The impressive Atmos sound technology from Dolby has just been attached to another major firm – 'Star Trek Into Darkness.'   The followup to the incredible J.J. Abrams reboot of the Star Trek franchise will take advantage of everything Atmos has to offer, immersing audiences in sound and creating pinpoint audio locations.  In other words, when the Klingon Bird of Prey passes overhead, you're going to want to duck.

Last week a Japanese business news service called Diamond Online revealed that Panasonic is planning to exit the TV industry in favor of producing iPad screens.  That's something we'd normally scoff at, but Panasonic hasn't expressly denied anything.  Instead, the company says that these claims "are basically speculative in nature and contain a number of errors of fact or misinterpretation."