Archive for December, 2008
BeBook eBook reader gets reviewed: a library rental, at best
At least overseas, Endless Ideas’ BeBook is competing most directly with Sony’s succulent Reader, and reviewers over at Trusted Reviews immediately noticed the step back in style. If you can get over that,
EU decides now that DVB-H might not be the way to go….!
After those series of announcements by the EU that DVB-H was the way to go for Mobile TV it has now decided that actually multiple standards might be better than just one TV tech:
UK Railways Adopt a Single Format for Mobile Ticket Barcodes
The various UK railway operators have settled on a single standard for mobile-based barcode tickets. The agreement means that a single, common, secure barcode system will be implemented, and also that a single mobile ticket will be able to be used across operators - a major step forward.
3GPP agrees on LTE spec for inclusion in to it’s own standards
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards organization has firmed up the specifications for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and extended the deadline for System Architecture Evolution (SAE) core network specifications, according to Unstrung.
UK: Phones4U moves in on console games market
UK: Mobile phone retailer Phones 4U (and the sister company Dial-a-Phone) are moving in on the console games market - two new websites, Games4U, and Click-a-Game, will sell new and back-catalogue games on pretty much most home and portable games console platforms,
Eazo’s Z70 wooden PC looks uncommonly natural, expensive
If Eazo’s ultra-dark X70 was just too rich for your blood, we have all ideas the Z70 will really be out of reach.
Graphics card price-cuts effective in boosting sales, says paper
With the economic decline having a positive impact on the online gaming market, graphics card makers have reduced their prices by 10-20% over the past three weeks and successfully increased sales. Built-up inventories have also been reduced, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
Retailers Beat AMD to Phenom II Launch
Online retailers are taking orders for Advanced Micro Devicesupcoming Phenom II processors, leaking chip details ahead of thecompanys processor announcement plans for early January.
Vodacom boosts HSUPA coverage to four more towns
I often like to write about news and the countries in which it happens, that are shall we say, not in the daily hotbed of news from Europe and the US. To that end, I’ve mentioned Vodacom before , who are busy making things happen in S.Africa.
Intel lures Alan Cox away from Red Hat
THE BIG NEWS of the day is not that Alan Cox is leaving Redhat, but where he is going to: Intel. While this may not sound like a big deal, Intel has been rapidly beefing up its OS division, and it looks like it may be preparing for war.
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