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Halloween may still be a month away, but Hewlett-Packard is already looking forward to the winter holiday season by introducing its fourth quarter Compaq...

An independent survey of mass merchant and high-end CE shoppers shows that plasma is the preferred format for large-screen TVs, but that pricing for...

Sanyo Electric has introduced a new CD drive technology that is capable of burning 1.4GB of data to a CD, almost twice what is...

MINNEAPOLIS – DTS is laying the groundwork for a 2003 marketing campaign that will promote its 5.1-channel surround format as a premium audio option...

With RSA software running on kiosks, technicians, managers, and support staff can view a kiosk’s performance from remote locations, view error and usage logs,...

Pasadena, Calif. – Interactive TV program guide Gemstar-TV Guide International recorded a 24 percent drop in revenue for its technology and licensing sector in...

Minneapolis – Some customary and uncustomary products turned up here at CEDIA’s just completed custom-install show. The customary products, which require installation, included new...

Washington, D.C. – The House Commerce Committee has a delicate balancing act to perform if it opts to impose legislation to expedite the digital...

New York – The ABC Television Network will broadcast the Super Bowl in high-definition format this year, and also plans HDTV coverage of the...

Sunnyvale, Calif. – SanDisk announced today that it will ship the new ImageMate 6-in-1 memory card reader in October. The reader has slots for...

New York – Olympus and Kodak announced today that they have agreed to implement a new standard for next-generation digital SLR camera systems that...

San Francisco – Favorable changes in cost structure helped specialty retailer Good Guys narrow its net loss to $1.8 million in its fiscal second...

Ambler, Penn. – Crystal View, the high-end video projector company that recently emerged from the ashes of Vidikron, said it has acquired the Madrigal...

Milpitas, Calif. – Handheld computer maker Palm reported a 20 percent drop in revenue for its fiscal first quarter, down to $172.3 million, compared...

New York – Reflecting the growing dichotomy in the handheld market, Palm announced a new sub-brand strategy creating two distinct brand names for consumer...

Delray Beach, Fla. – Office Depot inked a deal with DigiTerra Broadband enabling the office supplies chain to offer a wide variety of broadband...

Secaucus, N.J. – Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, makers of the Panasonic brand, is launching a $100 million-plus advertising and marketing campaign in the...

La Jolla, Calif. – Microsoft today introduced 10 wireless and Ethernet products, officially ushering the software giant into the home networking category. Microsoft is...

Boulogne, France – Thomson Multimedia’s board reorganized itself adding several independent directors in anticipation of anticipate expected changes in corporate governance practices worldwide, the...

Richmond, Va. – Weighed down by costs associated with remodeling and relocating superstores, the Circuit City Group suffered a loss of $11.2 million in...

Garden City, N.Y. – TDK Electronics will be the leading sponsor of the 2002 Jammy Awards Presented by TDK, to be held October 2...

Cupertino, Calif. – Apple announced today that 100,000 people have subscribed to its new .Mac Internet services network that was introduced in July. Sina...

San Diego – Gateway today named Roderick Sherwood chief financial officer replacing Joseph Burke who was named senior vice president of business development. Sherwood...

Minneapolis – A significant slowdown in comparable-store sales gains since July as well as the challenges of rapidly reducing expenses in its existing cost...

Lombard, Ill. – The North American Retail Dealers Association (NARDA) and its National Association of Service Dealers (NASD) has been published the 2002 Compensation...

Lake Success, N.Y. – Canon U.S.A. today refreshed its Bubble Jet printer and CanoScan scanner product lines with six new entries. The three Bubble...

A new association will issue a call for proposals in October to develop interoperability standards that it expects to stimulate sales of compressed-audio playback...

Suppliers are expanding their selections of architectural speakers, entering the market for the first time, and serving up new configurations intended to compete with...

Custom installers are demanding hard-drive music jukeboxes that can be used as whole-house music servers, and they’ll get more of them at this year’s...

Companies such as Crestron, Elan, Sonance and Vantage will arrive here at the CEDIA Expo with new products that give consumers control of multiple...

Lighting, security, drapery and HVAC systems are as much a part of the custom installation market as distributed-A/V systems and home theater, and Expo...

Suppliers aim to simplify the distribution of audio, video and data around the house with an eclectic mix of solutions that include such “one-box”...

In an uncharacteristic move toward upmarket consumer electronics retailing, power discount chain Wal-Mart this week plans to begin test marketing expensive plasma display panels...

The threat of another format war appeared on the horizon this month with word of two additional optical disc systems proposed for recording high-definition...