CONSUMER ELECTRONICS RELATED News from Around the Web

• FCC Wants Industry’s Input on Special Access Pricing
  Source: www.phoneplusmag.com   Date: 11-06-2009 21:40:48 GMT
  On Thursday, the agency kicked off a 45-day comments process; it wants input on how to analyze the wholesale pricing, or special access, the Bells charge for allowing competitors to use their networks. Struggling Sprint Nextel Corp. More
  
• Rapid Electronics - Lough Erne ARC prepares for winter season
  Date: 11-06-2009 15:20:19 GMT
  The club has been established for more than 30 years, with members either communicating on-air or via Morse code to others across Northern Ireland, Europe and the world. Amateur radio is often referred to as ham radio. More
  
• U.S. LCD-TV Market to Experience Prosperous Sales
  Source: www.pcb007.com   Date: 11-06-2009 15:13:00 GMT
  Attracted by declining prices and hot deals for larger, greener and flatter LCD-TVs, U.S. consumers are expected to set aside their financial concerns and snap up new sets during the Christmas season, according to iSuppli Corporation. More
  
• Instrument Systems to Showcase LED and Display Measurement Solutions at Productronica, Munich
  Source: www.azooptics.com   Date: 11-06-2009 13:24:29 GMT
  Instrument Systems to Showcase LED and Display Measurement Solutions at Productronica, Munich More
  
• Hello Humans: DROID by Motorola - in Stores Today! - Zibb.com
  Source: Comtex   Date: 11-06-2009 13:22:00 GMT
  High-speed Web browsing, voice-activated search, customizable large screen, access to thousands of Android applications and hundreds of widgets and the best 3G mobile network in the country: DROID by Motorola is in stores NOW! Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation's largest wireless 3G More
  
• How Apple's Market Share Will Propel Stock to $500, Part 2
  Source: seekingalpha.com   Date: 11-06-2009 09:54:57 GMT
  Jason Schwarz submits:Back on December 5, 2007 I sent the following note to investors (economictiming.com): The rate of change of economic data is worsening so its time to short More
  
• Clocks - Multi Time Zone Alarm Clock :: Measurement Media in Industry & Science :: Meetings |
  Date: 11-06-2009 01:00:00 GMT
  ERI (Equipment Reliability Institute) is a specialized engineering school. We focus on the reliability and durability of equipment ranging from satellites to aircraft to automobiles to telecom systems. Equipment Reliability Institute (ERI) 1520 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109 - USA More
  
• A Very Merry Christmas for U.S. LCD-TV Sales
  Source: www.emsnow.com   Date: 11-06-2009 00:00:00 GMT
  U.S. LCD-TV shipments are expected to amount to 8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009, up 7.3 percent from 7.5 million during the same period in 2008, based on a preliminary forecast. More
  
• Updates for Adobe’s Shockwave, Sun’s Java » Internet Security and Programming
  Date: 11-05-2009 22:52:12 GMT
  Sun Microsystems has issued an update to its Java software that fixes at least one security vulnerability. Separately, Adobe is pushing out a patch to plug four security holes in its Shockwave Player. The Sun patch brings Java 6 to version 17. More
  
• November's Black Tuesday brings Windows and Office updates; three Critical
  Source: www.watchguard.com   Date: 11-05-2009 20:40:26 GMT
  5 November 09 –– After last's months horrendously large Patch Day, it looks like Microsoft will return to a more typical bulletin load. According to their Advanced Notification for November, Microsoft plans on releasing a seemingly light, six security bulletins next Tuesday, 10 November. More
  
• Hull University spins out unique OLED technology for displays
  Source: Electronics Weekly   Date: 11-05-2009 16:04:00 GMT
  The University of Hull has spun out Polar OLED, an OLED display firm which claims to have materials that allow significant cuts in display manufacturing costs. Its intellectual property is based around polymerisable liquid crystaline organic semiconductors, which are distinct from conventional More
  
• 11.5.09 -- Multi-Band Radio Aligns Communications Among Different Emergency First Responders
  Source: www.rfglobalnet.com   Date: 11-05-2009 11:45:00 GMT
  As the deployment of WiMAX devices continues to increase, test engineers face an increasing challenge to reduce test costs. Thus, automated test systems used in either design validation testing or production testing must be designed to perform fast, accurate, and repeatable WiMAX measurements. More
  
• TV star praises Isle of Man TT and its fans
  Source: www.iomtt.com   Date: 11-05-2009 11:11:00 GMT
  Popular television presenter John Sergeant has described the Isle of Man TT and its international fans as ‘great’ and ‘amazing’.Next Tuesday at 8pm, the TT will feature in the first episode of John’s new three-part ITV1 series John Sergeant on the Touris ... More
  
• plug2play: 'Art project' video game attacks Apple Mac machines
  Date: 11-05-2009 08:28:00 GMT
  A 1980s-style video game attacks the Mac platform, deleting users' files as they progress through the level and shoot enemies. While its creator clearly warns of the consequences, the software has been labeled a Trojan horse. The software created by Zach Gage is described as an "art project. More
  
• LPRS provides communication for wheelchair users
  Source: www.electronicstalk.com   Date: 11-05-2009 08:00:00 GMT
  LPRS has been selected by MRI Services to provide wireless communications for wheelchair users. More
  
• Gome To Open First Home Appliances Supermarket In Wuchang
  Source: www.chinatechnews.com   Date: 11-05-2009 00:49:04 GMT
  Gome To Open First Home Appliances Supermarket In Wuchang - ChinaTechNews.com More
  
• Top 20 Free Linux Multimedia Applications
  Date: 11-04-2009 15:21:27 GMT
  In the past ten years, Linux has improved hugely. Linux can now provide a complete multimedia solution that offers creation and editing capabilities for video, audio and graphics. More
  
• Tyco Electronics Provides LCD Coaxial Embedded Display Interface (LCEDI) Connectors for the PC Market
  Source: www.Embedded-Computing.com   Date: 11-04-2009 09:34:03 GMT
  HARRISBURG, PA. –– November 4, 2009 –– Tyco Electronics' next generation LCD Coaxial Embedded Display Interface (LCEDI) family of Connectors is designed to provide exceptional electrical performance in both low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) and embedded DisplayPort (eDP) applications. More
  
• Dolby Labs FY Q4 Tops Ests; FY 2010 View Solid; Sets $250 Million Buyback (at Barrons.com)
  Source: blogs.barrons.com   Date: 11-03-2009 22:01:56 GMT
  Dolby Laboratories (DLB) posted revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30 of $163.9 million, up a hair from $163.1 million a year ago, and ahead of the Street at $156. 6 million. EPS of 38 cents a share beat the Street by a nickel.For FY 2010, the audio [...] More
  
• Sharp Releases 450mW Solar Cell Module for Cellphones
  Source: www.greenoptimistic.com   Date: 11-03-2009 03:25:00 GMT
  Sharp Corp. has announced the development of an improved solar cell module for cellphones at Green Device 2009, a trade show that will be open to the public from Oct 28 to 30, 2009, at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama City, Japan. Sharp Corp. has announced the development of an improved solar cell More