SD goes undercover with Embedded SD

Sep 11, 2008 — views: 3124

You’ve heard of SD, miniSD, and microSD cards. Now, get ready for Embedded SD — a new standard set for release this November by the SD Card Association.
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Bluetooth straps a WiFi rocket to its back

Sep 9, 2008 — views: 400

Two clever enhancements now in development will allow the ubiquitous — but slow — Bluetooth wireless technology to handle much larger amounts of data at much higher speeds, reports ABI Research.
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Spectacular growth forecast for MIDs

Sep 4, 2008 — views: 634

The Mobile Internet Devices market will grow at the “spectacular” rate of 167 percent compounded annually over the next five years, ABI Research reports.
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Robotic helicopters teach themselves stunts

Sep 3, 2008 — views: 4046

A team of computer science graduate students at Stanford University has demonstrated autonomous robotic helicopters that teach themselves difficult flying maneuvers. They do it by “watching” how an expertly piloted remote-control helicopter flies, and then performing the stunts by themselves.
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First impressions: Google Chrome on Vista

Sep 2, 2008 — views: 7792

With 90+ percent of my desktop computing conducted from within Firefox, and half the Internet services I use supplied by Google, the opportunity to test Google’s new “Chrome” browser was irresistible. Here are my first impressions.
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