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When news falls through the cracks… wait, that’s “The Daily Show’s” bit.  There’s lots of stories in the tech world and sometimes they get buried by Google, Microsoft, and Apple’s every move.  Here’s a round up of stories that you may have missed.  Pioneer wants to be in your car,… Continue Reading »

Is the economy really forcing even TV to go down the drain?  It’s apparently even hitting the big names.  Former industry giant Pioneer has been seeing such a slump in sales that they are being forced to do massive employee cutbacks (10,000 more than they have already done) and even… Continue Reading »

Pioneer, in its efforts to continue their brand transformation, put this year’s product focus on their relationships within the audio/video industry. They just released a whole line of in-wall speakers to go along with their floor-standing models. These are designed to be mixed and matched to suit the needs of… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Pioneer brings ultimate sound and video to CES 2009 ... and some tricked out cars

Quick Review What is it?  The Pioneer XMP3 (Model: GEX-XMP3) is a portable XM radio that costs $279.99 What’s cool: Wide variety of channels Superior sound quality when compared to FM radio Intuitive menus Simple design Recording and bookmark features What’s not cool: Internal antenna is weak Poorly designed layout… Continue Reading »

Panasonic is already a sizable company, but they are going to get that little bit bigger with the confirmed takeover of Sanyo.  Sanyo have been struggling recently, and it’s probably not a coincidence that their downturn coincides with the economic crisis that we are facing.  Nevertheless, they are still worth… Continue Reading »

After Panasonic and Sony, it’s now Pioneer’s turn to announced their new Elite BDP-09FD Blu-ray player. And like the other new Blu-ray players, Pioneer would not just let the competitors outwit them in features and functionality. As such, Pioneer’s new Blu-ray player boast of advanced features as well that include… Continue Reading »

Pioneer’s new AVIC-N5 GPS is one of the top GPS’ currently available, as it comes with many notable features. One of the notable features includes something called TeleAtlasFind the Perfect Route. There are two DVD’s that store Tele Atlas’s giant database of maps, which allows the driver to let the… Continue Reading »

Not even a month ago, Pioneer had announced that they had developed a 16 layer disk with 400 gigabytes of data storage. Totally amazing, right? Well, apparently those engineers at Pioneer don’t like to sit on their haunches, because they’ve just announced the development of a 500GB disk that includes… Continue Reading »

The new Pioneer AVIC-T10 comes loaded with many nice features, unfortunately, it is set to release only in Japan for the time being. The AVIC-T10 comes with a 5.8-inch VGA touch screen, 4GB of internal memory, Bluetooth capability for hands free calling, and has HSDPA support. To use that, you… Continue Reading »

The last GPS announced by Pioneer, is probably the best one they announced so far. It combines all the features present in the AVIC-F900BT as well as the AVIC-F700BT and then some. Some of the new features include 3D landmarks and the audio quality is greatly improved, with Hi-voltage pre-outs.… Continue Reading »