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From iPhone to iGroan
A survey for Computing Which? Magazine reveals that half of British adults feel overwhelmed by new technology and struggle to understand new jargon.Although 71% of households in the UK have a personal computer, many adults have difficulty understanding the associated technical terms.
But for many adults like Mr Enfield it is not that they don't understand but that they choose not to be interested, when they feel like they are being told they should.
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | From iPhone to iGroan
Tech firms improving instead of inventing
This year's CES, however, didn't offer any clear guidance on what the must-have gizmo of 2008 might be. There was no high-profile launch that captivated everybody's attention in the way that the first high-definition sets did in 1998 or the Xbox did in 2001. This year, CES was more about incremental upgrades than one big breakthrough.
Rob Pegoraro - Improving Instead of Inventing - washingtonpost.com
Looking ahead to new tech in 2007
Anyone seeking clues on the products that will most deeply affect the tech landscape next year needs to start with Microsoft and Apple. Both companies are releasing new versions of their main computing operating systems. Microsoft (MSFT) will release Windows Vista for consumers in January. Apple Computer (AAPL) is expected to introduce Leopard soon thereafter. The moves are likely to kick off a round of computer upgrades and change the way a PC looks and feels.
The best tech of 2006
The last year has seen a rush of high profile launches for device, software and gadget lovers.Apple's MacBook made a big impression on many earlier in the year, whilst many people are eager to get their hands on Microsoft's latest offering, Windows Vista.
In the run up to Christmas both Nintendo and Sony launched their new games consoles.
So what was the best of 2006? Our panel of technology experts guides you through their picks of the last year.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Hot picks: the best tech of 2006
Towards a Ubiquitous Networking World
... the world of ubiquitous computing envisioned by Dr. Mark Weiser at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center more than 10 years ago now seems just around the corner, thanks to the advancement of microchip technologies and short-distance wireless technologies in recent years. In an ideal ubiquitous networking world, a vast number of computing devices that are found everywhere provide people with the best services by automatically tracking their needs, objects and surrounding environments. Ubiquitous networking offers us a chance to create a new world that can best be described as a "ultra-environment" by linking the real space to the virtual one; real people, objects, and environment are organically connected with contents and date in a virtual world created via networks.
NTT DoCoMo R&D - Persons 001-Towards a Ubiquitous Networking World
GPS That Never Fails
Drive down a Manhattan street, and your car's navigation system will blink in and out of service. That's because the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals used by car navigation systems and other technologies get blocked by buildings. GPS also doesn't work well indoors, inside tunnels and subway systems, or in caves--a problem for everyone from emergency workers to soldiers.But in a recent advance that has not yet been published, researchers at Sarnoff, in Princeton, NJ, say their prototype technology--which uses advanced processing of stereo video images to fill in GPS gaps--can maintain location accuracy to within one meter after a half-kilometer of moving through so-called GPS-denied environments.
Technology Review: GPS That Never Fails
BenQ sacks staff in Beijing handset branch
Taiwanese electronics company BenQ Corp has decided to shut down its Beijing handset research center and fire all 400-plus employees due to financial difficulties, Sina.com reported today, citing Zhu Yong, the company's China public relations executive.Now the company is negotiating with its staff about compensation, the report said. The company posted a net loss in the third quarter of NT$2.51 billion (US$76.45 million) because of the handset division's losses.
About 40 percent of the employees in the Shanghai handset research division have been cut, and staff from the Suzhou division have been transferred to other departments or divisions of BenQ.
BenQ sacks staff in Beijing handset branch
Epson shipping GPS module for mobile phones
Seiko Epson has developed a sensitive and compact GPS module to meet demand from manufacturers of mobile phones and other handsets with GPS functionality. Volume shipment of the S4E19863 series has already begun and the product has been used for some time in all GPS-capable models of the FOMA903i series phones released by NTT DoCoMo.The S4E19863 series was developed using Epson's technology and know-how relating to GPS baseband processors and A-GPS software. Featuring a broad detection range capable of identifying both strong outdoor signals and weak indoor signals, the new module far outstrips the levels of sensitivity found in conventional GPS technology, according to the company.
Epson shipping GPS module for mobile phones
Imagining the future of mobile graphics
Graphics used in mobile applications are increasingly being found in a variety of devices, from handsets to GPS navigation devices to ultra-mobile PCs and are playing an increasingly important role in the functioning of such devices. UK-based Imagination is one company whose IP (intellectual property) includes solutions for mobile graphics and display applications.DigiTimes.com had an opportunity to sit down with Imagination's head of PR, David Harold, and Woz Ahmed, business development manager - APAC, to talk about Imagination's presence and experience in the semiconductor industry and its relationship with Texas Instruments (TI) and Intel, and where the company is heading, including its plans for the Greater China region.
