Television voted Greatest Household Gadget Ever

October 3rd, 2009 LONDON - HTC Hero, the phone that uses technology developed by Google, has been voted Gadget of the Year at a ceremony organised by Stuff magazine. The device has a five-megapixel camera and a 3.2in screen.

September 25th, 2009 LONDON - The waterproof shower radio has been named the worst household gadget of all time in a new UK poll. The shower radio was voted the worst gadget due its tuning and volume problems.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Cookie, Digital TV, Ethernet and PC Suite are some of the terms that baffle Britain's public, a new survey has revealed. According to the Gadget Helpline, dongle, widely used to refer to a broadband wireless adaptor, was voted the most confusing word.

August 13th, 2009 Microsoft taking pre-orders for next-gen Zune HDREDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK - The Japanese electronics company Sony Corp plans to introduce a liquid-crystal-display television capable of playing 3-D programming by the end of next year, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Sony is to announce its plans for the new TV next week at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, an unnamed source familiar with the plans told the Journal.

September 28th, 2009 LONDON - Apple iPhone has been declared as the coolest gadget in Britain. The iPhone, which ranked second in the last year's list, has been a phenomenon, with more than five million pieces sold in just the three months to the end of last June.

June 1st, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The sale of security gadgets, such as close-circuit television cameras (CCTV), spy cameras, beam sensors, motion sensors and fire alarms, has gone up in Rawalpindi in the wake of growing terror threat from the Taliban. Previously, these gadgets were used by police, private security companies, multinational firms, banks, five-star hotels and moneychangers.

August 27th, 2009 Toyota plans to end production at joint ventureWASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. plans to end production in March 2010 at a California joint venture where it has built vehicles with General Motors Co.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two days after the government slashed two percent from the excise duty, electronics goods manufacturer Samsung and satellite TV service provider DishTV Thursday decided to pass on the benefits to customers. 'The company has decided to reduce prices of its LCD television by 1.2-1.7 percent depending on the model size, which translates into an end customer price reduction of Rs.1,000 to Rs.5,000,' Samsung said in a statement.

March 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Consumer electronics company Sony India Pvt Ltd is expecting a lower sales growth in 2009-10 due to the global meltdown, a top official said here Thursday. 'We expect a sales growth in the range of 15-20 percent, lower from the current fiscal,' Sony India head (sales) Sunil Nayyar told reporters.

September 11th, 2009 FedEx, Motorola, American Axle big moversNEW YORK — The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: FedEx Corp., up $4.66 at $77.32 The package delivery company raised its first-quarter earnings forecast on better-than-expected international shipments and cost cuts. Motorola Inc., up 71 cents at $8.68 The struggling phone maker unveiled its first device using Google's Android system, banking on it to attract consumers.

July 29th, 2009 Toshiba quarterly loss swells to $614 millionTOKYO — Toshiba's red ink swelled to 57.8 billion yen ($614 million) in the April-June quarter, hit by losses on asset sales and weakness at its consumer electronics and chipmaking businesses. The loss for the fiscal first quarter was five times bigger than a year earlier when the Japanese conglomerate, which makes everything from nuclear power plants to household electronics, recorded a 11.6 billion yen loss.

June 3rd, 2009 Toyota to start plug-in hybrid leasingTOKYO — Toyota said Wednesday it will start leasing plug-in hybrid cars, that are even greener than its hit Prius, by the end of this year in the U.S., Japan and Europe. Toyota Motor Corp., the world's top automaker, will start leasing 200 plug-ins in Japan, 150 in the U.S.

May 15th, 2009 TOKYO - Panasonic Corp suffered its first annual loss in six years because of shrinking demand and harsh price competition amid the global economic downturn, the company said Friday. Panasonic joined other Japanese electronics' companies in reporting a net loss for the year that ended March 31.

March 28th, 2009 LONDON - You can now stop worrying about the way you look while sitting, for iPosture a small gadget, which can be stuck on the skin and buzzes to remind the wearer to sit up straight, helping improve posture, has come to your rescue. The revolutionary device vibrates discretely when the wearer slouches by more than three degrees for one minute.