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Consumer electronics include electronic equipment intended for everyday use. Consumer electronics are most often used in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Some products classed as consumer electronics include personal computers, telephones, MP3 players, audio equipment, televisions, calculators, GPS automotive navigation systems, digital cameras and playback and recording of video media such as DVDs, VHSs or camcorders. The global consumer electronics industry is dominated by Japanese and South Korean companies.

The CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) estimates 2007 Consumer Electronics sales at 150 billion dollars.

Consumer electronics are manufactured throughout the world, although there is a particularly high concentration of manufacturing activity in Japan and South Korea. The latest consumer electronics are previewed yearly at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, at which many industry pioneers speak.

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NVIDIA Demonstrates 3D Blu-ray Playback Accelerated On GeForce And 3D Vision Technologies

Electronics / Hardware

Dec 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

2010 is poised to be the year where consumers can enjoy stunning 3D experiences across all entertainment mediums, including gaming, photographs, Web browsing, and of course, movies. And, with the forthcoming ...

Review: Two new 3-D laptops still feel shallow

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Dec 02, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 3

(AP) -- In its search for another technology to excite us, the consumer electronics industry is reaching deep - into the third dimension. The big push for 3-D TV won't happen until next year, but already ...

High-tech holiday gift ideas for $50 and $100

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to end up with an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.

findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...

Tech toys over $100 that are worth every penny

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 11, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 0

Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to pick an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.

People attend the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show

Plastic Logic to unveil first e-reader in January

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business professionals in January.

New Wi-Fi technology to let gadgets talk directly

Technology / Telecom

Oct 14, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Starting in mid-2010, new versions of gadgets like cameras, cell phones and computers will be able to talk to each other using Wi-Fi without needing to connect to a wireless network first.

Super-thin flexible OLED from Sony

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 07, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (28) | 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony is showing off prototypes incorporating its super-thin, flexible OLED technology at the CREATEC JAPAN 2009 IT and electronics trade show in Makuhari Messe (Chiba) in Japan.

Increasingly, states push for e-waste recycling

Technology / Other

Oct 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Frustrated by inaction in Congress, a growing number of states are trying to reduce the rising tide of junked TVs, computers and other electronics that have become one of the nation's fastest-growing ...

Courier: Microsoft's New 'Booklet' (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 24, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (12) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has been secretly developing a prototype booklet-shaped tablet PC called the Courier, according to an exclusive report in the gadget blog "Gizmodo".

The Asus New Folding E-Book Reader

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 09, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (14) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has demonstrated a prototype of an e-book reader it is developing. Unlike its competitors, the device resembles a normal book, having two touch screens that will fold up.

TV makers hope thin is in for newest sets

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jul 06, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (6) | 2

(AP) -- Lee Richman installs high-end home theater systems that can cost as much as $170,000. Lately, he's noticed that some of his clients - or their interior designers - are perking up when they hear about ...

TSMC Unveils First Commercial 65-Nanometer Multi-Time Programmable Non-Volatile Memory Technology

Technology / Semiconductors

Jul 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company today announced the foundry segment’s first functional 65-nanometer multi-time programmable (MTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) process technology.

Palm Pre goes on sale in US on Saturday

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jun 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The Palm Pre, the new smartphone from the US pioneer in handheld devices, goes on sale in the United States on Saturday amid generally glowing reviews and favorable comparisons to Apple's iPhone.