News tagged with video devices

Nvidia says Kal-El chip will have five cores

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia says its upcoming Kal-El chip (Tegra 3) will have five cores, not four. The news appeared this week when the Santa Clara company announced a white paper describing the architecture of this system-on-a-chip for mobile computing. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

TV outside the box: Using cell phones, new system would let TV programs spill off the screen (w/ Video)

Augmented reality is an emerging discipline that uses handheld devices to superimpose digital data on the real world: If, say, you're in Paris and point your phone at the Eiffel Tower, the tower's image would ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Internet traffic to grow fourfold by 2016: survey

The boom in the number of mobile Internet devices and tablet computers in use will help quadruple Web traffic in the coming years, a study said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Work video calls connect with personal smartphones

Telepresence colossus Polycom is connecting secure workplace video-call systems with hot smartphones to stay in synch with a trend toward people using their own gadgets on the job.

Technology / Software

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Humbled Netflix CEO still thinking, talking big

(AP) -- To hear Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tell it, the bone-headed decisions that have dragged down the Internet's leading video subscription service during the past five months eventually will be forgotten like a bad movie ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Skype buys smartphone video star Qik

Skype on Thursday closed a deal to buy Qik, a California startup that specializes in letting people use smartphones to stream video to Internet-linked friends in real time.

Technology / Business

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Nintendo to launch 3-D version of handheld console

(AP) -- Looking for its next big hit, Nintendo said Tuesday it would begin selling a 3-D version of its popular handheld console within a year.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Glimpse of the Future MEMS-based Storage: Totally Green & Thumbnail Size

The University of Twente--Enschede, The Netherlands published newly conferred PhD Mohammed Ghiath Khatib's thesis, "MEMS-based Storage Devices: Integration in Energy-Constrained Mobile System". The new MEMS, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 0 weblog

Mobile devices star in prime time at home

His kids might commandeer the TV before bedtime, but online game designer John Comes still gets his prime-time fix. Just on a smaller screen.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ergen lays out Dish Network's 10-year plan

(AP) -- Charlie Ergen, the billionaire who controls Dish Network Corp., has a 10-year plan to transform the satellite TV provider into a one-stop shop for Internet access, video and voice services at home and on the go.

Technology / Telecom

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Review: Sea of rights limits March Madness digital

(AP) -- Madness is one way to describe my experience with March Madness Live, a service for watching the annual college basketball tournament on computers and mobile devices.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple says shipment of new iPad may take 2-3 weeks

Apple said that shipments of its new iPad to customers who order it online may take two to three weeks but that the tablet would still be available in stores on Friday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony says it has sold 1.2M of the PlayStation Vita

Sony says it has sold 1.2 million PlayStation Vitas worldwide, exceeding the company's expectations amid stiff competition from mobile devices and Nintendo.

Technology / Business

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

Microsoft sharpens its ads to jab rivals

From the Gmail Man, who peeks into people's private mail, to the VMware salesman stuck in the '70s, Microsoft's marketing campaigns have become quite pointed in the past year.

Technology / Business

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Nintendo posts loss on strong yen, weak sales

(AP) -- Nintendo Co. sank to losses for the April-December period, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes overseas earnings and competition from mobile devices such as the ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0