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SD Association Introduces Smart SD Memory Cards with SWP Interface for NFC
June 17, 2013 7:41 pm | by SD Association | News | CommentsSD Association has opened new markets with the addition of the Single Wire Protocol to support Near Field Communications features and facilitate the introduction of new business models that allow for a Secure Element to the popular microSD memory card.
CSR Combines Audio and Connectivity to Drive Connected Car Applications
June 17, 2013 7:16 pm | by CSR plc | News | CommentsCSR plc has announced the launch of the CSRC9300, an auto-grade chipset that combines Wi-Fi and Bluetooth v4.0 connectivity with audio capabilities. The complete solution will enable car manufacturers to deliver future connected car applications, such as Miracast over 5Ghz, and keyless entry using Bluetooth v4.0.
Agilent Technologies Unveils System Design Tools for Satellite Communications and Navigation
June 17, 2013 7:02 pm | by Agilent Technologies Inc. | News | CommentsThe Global Navigation Satellite System baseband verification and Digital Modem libraries allow system designers and algorithmic researchers to bring instrument-grade standards references into design simulation early in the R&D process. Satellite and communications systems can now be verified under a variety of realistic impaired conditions, before baseband or RF hardware is available, enabling faster deployment of high-performance...
Secure Voice over LTE – S-VoLTE: How Mobile Enterprise Communications can Benefit from LTE Networks
June 17, 2013 6:39 pm | by ERCOM | News | CommentsERCOM has announced that it has successfully passed its first secure call on a live LTE network in Paris, France. Thanks to more than 10 years’ experience in cryptography, ERCOM has enhanced its Cryptosmart technology to protect LTE/4G Smartphones. As LTE Networks are booming around the world, governments and corporations can now benefit from the advantages of high-speed LTE networks in a fully secure manner.
Movius Showcases Innovative Technology For Operators At ANGA COM
June 17, 2013 6:05 pm | by Movius Interactive Corporation | News | CommentsThe company has a suite of services for both set top boxes and smartphones that extend home phone capabilities to other devices. One example is the company’s Visual Voicemail solution that allows subscribers to have control over their ‘voicemail inbox’ through a visual interface that lists voice messages for easy selection and a fast response time.
Cavium Launches New Production Ready Small Cell Reference Design with Support for Dual Radio Access Technology
June 17, 2013 5:55 pm | by Cavium, Inc. | News | CommentsBy including 3G support, this new Dual-RAT solution extends the capabilities of Cavium’s widely deployed enterprise-class LTE small cell SoC. A production-ready reference design is available to further assist Cavium’s customers to quickly bring commercial small cell devices to market. This reference design includes manufacturing files as well as LTE and WCDMA L1 – L3 software stacks, application layer APIs and a software development kit.
MOSFET Package Advances Help Deliver Mobile Functionality Ahead of the Chipset Roadmap
June 14, 2013 4:42 pm | by Sam Abdeh, Marketing Manager, ON Semiconductor | Articles | CommentsMobile penetration has reached a high level in developed markets and is increasing in other areas around the world. According to information from the GSMA, leading European nations now have over 90% subscriber penetration. Developing markets are set to rise from an average penetration level of 39% in 2012 to 47% in 2017, and will be the largest factor spurring the global growth of mobile over the next five years.
Lightweight Microsoft Office Available on iPhone
June 14, 2013 9:32 am | by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsMicrosoft's Office software package is coming to the iPhone for the first time Friday, offering people the ability to read and edit their text documents, spreadsheets, and slide presentations at the doctor's office or at a soccer game...
APNewsBreak: NSA Leaker Snowden Not Welcome in UK
June 14, 2013 9:30 am | by THANYARAT DOKSONE, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, to fly to the United Kingdom. A travel alert, dated Monday on a Home Office letterhead, said carriers should deny Snowden boarding because "the individual is highly likely to be refused entry to the UK."
New Array Measures Vibrations Across Skin May Help Engineers Design Tactile Displays
June 14, 2013 9:28 am | by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsIn the near future, a buzz in your belt or a pulse from your jacket may give you instructions on how to navigate your surroundings.Think of it as tactile Morse code: vibrations from a wearable, GPS-linked device that tell you to turn right or left, or stop, depending on the pattern of pulses you feel.
Obama to Take Advantage of Advances in Wireless
June 14, 2013 9:26 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThe White House says President Barack Obama is taking advantage of new advances in the wireless industry to help create jobs. Obama is expected to announce Friday that he's directing federal agencies to be more efficient in their use of radio spectrum and to make more capacity available to satisfy the growing demand for broadband Internet.
ANT Makes Inroads into Smartphone Market
June 13, 2013 6:41 pm | by Jack Shandle, freelance writer, Nordic Semiconductor | Articles | CommentsConvergence is a hot topic again. But this time its impact on people’s everyday lives will dwarf the computer-communications-consumer (3C) version of the 1990s. Today, the design community is being challenged to find ways to link any device that potentially can draw electric current with the rest of cyberspace. Watches, toasters, weight scales, and thermostats; bicycles, blood pressure monitors...
