It may not be one of the sexiest products at the IFA consumer electronics show, but the mCube Slim is probably one of the more practical ones.

LG introduced a 31-inch OLED telelvision that's just 2.9 mm thick and
capable of playing both 2D and 3D images.

Germany's Fraunhofer Institute has developed audio and video codecs that to transmit HD video and audio in real time.

Philips hopes to give devices like Apple's iPod Touch some competition with the announcement of the Go Gear Connect, and Android powered device that can play music, movies, surf the web and access the Android Market.

Aiptek introduced a pocket-sized 3D camcorder for US$260.

Huawei launched the IDEOS, an Android-powered smartphone, at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.

In the high end range the TomTom Go 1000 and Go 1005 are the first devices in the TomTom line up to include a capacitive touch screen.

Toshiba has joined in tablet race at the IFA conference with the introduction of the Folio 100, a 10.1-inch Android powered device.

On World Tech Update this week we're on location at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin where Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab, Toshiba introduces the Folio 100 tablet, Sony's Howard Stringer discusses a 24/7 3D television station, Panasonic allows consumers to create their own content with 3D camcorders and TomTom introduces new devices and hits a milestone. Meanwhile, in the US, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces a new, smaller AppleTV and a refreshed line of iPods.
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IDG News Service's Nick Barber catches up with Miss IFA to talk about the show's history.

At the IFA consumer electronics show Sony announced that it will launch a streaming music service by the end of the year. Called Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity users will be able to access millions of songs.

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On Thursday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin Samsung unveiled its Galaxy Tab, a 7-inch touchscreen tablet running Android 2.2 and designed to compete with Apple's iPad

In addition to introducing a new smaller Apple TV on Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a refreshed line of iPods.

On Thursday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Samsung unveiled its much anticipated Galaxy Tab, an Android 2.2 tablet that sports a 7-inch screen, front facing camera and more.

Admitting that the old version of AppleTV wasn't a hit, Jobs hopes that the refresh of the device will help boost sales.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the new AppleTV at Apple's iPod, iTunes and AppleTV event in San Francisco on Wednesday.

At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin on Wednesday, Sony touted its 3D capabilities, announcing 3D updates for the PS3 and Blu Ray players, introducing a prototype 3D Vaio laptop and showing off cameras that can take panoramic pictures in 3D

On World Tech Update this week Samsung teases its Galaxy Tab, Apple is expected to launch new products, Google Street View irks the French, we take a behind the scenes look at a corporate data center, MIT Media Lab researches develop a table top collaboration system, Windows 95 hits its 15th anniversary and we try out the AR Drone helicopter.
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Researchers at the MIT Media Lab are working on a conference room sized table that can display images and text, allow multiple uses to input data and also record and playback the collaboration.

The AR.Drone is a helicopter on steroids. It has four rotor blades, two cameras and can be flown over a Wifi by an iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone.

Our IT puppet instructors are back, describing the world of Information Technology in easy-to-understand terms. This time, they tackle the letter U and the term Unified Communications.