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GPS chip maker SiRF Technology has reduced first-quarter sales estimates and implemented a cost-savings plan that will cost about 50 people their jobs and result in the closure of SiRF’s offices in Stockholm and South San Francisco. Aside from general economic malaise softening demand for personal […] Read more »

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Like Everest, the goal of wirelessly delivering high-definition video without compression may not be necessary, but it’s there, so technologists have to attempt it. Here are the three biggest wireless technologies aiming to deliver high-def video to your TV. Read more »

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A common failing among technical folks and gadget heads is remembering that much of the consumer population doesn’t think the way they do. Ubicom remembers, and by focusing on how consumers deal with home networking technology, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chip company sold 2.5 million chips last […] Read more »

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Dual-band Wi-Fi and cellular handsets were popularized before the iPhone, but as the mainstream wakes up to the benefits of network hopping, more Wi-Fi enabled handsets should start popping up. But the dirty little secret (is it really a secret anymore?) is that Wi-Fi gulps power, […] Read more »

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Location Based Services (LBS) are going to be a big next year – you can tell that from the M&A frenzy (25 deals so far in 2007). Further more, bigger chip companies are starting to take note, and gobbling up their tiny counterparts. Atheros, which is […] Read more »

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[qi:051] Google, has been known to come up with its own technologies when dissatisfied with commercial and/or open source offerings. The company had previously started making its own server hardware. And now it seems the company engineers are building high-speed switches according to its own stringent […] Read more »

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