RFID Journal Presents RFID in High Tech 2013
June 13, 2013 5:57 pm | by RFID Journa | News | CommentsRFID Journal has announced that registration is now open for its RFID in High Tech conference and exhibition. The event, focused on the use of radio frequency identification technology within the high-tech value chain, will be held on Oct. 2-3, 2013, at the Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront hotel, in San Francisco, CA.
Engineering Newswire 42: Futuristic Airplanes Carry Passenger Pods
June 13, 2013 2:01 pm | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsThis week on Engineering Newswire, we’re building Hyperloop transportation, putting paralyzed people behind the wheel, and riding futuristic airplanes that carry passengers in pods. This episode is brought to you by Smalley Steel Ring Company, the exclusive manufacturer of Spirolox Retaining Rings and Smalley Wave Springs for more than 50 years. Request samples to try in your application today.
M2M: A Growing Need for Reliable, Secure Data Communications
June 13, 2013 1:43 pm | by Ashish Sharma, CMO of FreeWave Technologies | Articles | CommentsThe first Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications can be traced back to World War II, and the ability to have machines “talk” to each other (via data communication networks) is essential for monitoring and controlling assets within homes, businesses, and even critical national infrastructure projects of today.
HotSeat Episode 3: Rugged WSNs for Harsh Environments
June 13, 2013 11:52 am | by Alex Shanahan, Multimedia Production Specialist, WDD | Videos | CommentsBill Conley, the Cellular and Proprietary RF Systems Engineering Manager at B&B Electronics, is in the HotSeat this week, demonstrating a well monitoring system out in the Sonora Desert. The sensor network edge is expanding, and sensors are not only being asked to function in increasingly harsh environments, but they are also expected to report their data to ever more distant control centers.
Leaker Snowden Alleges NSA Hacking on China, World
June 13, 2013 9:08 am | by KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press | News | CommentsFor months, China has tried to turn the tables on the U.S. to counter accusations that it hacks America's computers and networks. Now, former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden may have handed Beijing a weapon in its cyber war of words with Washington.
Privacy _ the Online Generation Wants It
June 13, 2013 9:03 am | by MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer | News | CommentsThat attitude showed up most recently in a poll done over the weekend for the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and The Washington Post. The poll, tied to the disclosure of broad federal surveillance, found that young adults were much more divided than older generations when asked if the government should tread on their privacy to thwart terrorism.
Lawmaker Accuses Google of Dodging Taxes
June 13, 2013 8:55 am | by DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press | News | CommentsAn influential committee of British lawmakers accused search giant Google of dodging its taxes on Thursday, issuing a scathing report that said the U.S. Internet company took on highly contrived arrangements serving no purpose other than to avoid paying its fair share.
Utah Home to NSA's New Mega-Warehouse for Data
June 13, 2013 8:50 am | by BRADY McCOMBS, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe nation's new billion-dollar epicenter for fighting global cyberthreats sits just south of Salt Lake City, tucked away on a National Guard base at the foot of snow-capped mountains. The long, squat buildings span 1.5 million square feet, and are filled with super-powered computers designed to store massive amounts of information gathered secretly from phone calls and emails.
Panel Backs Introduction of Digital Learning in U.S.
June 13, 2013 8:44 am | by DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press | News | CommentsA week after President Barack Obama's call for U.S. schools to be outfitted with high-speed Internet within five years, an independent panel that studied the lack of technology at school says digital learning, including the super-fast Internet connections, can be introduced even sooner.
Microchip Technology Subsidiary SST and Novocell Semiconductor Announce Acquisition of Novocell by SST
June 13, 2013 12:15 am | by Microchip Technology Inc. | News | CommentsMicrochip Technology Inc. [NASDAQ: MCHP], a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, through its Silicon Storage Technology (SST) subsidiary, and Novocell Semiconductor, Inc. (Novocell) has announced that Microchip and SST have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Novocell.
GreenPeak Enables Low Power and Low Cost ZigBee Smart Home Applications
June 12, 2013 11:57 pm | News | CommentsGreenPeak Technologies, a leading low power RF-semiconductor company, today announced the availability of a low cost and low power ZigBee solution for end nodes in the Smart Home, allowing Operators to further accelerate market adoption and enabling ZigBee Smart Home solutions that cover the full home and last for up to 10 years without battery replacement.
The Lighting Quotient Updates and Expands its EnOcean Energy Harvesting Wireless Offering
June 12, 2013 11:46 pm | by Lighting Quotient, EnOcean Alliance | News | CommentsThe Lighting Quotient, a leading architectural lighting manufacturer and member of the EnOcean Alliance, announced today additions and enhancements to its intelligent lighting solutions based on the EnOcean energy harvesting wireless standard. The portfolio enables luminaires in buildings and plug load circuits in modular office furniture to communicate wirelessly and to respond in accordance with occupancy patterns...
Macro Sensors Appoints CMG Sales as LVDT Linear Position Sensor Rep In Midwest
June 12, 2013 10:51 pm | by Macro Sensors | News | CommentsMacro Sensors announces the appointment of CMG Sales, Inc. as representative for the company’s entire line of linear and rotary position sensors as well as support instrumentation throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. CMG Sales, Inc. is a recognized leader of measurement solutions to manufacturers throughout the Midwest.
