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NBN to lead pay TV way for SingTel
News Singapore's next-gen broadband network will play key role in boosting local carrier's competitive edge in pay TV market, says top company execs.
Tags: IPTV, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile applications
Asian chip market to hit US$160B
News Led by China, India and emerging markets Thailand and Vietnam, Asia's semiconductor industry will grow 6.4 percent in 2008, says Gartner.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Memory, Mobile, India, Semiconductor, Chip, Gartner Inc., China, revenue
Ericsson: Philippines to have IPTV in two years
News Strong market interests and falling bandwidth costs are paving the way for Internet Protocol TV services to be finally made available in the Philippines.
Tags: TVs, Web sites, Web 2.0, IP Television, Philippines, Japan, multimedia, revenue, Internet, set-top box
Motorola denies developing an Android set-top box
News Company clarifies that it's not working on an Android set-top box. Rather, the device it's delivering to Japan's KDDI is based on an OS developed by Motorola called KreaTV.
Tags: Open source, Mobile, Motorola Inc., KDDI Corp., Google Inc., Open Embedded Software Foundation, operating system, phone, software, Google Android
Android set-top box in the works
News Google's open source operating system will soon end up on a set-top box built buy Motorola for a Japanese service provider, according to the blog Android Guys.
Tags: Open source, Consumer Technology, Mobile, TV, KDDI Corp., Device, Cell Phone, phone, Google Android, set-top box
ARM takes on Intel with Adobe partnership
News The chipset designer says it is working to optimize Adobe's rich-media software for ARM's architecture, in a bid to take on Intel.
Tags: Processors, ARM, Macromedia Flash Player, Intel Corp., Mobile, Adobe AIR, AIR, processor, Adobe Systems Inc., partnership
Google sees separate paths for Android, Chrome OS
News Android is already on the horizon for Netbook makers, and Chrome is supposed to be a Netbook-optimized operating system. What's a Netbook company to do?
Tags: Operating systems, Notebooks and tablets, Smart Phone, Google Inc., Google Chrome, operating system, Google Android, partnership, strategy, set-top box
Study: Huge growth in Wi-Fi devices expected
News In-Stat predicts that a billion consumer electronics devices will come equipped with Wi-Fi by 2012.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, TV, phone, Wi-Fi, Apple iPhone, Internet, Ethernet, NetFlix Inc., DVD player, set-top box
Motorola surprises Wall Street with profit
News Company manages to eke out a small profit as it still struggles to get its handset business back on track.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Cellular phones, Networking, Mobile platforms/communications, Networking technology, Motorola Inc., Touch Screen, phone, revenue, Apple iPhone
Will Silverlight or Air hit enterprises?
News Winning consumers and developers over is key to getting enterprises to pay attention to adopting either platform, says analyst.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Internet, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Standards, Adobe Systems Inc., NBC, U.S., principal analyst
ARM ups speed, drops power with new chip
News World's most popular processor architecture continues to push its performance while aiming for mobile Internet dominance over Intel.
Tags: Processors, ARM, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Insight 64, software, Chip, Video, performance, processor
Embedded Android code goes open source
News Company behind Mips has released the source code for porting the Android operating system to that processor architecture.
Tags: Operating systems, Digital Television, Smart Phone, TV, Electronics, Android, IP Telephony, processor, Internet, manufacturer
Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace 'channels', kill cable?
News Will living room of the future be centered around a Web-connected, iTunes-powered Apple-branded TV--a 50-inch, high-def, wall-mounted iPhone?
Tags: Digital media, Music, Video, Media players, Multimedia, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., TV, Apple iTunes, Cable
Govt projects opportunity for NXP in India: Execs
News Semiconductor company expects host of e-government, social projects in country to provide demand boost for its identification products.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile processors, Processors, E-passport, E-government, India, Cell Phone, financial, bank, smart card
PayPal tries rewiring e-commerce with new interface
News eBay-owned service is trying to keep developers from straying to the Amazon fold with a new API that offers more flexibility for new types of online purchases.
Tags: Business applications, E-commerce, E-business, PayPal, eBay Inc., Online Payment, payment service, micropayment, Developer, Amazon.com Inc.
