Your next smartphone or tablet may have richer, deeper sound even with the small speakers usually found in such devices. On Tuesday, NXP Semiconductors introduced a new integrated circuit and algorithm that boasts 5x more output power for sound while also protecting the speaker.…
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Is Cisco’s Path to Networked Lighting Via 6LoWPAN?
A wireless standard called 6LoWPAN is looking like a dark horse for helping wirelessly connect devices -- from lightbulbs, to appliances -- in the smart energy home and could be a good candidate to connect an end-to-end smart grid network.…
Read MoreIs Cisco’s Path to Networked Lighting Via 6LoWPAN?
What will be the wireless standard that acts as the glue between devices — from connected light bulbs, to wireless thermostats to…
Read MoreARM Launches a Smarter Brain for The Internet of Things
ARM has released a new low-end core that adds higher-level math to chips inside microwaves and headsets to prepare for a connected future. If we're gonna connect everything to the web, that means even the tiny brains inside relatively dumb devices need a boost.…
Read MoreARM Winning the Fight to Be the Brains Inside the Digital Home
[qi:gigaom_icon_chip] ARM, (s ARMH) the company that licenses its designs to chipmakers eager for a low-power processor for cell phones and embedded…
Read MoreConsumer Set-Top Boxes Are Just a Temporary Fix
Getting content from the web to your TV is driving the release of several new set-top boxes such as the Roku, Apple…
Read MoreThe State of App Store Reviews
While nothing short of a fantastic delivery vehicle for all things iPhone Application, the App Store still has had its share of…
Read MoreNokia Siemens Networks Makes Deeper Cuts
Nokia Siemens Networks plans to cut an additional 1,300 employees as part of an overall restructuring. The telecommunications equipment maker has cut about 6,000 workers and plans to lay off a total of about 9,000 before its restructuring is complete.…
Read MoreWhen the Chips are Down, Ditch Those Assets
A study out today from research firm iSuppli shows that operating margins in the chip industry have declined from the upper teens…
Read MoreMore Radios, Fewer Chips: Why Wireless Integration is Hot
Without a radio, your cell phone is a small computer that can’t show web pages, check email or even make phone calls.…
Read MoreNXP's CTO on Green Chips
I’ve written before about the chip industry’s efforts to cut back on power consumption through a creative redesign of some of their…
Read MoreDesigning Electronic Brains to Think Green
When it comes to semiconductors, everyone in the chip world is thinking green. But let’s face it: It’s a lot sexier to…
Read MoreCushyCMS Goes Pro
Self-service site editor CushyCMS (which we looked at when they launched) has introduced a new Pro Account for web designers who want…
Read MoreEurope's Chip Firms Don't Need a Ménage à Trois
A former executive at French semiconductor firm ST Microelectronics is proposing a three-way merger of Europe’s three largest semiconductor companies: ST Micro…
Read MoreNokia tour- purchase music from phone
Rip CDs from phone…
Read MoreA touchscreen by itself does not a better device make
I spent a wee bit of time using the WiBrain UMPC today, mostly to set it up for daily use. My eyes…
Read MoreGMail=POP3Mail
I like what Google is doing with its GMail Service. It suddenly is more valuable, and hopefully they will add IMAP support…
Read MoreTreo 650 Madness, Dumbness?
PalmOne announced Treo 650, and the whole world has gone into a bit of a froth. Playing me pre-ordained role of the…
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