After a speedy European romance, Panasonic is about to leave the continent it recently went back to after a seven-year absence, states the Nikkei company daily. In contrast, Reuters is taking a more measured tone, pointing out 2 sources that state it might withdraw at some point in the next six months.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook talked about the company’s TV plans tonight at the D10 conference. His comments were all pretty vague, but if nothing else, he hinted strongly that Apple does in fact have plans for future TV products.

When interviewers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher pressed Cook on whether he thinks the current Apple TV product is good enough, he said, “We’re going to keep pulling this string and see where it takes us.” Mossberg then suggested that the current version of Apple TV doesn’t solve all of the problems with TV watching, to which Cook replied, “I agree” — but he didn’t want to talk about it further. Of course, a full-fledged Apple TV (one that includes an actual TV) has been rumored for a long time now, and this isn’t the first time the company’s executives have suggested that big plans in this area — but if nothing else, Cook’s comments should chase any lingering doubts away.

So what might this future TV product look like? Not surprisingly, Cook had no details to offer on a product that he’s not quite ready to admit exists. He was willing to speak generally, dsaying that Apple is always looking for to control the “key technology” and “make a significant contribution beyond what others have done in this area.” He also said that Apple doesn’t have any plans to rethink its plans for acquiring content, because getting content hasn’t been an issue.

As for the current model of the Apple TV, Cook said sales are picking — Apple sold 2.8 million last year, and has already sold 2.7 this year.

[I'm not the TechCrunch reporter at D this year, so thanks to AllThingsD, Engadget, and Twitter for keeping me up to speed.]

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Microsoft has instituted a big change with its free Visual Studio 11 Express suite that’s leaving some current- and soon-to-be Windows 8 developers up in arms: it’s pulling support for creating anything but Metro-native apps. After 11 becomes the norm, desktop developers will need to either cling to Visual Studio 2010 for dear life or fork over the $ 500 for Visual Studio 11 Professional. Programmers won’t have the option of backdoor coding, either, with both the compiler and toolchain being pulled from Windows’ framework. The situation doesn’t represent the end of the world for some developers — more established pros don’t balk at a $ 500 price, and third-party tools will likely live on — but it sets a much higher price of entry for desktop apps developed through the official route, especially if you want to write games using XNA. We’ve reached out to Microsoft for a response, but for now we’d suggest setting aside five Benjamins if Start screen tiles and app charms aren’t your cups of tea.

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Last year, Frito-Lay announced that they were changing the Sun Chips bag to a new style that actually breaks down in the environment, instead of sitting around in landfills for years and years. The bad news? They are pulling the packaging from the market, because apparently they are too loud.

One of the writers at the Inspired Economist wrote to Frito-Lay to find out what the bags are made of. Frito-Lay responded that they were discontinuing the packaging. The new bags were 100% compostable, but the Frito-Lay website says they received so much feedback about the amount of noise when customers opened the bag that they decided to pull the packaging. The good news is that Frito-Lay is working on an improved version of the compostable packaging that will be quieter, just to hush up the whiners, so to speak.

Good for Frito-Lay for coming out with a compostable product, and shame on people for whining about the bag being too loud. Seriously people?

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