In the United States, consumers spent $6.39 billion on consumer electronics, up 5.1 percent from the $6.07 billion spent in 2003, according to The NPD Group, which tracks consumer sales. Digital camera purchases grew by 32 percent, slower than the 55 percent growth rate seen the year before.
Plasma TVs, meanwhile, accounted for 12 percent of all TV revenue. In all, 86 percent of TV sales were fore TVs with screens less than 42 inches in diameter. Other surveys came out with similar figures but broke up the categories differently.
EnerG2 opens a plant to make an engineered carbon that will improve performance of energy storage devices and make storage for start-stop hybrid cars less expensive.
Tommy Jordan, the man who shot his daughter's laptop for YouTube, gets a visit from police and child protection services. Oh, and Good Morning America.
As UC Berkeley students, the co-founders of "Back to the Roots" discovered they could grow mushrooms using recycled coffee grounds. Now their mushroom kit sells at grocery stores across the country.
The Washington State Senate passed a bill that would charge electric car owners $100 per year to compensate for not paying gas taxes. The bill still has to pass the House.
