Samsung buys Sony’s entire stake in LCD joint venture

Samsung Electronics has agreed to buy out Sony’s entire stake in their liquid crystal display (LCD) joint venture.

The Korean electronics maker said it will pay Sony 1.08tn won ($939m; £600m) in cash for its stake.
The move comes as Sony has been restructuring its TV business, which has been making a loss for the past seven [...]

LG’s 55-inch ‘world’s largest’ OLED HDTV panel is official, coming to CES 2012

We only have a few more days left until the festivities trulykick off at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, but LG has already tipped its hand with a press release promising the “world’s largest” OLED panel for the show. We’ve seen smaller screens from LG before and it had already promised a 55-inch OLED HDTV [...]

Hacked Powermat lets you touch-to-charge your iPhone in stop-and-go traffic

When you’re cruising down the highway, you’ve got much better things to do than fiddling with iPhone cables — like, you know, texting and playing Angry Birds. Thankfully, this handy little Powermat hack brings the fun of wireless charging to the comfort of your mobile office, to help free up your hands a bit — at least until [...]

‘Anonymous’ hackers hit US security firm Stratfor

The activist hacker group Anonymous says it has stolen thousands of emails, passwords and credit card details from a US-based security think-tank.
The hackers claim they were able to obtain the information because the company, Stratfor, did not encrypt it.

The Austin-based company says it has now suspended the operation on its servers and email.They say Stratfor’s [...]

Apple kicks off 12 Days of iTunes, offers a dozen freebies to last into 2012

Find yourself something Apple-flavored underneath the Christmas tree yesterday? Need some gentle coaxing into using iTunes? Well, you’re in luck; Cupertino’s annual download giveaway starts today and runs through January 6th. The free gifts kick off with some Coldplay tracks and videos from the band’s latest Apple-sponsored festival appearance. But don’t let that put you off; [...]