Industry News
Anaren and Emmoco Partner to Develop New AIR Support for BLE Solution
February 27, 2013 2:34 pm | by Anaren, Inc.; | News | CommentsAnaren, Inc. has announced that its Anaren Integrated Radio (AIR) module team is partnering with Austin, Texas-based middleware developer Emmoco to create the AIR Support for BLE solution. Support for BLE solution, which is scheduled for release in spring.
Softing Industrial Automation Standardizes on IAR Systems’ Embedded Development Tools
February 27, 2013 2:22 pm | by Softing Industrial Automation; IAR Systems; | News | CommentsThe recently signed enterprise agreement allows Softing’s development teams to flexibly shift licenses between their sites in Germany and Romania. They also gain high flexibility when it comes to the choice of platform, as the comprehensive IAR Embedded Workbench.
Invention Opens the Way to Packaging that Monitors Food Freshness
February 27, 2013 10:21 am | by Eindhoven University of Technology | News | CommentsMillions of tons of food are thrown away each year because the 'best before' date has passed. But this date is always a cautious estimate, which means a lot of still-edible food is thrown away. Wouldn't it be handy if the packaging could 'test' whether the contents are still safe to eat?
Researcher Finds Faster, More Efficient Technique for Creating High-Density Ceramics
February 27, 2013 10:01 am | by North Carolina State University | News | CommentsA researcher from North Carolina State University has developed a technique for creating high-density ceramic materials that requires far lower temperatures than current techniques – and takes less than a second, as opposed to hours. Ceramics are used in a wide variety of technologies, including body armor, fuel cells, spark plugs, nuclear rods and superconductors.
Video: Gates, Zuckerberg Urge Kids to Code
February 27, 2013 9:57 am | by BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsMicrosoft Chairman Bill Gates, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Twitter creator Jack Dorsey are among the tech luminaries appearing in a new video promoting the teaching and learning of computer coding in schools. Titled "What most schools don't teach," the video released online Tuesday...
Report: Stuxnet Cyberweapon Older than Believed
February 27, 2013 9:52 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsAn anti-virus firm says the cyberweapon that targeted an Iranian nuclear plant is older than previously believed, a finding that may shed more light on a mysterious series of attacks attributed by security experts to U.S. and Israeli intelligence.
Wireless Connections Creep into Everyday Things
February 27, 2013 9:49 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsA car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner when electricity gets more expensive. Welcome to the next phase of the wireless revolution.
IAR Systems Launches Technical Training offering IAR Academy
February 26, 2013 3:13 pm | by IAR Systems | News | CommentsIAR Systems has announced the launch of IAR Academy, an educational offering aimed at new as well as experienced users of IAR Embedded Workbench, the world-leading development tool suite for embedded applications.
Skyworks Captures Initial SkyOne Design
February 26, 2013 2:43 pm | by Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | News | CommentsThe SkyOne platform, which integrates all RF and analog content between the transceiver and antenna, reduces complexity, size and time-to-market for customers with demanding architectures for advanced mobile applications. The SkyOne platform, which integrates all RF and analog content between the transceiver and antenna.
Agilent Technologies Helps Students Acquire Real-World EDA Skills with New Licensing Program
February 26, 2013 2:14 pm | News | CommentsWith the license, students no longer have to use university lab computers or log in to a university system to access Agilent EEsof software via Agilent EEsof license servers. Instead, students can now access Agilent EEsof software anyplace, anytime on their own computers.
Aricent Group and Mindspeed Technologies Announce Small Cell Solution
February 26, 2013 12:56 pm | by Aricent Group; Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. | News | CommentsThe Aricent Group, a global innovation and technology services company, and Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., one of the leaders in small cell technology, have announced the launch of a next-generation, high-performing metrocell reference design, supporting 20MHz LTE FDD.
Gemalto’s Expanded Portfolio of Cinterion
February 26, 2013 12:37 pm | by Gemalto | News | CommentsGemalto will present its expanded portfolio of Cinterion Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona. Delivering a unique combination of end-to-end technology, the comprehensive offering includes a range of advanced M2M wireless modules enabling reliable communications.
Peregrine Semiconductor Collaborates with Intel on RF Front-End Tuning Solution
February 26, 2013 12:01 pm | by Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation | News | CommentsPeregrine Semiconductor Corporation [NASDAQ: PSMI] has announced from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that the company is collaborating with Intel on the latest generation of its popular DuNE tuning technology offering for Intel’s LTE platform reference design.
