With the star power of hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and "Avatar" director James Cameron, South Korea's Samsung Electronics giant late Wednesday unveiled the world's first 3-D TV technology aimed at revolutionizing the home viewing experience. At a glitzy ceremony in New York's Time Warner Center, the leading consumer electronics maker announced the launch of a broad lineup of new sets, beginning with 46-inch and 55-inch C7000 models this month, showcasing the LED-lit TVs' 3-D picture quality with incredible depth and perfect clarity.

Sony on Wednesday unveiled a hotly anticipated motion-sensing controller that it hopes will fuel new interest in its PlayStation 3 videogame consoles. PlayStation Move wands will hit the market in time for the year-end holiday shopping season and aim to tap into a zest for motion-sensing controls that made Nintendo Wii consoles marketplace superstars.

Dutch electronics giant Philips said Tuesday it had finalised the sale of 200 million shares in Hong Kong-based flat screen producer TPV Technology for a net 95 million euros (130 million dollars). Philips said it sold the shares to Chinese household appliance maker CEIEC. "As a result of this transaction, which is in line with Philips’ communicated strategy to dispose of its remaining non-core shareholdings, Philips now holds 63 million shares in TPV, which represents a stake in the company of just below three percent," it said.

IBM researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the environment. The breakthrough promises biodegradable plastics made in a way that saves on energy, according to Chandrasekhar "Spike" Narayan, a manager of science and technology at IBM's Almaden Research Center in Northern California.

Japanese electronics giant Sony is developing a new lineup of handheld products to counter Apple's stable of portable devices, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The newspaper, citing "people familiar with the matter," said the products under development include a smartphone capable of downloading and playing PlayStation games being developed with Swedish cellphone partner Ericsson.

The US Federal Reserve is reviewing financing deals conducted by Goldman Sachs and others related to Greece's debt crisis, Fed chief Ben Bernanke said Thursday. "We are looking into a number of questions related to Goldman Sachs and other companies and their derivatives arrangements with Greece," Bernanke said in response to a lawmaker's question in his second day of testimony to Congress.

Dutch office printer and copier manufacturer Oce said Monday it would oppose a bid by two shareholders to have an Amsterdam court investigate Japanese high-tech giant Canon's friendly takeover bid. "Hermes and Universities Superannuation Scheme have filed a request with the enterprise chamber of the court of appeals in Amsterdam for an investigation with respect to the negotiations between Canon and Oce about the tender offer for Oce shares and subsequent events," Oce said in a statement.

US technology titans IBM and Intel on Monday rolled out powerful new computer chips designed for businesses continually demanding more from networks and data centers. Intel introduced an Itanium processor 9300 series developed under the code name "Tukwila" that it touts as delivering twice the performance of prior generation chips.

Matches at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be filmed in 3-D for the first time in a deal announced Friday by international football body FIFA and Sony. Up to 25 matches from the tournament, to be held in June and July, will be produced using Sony's 3-D professional cameras and shown to fans at special sites in cities around the world, they said in a statement.

The move is part of chief executive Howard Stringer's goal of converging Sony's strengths in electronics, such as Bravia televisions and PlayStation game consoles, and content generated by its movie studio and music label. "This is something I'd like to get off the ground as quickly as possible," said Sony executive vice president Kazuo Hirai, who also heads the company's game division.