Google has reportedly been in talks with major media companies to stream television channels direct to consumers over the internet. The idea is being seen as potential competition to US cable providers, such as Time Warner and Comcast, ...
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Flooring America’s “Where Friends Send Friends” television campaign created by Weintraub Advertising was named a Bronze winner in the Best Overall Campaign category at the 34th Annual Telly Awards, honoring the very best ...
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We are always in hurry and to speed up our lives we require help, help from our family, friends and even from the things around us. Hence we are always looking out for more and more user friendly gadgets to make our daily chores even ...
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For fiscal second-quarter 2013 (to end-March), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which manufactures compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $42.3m, up ...
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RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has released the TAT9988 gallium nitride (GaN) integrated power doubler for fast-growing CATV infrastructure applications. The new ...
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Nitronex LLC of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si)-based RF power transistors for the defense, communications, cable TV and industrial & scientific markets, has fully qualified its NPT1015 ...
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Microsoft is making a big play for the living room with a new Xbox console that marries games with live TV, Internet browsing, music and Skype. The Xbox One could considerably expand Microsoft's presence in consumer electronics but is ...
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Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. "Beards, Birkenstocks, blue jeans, T-shirts," Metcalfe said earlier ...
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Are you tired of paying for cable channels that you never watch? So is Senator John McCain: He's introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013, a bill that would offer incentives to cable companies to offer what's called "a la ...
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JUST how smart can smart televisions be? Well, they're becoming smart enough to watch you as much as you watch them, they're smart enough to listen to what you say, and they can study and analyse your viewing habits. Indeed, smart TVs ...
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JUST how smart can smart televisions be? Well, they're becoming smart enough to watch you as much as you watch them, they're smart enough to listen to what you say, and they can study and analyse your viewing habits. Indeed, smart TVs ...
When Intel's move into the TV service arena was first announced last year, there was a lot of speculation that it would be the first TV service to offer a la carte pricing, finally "unbundling" TV programming by letting viewers subscribe ...
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Intel aims to deliver more targeted packages of TV and Internet content at different price points through its upcoming TV set-top box, which will better address user needs than bundles offered by cable TV and satellite companies. Later ...
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Akado Telecom, a multi-service cable network operator, has launched a high-speed metro optical network in the Moscow region of Russia, based on the DTN and ATN platforms of Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated ...
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which manufacturers compound semiconductor-based systems for fiber-optic and solar power applications, has reported generally improved financial results for fiscal first-quarter 2013 (to end-December ...