It seems fitting that one of the companies adding polish to one of the few bright spots in consumer electronics helped kick off the press conferences here at 2009 CES in Las Vegas. Jonney Shih, chairman and CEO of ASUS, took the stage to show...

A top analyst Monday upgraded Best Buy from "neutral" to "buy," a move that sent the leading CE retailer's stock soaring. According to the Associated Press , Matthew Fassier of Goldman Sachs made the upgrade Monday and...

Due to high demand for DTV converter box coupons, applicants seeking the coupons will now be placed on a waiting list, the government agency supervising the program announced Monday. According to the announcement by the National...

Regulators in California are proposing rules that will require retailers to sell only energy-efficient TVs beginning in 2009- a move strongly opposed by the CE industry, the Los Angeles Times reported . The California Energy Commission is...

As the economy continues to struggle, over 50 percent of U.S. households plan to "cut back" on high-tech purchases this year. That's according to research released Monday by Forrester Research, as cited by the Wall Street Journal ....

Best Buy has announced that it plans to join AT&T in the market for "refurbished" iPhone 3G devices, which it will sell in its stores for $50 below the cost of new phones. According to Reuters , the phones sold as refurbished were...

Volutone announced this week that after being awarded the Nevada territory by LG, it is now distributing that company's products from all of its seven locations on the West Coast. “Our dealers will really be pleased; this is the right...

The Electronic Systems Professional Alliance (ESPA) announced Monday that it has named Kerry Moyer its chairman for 2009. Moyer, who is also senior director for strategic relations for the Consumer Electronics Association, rotated into the...

Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co. on Monday announced that it has promoted Robert Perry to the position of executive vice president. In the new role, Perry will supervise the company's sales, marketing and product merchandising, and will report...

Putting to rest nearly a year of rumors, Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday revealed the existence of a personal health problem that he says is to blame for his recent weight loss. However, Jobs reiterated that he plans to remain CEO of the company,...

The EDGE Distributors Group has announced that it will begin offering certification training programs to its dealers this year. The first to be offered will be a course on the Aspire RF wireless lighting control system, the company said....

As a new year gets underway, the annual International CES is set to begin in Las Vegas this week. With the weak economy, this year's event is expected to be smaller than most of those in past years, while remaining one of the largest trade shows...

A consumer coalition has petitioned the FCC to cut the cost charged to manufacturers for digital TV technology, believing that such a cost would result in lower costs of the sets themselves. According to the Washington Post the group, called...