NEC gears up toward launch of LTE Mobile Broadband Services with Introduction of iPASOLINK

September 10, 2010 ·   With emergence of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Services, and its introduction by next year in Japan, equipment manufactures are gearing up to full-fill the operators needs for its long awaited services by introducing new equipments supporting the full IP transport required by LTE. One such company is NEC, which at the beginning of this month announced the launch of its iPASOLINK platform, a key building block in the transformation of backhaul networks to...

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Release of Industry’s Highest Performance 32-Bit Dual-Core Microcontrollers with Embedded Flash Memory

September 10, 2010 ·   Renesas Electronics released two new 32-bit dual-core MCUs with embedded flash memory featuring processing performance of 1024 Dhrystone MIPS at a clock speed of 200 megahertz (MHz), which is world’s highest among existing 32-bit dual-core MCUs with embedded flash memory. The new MCUs comes with two built-in CPU cores, 64 KB of RAM for each core as well as 2MB of flash memory plus an additional 64KB system RAM that are available in a 304-pin fine pitch...

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Development of Industry’s First All-Plastic LED Lamp Using High Thermal Conductivity resin

September 10, 2010 ·   Iwasaki electric and Teijin have jointly developed world’s first all plastic LED lamp that uses a high thermal conductivity resin, which is made by combining Teijin’s RAHEAMA high thermal conductivity carbon material and polycarbonate resin for making the housing of the lamp instead of aluminum. The new LED lamp which is commercially named “EYELAMP” will be sold under Iwasaki electric by the end of 2010. Well, the all-plastic is really the housing of the...

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Trident and ARM Join Forces to Deliver a Web-Enabled Set-top Box Platform for Next Generation Internet TV Services

New Set-top Box Platform Converges Broadband and Broadcast Capabilities To Deliver On-line VOD and Broadcast Video Services through Web User Interfaces to the TVTrident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID), a leading provider of set-top box and TV semiconductor solutions, and ARM®, announced today at IBC, Amsterdam that they have brought together all the key Web 2.0 and broadcast elements on a powerful set-top box (STB) platform that can enable consumers to seamlessly view TV programming, run rich internet applications, browse websites and...

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Sundrop Announces Exclusive Marketing Program for Sugar Creek Foods' Honey Hill Farms Independent Frozen Yogurt Shops

Sugar Creek Foods, a privately-held frozen yogurt manufacturer with independently owned and operated End-Users throughout the United States, has partnered with Sundrop Mobile to utilize Sundrop's loyalTXT™ card-less mobile loyalty solution throughout its network. Sugar Creek will underwrite a sizable portion of the program costs for all of its exclusive Honey Hill Farms End-Users. In the pilot program, a self-service frozen yogurt shop registered 3,000 customers within the first 6 weeks, an average of more than 66 subscribers per day. After...

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Caterpillar Applauds Presidential Leadership on Infrastructure Investment; Company Calls for Bipartisan Support for a Multi-Year Highway Reauthorization Bill

Citing the need for businesses large and small to remain competitive in the global economy, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today urged Congress and the Administration to work together on legislation that would improve the nation's highways, ports, airports, railways and infrastructure.   "Every week as I talk with our customers around the country, I hear from them that a long-term, multi-year highway bill for the United States is the fastest way to get more construction workers back on job sites," said Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman.  "In...

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Intel and Qualcomm: A Fight to the Finish between Two Industry Giants

Intel Corp. of the US and Qualcomm Inc. of the US are making preparations to enter processors for tablets and other growing applications. Both companies are leaders in their fields, one in PC processors and the other in mobile phone processors, and both desperately want the new market. The outcome of the battle will sway the entire mobile equipment processor market.Intel, the ruling master of the PC microprocessor market, and Qualcomm, top dog in mobile phone chipsets, are heading for a face-off....

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Panasonic to Launch AR Navigation Device for Tourists

The "Tabi Navi"The function called "Streetscape Camera"The "What's This Camera" function. By touching the question mark button, it is possible to display information on the tourist spots located in the direction that the camera is aimed at.Panasonic Corp announced Sept 7, 2010, that it will release the "Tabi Navi," a new type of navigation device, Oct 8, 2010, in Japan.The device is targeted at travelers who are 50 and older and enjoy walking around towns. It can also be used as a car navigation...

