Wi-Fi offloading helps network operators cope with rapidly increasing data traffic from mobile devices,writes Adrian Schumacher from Rohde&Schwarz. Smart devices make it convenient to access the Internet from virtually anywhere because ...
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Amazon currently uses chips from Texas Instruments in its Kindle Fire tablet Internet retail major Amazon is in advanced negotiation to acquire the mobile chip unit of Texas Instruments, according to a report by Israeli financial ...
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The modern day LED was born 50 years ago this month.Jeanine Chrobak-Kando,Business Development Manager at Verbatim,describes how far the lighting technology has come in such a short time. Light-emitting diodes(LEDs)have become an ...
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It is all done and dusted.The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games(Locog)has passed the baton to its Rio 2016 successor after a debriefing event to provide the Brazilian Games hosts with the lessons learned from the London ...
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PharmaVigilant has released I-Accountability, a drug accountability system, that tracks and controls drug inventory and randomization. I-Accountability decreases workload at the site by centralising and automating the drug accountability ...
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To help you navigate Black Friday sales on portable GPS devices, we have scoured sales flyers from major retailers, identifying the best prices for the deal-crazed shopping weekend. The deals we found all feature navigators from the ...
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Taipei, Dec. 6, 2012 (CENS)--Intel Labs and the Taiwan government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently co-announced a low energy experimental memory array that could significantly advance 3-D stacking and system ...
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AT&T, Google and Starbucks today announced that they have joined the Power Matters Alliance (PMA). Founded by Powermat Technologies and Procter & Gamble, the PMA’s Honorary Chairman is Google’s Vint Cerf – one of the ...
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Even though sales of some mobile devices are booming,overall confidence in the tech sector continues to erode as economic weakness puts downward pressure on the computer market. The Nasdaq Computer Index slumped Friday afternoon,hitting ...
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Taipei, Dec. 5, 2012 (CENS)--Industry executives have regarded an Nvidia executive's statement in a recent interview with a South Korean newspaper as the company's inclination to contract Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) as its ...
Tags: Samsung, TSMC, semiconductor, 20nm process, silicon foundry, tablet PCs
Taipei, Dec. 5, 2012 (CENS)--LG Electronics, South Korea's No.1 homegrown supplier of consumer electronics and household appliances, has reportedly placed contracts with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) for manufacturing of its ...
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Taipei, Dec. 4, 2012 (CENS)--Asustek Computer Inc. yesterday pledged to become the world's No.2 supplier of mobile computers in 2013 by shipping 12 million tablet PCs and 24 million laptop PCs, which will represent a 90% and 7.6% increase, ...
Tags: Asustek, Samsung, Lenovo, computer, mobile computer, laptop PCs, tablet PC
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered that almost all browsers currently used in smartphones and tablets are unsafe, so much so that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when they are visiting ...
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Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) has launched a new mobile web application called GEICO Mobile Cycle to help customers purchase a policy from their smartphones. By using GEICO Mobile Cycle, the riders can now obtain an ATV ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, says that it is powering several smartphone platforms that are leveraging Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system. With the addition ...
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