Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Skype announced 720p video calling support for PCs and on HDTVs made by Panasonic and LG. Read the full story here.

Panasonic is debuting their newest technology, the Link To Cell KX-TH1211 at the Consumer Electronics Show, kicking off today in Las Vegas. The Link To Cell KX-TH1211 is a different kind of mobile accessory for the home.The Link To Cell seamlessly connects a Bluetooth enabled cell phone to cordless handsets in the home. With Panasonic's Link

You've got to love CES. It's like the global hub for digital-convergence fantasies. Nowhere are you more likely to see a combination microwave-radio-cellphone than at the Consumer Electronics Show. But one genuinely interesting hybrid caught my eye. Electronics manufacturers LG and Panasonic have gotten together with Skype, the worlds most popular VoIP client, to create a HDTV with Skype...

Talks between Panasonic and Sanyo initiated last month regarding an acquisition have come to a boil and a price of $9 billion ($1.47 per share) has been set. We might not see many Panasonic handsets this side of the pond, they’re big in Japan, having hit the 100 million sales mark earlier this year. Sanyo’s

At the Consumer Electronics Show held on the 8th of January, SplashData, Inc., a leading developer of security and productivity applications for smartphones, declared the acquisition of Iambic, Inc.’s. Both SplashData, Inc and Iambic, Inc are known names in the world of mobile productivity software development. And this deal between the two leaders is sure

Panasonic said Thursday it has begun a tender offer to take over smaller rival Sanyo Electric for an estimated $4.4 billion, moving closer to create one of the world's biggest electronics makers.

Sanyo's chief businesses are focused on lithium-ion batteries and solar panels. Earlier this year it sold its cell phone business to Kyocera for $375 million.

Rumors are circulating of a possible Microsoft smartphone based on the software giant's Zune digital music player. Code-named "Pink," the phone will use technology from Microsoft's acquisition of Danger, the company that brought the Sidekick to T-Mobile. The phone may be set to debut as early as January at the Consumer Electronics Show or at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona i...

Losing Share, Bleeding Profit but Still a good bet? Boston, MA - February 1, 2008 - Motorola's announcement that it will examine the realignment of its Mobile Device Business unit is the latest in a long list of partnership announcements in the high volume, high R&D, volatile margin handset business, after Sony-Ericsson, Casio-Hitachi, Panasonic-NEC and most recently, Kyocera-Sanyo. Although this

Consumer Priority Service Inc.'s humble little stand at the International Consumer Electronics Show has no blaring speakers, no shiny flat-screen display, no "booth babes" in tight clothes. But it is memorable for its honesty.