Bluetooth's image took a hit last week as a demonstration of the short-range wireless technology went awry at the CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany. According to the Associated Press, the demonstration attempted to create the world's biggest Bluetooth network, but failed after one of...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced a new line of printers that feature a range of Internet-enabling technologies. Among their capabilities, the new printers enable users to scan documents directly to the Web, remotely manage printers and supplies, and print directly from wireless devices.The HP...
NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems made an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to license the Windows Media Audio and Video Format using the Emblaze-based solution for video over wireless 2.5-generation and third-generation networks, mobile phones and other low-resource handheld devices.According to the agreement, the companies will also...
With a view to a much smaller handset, cheaper price and quicker time to market, Conexant Systems Inc. has rolled out what it describes as a complete system solution for a multi-slot global system for GSM/GPRS."This advancement," said Moiz Beguwala, senior vice president and...
In France, the country where they offer calorie-laden pain au chocolats and croissants for breakfast, keeping one's weight under control does not seem to be a problem-probably because the locals walk the region's hilly terrain to the bus stop or train station rather than...
PARIS-Gemplus International S.A. and IBM Corp. said they plan to collaborate to provide smart-card solutions to customers of both companies worldwide. According to the agreement, Gemplus's expertise in card personalization, issuance and logistics will be combined with IBM's systems integration capabilities and Chip Management...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems, the former microelectronics group of Lucent Technologies Inc., has released a chip that switches voice and data signals, doubling the channel capacity of other products for wireless base station controllers and voice over Internet protocol networks.The chip will be demonstrated at...
HandsetsSendoEuropean mobile phone manufacturer, Sendo, launched its second product platform, the S200 dual-band GSM mobile phone. Aimed at the young-at-heart prepaid market, features of the small and light phone include a variety of colors, short message service (SMS) picture messaging, ring-tone sharing and games....
SEATTLE-Imaging technology company LizardTech Inc. partnered with computer chip giant Intel Corp. to enter the wireless Internet market with a product the company said will allow wireless users to view large, complex images.LizardTech, which currently designs technology to transmit high-quality images over the Internet,...
Streaming content onto wireless devices seems like a perfect match of technology. Without the hard drive space required to download and save large files, streaming content to wireless devices is a good way for wireless customers to experience large data files.PacketVideo Corp. has jumped...
Texas Instruments Inc., ever seeking a new berth for itself in the chip business, has developed a new device to enable handset manufacturers to build smaller systems with fewer components and at lesser costs.The product, TRF6150, is compliant to both 2.5 and third-generation technologies...
TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. introduced a low power consumption chip designed to simultaneously process digitized moving images targeted at next-generation wireless products.The company said the chip will be able to handle multiple video streams on a single chip and will be able to...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-PicoTurbo Inc., NewLogic Technologies and Chip Express Corp. announced a partnership integrating the NewLogic Boost IP core with the picoTurbo pT-100 microprocessor IP core creating a Bluetooth baseband processor solution including the hardware and software required for Bluetooth wireless products.The solution is...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Crossbow Technology Inc., a developer of Bluetooth sensor network architecture, and Cyrano Sciences Inc., a supplier of array based chemical sensor technology, signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop a wireless leak detection system prototype.The initial prototype will integrate Cyrano's current...
AetherAether Systems Inc. introduced version 1.1 of its ScoutWeb software component of the ScoutWare product suite. The new version supports SSL encryption as well as various other levels of encryption security, enabling users to access Web content and applications via standard SSL connections that...
NEW YORK-Prospects for accelerated deployment of multichannel multipoint distribution services here and abroad look promising this year, Michael Greenbaum, chief executive officer of Hybrid Networks Inc., told securities analysts last week.The company, based in San Jose, Calif., is a major supplier of network infrastructure...
While the market for consumers who might want to watch streaming video or listen to streaming audio on their wireless devices is debatable, chip manufacturers are going ahead with plans to integrate streaming content technology into chips in case that demand materializes.Toshiba Corp. unveiled...
NEW YORK-Juno Online Services Inc. and Sprint PCS announced a strategic alliance to feature Juno Mobile service on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web.Juno Mobile will be a featured link on Sprint's wireless Web under the Messaging folder."We're pleased to offer Juno Mobile as another...
Worldwide silicon chip sales for 2000 likely will top $200 billion for the first time, the Semiconductor Industry Association, San Jose, Calif., projected last week."The chip industry remains on track to achieve sales of $205 billion in 2000," said George Scalise, president of the...
WASHINGTON-As President-elect Bush crafts a diverse team of Republicans with Pentagon, state government and Old Economy business experience and confronts a slumping stock market increasingly subject to the vagaries of high-tech shares, it remains to be seen whether the next administration can achieve the...
Leap Wireless International Inc. announced it bought NeoPoint Inc.'s myAladdin.com location-based content aggregation portal and wireless information technology.Leap said it will extend the service to its Cricket customers and others in the first half of the year. Financial details of the transaction were not...
While the number of products incorporating Bluetooth technology was slim this past holiday season, the number of companies interested in producing Bluetooth chipsets is bountiful. Of the 82 exhibitors at the recent Bluetooth Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., a majority were showing off...
Intel Corp. and Analog Devices Inc. jumped into the wireless game and into competition with Texas Instruments Inc. after introducing a Micro Signal Architecture that integrates digital signal processor and microcontroller features in a single platform.The architecture is optimized for processing modem, audio, video,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-As we approach what was supposed to be the Bluetooth Christmas, all Santa Claus has to offer those wishing for a Bluetooth-enabled gift is a headset, some PC cards and the promise that next year his bag will overflow with Bluetooth products.Those...
