Japanese nursing home robot can converse, sing, express emotions and give trivia quizzes to seniors to help with their mental agility, but the pale-green gizmo has spent much of the past two years languishing in a corner alone.
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Japanese electronics maker will pitch in on cost of recall of 205,000 laptop battery packs.
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High-def radio adds big box retailer but must train in-store staff after industry’s innovation hiatus.
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Higher-capacity disc prototype unveiled along with Fox release for Blu-ray.
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Zinc Matrix Power says its silver-zinc battery lasts twice as long as lithium-ion batteries of the same size.
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Companies plan to separate processor businesses, one ahead of schedule.
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Mobile giant’s next CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo plans to focus on challenging Motorola, North America’s market leader.
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The two companies announce a joint venture to sell cell phones into the U.S. market, to help with dual weaknesses.
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Sharp Electronics executive says the solar market has long way to grow.
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The wireless back-office startup will back ESPN as it kicks off its mobile service on Super Bowl Sunday.
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If the HD-DVD standard flops, Microsoft will look to Sony’s competing Blu-ray standard.
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After Suntech Power built a promising business, China vows to outpace every solar market under the sun.
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Backers of the high-definition DVD format aren't worried about rival technologies.
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TV to be Googled next; ESPN’s pricey mobile phone; looking back, a newspaper story.
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Phones for sports fans and video game junkies are among the gadgets and services unveiled at the CTIA trade show.
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Toshiba says talks with Sony for a single DVD format are over, but Blu-ray still sees a ray of hope.
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Backers of HD-DVD and Blu-ray call off a détente on the competing standards.
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'Earth mother' CEO takes severe real-world approach to ongoing problems for Japan’s third-largest electronics device maker.
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Wireless equipment company scores financing from Morgan Stanley and Temasek.
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Red Herring panelists say the U.S. has investors and technology, but is missing the opportunity to be a leading renewable-energy market.
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