Microsoft has announced it has signed up five companies to new license agreements so they can use Microsoft's Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) for flash-based memory products. More...

Sharp begins production of 1080p (1920 x 1080) 5-inch displays for smartphones with 443 PPI. They will go into full production this month and are set to be shown off in Japan this week. More...

Rumours are flying around that Sharp, the company who are now manufacturing the screen for the next iPhone, will not be able to ship the screens for the devices until at least September sources say. More...

You can add another vendor to Microsoft's Android agreement list as Sharp has now signed up with Microsoft to license its patents for their Android devices. Make the jump to learn more. More...

Foxconn's chairman has harsh fighting words for Samsung as it plans key alliances to counter its Korean rival on the display panel and mobile businesses. More...

Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi and other makers of LCD-based devices have reached a settlement with the US government on alleged price fixing for their products, with the companies paying over $553 million. More...

Sharp has announced that they will be using a glasses free auto-stereoscopic 3D screen on a new smartphone that is scheduled to release before New Years Day 2011. The smartphone will utilize the same technology... More...

Ask the average user to define 'secure printing' and you'll likely get a wide swath of answers. The most common concern is that confidential documents sitting unattended on the output tray are particularly prone to... More...

Sharp has revealed pictures of the rumoured Microsoft "Project Pink" device 'Turtle' in an FCC filing this week. Sharp manufactured the original Sidekick for Danger, a company Microsoft acquired in February 2008. Sharp's filing with the... More...

Japanese electronics company Sharp warned last Friday that it will be posting a 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) loss for the current fiscal year, and also announced that there would be 1,500 contract worker job... More...

The history of the use of batteries can be traced back to the 1800's. However, Sharp has revealed a mobile fuel cell prototype in which you can power your future tech-toy with a powered... More...

Microsoft is expected to report a sharp rise in quarterly profit this week, boosted by surging revenue as strong computer sales drive demand for its Windows operating system and Office software. Investors will also look... More...

Sharp Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to collaborate closely in LCDs, a move that is expected to enhance the companies' corporate value, profitability and global competitiveness. The alliance will take advantage of Sharp's capabilities... More...

Sharp Corporation, the number one maker of solar cells in the world, plans to increase production of thin-film silicon solar cells over the next year at one of its plants located in the Nara Prefecture,... More...

Although the company did not address North America, Sharp has plans to ship Blu-ray Disc recorders for the Japanese market this fall. Starting on October 27, Sharp's basic HDD-less models ($875 to $1,040) for recording... More...

Sharp has announced its new slim LCD TV: 29mm thick at its widest point and 20mm at its thinnest point. For my American friends, that's between 1.14 inches and 0.78 inches thick. Sharp claims the... More...

This fall, Sharp Electronics plans to release its first Blu-ray player: the BD-HP205. The player will support 1080p output at both 24- and 60-FPS, and will include on-board Dolby TrueHD decoding, along with the requisite... More...

Sharp Corporation has announced its new 210 mW (milliwatts) blue-violet laser diode, the most powerful in the world when it ships in May, that will triple the write times for high-end DVD and optical disc... More...

According to market research companies iSuppli and NPD Group's DisplaySearch, Sharp is no longer the world's leading maker of flat-panel TVs since rivals surpassed the Japanese company in unit shipments last year. Both research companies... More...

Sharp has announced five new models of their AQUOS HD recorders that will be available in Japan later this month. The top of the line model, the DV-ACW60, has the most hard drive space to... More...

Sharp Electronics took the wraps off the largest LCD television: a 108-incher. Sharp realizes, of course, that not very many people will want such a gargantuan TV. Their rebuttal? There is always commercial customers, price... More...

Sharp will begin mass production of the world's first dual-view LCD, enabling viewers to see 2 totally different images when looking at an angle to the left or right of the screen. This breakthrough is... More...

As kid I can remember using those cheap 3D glasses you'd get in movie theaters, or even comic books to look at 2D base objects. You know things like pictures, TV shows, etc... ... More...

Sharp has unveiled a notebook computer with a display that gives the illusion of depth and can display objects in three dimensions without the use of special glasses. The new notebook is scheduled to be... More...

SOFTWARE FIRM Microsoft has instructed Sharp to produce an ultra high resolution LCD to be used for the next operating system it will introduce, Longhorn. According to today's Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the spec called for... More...

Sharp, Japan's largest maker of liquid-crystal displays, said Friday its researchers in Britain have developed a flat-panel display for either two- or three-dimensional viewing that does not require special glasses. The company added it... More...

Thanks eaglebtc from our BPN Forum Sharp announced today a new optical IC chipset (codename: GA100T8R6MZ) that is capable of 60x CD-R, 60x CD-ROM and 16x DVD-ROM (reading) speeds. It will come... More...

Seeking to prove it isn't the dinosaur of the handheld market, Sharp Electronics on Monday relaunched the Zaurus in the United States. The company, a pioneer of personal organizers with its Wizard... More...