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What we have here is one rumor whose rebuttal should actually be well received: Panasonic has stated, or one of its executives has, that the company has not, in fact, stopped developing Plasma screens.
A couple of days ago, Panasonic published the price list for its 2013 lineup of HDTVs, and also said it had stoppe... |
13 April 2013
03:40 GMT |
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Plasma display technology was the rave back when Panasonic introduced it, years upon years ago, but then came the problems with the brightness dimming over time, susceptibility to screen burn-in and image retention, those sorts of things.
Most of these problems have been surpassed, but they came at a time when LCD ... |
11 April 2013
07:45 GMT |
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One thing that Panasonic has going for it is the absolutely ludicrous amount of different TVs on sale and on the way to the market.
We've seen product lists before, but Panasonic is one of those companies that can really leave people gaping through the sheer volume of potential options.
Case in point, the comp... |
11 April 2013
07:33 GMT |
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Every once in a while, a company will show signs of preparing for a significant change in business practices. The past week has seen Panasonic get this type of attention, and the press was quick to pick up on it.
Panasonic makes various TVs and entertainment devices, so it has many sources of income. Scrapping one ... |
18 March 2013
03:48 GMT |
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Chakra Linux, a distribution especially built to take advantage of KDE Software Compilation and the Plasma desktop, is now at version 2013.03.
Chakra Linux 2013.03, dubbed “Benz,” follows the development of the KDE SC 4.10 series and a trend started by developers a while ago. They will be naming their re... |
11 March 2013
08:35 GMT |
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Mighty consumer electronics devices are all well and good, but the bulk of IT companies' revenues still comes from sales of mid-range products, which is why Samsung, like everyone else attending CES 2013, made sure to have a bunch of mainstream displays on site.
People looking for top-quality TVs large enough ... |
8 January 2013
05:30 GMT |
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Chakra Linux, a distribution specially built to take advantage of KDE Software Compilation and the Plasma desktop, is now at version 2013.01.
Chakra Linux 2013.01, dubbed “Claire,” follows the development of the KDE SC 4.9 series and is named in the memory of Claire Lotion.
The previous version of Chakr... |
7 January 2013
10:27 GMT |
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Canonical has released the first build versions of the upcoming Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) operating system, with some interesting updates.
Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu distribution, which incorporates technologies such as KDE Software Compilation and Plasma.
Unfortunately, there is few info... |
9 November 2012
04:02 GMT |
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Solar physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in Pasadena, are currently studying the origins and behavior of solar loops, structures that develop on the Sun, which control the production of dangerous solar flares. Their latest results have just been published in a new paper.
This type of re... |
20 August 2012
04:47 GMT |
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In August 2012, NASA will launch a new series of scientific spacecraft, called the Radiation Belt Storm probes (RBSP). The purpose of the mission is to find out more data about the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding our planet.
While most objects on Earth are electrically neutral, this is not the case for most o... |
18 July 2012
03:21 GMT |
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Panasonic Corporation, formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial is Japan’s biggest private employer that’s traded publicly on the stock exchange. The company was hard hit with huge losses recently and now it’s working hard on getting back to profitability. The company was founded in 1918 an... |
10 July 2012
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Although the prices of LCD panels are not expected to decline much this year, the sales of the LCD TV units seem to be decreasing for the moment. The emerging markets still see a greater demand for CRT devices than on LCD products. Paul Gagnon, NPD DisplaySearch director of North America TV Research, reportedly said... |
21 June 2012
06:40 GMT |
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Experts managing the NASA Cassini spacecraft believe that instruments aboard the orbiter may have identified a state of matter known as dusty plasma in the plumes of water-ice and organic molecules released by geysers on the icy Saturnine moon Enceladus.
These geysers are located inside landscape features called tig... |
1 June 2012
14:01 GMT |
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After the massive $9.7 billion loss that plasma screens were largely responsible for, you'd think some time would pass before Panasonic came up with a new, ambitious project based on the technology.
Instead, less than two days after the publishing of that financial disaster, Panasonic is back on stage with a pl... |
16 May 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Panasonic built and introduced many displays over the years, but none of them comes close to matching the sheer awe and interest that the one we are going to cover here instills. We should probably say upfront that the panel we are going to talk about is one that people will have to admire from a distance. After ... |
27 April 2012
08:04 GMT |
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A group of investigators in the Unites States may have found a way to address one of the obstacles that has been preventing the development in the field of nuclear fusion research for a long time. Their approach may finally allow some progress to be made towards gaining access to clean energy.
The work was carried ... |
24 April 2012
04:28 GMT |
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When it comes to multimedia, it looks like nothing is good enough. Well, we hope that Samsung's new line of plasma TVs will be able to satisfy your hunger for stunning graphics, in either 2D or 3D.
