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• Blu-ray disc capacities jump to 100GB

  The storage capacity of Blu-ray discs is doubling, with companies including Sharp, TDK and Verbatim preparing to launch new discs that can store up to 100GB of data.

• Sharp plans to launch e-book reader this year

  Japan's Sharp plans to enter the increasingly competitive e-book reader market later this year with a device that can read a new e-publishing file format of its own, it said Tuesday.

• Sharp unveils 100GB Blu-ray disc

  Sharp recently announced that it will be the first Blu-ray disc maker to launch a recordable triple layer Blu-ray format with 100GB of storage capacity--twice the capacity of current Blu-ray discs.

• Microsoft kills the Kin

  Just over two months after launching it, and days after reducing the price, Microsoft has decided to kill the Kin phone.

• Sharp intros world's first 3D camera for mobile devices

  Sharp revealed its first 3D camera for mobile devices this Wednesday, detailing that they plan to start production of the module before the end of the year.

• Sharp develops a 3D screen for mobile gadgets

  Sharp will launch an LCD panel for mobile devices this year that can show images with the illusion of 3D without requiring viewers to wear special glasses.

• Dell sues five LCD makers for alleged price-fixing

  Dell has filed a lawsuit against five LCD makers that charges them with colluding to fix prices for products, a Dell spokesman said Monday.

• US ITC to investigate Sharp, RIM on patent complaints

  The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to investigate separate complaints made against Sharp and Research In Motion (RIM) that each allege the companies are infringing patents held by the complainants.

• LG, RIM, Samsung and Sharp to support operator widget spec

  LG Electronics, Research in Motion, Samsung Electronics and Sharp will all make mobile phones with support for a specification for software widgets set by a group of mobile operators, the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) said on Wednesday.

• Sharp to launch ultramobile device with Arm chip

  Sharp Electronics this week introduced a netbook-like mobile device with a 5-inch touch screen that is designed to run Internet-based applications.

• Sony, Sharp partner for world's most advanced LCD plant

  Sharp and Sony have agreed to form a joint venture to operate a new LCD plant in Japan, completing a plan that was earlier postponed because of the global economic downturn.

• Sharp adds LEDs and size to Aquos HDTVs

  LED-backlit HDTVs once were an expensive rarity, but that's changing. Sharp Electronics' new line of Aquos HDTVs offer the premium of LED backlighting. The advantage of LED backlighting: It can boost black levels and minimize power consumption, even while still providing a superior level of brightness.

• Sharp to increase LCD panel production on higher demand

  The economy might still be in a fragile condition but it seems consumers can't get enough of flat-panel televisions. Sharp plans to increase production of LCD panels by tens of thousands of screens per month after seeing increased demand from TV makers, it said Thursday.

• US government blocks imports of Sharp TVs

  The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a decision Wednesday that blocks the U.S. import of LCD panels and LCD televisions made by Sharp, ruling that the company violated a patent held by rival Samsung Electronics.

• Sharp, Sony, Panasonic halt Mexico trips on swine flu worry

  Several of Japan's largest electronics companies have halted business trips to Mexico after a deadly outbreak of swine flu in the country.