Sharp to cut LCD production in Osaka plant by half

Remember that brand-spanking new production facility in Sakai City, Osaka that Sharp just christened a few years back? Japan’s Nikkei business daily reports that Sharp will be cutting output at that factory by a whopping half for a month or maybe longer — its second major reduction in a year. The Sakai

KDDI’s INFOBAR C01 coming soon: ten keys and very Japanese (video)

Many Japanese thumbs still love that classic ten-button keypad, so they should feel right at home on the newest model in KDDI’s designer INFOBAR range. The 3.2-inch, 854 x 480 touchscreen shows off the same tile-based custom UI as last year’s A01, once again running on top of Gingerbread and a single-core

Congratulations Crunchies Winners! Dropbox Is The Best Overall Startup

This year’s fifth annual Crunchies Awards have just finished up at the classy Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and it was a smashing success. We poked fun #humblebraggers, got cussed at by Siri, honored former TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde, and gave wild monkey trophies to tech’s greatest innovators.

La vigilancia por vídeo se convierte en una herramienta para estudiar el comportamiento del cliente

Un programa analiza imágenes de seguridad para ayudar a los propietarios de negocios a observar qué hace la gente una vez dentro de la tienda.

Omniture Co-Founder’s Business Intelligence SaaS Company Domo Lands $20M From IVP

Domo, the SaaS business intelligence startup launched by Omniture founder Josh James, has raised $20 million in new funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). This round brings total investment in Domo to $63 million. Previous investors include Benchmark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Ron Conway

LG finally shows a profit from cellphones, record high flat-panel shipments in Q4 earnings

LG has revealed its earnings statements for the fourth quarter of 2011 and the full year, and it managed to notch an operating profit of 23 billion won ($20.5 million), boosted by a 10 billion won operating profit in its handset division. That was despite lower sales compared to the previous quarter

NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge

How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling?
NASA has launched a multi-player Facebook game to test just that. Space Rac…

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Xbox 360 adds Crackle and CinemaNow to list of up and running apps

You can’t deny one of Microsoft’s main goals with its revamped 360 dashboard update was to enhance the box’s entertainment attributes, and now the Redmond crowd has flipped the live switch on two more vid-focused apps. Crackle and CinemaNow are joining the likes of Vudu and UFC as part of the latest

Project Unbreakable Gives Sexual Abuse Victims a Voice in Pictures

Pictures can capture a moment, express a feeling or, with Project Unbreakable, help sexual abuse victims take control over the violence done to…