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NEWS ABOUT: Philips

Philips stories: 6 news summaries

 Race for Better Light Bulb 
 Heats Up 

Philips bids for US government's $10M 'L Prize'

Sep 25, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch electronics giant Philips has created an LED light bulb that, if it lives up to its billing, could claim the US government’s coveted “L Prize.” More important, the new bulb could inherit the 60-watt bulb’s throne. The Energy Department is offering $10 million—and a... More »

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compact fluorescent bulbs • electronics • Netherlands • light bulb • US government • Philips • LEDs • fluorescent light bulbs • low-energy light bulbs • Energy Dept.

North American TV Sales Drag Philips Down

Profits off 28% in first quarter as electronics giant feel pinch

Apr 14, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - An expanding health-care sector in China couldn’t help Royal Philips Electronics offset poor television and video sales in North America, as the world’s leading lighting company reported core profits fell 28% in the first quarter, Reuters reports today. The company said it expects the global economic slowdown will... More »

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China • television • global economy • corporate earnings • Philips • consumer electronics

FCC to Re-Test Wireless Internet Devices

Companies seek to broadcast web over unused TV airwaves

Jan 19, 08 12:20 AM CST
(Newser) - After a series of unsuccessful tests, the Federal Communications Commission is heading back to the lab to assess a new round of devices for broadcasting high-speed Internet in the white space available in between TV airwaves. The prototypes come from a coalition of top-tier bidders, including Microsoft, Philips, and Intel,... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • FCC • broadband Internet • Philips • WiFi • rural area • wireless technology

Philips to Buy Sleep Therapy Firm for $5B

Respironics deal latest in expansion into
US health-care sector

Dec 21, 07 6:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Electronics giant Philips will buy Respironics, an American maker of sleep therapy products, for $5.1 billion, Reuters reports, its most expensive foray yet into the health-care sector. That plan has seen Philips purchase lighting firm Genlyte for $2.7 billion and medical systems provider Visicu for $430 million within... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • Philips

LEDs Light Up Europe,
As Bulb Makers Switch

An Italian village goes LED, and Philips makes a multi-billion bet

Dec 1, 07 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Europe is going low-e with LEDs, presaging a trend about to spread worldwide. The Italian village Torraca, for example, just switched all of its streetlights for light-emitting diode fixtures, and Dutch electronics giant Philips has snapped up an American firm in a plan to push similar changes in the states.... More »

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Philips • interior design • LEDs • lighting • lightbulbs • incandescent bulbs

The CD Turns 25

Wired salutes the 'obsolete form of optical media,' which turns 25 today

Aug 17, 07 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The compact disc, which Wired calls an "obsolete form of optical media," has been spinning for 25 years today, according to a press release from Philips. The first disk, a recording of ABBA’s “The Visitors,” was produced in Hanover, Germany in 1982. A stunning 200... More »

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music • compact discs • Sony • CDs • Philips • digital music • data storage

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