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• Philips and Asus slapped with multi-million dollar e-commerce fines

  Four consumer electronics vendors have been fined US$130 million by EU antitrust regulators for imposing fixed or minimum online prices.

• Online electronics retailers raided by EU antitrust officials

  European Union antitrust investigators have raided the offices of a number of companies involved in the online sale of consumer electronics products, officials said Wednesday.

• The year TVs got much too complicated

  CES 2015 might go down as the moment when TVs became more complicated than they should be.

• The changes which returned Cellnet to profitability

  Since his appointment to the helm of accessories distributor, Cellnet, in April, Alan Sparks has been working to refresh the company which had “been going nowhere in the last five years.”

• Salesforce.com says wearables push is catching on with customers, partners

  A few months after launching a developer toolkit for writing apps that run on wearable devices, Salesforce.com says the concept is gaining traction with customers and partners.

• Samsung, Philips and others fined by EU for participating in smartcard cartel

  Smart card producers Samsung Electronics, Philips and Infineon were fined €138 million (about US$181 million) by the European Commission on Wednesday for forming a cartel. Renesas, also part of the cartel, escaped a fine by revealing the existence of the cartel.

• Study finds firmware plagued by poor encryption and backdoors

  The first large-scale analysis of a fundamental type of software known as firmware has revealed poor security practices that could present opportunities for hackers probing the "Internet of Things."

• Nintendo's Wii infringes on Philips' remote control patents, UK court rules

  Nintendo's Wii and Wii U game consoles infringe two Philips remote control patents, the England and Wales High Court ruled Friday.

• Salesforce launches wearable computing "ecosystem" for enterprise

  Salesforce is bringing wearable computing to the corporate world with the launch of Salesforce Wear.

• Philips aims remote control patents at Nintendo's Wii, wants to hit 'stop' button

  Philips wants to ban U.S. imports and sales of Nintendo's Wii gaming consoles and controllers, alleging they infringe two of its patents.

• Philips smart TVs open to remote attacks via default wireless connection, researchers say

  The latest firmware in some Philips smart TV models opens an insecure Miracast wireless network, allowing potential attackers located in the signal range to control the TV remotely and perform unauthorized actions.

• Philips' intelligent supermarket lighting can help you find your groceries

  Philips is piloting an intelligent supermarket lighting system that can help shoppers find their groceries based on their location in the store, the company said Monday.

• Philips shows wireless cooker, coffee maker concepts

  The connected fridge was for a long time seen as a joke, but companies like Philips are, with the help of smartphones and tablets, looking to resurrect the concept of connected kitchen appliances in various ways.

• Philips' new recycling programmes hailed by green campaigners

  Philips Electronics will include the cost of recycling its products in their retail prices in three countries that don't yet mandate recycling of waste electronic equipment, it said on Wednesday.

• Philips adopts ECN goods return system for retailers

  Philips has rolled out ECN Group’s Enterprise Reverse Logistics (ERL) solution to over 100 Noel Leeming and Bond & Bond retail outlets.