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• Gas shortage halts some Sharp LCD panel production

  Sharp has halted production of LCD panels for televisions in Japan because last month's massive earthquake and tsunami has disrupted supply of industrial gases.

• 3D Smartphones: Gamechanger or Gimmick?

  This Spring's CTIA delivered something totally new to the US mobile market: 3D phones.

• Japan facing major electricity supply problems, blackouts

  A series of planned electricity blackouts will begin rolling through regions in most of eastern Japan on Monday. The blackouts are intended to manage a dramatic fall in power generation capacity caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on Friday.

• AU returns fire at Sharp with LCD display patent suits in US

  Taiwan's AU Optronics, one of the biggest LCD screen makers in the world, said Thursday it filed two separate lawsuits in the U.S. against Sharp, alleging the infringement of nine LCD screen-related patents in all.

• Why Android is now beating Symbian globally

  Android has surged past Symbian to become the world's best-selling smartphone operating system, according to Canalys.

• Sharp's new HDTVs are 70-inches big

  Sharp is thinking big with its newest round of HDTVs, led by a whopping 70-inch LED back-lit HDTV.

• Sharp begins push for Galapagos tablet in Japan

  Retailers in Japan began accepting reservations for Sharp's new Galapagos media tablet on Friday ahead of its launch next week. Sharp hopes to sell a million of the devices and in doing so take the lead in Japan from competitors like Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle.

• Sharp's Galapagos e-book tablet to launch Dec. 10

  Sharp will launch its Galapagos e-book tablets in Japan on Dec. 10, but overseas launch plans are still under consideration, it said Monday.

• Sharp scaling back on laptops to focus on tablets

  Sharp is scaling back its laptop PC operations and will focus resources on its recently announced Galapagos tablet PC and mobile terminals, the company said Friday.

• Sharp's new smartphone matches iPhone 4's retina display

  The iPhone 4 has a great, super-high-resolution screen, but it's about to have some company. Sharp's new smartphone, dubbed the IS03, houses a screen which has the same dimensions and resolution as that of the iPhone 4's. Measuring 3.5 inches diagonally and bearing a 960 by 640 resolution, Sharp's IS03 has the highest pixel density found on a non-Apple smartphone.

• Amazon prepping Android app store, tablet?

  Amazon is said to be readying an Android app store and tablet, a move that should boost Google's mobile platform while also challenging Google's own Android Market.

• Sharp Galapagos Android devices to enter tablet fray

  Sharp plans an aggressive foray into the tablet market this December--well, sort of.

• Sharp sets aggressive goals for Android e-book reader

  Sharp will enter the e-book market this December with two Android-based readers that it collectively hopes will sell a million units within their first year on sale. The aggressive sales target is matched with an equally aggressive plan to enter the U.S. market in 2011 and compete head-to-head with companies like Amazon, Sony, Samsung and Apple.

• Bookmaker.com lays odds on upcoming tablet launches

  HTC is most likely to introduce a tablet computer after the rumored BlackPad from Research in Motion is launched, online odds maker Bookmaker.com predicts.

• Sharp buys US solar project developer

  Sharp will acquire Recurrent Energy, a U.S. developer of solar energy projects, in a deal that will give the Japanese company a stronger position in the fast-growing solar-power generation business, the companies said Wednesday.