GfK Marketing Services Japan (GfK Japan) announced the results of its survey on sales trends of home appliances and information technology (IT) devices in Japan in 2008.

IDEC Corp developed the "Fiber Beam," a rear-projection display that uses resin optical fibers as transmission media.

Arizona State University FDC created the world's first “touchscreen” active matrix display on a flexible, glass-free substrate. Achieved through a collaborative effort between the FDC and its partners E Ink Corporation and DuPont Teijin Films, this revolutionary display is the first demonstration of a flexible electronic display that enables real-time user input.

Micron is bidding for between $20 million and $100 million to convert idle buildings in Boise and Nampa to manufacture solar panels and high-efficiency lighting components. The company says its plan could establish Idaho as a world leader in developing and manufacturing solar modules or LED lighting, or both.

Japan's government is fortifying its defense of the corporate sector by broadening sources of public funding for companies struggling to cope with the deepening recession. Goldman Sachs analysts in a report Friday identified 15 Japanese technology companies on their financial risk watch list.

Consumers in Australia are buying small screen HD flat panel TV's and 100Hz models in record numbers despite many vendors running out of stock over the peak December January period according to GFK sources. This coupled with an increase in global demand for small screen TV's has seen manufacturers in Taiwan and China increase production by up to 20%.

Sharp announced the GM4BN653C0A, a high color rendering white LED with a light intensity 13% higher than the company's existing product.

Vizio, a US-based TV manufacturer, took an unusual step Feb 20, 2009, presenting a petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the aim of settling its patent dispute with Funai Electric.