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Sharp struggles with TV competition, Q3 2011 results reveal 86 percent drop in profit

It's pretty tough out there for TV manufacturers. Sharp's reporting its financial results for April-December last year, announcing a profit of 9.14 billion yen ($120 million), a drop of 57.37 billion yen since the same period in 2010.

Sony aims for half of Japan's e-reader market by 2012

Given the dominance of Sony's Walkman over in the Land of the Rising Sun, it's a little surprising to think that Sony has been all but silent regarding the Japanese e-reader market.

Qi charger prototype from Sanyo and NTT DoCoMo seeks out, ruthlessly charges stuff

Wireless charging gear compatible with the Qi standard should be hitting shelves any minute now, but NTT DoCoMo's charging base at CEATEC has a completely unnecessary (and completely awesome) trick up its sleeve

Onkyo dropping three Windows 7 slates on totally-suspicious-by-now public

Never saw this coming, did you? Oh, right, you did. Onkyo is joining the Windows 7 slate tablet fray with three new models, which will begin shipping next month in Japan.

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