ELECTRONICS

Corrects to this week from next week in first paragraph

Intel Corp is again expected to surpass Wall Street forecasts when it kicks off tech sector earnings next week, but analysts worry about a stock sell-off if its 2010 outlook isn't rosy enough.

Google Inc's new Nexus One smartphone, which retails for $529 without a service plan, is built from components that cost about $174, according to a research report.

PARIS Alcatel-Lucent formed a consortium of telecoms operators, chip makers, and university labs aimed at inventing new technologies to reduce the electricity consumption of communication networks by a factor of one thousand.

Japanese schoolchildren often hold hanseikai, or reflection talks, to discuss what they did wrong during a play or a sports meet.

Large flat-screen TVs were all the rage at the Consumer Electronics Show, but companies like Microvision Inc are putting their bets on image viewing of a much smaller scale: projections from devices as tiny as cellphones.

LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 2 TV brand, said on Sunday it aimed to increase its global market share in LCD TVs to 15 percent this year from 11 percent last year by boosting unit sales by 54 percent.

Green is in like never before at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, with 3,000 square feet of dedicated floor space and companies touting the energy-saving, earth-friendly attributes of their gadgets.

Qualcomm plans to support Chrome, Google Inc's upcoming operating system for small computers known as netbooks, the company's chief executive, Paul Jacobs, said on Friday.

The world's biggest maker of plasma TVs, Panasonic plans to launch its 3D channels by June 2010 with U.S. satellite TV provider Direc TV Group and looks to sell about 1 million units in the first year of their launch, its U.S. chief said on Friday.

Google Inc executive Andy Rubin said on Friday that the next version of the Nexus One phone, which was made by HTC Corp, will be for enterprise users and might have a physical keyboard.

U.S. judges questioned the FCC's authority to punish Comcast Corp for blocking online file-sharing services on Friday in a case that could wind up curbing the regulators' campaign for a free and open Internet.

Lenovo Group Ltd is wading into the smartphone market with a thin, touchscreen device based on Google Inc's Android operating system, following the footsteps of PC rivals like Dell Inc and Acer Inc.

Palm Inc shares jumped 10 percent on Friday after the company announced it will sell smartphones through top U.S. mobile carrier, Verizon Wireless, a deal that analysts said could mark the beginning of a turnaround for the handset maker.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's biggest TV brand by revenue, said it aimed to sell 35 million LCD televisions in 2010, including 10 million TVs using light emitting diode (LED) backlights.

Vast, empty spaces in the middle of the show floor. Knots of uniformed salespeople standing idly next to flickering screens. A slow-moving crowd drifting from one display to the next.

Qualcomm plans to support Chrome, Google Inc's upcoming operating system for small computers known as netbooks, the company's chief executive, Paul Jacobs, said on Friday.

Suppliers for Apple Inc's new tablet computer have begun shipping touchscreen panels and will start delivering aluminum casings for it next month, sources said, implying a second-quarter product launch.

Top electronics chain Best Buy disappointed investors by not raising its full-year forecast despite an 8.2 percent rise in December same-store sales, signaling a potential weakness in margins.

U.S. electronics chain Best Buy Co Inc on Friday said December same-store sales rose 8.2 percent and it maintained its financial forecast for 2010.

U.S. electronics chain Best Buy Co Inc on Friday said December same-store sales rose 8.2 percent and it maintained its financial forecast for 2010.