Technology

New Targus Speaker Book with NXT Technology

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Targus introduces a portable speaker gadget dubbed Targus Speaker Book with NXT ultra-thin speakers.

The Targus Speaker Book has a uniquely-designed folding stereo speaker system incorporating NXT’s Balanced Radiator (BR) technology.
Compatible with all audio sources, the Speaker Book is connected via a supplied 3.5mm audio cable and powered by either USB from a laptop or desktop computer, or four AAA batteries for use anywhere. Read more

Posted on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Interview with Fast2Light about flexible OLED Lighting Technology

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OLED-Info published an interview with Fast2Light's project manager Mary M. Kilitziraki. Fast2Light is an R&D setup that researches and develops light emitting foils based on OLED technology.

Quote: "There are a few milestones to be achieved before OLED makes it to the lighting market; a very important one is the performance and lifetime of the light emitting material. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia, Sony Ericsson and others sign 3GPP LTE Technology Contract

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Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, NextWave Wireless, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Sony Ericsson have today announced a mutual commitment to a framework for establishing predictable and more transparent maximum aggregate costs for licensing intellectual property rights (IPR) that relate to 3GPP Long Term Evolution and Service Architecture Evolution standards (LTE/SAE).

LTE promises to make 3G networks, faster, more efficient, lower cost and more. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:25:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AMD Chief Technology Officer Phil Hester resigned

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AMD's CTO Phil Hester has resigned. It is always kind of a big deal if a senior officer leaves a company. AMD also announced this week to cut 10% of their employees.

Apparently the resignation of Mr. Hester is not related to the job cut. Mr. Hester is leaving to pursue other opportunities says an AMD spokesperson.
Mr. Hester joined AMD in 2005. Read more

Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:30:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Racetrack Memory Technology to replace Flash in future iPods

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IBM scientists have developed a new storage technology currently dubbed "racetrack" that promises huge capacity at lower cost.

The racetrack memory technology would lead to the development of 3D micro-electronics away from the current 2D concepts. Read more

Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:39:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

How new Technology keeps the Olympic Flame Burning

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By Karolos Grohmann

ATHENS (Reuters) - The tradition of the Olympic flame is rooted in Greek sporting heritage dating back thousands of years but new technology keeps the fire burning whatever the elements -- or modern-day protester -- can throw at it.
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Posted on Wed, 9 Apr 2008 06:46:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Rocker Lou Reed takes aim at new Technology

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By Gary Graff and Jonathan Cohen

AUSTIN, Texas (Billboard) - Lou Reed is lashing out at new modes of audio technology, saying that "people have got to demand a higher standard" than current MP3 music files.
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Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:55:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nortel set to launch faster Network Technology

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By Wojtek Dabrowski

TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp is about to roll out new technology that lets telecom companies immediately quadruple the capacity of their networks to help them cope with a boom in Internet video, high-definition programming and the use of mobile video phones.
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Posted on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mobile Phone Technology Combats Credit Card Fraud

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Credit card fraud is rampant in America and across the world. With the advent of the Internet age and online shopping growing it has become easy for criminals to access our credit card information. A company from Israel has a potential answer to the problem called mConfirm.

The technology uses a mobile phone to confirm that the credit card owner and the card are being used in the same location. According to the company the service is being offered to US banks, will cost the customer nothing and doesn’t require a GPS enabled cell phone. Read more

Posted on Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Nokia Morph Nanotechnology Concept Devices

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Nokia announces Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge (UK).

Morph was launched today alongside the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, on view from February 24th to May 12th, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:28:21 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Roper Mobile technology Duros Rugged Tablet PC

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Roper Mobile Technology unveiled a new rugged tablet PC today called the Duros. Duros is a Windows XP based tablet PC sealed to IP-65 levels for dust and water and is manufactured to MILSPEC 810F.

The screen is an 8.4-inch sunlight viewable SVGA with resistive touch capability. The processor in the system is either a Geode LX 800 or an Intel Celeron M 1GHz. The system can have up to 1GB of RAM and 120GB of storage space. A 64Gb SSD is optional and the battery is hot swappable. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:03:02 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Sony to spend $200 mln on advanced Panel Technology

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese consumer electronics maker Sony Corp said on Tuesday it will spend 22 billion yen ($203.5 million) to develop technology to make medium to large organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels. Read more

Posted on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:37:36 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sunrich Technology Announces Express Card SSD

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Sunrich Technology has announced a new SSD drive it will be showing off at CES 2008. The drive will be available in 4, 8, 16, and 32GB capacities.

The drive is designed to work from the ExpressCard slot on notebook computers and is made so that the drive fits totally inside the ExpressCard slot. The SSD requires no drivers and is Plug-n-Play compliant. Read more

Posted on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:07:43 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Rambus Licenses High-speed Memory Technology to Toshiba

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Rambus announced today that it had licensed its XDR memory architecture to Toshiba to be used in HDTVs. Rambus’ XDR, XIO and XMC will be used in conjunction to provide Toshibas HDTVs with 4.8Gbps of throughput.

The higher performance delivered by this Rambus technology will allow Toshiba’s 1080p HDTVs to operate at 120Hz refresh rates and 12-bit color depths while showing full HD PiP. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:42:31 CST | by Shane McGlaun

RIM and Eatoni to work on Text Keyboard Technology

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TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd said on Wednesday it will work with Eatoni Ergonomics Inc to develop a new text keyboard technology. Read more

Posted on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Buffalo Technology LinkStation Live Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Buffalo Technology LinkStation Live with 250GB storage. Digital Trends gave the media drive a very low rating due to software problems.

Quote from the review: "Buffalo Technology is well-known for its networking products, and now the company has attached all its networking prowess to a 250GB hard drive for a little bit of NAS (Network Attached Storage) action. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Technology gives World rare view of Myanmar's Rage

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By Ed Cropley

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Secret networks of dissident citizen reporters operating beneath the noses of government spies in army-ruled Myanmar are giving the world unprecedented glimpses of the biggest anti-junta protests in two decades. Read more

Posted on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Adds X205-SLi1 and X205-SLi3 Notebooks Using NVIDIA SLI Technology

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Toshiba announced the addition of two NVIDIA SLI equipped gaming notebooks to their line called the X205-SLi1 and the X205-SLi3 both of which are HD DVD equipped systems. Both notebooks feature dual NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPUs with a combined 512MB of video RAM and DirectX 10 capability.

These notebooks start at a price of $1999.99 and are available now at the Toshiba website. The X205-SLi3 includes a USB external HDTV tuner for playing live HDTV from an antenna or cable box. Both systems include an HDMI out for playing HD DVD movies on HDTV sets. Read more

Posted on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:42:54 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Intel's Moore muses on end of Technology Maxim

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By Duncan Martell

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Gordon Moore, the unassuming billionaire co-founder of Intel Corp, says the end of the technology maxim bearing his name is drawing to a close, perhaps as soon as 10 years from now. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:40:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Say ''Cheese'': Sony Technology focuses on Smiles

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TOKYO (Reuters) - If a picture's worth a thousand words, then how much is a smiling photo worth? About 40,000 yen ($350), based on Sony's new "smile shutter" cameras. Read more

Posted on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:41:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Russia tested nanotechnology based Vacuum Bomb

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Russian military said it tested the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb.

The so called vacuum bomb equivalent to 44 tons of regular explosives. It has a blast radius is 990 feet. Read more