Samsung's plasma TVs come with diagonals ranging between 51" (class 51" is actually 50.73" or 121.7 cm) and 6... |
3 January 2012
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A collaboration of experts in the United States says that neon lights and plasma TV produce a type of ionized plasma that can be used to treat potentially-contaminated water in the developing world.
The team carried out a series of tests that revealed the efficiency of such a treatment. Results showed that ionized ... |
15 November 2011
09:53 GMT |
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Researchers in the United States were recently able to produce a new type of electrochemical cell, whose electrodes are made out of plasma, rather than conventional metals. The study was led by investigators at the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU).
According to the research team, this result may be of tremendo... |
21 October 2011
16:01 GMT |
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TVs are normally used as a means to tap into the wealth of multimedia channels available worldwide, but LG went one or two steps further when it built the PenTouch plasma line.That LG would release a new series of plasma TVs is definitely not shocking in and of itself, since this happens on a fairly regular basis.Wh... |
2 September 2011
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Experts at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will soon launch a series of four rockets into Earth's ionosphere, a layer of the atmosphere that contains mysterious electric currents. Some of the these little-understood currents interfere with electrical signals coming from satellites. The exact nature ... |
15 July 2011
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Panasonic is well known around the world as a purveyor of display solutions for both the consumer and enterprise market, and it is the latter that the newest product announcement on the company's part deals with.Once again, Panasonic has stepped forth to unleash more than one sort of product, those being projec... |
15 June 2011
10:43 GMT |
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Detecting the early onset of conditions such as heart diseases, diabetes and atherosclerosis is about to become a lot easier, thanks to investigation methods pioneered by an international group of scientists.The researchers were able to develop a technique of determining which persons are at risk of developing these ... |
30 May 2011
07:36 GMT |
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German researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPIEP) are currently in the process of developing plasma-based sanitizing technologies, which they say could bring the problem of hospital-acquired bacteria infections under control.Plasma is a state of matter consisting of electrically char... |
27 May 2011
04:51 GMT |
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One reason plasma displays haven't been able to actually turn into a stronger rival to LCDs is that the way they rendered the color black was imperfect, with color levels worsening as time went by, but Panasonic claims to have surpassed this issue at last.
When it comes to TVs and monitors, the LCD (liquid c... |
27 May 2011
02:50 GMT |
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An in-depth study of the activity going on on the surface of the Sun has revealed an interesting aspect of how powerful solar storms form. According to researchers, it would appear that giant bubbles of plasma, superheated at high temperatures, are responsible for fueling the events.Understanding the physics behind s... |
17 May 2011
10:08 GMT |
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In a new study, experts were finally able to determine the power source that is heating up that gas filaments spawned by the elliptical galaxy NGC 1275. This has been the focus of studies for quite some time now, but results thus far have been conflicting.Over years of study, astronomers have discovered that certain ... |
11 May 2011
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NASA solar physicists say that the Sun exhibited another sign that it's heading for a solar maximum recently. On March 19, a massive eruption on its surface led to the release of a huge plasma tendril into its surroundings. This is the third time in just a couple of months a major solar event occurs. The phenome... |
24 March 2011
11:11 GMT |
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Samsung just grabbed most of the attention of the IT industry by launching a bunch of different product lines, and it seems that it has special plans for the plasma TV market, having prepared no less than 15 new models.Those end-users keeping track of things may have noticed that Samsung became especially active yes... |
17 March 2011
04:06 GMT |
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Although I am sure that nobody can deny the fact that plasma HDTVs offer a far better image quality when compared to LCD panels, these TVs have been held back by their imposing price tags, but this is one technology that isn't ready to kick the bucket just yet as recent reports show that sales of plasma TVs were... |
16 November 2010
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Investigators from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility and the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak announce the creation of a new imaging technique that allows physicists to visualize alpha particles that ride Alfven waves inside nuclear fusion containment vessels. Like surfers riding waves to the shoreline, alpha particles produc... |
8 November 2010
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Researchers are currently working on developing new types of breakthroughs in the field of computer simulations, given the potential these technologies have for furthering science. At this time, they believe they might have found a way to improve advanced laser experiments.One of the main problems plaguing investigat... |
23 August 2010
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Today, August 10th, KDE e.V. proudly announced the release of the highly anticipated KDE Software Compilation 4.5.0. The official announcement contains 3 separate announcements, for the Development Platform, Plasma Desktop and Netbook, and the Applications.The KDE Development Platform 4.5.0 comes with improved perfor... |
10 August 2010
10:11 GMT |
