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Chipmaker TSMC Gets Tablet, Smartphone Boost in 1Q
April 18, 2013 9:21 am | by ANNIE HUANG, Associated Press | News | CommentsTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, reported an 18 percent jump in first quarter profit as increased global sales of smartphones and tablet computers boosted demand for sophisticated processors.
Microsoft Offers Security Enhancement for Sign-Ins
April 18, 2013 9:19 am | by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsPeople who turn on the new feature will be asked not just for a username and password, but also a second piece of information, such as a temporary code sent as a text message to a phone on file. Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. already allow two-step verification as an option.
International Network, IX Reach, Opens Global Carrier Centre in Heart of London Docklands
April 17, 2013 1:40 pm | by IX Reach Ltd | News | CommentsIX Reach Ltd has announced the opening of its new colocation suite, the Global Carrier Centre, in the heart of the London Docklands. Housed in TelecityGroup’s Harbour Exchange (HEX) facility and with over 150 global and local carriers available, it’s an ideal location for networks looking to open a physical...
Tekelec Virtualizes the Diameter Signaling Router for Elastic Scalability, Adds New Voice over LTE Services.
April 17, 2013 12:43 pm | by Tekelec | News | CommentsLTE Latin America 2013 Conference —Mobile operators can more efficiently create and manage LTE and 3G mobile data services with the latest version of Tekelec’s Diameter Signaling Router (DSR), available this quarter. The newest release introduces virtualization and adds new emergency Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services...
RFMW Ltd., Announces 10 Year Anniversary
April 17, 2013 11:29 am | by RFMW, Ltd. | News | CommentsRFMW Ltd., has announced that July 1, 2013 will mark the 10-year anniversary of their company. With worldwide headquarters in San Jose, CA. and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East, the company has seen a continual acceptance of their “niche” philosophy in that “RFMW, Ltd.
Wireless "Smart Skin" Sensors Could Provide Remote Monitoring of Infrastructure
April 17, 2013 9:57 am | by John Toon, Georgia Institute of Technology | News | CommentsMajor bridge failures in recent years have focused attention on the need to monitor America’s highway bridges and other infrastructure. As thousands of bridges, parking garages and other structures age, improved methods for detecting deterioration could save lives and prevent economic disruption.
Layered '2D Nanocrystals' Promising New Semiconductor
April 17, 2013 9:50 am | by Emil Venere, Purdue University | News | CommentsResearchers are developing a new type of semiconductor technology for future computers and electronics based on "two-dimensional nanocrystals" layered in sheets less than a nanometer thick that could replace today's transistors. The layered structure is made of a material called molybdenum disulfide ...
New Microbatteries a Boost for Electronics
April 17, 2013 9:46 am | by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | News | CommentsThough they be but little, they are fierce. The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries to jump-start a dead car battery – and then recharge the phone in the blink of an eye.
Taiwan Tech Industry Faces up to Samsung
April 17, 2013 9:19 am | by ANNIE HUANG, Associated Press | News | CommentsTaiwanese companies have long viewed tech giant Samsung as a major threat and the battle has recently appeared to tilt in favor of the South Korean rival as Taiwan's smartphone, memory chip and display panel makers suffered sagging exports.
HP Will Integrate Leap Motion Controllers with PCs
April 17, 2013 9:14 am | by BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsLeap Motion's 3D motion controllers will be included in some personal computers from Hewlett-Packard Co. this year, a move that the San Francisco startup hopes is a first step toward bringing touch-free computing to the masses. Plugged into a computer, the 3-inch-long device tracks people's fingers...
To Save Endangered Languages, Tribes Turn to Tech
April 17, 2013 9:11 am | by MICHELLE RINDELS, Associated Press | News | CommentsBut these are no Silicon Valley techies in town for one of the city's massive electronics shows. Many are from far-flung American Indian reservations, and their high-tech devices are serving a decidedly old-school purpose: trying to save their languages from the brink of extinction.
API's WIRELINE & WIREPAC Quadrature Couplers
April 17, 2013 9:04 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsAPI Technologies Corp. has announced it is now offering design patented WIRELINE and WIREPAC quadrature couplers. WIRELINE and WIREPAC couplers consist of a pair of wire center conductors surrounded by a continuous dielectric insulator and shielded by a drawn or extruded outer jacket.
SWaP-C Properties with Enhanced Graphics Capabilities
April 17, 2013 9:03 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsIEE, Inc. offers a rugged 7” browser control display unit (B-CDU) that offers exceptional SWaP-C properties with enhanced graphics capabilities. The new display combines low power consumption of only 5 W, and features high processing for increased reliability.
Crystek's New CVCO55CXT-6400-6400 CRO
April 17, 2013 9:02 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsCrystek’s new CVCO55CXT-6400-6400 Coaxial Resonator Oscillator (CRO) is a coaxial-based VCO with an internal proprietary frequency doubler. The CVCO55CXT family’s frequency doubling, 2X fundamental technology reaches new performance levels of lower phase noise...
Connor-Winfield’s Newest OXCO
April 17, 2013 9:00 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsConnor-Winfield’s newest OXCO, the OX200-SC is a quiet, accurate, and stable 10.0 MHz OCXO. The OX200-SC features applicability in IP Backhaul using IEEE1588 PTP Master Clock; 12 V DC operation with Electronic Frequency Control in a CO-8 package; and a frequency stability of ±1.5 ppb.
