TWICE News

• Sony Unveils E-Series Laptops
  
  By Doug Olenick, February 2, 2010
    San Diego - Sony today introduced its entry-level Vaio E-series notebooks.
  
• Whirlpool's Q4 Profits More Than Double
  
  By Alan Wolf, February 2, 2010
  Benton Harbor, Mich. - Cost reductions, productivity initiatives and a 13 percent spike in sales to $4.9 billion pushed Whirlpool's fourth-quarter profits up 111 percent to $95 million.
  
• OMVC Signs Mobile DTV Research Partners
  
  By Greg Tarr, February 2, 2010
  Washington - The  the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), said Tuesday it has teamed with market research resources Harris Interactive and Rentrak to jointly study consumer usage habits for new portable TV devices.
  
• BWG Offers Warranties With Carbon-Offset Feature
  
  TWICE Staff, February 2, 2010
  St. Petersburg, Fla. - Bankers Warranty Group (BWG) will offer extended-warranty programs that include a carbon offset for covered products for the term of the service plan.
  
• Panasonic Opens 3D Authoring Center
  
  By Greg Tarr, February 2, 2010
  Universal City, Calif. - Panasonic unveiled Monday a fully operational Blu-ray 3D advanced authoring center located at Panasonic's R&D facility in the Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory.
  
• McGall Joins Wolf Cinema
  
  By Greg Tarr, February 2, 2010
  Berkeley, Calif. - Jim McGall, former business development VP for NuVision, has joined high-performance digital cinema manufacturer Sumiko/Wolf Cinema as sales director, the company announced Monday.
  
• Fujifilm Unveils 13 Digital Cameras For PMA Show
  
  By Greg Tarr, February 2, 2010
    Valhalla, N.Y. - Fujifilm USA unveiled Tuesday 13 point-and-shoot digital cameras it will be showcasing at the 2010 PMA Show, Feb. 21-23, in Anaheim, Calif.
  
• LCD Monitor Production Jumps In January
  
  By Doug Olenick, February 1, 2010
  Austin, Texas - DisplaySearch reported LCD monitor production in January hit its highest point in 18 months.
  
• Acer To Ship 3D PC Monitor
  
  By Doug Olenick, February 1, 2010
    San Jose, Calif. - Acer America will start shipping in early February a high-end FullHD 3D display.
  
• Chains Tout Sub-$500 TVs For Super Bowl
  
  By Alan Wolf, February 1, 2010
    Bentonville, Ark. - In a flashback to Black Friday, big-box chains are mounting aggressive TV price and financing promotions in the days leading up to Super Bowl XLIV.
  
• Microsoft Unveils SideWinder X4
  
  By Lisa Johnston, February 1, 2010
  Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft Hardware updated its line of SideWinder keyboards with the addition of the X4, introduced today.
  
• Spare Backup Supporting ServiceLive, Simplexity
  
  By Alan Wolf, February 1, 2010
  Palm Desert, Calif. - Spare Backup, an automated online backup service for PCs and mobile devices, has signed separate agreements with Sears' home repair subsidiary ServiceLive and with wireless e-tailer Simplexity.
  
• FLO TV Playing In Super Bowl With 3 Ads
  
  By Alan Wolf, February 1, 2010
  San Diego - FLO TV has prepared a trio of Super Bowl ads to increase awareness of the mobile TV category and the FLO TV brand.
  
• HES Pairs With PARA For Spring Summit
  
  By Alan Wolf, February 1, 2010
  Dallas - Home Entertainment Source (HES) will team up again with the Professional Audio Video Retailers Association (PARA) on a series of educational workshops to be presented at HES's spring summit in March.
  
• FCC Bureau OKs HD Radio Power Boost
  
  By Joseph Palenchar, January 29, 2010
  Washington D.C. -Digital FM radio stations will be able to boost digital-signal power output by up to 10dB to 10 percent of analog power levels to increase digital-signal range an improve in-building penetration, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) bureau ruled.
  
• iPad Welcomed By e-reader Vendors
  
  By Doug Olenick, January 29, 2010
  New York - Stand-alone e-reader manufactures, for the most part, gave Apple's iPad a warm welcome stating the high-profile device will help spread the word on this up and coming category.
  
• Sungale Unveils Portable Kula IPTV
  
  By Greg Tarr, January 29, 2010
    Chino, Calif. - Sungale recently introduced what it calls its Kula IPTV, an ultra portable Wi-Fi enabled TV and personal media player that allows users to access live streaming television programs from around the world.
  
• Apple Confirms iPhone, iPad 3G VoIP
  
  By Joseph Palenchar, January 29, 2010
  Greenwich, Conn. - VoIP calling over 3G cellular came to the iPhone with the launch of an Apple-authorized app from iCall.
  
• Samsung Reports Higher Q4 Sales
  
  By Steve Smith, January 29, 2010
  Seoul, Korea - Samsung Electronics reported higher sales but lower net income for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009.
  
• Windows 7 Drives Microsoft In Fiscal Q2
  
  By Steve Smith, January 28, 2010
  Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft reported major gains in revenue and net income in its fiscal second quarter, due in large part to sales of its Windows 7 operating system.