As smartphones, tablets and other gadgets become smaller and more sophisticated, the heat they generate while in use increases. This is a growing problem because it can cause the electronics inside the gadgets to fail. Conventional wisdom ...
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Asicminer, a Hong Kong–based bitcoin mining operation, has taken an unorthodox step to gain an advantage over other computing systems running the algorithms that generate the virtual currency. To save money on energy, Asicminer puts ...
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While many of the digital glitterati thronging this week's Consumer Electronics Show were wearing Google's new Internet glasses, rival online eyewear products abounded among the trade stands. US-based Vuzix showed off what it billed as ...
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Here are some of the highlights and trends seen at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which ended Friday: 1. Wearables: From connected socks and bras to baby clothing, wearable technology with the ability to transform ...
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Here are a few things that have stood out for me from the past several days at the Consumer Electronics Show. 5G: The rollout of 4G LTE services may be still a work in progress, but that doesn't mean the folks who develop wireless ...
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Appliances are becoming part of the family, weighing in with insights while helping with chores from cooking to doing laundry. Home networks that allowed household items such as lamps, thermostats and locks get "smart" with Internet ...
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The massive Consumer Electronics Show (CES), hosted annually in Las Vegas, showcases the latest discoveries and innovations, including audiovisual, gaming, smartphones, computing, household appliances and in-car technologies. While we see ...
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Modern power transistors based on gallium nitride (GaN) enable power electronic switches to operate at much higher switching frequencies compared with those based on silicon (Si). Advantages include increased power density per volume and ...
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Fast-growing semiconductor designer ARM has snapped up Sensinode, a Finnish start-up specialising in software technology behind the "internet of things". Like ARM, Sensinode makes money by licensing, but of software to semiconductor ...
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Wearable Technologies Group, the pioneer and leading business platform for wearable technologies, has been successfully driving innovation and market development for more than five years, and organizes world-wide Wearable Technologies ...
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Microsoft is set to invest almost $700m (£455m) in a new data centre to support cloud-based services offered by its upcoming Xbox One games console and Office 365. Known as ‘Project Mountain', the data centre will be based in ...
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The CIA has selected Amazon over IBM to build a cloud computing service for the spy agency even though IBM's proposal carried a lower price tag, according to a US government report. However the decision is under review after IBM lodged a ...
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Gas supplier Air Liquide of Paris, France, which supplies precursors for semiconductor manufacturing, has agreed to acquire Voltaix Inc of Branchburg, NJ, USA, a manufacturer of materials used in the production of semiconductor devices and ...
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Shipments of new Symbian smartphones from Nokia are rapidly dying, less than three years after the last time it topped the list of the world's most-used mobile platforms. The rapid and stark decline of Symbian serves as a warning about ...
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Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today unveiled its completely redesigned version of its premium lines of Satellite P Series and S Series laptops with the latest quad-core ...