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New Internet start-up hopes for last-minute shoppers December 22, 2006 – 12:52 PM – Miscellaneous
A new online shopping search engine may have missed most of the critical holiday shopping crowd, but it hopes to entice the many procrastinators ... Read more
DirectX 10 will not take off until H2 2007, AMD executive says December 22, 2006 – 9:54 AM – Miscellaneous
Despite that Nvidia recently launched its DirectX 10-compliant GPUs (graphics processing units), demand for DirectX 10 graphics cards will not ... Read more
Nano-welds herald new era of electronics December 21, 2006 – 6:28 PM – Miscellaneous
The world's smallest construction site is taking shape in a laboratory in Switzerland, thanks to the development of new welding techniques that ... Read more
Avid rolls out Softimage XSI 6 December 21, 2006 – 5:46 PM – Miscellaneous
Avid today released a new version of its 3D animation and character creation software Softimage. Read more
Emirates to become first cell phone-friendly airline December 21, 2006 – 4:22 PM – Miscellaneous
After years of getting used to the taboo of mobile phones on airplanes, Middle East-based Emirates Airlines is aiming to shake things up, by ... Read more
Femtocells set to challenge Wi-Fi cellphones December 21, 2006 – 12:07 PM – Miscellaneous
Low-cost femtocells could emerge as an attractive alternative to voice over Wi-Fi (VoFi) in future homes, according to research firm Strategy ... Read more
ASP for large-size LCD panels continue to fall in H2 December December 21, 2006 – 12:01 PM – Miscellaneous
The ASP (average selling price) for large-size LCD panels continued to drop in the second half of December, according to research firm WitsView ... Read more
Samsung develops 1/4" 3-megapixel CMOS image sensor for ultra slim camera phones December 21, 2006 – 11:57 AM – Miscellaneous
Samsung Electronics has announced its 3-megapixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1/4" lens aperture for ultra slim camera phones. Read more
Researchers demo 100 Mb/s MIMO cellphone technology December 20, 2006 – 4:43 PM – Miscellaneous
Most cellphone users are still waiting for 3G cellphones, generally referred to as the next generation or future cellphones. Researchers in ... Read more
Canadian police post YouTube video to solve murder December 20, 2006 – 4:21 PM – Miscellaneous
Hamilton police may have solved a murder by posting surveillance tape footage to YouTube. 22-year-old Ryan Miller was stabbed to death at a ... Read more
Americans favor news broadcast over YouTube citizen video news December 20, 2006 – 3:55 PM – Miscellaneous
A recent Zogby poll showed that most Americans still like the regular evening news broadcast over citizen video news reports posted on YouTube. ... Read more
Your "digital living" will be worth $300 billion per year by 2010 - report December 20, 2006 – 2:37 PM – Miscellaneous
According to a new report out by technology research firm Parks Associates, the amount of money spent on digital living products and services, ... Read more
Samsung tops LCD TV maker in Q3 06, says Displaysearch December 20, 2006 – 12:14 PM – Miscellaneous
Samsung Electronics was the top LCD TV manufacturer with a 13.2% share of the market in the third quarter of 2006, closely followed by Sharp. Read more
Multimedia to boost memory storage in handsets, says IMS Research December 20, 2006 – 12:11 PM – Miscellaneous
Embedded and removable memory capacity demands for cellular handsets showed a dramatic increase in 2006, primarily driven by consumer interest in ... Read more
First look: Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta December 19, 2006 – 10:51 PM – Miscellaneous
Adobe has released a beta version of the next version of its image editing software Photoshop. We've had some time to play with the software and ... Read more
DVD players now more common in U.S. households than VCRs December 19, 2006 – 5:09 PM – Miscellaneous
After having been the symbol for home video entertainment for more than 40 years, the U.S. market penetration das dipped below the penetration of ... Read more
Production cost of Optimus keyboard expected to be well above $1000 December 19, 2006 – 12:23 PM – Miscellaneous
The developers of the forthcoming Color OLED keyboard Optimus 103 are facing higher development and production costs than what was generally ... Read more
PowerColor to launch passively cooled X1950 Pro and XT cards December 19, 2006 – 11:49 AM – Miscellaneous
PowerColor and Arctic Cooling will launch in the first quarter of 2007 a solution for PowerColor's X1950 Pro and X1950 XT passive cards, which ... Read more
Samsung starts supplying SD cards from December December 19, 2006 – 11:49 AM – Miscellaneous
Being a major advocate of the MultiMediaCard (MMC) format, Samsung Electronics started supplying SecureDigital (SD) cards in finished goods form ... Read more
TI unveils management chips for multi-cell, Li-ion battery packs December 19, 2006 – 11:47 AM – Miscellaneous
Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled several new battery management ICs, including its next-generation Impedance Track "gas gauge" chipset, to ... Read more
Stanford researchers explore flexible transistors December 18, 2006 – 5:18 PM – Miscellaneous
Organic - or carbon-based - transistors are not new and can be used to design flexible computer displays, RFID tags and sensors. Read more
Tasers gets tougher December 18, 2006 – 5:12 PM – Miscellaneous
Stun guns could soon be able to deliver a disabling shock even to recipients wearing insulating clothing. Read more
Intel silently revs Core 2 Duo CPUs December 18, 2006 – 5:09 PM – Miscellaneous
Intel has silently improved its Core 2 Duo line-up. Read more
800 MHz enough to run Vista, says Microsoft December 18, 2006 – 4:28 PM – Miscellaneous
Microsoft has an answer for all those who have been wondering whether to buy a new computer or upgrade the hardware for Windows Vista. The ... Read more
Lightscribe CD disc labeling now available in five colors December 18, 2006 – 1:55 PM – Miscellaneous
Hewlett-Packard today announced the availability of color Lightscribe CDs, which join the plain grey etching on a gold background. The labeling ... Read more