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What Cisco's 'CE 2.0' challenge means to consumer electronics market
Cisco Systems is poised to build a template for what it calls the consumer electronics company "Version 2.0."
Digital photo frames to get connected
The total silicon opportunity for digital photo frame suppliers will exceed $550 million by 2013, according to market research group InStat.
Apple reportedly sued over touchscreen technology
Taiwan's Elan Microelectronics has filed suit against Apple in U.S. federal court, alleging infringement of two touchscreen technology patents by Apple products including the MacBook, iPhone and iPod Touch, according to various published reports.
Sarnoff LED spinoff obtains funding
Sarnoff Corp. has spun-off a new company that will focus on the booming light-emitting diode (LED) sector.
Cloud service battles videogame boxes
Armed with a proprietary compression technology, startup OnLive will launch this fall an online service that aims to rival the experience of dedicated videogame consoles, using ASIC-based algorithms to zip content from its remote servers to users on PCs, Macs or TVs in under 80 milliseconds.
Delphi uses laser for head-up display
Delphi has introduced the prototype of a laser-based automotive head-up display. Unlike conventional head-up displays which use mirrors to project data from a display, Delphi's device generates the virtual image directly on the windscreen.
Vtech's Kididoddle: Touch-pad technology meets child's play
Kids' toys are getting in on the touch and pen action. Vtech's "Kididoodle" uses a stylus-touchpad input combined with a simple LCD and buttons for the user interface of this interactive drawing toy.
Test equipment vendors demonstrate full HD video streaming over LTE
Rohde & Schwarz and Signalion have demonstrated full HD video streaming over LTE.
TI, Apple weigh in on smart phones
A Texas Instrument executive shared his vision of the smart phone at a Silicon Valley event while Apple rolled out a beta of the iPhone OS version 3.0.
Nintendo prevails in joystick IP lawsuit
Games console specialist Nintendo has won a patent infringement case in a U.S. District Court in Texas against Texas-based Fenner that alleged the Japanese group infringed on a patent covering an interface for joysticks used in the hugely successful Wii console as well as the Nintendo GameCube.
Automotive displays see continuous growth
Despite the ongoing recession in the automotive market, the market for automotive displays remains hot, featuring high growth rates over the next years, says DisplaySearch.
WiMedia folds, UWB spec goes to Bluetooth, USB groups
The WiMedia Alliance is handing over all current and future specification development of its version of ultrawideband to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, the Wireless USB Promoter Group and the USB Implementers Forum, then shutting down.
First look: Amazon's Kindle 2
About a year ago I heard about a new gadget called Kindle, Amazon's E- Book Reader. I was fascinated for several reasons -- I love gadgets, I love to read and when I travel I take along a whole suitcase full of books. I began my research and read a lot of reviews -- some good and some bad.
Comment: Cisco clarifies its cloud vision
Cisco Systems will become the latest company to jump on the cloud computing bandwagon when it puts some specifics behind its Unified Computing initiative at a press event March 16.
Preaching to the converted, almost converted and unconverted at ESC SV 09
Making a choice about which of the numerous Sponsored Sessions to attend at the upcoming Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley is as tough as choosing among the 100 or so regular sessions.
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