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Next up: Smart homes

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Now that you have a smartphone, it's time for a smart home

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toshiba develops NPEngine, hardware engine that directly streams video content from SSD to IP networks

Toshiba Corporation today announced the development of NPEngine, the world's first hardware engine for streaming servers that directly delivers video content from SSD to IP networks, without accessing the ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Samsung says to sell 25 mln 'smart TVs' this year

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it plans to sell more than 25 million "smart TVs" this year as it tries to capture the emerging Internet TV market eyed by competitors including Apple.

Technology / Business

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New Vizio HD-TV breaks wide-screen barrier for movies, apps

The shape of TVs to come might be even wider than wide-screen. Today's high-definition sets evolved to a rectangular 16-by-9 shape from the more square analog TVs. But a wider 21-by-9 display standard is in ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices

The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

TVs getting 'smarter' but maybe not better

If last week's Consumer Electronics Show is any indication, the next major computing device to enter consumers' homes will be a "smart" television - whether viewers like it or not.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 8

TV, movies & motion at the Consumer Electronics Show

Another International Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone, and although there was no earth-shattering news, there were some fun and interesting developments among the deluge of new mobile phones, laptops, tablets, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Smart TVs' offer new windows onto the Internet

Goodbye boob tube. Hello smart TV.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 4

NPD: US holiday electronics sales drop 5.9 percent

(AP) -- U.S. sales of consumer electronics fell 5.9 percent this past holiday season, as smartphones cannibalize sales of standalone gadgets like cameras, camcorders and GPS navigation devices.

Technology / Business

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Roku expands beyond Internet video-streaming boxes

Roku is thinking outside its set-top box in an attempt to bring more Internet video to flat-panel televisions.

Technology / Business

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Samsung holds final talks on Google TV venture

Samsung Electronics is holding final talks with Google about launching a television using the US search giant's software platform next year, an executive of the South Korean company said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Online movies luring viewers away from primetime TV

Services allowing North Americans to watch movies and television shows over the Internet is luring droves of viewers away from primetime television, a report showed Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

LG ties up with Philips, Sharp for smart TV apps

South Korea's LG Electronics said Thursday it has tied up with Dutch giant Philips and Japan's Sharp to ramp up production of applications for Internet-powered televisions.

Technology / Business

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung releases the D9500 3D 75-Inch LED TV

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung has officially announced the creation of the D9500 TV today. This very large screen TV, which comes it with 75 inches of screen, is not only bound to take up most of your wall space, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog