Tag archive: NEC

Klausner Technologies might just be the little patent holding company that could: the company has announced it has launched a dozen new lawsuits against major technology companies for infringing on its visual voicemail patents. And while the list of new litigation targets includes some firms consumers may never have heard of, it does include some very big names, including Toshiba, NEC, Samsung, Alcatel-Lucent, and Seimens. At issue in the… Read More

Chinese computer maker Lenovo and top Japanese computer maker NEC have announced they are forming a new joint venture, NEC Lenovo Japan Group, to specifically make PCs for the Japanese market. Lenovo is currently the number-four PC marker in the world, but has had trouble cracking the traditionally insular Japanese market. NEC might not be a household PC name in North America, but it is the top PC manufacturer in Japan. The companies believe… Read More

The 2011 CES might very well be remembered as the year of the tablet, and NEC is trying to push past the increasing number of competitors to the front of the class, with its dual screen tablet, the LT-W. The advantages of a dual screen tablet are obvious, and NEC has designed the LT-W to take full advantage of the possibilities. The two screens can be used separately, or combined for one bigger screen. With the inclusion of a stylus, one side… Read More

NEC Display Solutions has unveiled its new MultiSync PA231W display, a 23-inch LCD display aimed at graphics professionals, photographers, and other folks who live and die by color accuracy. The PA213W features a 14-bit 3D lookup table for precise color calibration, and NEC's DisplaySync Pro technology enables users to control two computers connected to the monitor with a single keyboard and mouse—and each computer can have its own… Read More

After winning a $200 million patent infringement settlement from Microsoft, VPN technology company is expanding its legal fusillade to include other technology giants: the company has filed suit in the patent holder-friendly Eastern Texas U.S. District Court against a series of companies for infringing on its VPN patents. The named defendants in the suit are Apple, Cisco, NEC, and Aastra. The suit alleges the companies infringe on five… Read More

LED backlighting might be all the rage amongst high-end desktop and notebook computer displays, but the technology is only now starting to trickle down to affordable desktop displays for use in budget-conscious businesses and organizations like education, healthcare, and government. And, arguably, those are the areas where the technology can do a lot of good, since those displays tend to be running 40 or more hours a week (if not 24/7), so the… Read More

Tired of having opponents sneak up on you when you know your peripheral vision would have picked them up? Or just need lots of space for windows, palettes, documents, toolbars, and utilities when editing video? Or just need to have a really cool sign for your store? NEC has formally announced its CRV43 43-inch curved LCD monitor, offering a 2,880 by 900-pixel native resolution for a truly immersive computing experience. Although NEC… Read More

Japanese electronics giant NEC has announced it plans to lay off some 20,000 workers, withdraw from some businesses, and shut down factories as a result of the poor global economic climate. About 9,500 of the layoffs will come come from staff in Japan, about 450 from early retirement, and another 9,000 will come from NEC's international operations. The company has not announced what operations and businesses it plans to shut down, but… Read More

We're used to thinking of advertising as a one-way street—consumers view ads. But electronics giant NEC thinks turnaround is fair play: Now, the ads are watching consumers. The company has recently announced its oddly-named "eye flavor" all-in-one digital signage board, which combines a large LCD display with a camera, streaming controller, and facial recognition software to both tailor display ads to the perceived… Read More

When typical computer users—and especially gamers—look for a new LCD monitor, they want to maximize certain specifications like response time, brightness, and contrast, without breaking the bank. NEC's new MultiSync P221W takes the opposite approach: it doesn't offer gamer-friendly specs, but it is capable of displaying 96 percent of the AdobeRGB color gamut at a price that won't put color professionals into… Read More

Plenty of companies build commercial-grade displays that will run nonstop, survive high temperatures, rain, spills, public mischief, but all that torture testing never comes cheap. Most run for many times as much as their consumer-grade equivalents. NEC released a new line of commercial displays on Tuesday designed to meet the same rugged standards, but without the commercial-grade price tag. The MultiSync 15-series  LCD3215… Read More

NEC Display Solutions has announced two new projectors aimed at the corporate and education markets where the ability to quickly set up a projector—and tear it down again without burning your hands—are of prime importance. The new NP41 and NP61 provide 2300 and 3000 lumens of brightness, respectively, and offer one-touch image optimization for getting up and running in a hurry. Even better, they're quiet, putting out just… Read More

NEC has introduced its new MultiSync EA261Wm LCD display, offering a WUXGA (1,920 by 1,200 pixel) resolution on a 26-inch LCD panel mainly aimed at the business and enterprise market—but there's no reason the rest of us can't give it a little consideration as well. “The new MultiSync EA Series brings premium NEC quality to those users who demand exceptional technology, rich features, top performance and high… Read More

NEC LCD Technologies has announced a new technology designed to enable LCD display manufacturers to more easily create complicated, non-rectangular display shapes. Although round and irregularly-shaped LCDs have been around for a while, the standard LCD panel is still rectangular, and most of the size and thickness reductions over the last few years have brought new focus on those rectangular panels, simply because that's the… Read More

Folks who love the idea of watching video or television on mobile phones or portable media devices but who are continually irked that those little tiny portable displays can't handle HD content just received a reprieve from electronics giant NEC. NEC LCD Technologies has just announced a 2.7-inch LCD display that offers a 960 by 540 pixel resolution—that's a whopping 413 pixels per inch. NEC envisions the panel—which… Read More