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Next-gen Automatic Headlight System to Debut in Japan

The BeamAtic Premium blocks part of headlight so that it does not bother the drivers of oncoming vehicles.Ichikoh Industries Ltd will start selling a headlight system that allows to keep using high beams by continuously controlling light and avoiding bothering the drivers of other vehicles in Japan.The system, "BeamAtic Premium," was developed by Valeo SA of France. It controls the light in accordance with the states of oncoming cars and leading cars. Ichikoh Industries will start selling it and...

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Toshiba to Show 3D TV Viewable Without Glasses in October

Toshiba Corp will unveil a 3D LCD TV that can be viewed without special glasses in October 2010.The company made the announcement at a press meeting that took place the day before IFA2010, a trade show on consumer devices, which runs from Sept 3, 2010, in Berlin.Though Toshiba did not reveal the details of the TV's specifications, it said that the screen size will be small."We would like to pursue 3D video technologies," said Masaaki Osumi, president of the Visual Products Company, Toshiba. "It is still difficult to release a large 3D TV that can...

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Sony Exhibits Prototype of 'Google TV'

The search function of the TV"Google Map" displayed on the TVThe "Picasa" photo sharing service displayed on the TVSony Corp will exhibit a prototype of an LCD TV compatible with Google TV, a platform that Google Inc is developing for TVs, at IFA2010.IFA2010 is the Europe's largest trade show on consumer devices that runs from Sept 3, 2010, in Berlin. Sony showed the LCD TV to the media prior to the trade show. The company plans to release the TV in the fall of 2010 in the US.Google TV consists...

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"The Smart Grid is an Extension of Google TV"

Since Google Inc. of the US revealed the Google PowerMeter application in 2009, visualizing equipment power consumption and other data, the company has given priority to development for the Smart Grid next-generation commercial power network. Firms in the energy business are getting quite nervous about it, because it is hard to see exactly what Google's aim is. We spoke with Norio Murakami about Google's intentions for the Smart Grid business.Norio Murakami, Chairman Emeritus at Google Japan Inc....

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MySpace users can now sync posts to Facebook

MySpace, which recently revamped itself to look more like Facebook, is now allowing users to sync their posts to Facebook, too.  That means people on Facebook can see their friends’ MySpace items without leaving Facebook. It’s a sign the site seeks to carve out a niche that is no longer about competing with Facebook but coexisting.  MySpace users will also be able to share music, videos, game applications, links and photos across both social networking sites.  The changes are part of an overhaul at MySpace, which has...

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Walkman sales surpass iPod sales in Japan in August

Sales in Japan of Sony Corp’s Walkman portable digital music players topped those of Apple Inc’s iPod in August for the first time in eight years, according to a survey by consumer electronics market research firm BCN.    The Walkman had a market share of 47.8% in the reporting month against 44% for the iPod, which had retained top slot in the domestic portable digital music player market since seizing it from the Walkman in August 2002. Some consumers held off from buying portable music players ahead of the expected release of new...

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Sony to launch full online music distribution service by year-end

Sony Corp will launch a full-fledged online music distribution service based on cloud computing technology later this year, Fujio Nishida, president of Sony Europe, said in Berlin. The service will initially be available via Sony’s network-enabled television sets, personal computers, Blu-ray disc players and PlayStation 3 game machines before being expanded to its other portable devices, according to the company.    With the move, Sony will challenge a similar service offered via the iTunes music site launched by Apple Inc in 2003....

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Man in Nagano computes value of pi to 5 tril digits

A company employee in Nagano Prefecture calculated the value of pi to five trillion digits this month using a self-made personal computer, beating the record set by a French engineer who calculated it to about 2.7 trillion digits late last year.    To calculate the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, to an undetermined number of digits, Shigeru Kondo, a 55-year-old resident of Iida, assembled a computer with 32 terabytes of hard-drive capacity and used an application made by Alexander Yee, a 22-year-old student...

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Toshiba to launch iPad rival tablet in Europe, other areas Oct-Dec

Toshiba Corp will start marketing the Folio 100 touch-display tablet with a wide range of online connectivity functions including music downloads and storage, and ebook reader, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa between October and December. Toshiba is also considering marketing the product in Japan and the United States, but the timing of its release in the two markets has yet to be decided, the consumer electronics manufacturer said.    Toshiba is keen on competing with Apple Inc. of the United States which released the iPad...

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Facebook's new security feature: remote logouts

Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.  To do this, go to “account settings” on your Facebook page and click on “change” next to “account security.” There, you’ll see where else your Facebook account is logged in, including the type of device and the city it’s in or near. To log out of any of them, click “end activity.”  Facebook is making this available over the next couple of weeks. It will be accessible on computers, but not mobile devices.  The...

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