The line between TVs and computers is increasingly blurring, with TVs becoming smarter and more connected than ever. As interactive, Web-connected appliances, smart TVs have search and navigation capabilities, can interact with tablets and smartphones, and offer access to downloadable apps. In short...
Those who enjoy intrigue may be quite satisfied with developments in the WiFi market. Two years ago, vendors started working on a standard, dubbed 802.11n, to boost the top transmission speed from 54M bps to 100M bps. That work developed into a deadlock between two competing groups: World-Wide Spect...
A leading wireless networking industry group is warning vendors not to push ahead too fast on the next generation of WiFi technology, a faster version that will enable a host of new features. The WiFi Alliance said it would not certify features based on the 802.11n standards being developed by the I...
A consortium of companies collaborating under the moniker "WWiSE" today announced their intended submission of a complete joint proposal to the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn), which is chartered with developing a next-generation WiFi standard capable of sustaining data throughput in excess of 100 Mb...
More and more digital devices are being put in homes as a result of consumers doing such things as moving audio files from PCs to home entertainment systems. In response to the upswing in demand for networked services in the home, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance is moving to make the technology to c...
Intel, the world's largest maker of computer chips, announced yesterday that its profit nearly doubled in the second quarter as the company reported strong sales for a type of memory chip commonly used in consumer gadgets such as cell phones. The company reported earnings of $1.8 billion (27 cents a...
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