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Decades ago, investigators noticed that the Sun appeared to be operating in 11-year-old cycles. That is to say, episodes of intense activity on its surface alternated with periods in which solar storms and sunspots could barely be seen. Experts then began keeping track of these cycles, and they have been doing so eve... |
4 August 2010
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All throughout Tuesday and Wednesday (August 3-4), skywatchers at the North Pole will get a real treat. Space weather experts say that the number and intensity of auroras that will appear during these two days will be unusually high for this period. This is due to the fact that a solar eruption took place late Sunday... |
3 August 2010
02:41 GMT |
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Fission reactors are capable of producing large amounts of energy using radioactive materials, but they also pose an incredibly danger to their surroundings and workers. Their byproducts are also very toxic, and incredibly difficult to handle, and so physicists have been working on developing technologies to replace ... |
28 July 2010
11:07 GMT |
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Any supplier of hardware enjoys it when it can claim to have a world's first-type of product on sale, or when it has a device that outdoes all competitors in a certain area. Panasonic thought it was time for it to make a pair of such claims, and used the 3D hype as a leverage to see it done. To be more specific,... |
21 July 2010
05:24 GMT |
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Even despite all the skepticism that naturally arises because of the bulky glasses, the 3D display mode is growing in popularity at a steady pace. Mostly, this is owed to the 3D films that debuted over the past half a year, as well as the 3D TV broadcasts that followed. Stereoscopic 3D gaming solutions, like 3D Visi... |
29 June 2010
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Less than a week after experts at the American space agency released the first images snapped by the new Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), they return to the spotlight with a new video of the Sun. This time, the most recently-launched NASA telescope imaged a huge solar eruption, and kept an eye on the ensuing “... |
29 April 2010
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On Monday, April 26, officials from the Russian Federation and Italy announced the signing of a new cooperation agreement between the two nations, centered on the development and construction of a new tokamak. The advanced machinery will be designed by Italian investigators, and built on Russian soil. Scientists from... |
28 April 2010
18:11 GMT |
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Though liquid crystal displays are fairly popular on the mainstream market at present, Panasonic's Plasma display technology stands tall even now, especially thanks to the various large-screen TVs that it has spawned. In fact, the company has just recently unveiled its latest lineup, known as the VIERA VT25. The... |
24 April 2010
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The gas giant Saturn is surrounded by a large, protective layer of magnetic fields, called a magnetosphere, which protects its surface from the effects of solar flares and cosmic rays. This atmospheric layer is filled with electrically charged particles called plasma, which are affected by both the planet and the man... |
15 April 2010
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Without a doubt, galaxy clusters are the largest coherent structures in the known Universe. They are made up of hundreds of thousands of galaxies, all held together through the force of gravity. While it may be difficult to observe clusters at first, careful analysis of how seemingly-unrelated galaxies move soon hint... |
7 April 2010
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A former NASA astronaut is proposing a daring way of going about exploring Mars. He is arguing that plasma technology should be employed for traveling to the Red Planet, and says that the technology to make all of this possible already exists. He adds that an electric engine using superheated plasma for thrust could ... |
6 March 2010
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The first maintenance release of KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC) 4.4.0 was unleashed last evening, March 3rd, by the KDE developers. Dubbed Clara, KDE SC 4.4.1 is here to update various translations, fix a great number of bugs and improve the overall performance. KDE SC 4.4.1 is composed of the KDE Plasma Workspace... |
3 March 2010
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The largest advantage that the International Space Station (ISS) has over any other scientific laboratory in the world is the fact that it can easily perform experiments under unique conditions. First and foremost, it's the only place where researchers can conduct experiments in microgravity. This opens up the w... |
28 January 2010
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One of the most important goals in physics today is achieving nuclear fusion, the type of reaction that powers up the Sun. Rather than splitting atoms, this nuclear reaction actually merges the nuclei of deuterium and tritium atoms, producing helium and vast amounts of energy, However, designing a working nuclear fus... |
25 January 2010
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In the near future, we may no longer experience the discomfort of having our teeth drilled into via a fast-spinning metal object. According to a scientific study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology, plasma jets could soon replace the action of the mechanical drills in obliterating ... |
20 January 2010
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The Big Bang is at this point the most widely accepted theory on the beginning of the Universe. It states that everything around us, plus dark matter and dark energy, emerged from a singularity, a powerful event that took place about 13.7 billion years ago. While its outcome is largely known today, as in the galaxies... |
15 January 2010
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A few minutes ago, the KDE community project announced the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming and highly anticipated KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC) 4.4. This development version brings improvements and bug fixes in various areas, especially for Nepomuk and Plasma. The KDE Software Compilation is compo... |
8 January 2010
10:17 GMT |
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