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Sony "tactile pixels" patent hints at touchscreen innovations
Sony is exploring the development of a potential game-oriented touchscreen device that may also be a communicator, according to a couple of just filed U.S. patent applications.
China brings one-legged mobile TV standard to Olympics
When the Beijing Olympics Games begin in August, China's mobile TV broadcast service will have to crawl before it can walk.
No 'Apple effect' seen for NAND market
What happened to the ''Apple effect'' that is supposed to ignite the worldwide NAND flash-memory market?
Cable TV spec could revive living room PC
A new specification that defines a two-way digital cable TV link is in the works at Cable Labs and could revive the languishing living room PC.
Operators ready specs for NFC enabled handsets
The body representing GSM cellular operators, GSMA, is readying a preliminary set of minimum requirements for handsets containing Near Field Communications (NFC) chipsets.
Opinion: ST-NXP Wireless needs a new name
ST-NXP Wireless, the new communications IC joint venture floated by STMicroelectronics NV and NXP BV, is starting life with a name that confuses its identity with those of the parent companies. Even before the ink dries up on its birth certificate, CEO Alain Dutheil should consider changing the name.
Intel's Atom already designed into future iPhone, say reports
A version of Intel's Atom processor is already designed into the generation of the Apple iPhone set to follow on from the imminent 3G iPhone, according to Eric Savitz, the west coast editor for Barron's Magazine, who cited JoAnne Feeney, an analyst with FTN Midwest Securities Corp. (Cleveland Ohio), as his source.
Coming (not too) soon: wireless set-top boxes
Wireless is coming to the cable TV set-top box, but just which wireless and when is still not clear, said a Cox Communications executive after a panel on wireless video networking at the Connections conference.
Video: 60 GHz, Wi-Fi, UWB face off at panel
Competing approaches to delivering high quality video in the digital home faced off in a panel discussion at the Connections conference where representatives of Wi-Fi, ultrawideband and 60 GHz radios were clearly gunning for similar design wins in TVs, routers, set-top boxes, Blu-Ray drives and other devices.
Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) folds into LiMo Foundation
To address the growing adoption of Linux platforms by the global mobile market, the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum announced that activities and membership are folding into the LiMo Foundation as of July 2008.
ST, NXP unveil management team, name for wireless JV
European chip companies NXP BV and STMicroelectronics NV have announced that the joint venture will be called ST-NXP Wireless and led by Alain Dutheil as CEO.
Lower costs, higher profits for Apple with 3G iPhone
A preliminary guesstimate by market research group iSuppli suggests the Bill of Materials (BOM) and assembly costs of the latest 8Gbyte 3G iPhone from Apple will be $173, making the device one of the most profitable ever for the company.
Ultrawideband in multimedia handsets
UWB uniquely offers a handset the potential to wirelessly connect peripheral devices that were previously reserved for wired connections.
Sidecut predicts bright future but finite window for WiMax
Sidecut Reports predicts Clearwire-Sprint-MSO deal will provide momentum for WiMax, albeit in a narrow window.
RFID devices interfere with medical electronics, says report
The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) in hospitals can interfere with critical care medical equipment according to a study conducted by University of Amsterdam researchers published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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