Samsung's Sharp equity deal reveals pressures as display unit lags

03/08/13 By Miyoung Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - For Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's No.1 maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips, this week's deal to invest in a Japanese display maker spotlights an uncomfortable fact: it is no longer the undisputed global leader in displays.

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Samsung's Sharp equity deal reveals pressures as display unit lags

03/07/13 By Miyoung Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - For Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's No.1 maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips, this week's deal to invest in a Japanese display maker spotlights an uncomfortable fact: it is no longer the undisputed global leader in displays.

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LG Electronics misses forecasts as TV profits tumble

01/30/13 By Miyoung Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc fell short of consensus forecasts in quarterly earnings on Wednesday, with profits in its TV division tumbling to around one tenth of year-earlier levels as the world's No.2 TV maker bumped up promotional spending in the year-end holi... ...Read More »

Nvidia previews own gaming device, shows off Tegra 4

01/08/13 By Noel Randewich

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Nvidia offered a sneak preview of a hand-held gaming device, powered by its latest "Tegra 4" processor, that it hopes will help it go up against Sony Corp, Microsoft Corp and other device makers in consumer gaming.

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Cars, homes smarten up at Vegas tech extravaganza

01/05/13 By Noel Randewich and Sinead Carew

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - At the world's largest technology conference that kicks off on Monday, the most intriguing innovations showcased may be gadgets and technology that turn everyday items into connected, smarter machines.

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Analysis: In pixel wars, LCD has staying power, refuses to die

12/10/12 By Miyoung Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - Liquid-crystal display (LCD) screens were expected to slowly fade and die, giving way to lighter, thinner and tougher organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels in everything from smartphones to televisions.

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First iPad mini teardown reveals Samsung display

11/01/12 By Noel Randewich

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's iPad mini uses a display from South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, one of Apple's major suppliers and also its fiercest rival in the global mobile-device market that the two companies dominate.

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Sharp keeps 2012/13 sales forecast for TVs, cuts LCD panels

11/01/12 TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp maintained its LCD TV sales forecast at 8 million televisions on Thursday even as the Japanese TV maker deals with a shrinking home market and increased industry competition.

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Apple's iPad mini packs full-sized punch but screen inferior: reviews

10/31/12 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's entry in the accelerating mobile tablet race squeezes about 35 percent more viewing space onto a lighter package than rival devices from Google or Amazon.com Inc, but it sports inferior resolution and a lofty price tag, two influential reviewers wrote on Tuesday.

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Sharp in talks to supply panels for ultrabooks: sources

09/21/12 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's cash-strapped Sharp Corp is in talks to supply liquid crystal display panels for ultra-thin laptops that typically use chips and processors made by Intel Corp, sources familiar with the matter said.

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Sharp stock jumps on Intel investment report

09/21/12 TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp's stock jumped on Friday after a local media report said the cash-strapped Japanese display maker was in talks to make U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp its biggest shareholder.

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