AirHop Launches vSONTM Virtualization Software Platform for Effective HetNets Deployment
February 26, 2013 11:54 am | by AirHop Communications, Inc. | News | CommentsAirHop Communications, Inc. has announced the availability of vSONTM, a self-organized network (SON) virtualization software platform that gives operators a key tool for heterogeneous network (HetNet) planning and deployment.
Electronics Company, Life-Spot, Hires Digital Marketing Experts to Crowdfund Project
February 26, 2013 11:50 am | by Life-Spot | News | CommentsLife-Spot is a highly efficient and universal cell phone charging station for the home, office and business which includes 4 micro USB ports, 2 Apple lightning ports and 2 Apple 30pin dock connectors. What is one thing all mobile phones have in common?
Teaching Robots Lateral Thinking
February 26, 2013 9:42 am | by Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | Articles | CommentsMany commercial robotic arms perform what roboticists call “pick and place” tasks: The arm picks up an object in one location and places it in another. Usually, the objects — say, automobile components along an assembly line — are positioned so that the arm can easily grasp them; the appendage that does the grasping may even be tailored to the objects’ shape.
Tech Leaders Plan Virtual Push on Immigration
February 26, 2013 9:17 am | by ERICA WERNER,Associated Press | News | CommentsThe new effort, backed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Partnership for a New American Economy, aims to collect supporters and organize a date this spring for them to flood lawmakers' offices via Twitter, Facebook, and other means.
Net Providers Begin Warning of Illegal Downloads
February 26, 2013 9:02 am | by ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press | News | CommentsInternet users who illegally share music, movies or television shows online could soon receive warning notices from the nation's five major Internet service providers. The Copyright Alert System, organized by the recording and film industry, is being activated this week to target consumers using peer-to-peer software.
Mid-2013 Expansion for Internet Names Targeted
February 26, 2013 9:01 am | by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsHundreds of Internet address suffixes to rival ".com" should be available for people and businesses to use by the end of the year, the head of an Internet oversight agency said Monday. The initial ones, expected in mid-2013, will likely be in Chinese and other languages besides English, said Fadi Chehade, CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
HP Finally Parts with webOS in LG Electronics Deal
February 26, 2013 9:00 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsHewlett-Packard is selling its webOS software to South Korean electronics company LG Electronics, securing a new home for a technological orphan. The deal announced Monday rids HP of the centerpiece of its ill-fated, $1.8 billion purchase of Palm Inc. three years ago. HP used webOS as its springboard into the smartphone and tablet computer market in 2011.
GM Announces Widest Deployment of 4G LTE Services in Vehicles
February 25, 2013 2:59 pm | by General Motors | News | CommentsGeneral Motors [NYSE:GM] has announced a broad global strategy to deliver a new generation of connected cars and trucks with embedded 4G LTE mobile broadband, the largest deployment in the automotive industry to date. The first GM cars, trucks and crossovers to get....
Wireless Show Expected to Draw Crowds to Barcelona
February 25, 2013 10:25 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThat idea of empowering new devices with wireless connections has been percolating for years. General Motors cars have had wireless OnStar connections for more than a decade. But the push is intensifying now that most people have cellphones —and the wireless industry's future growth depends on it.
Judge Blocks Shareholder Vote on Apple Proposal
February 25, 2013 10:21 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsA federal judge is blocking Apple from conducting a shareholder vote on a package of governance proposals, handing a victory to a rebel investor who is trying to persuade the company to share more of its cash with its investors. U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in New York ruled Friday that Apple Inc. was wrong to bundle four amendments to its corporate charter into one proposal for a vote.
Telecom CEOs: U.S. Regulators Better Than Europe
February 25, 2013 10:16 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThe CEOs of AT&T, Vodafone, and Telefonica — three of the world's largest cellphone companies — had some rare words of praise for U.S. regulators Monday, saying they're doing better than their European counterparts in promoting faster wireless data networks.
Chinese Hackers Seen as Increasingly Professional
February 25, 2013 10:12 am | by CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press | News | CommentsBeijing hotly denies accusations of official involvement in massive cyberattacks against foreign targets, insinuating such activity is the work of rogues. But at least one element cited by Internet experts points to professional cyberspies: China's hackers take the weekend off.
