipping a faster version of its Crusoe processor in the third quarter of this year, a spokeswoman for the company said Thurs...
Article | 12/06/2001 Final Fantasy IX big winner at PlayStation Awards 2001
Square's Final Fantasy IX game software was the big winner Monday night in Tokyo at Sony Computer Entertainment's (SCEI) PlayStation Awards 2001.

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