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AMD Skips HDMI 2.0 Support

by Tom Allen

According to an AMD representative on the Overclockers UK forum, AMD’s new ‘Fiji’ chip (AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD) does not support an important part of the HDMI 2.0 standard: the ability to …

Toshiba Gets Into Windows 10, Pre-Launch

by Tom Allen

Toshiba has announced a range of laptops that will go on sale at the start of July, just before the launch of Windows 10. Each one uses either a new AMD Carrizo or a …

Cumbria Police Lower Admin Time With Samsung

by Tom Allen

Around 1,500 police officers in Cumbria (UK) have been issued with a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 device, as part of an effort to modernise policing in the area. The move is part of a …

Radiocom, the Romanian national transmission company, has begun DVB-T2 tests. The tests are taking place in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara. All transmitters for DVB-T2 should be in place by the end of 2016.

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Mind-Control Tested by BBC

by Tom Allen

The BBC is trialing a way for people to control their TV using the power of their thoughts. BBC Digital created the prototype with The Place. 10 BBC employees used a headset, measuring electrical …

Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Dolby Vision Expands in Netherlands

by Tom Allen

A second Dolby Cinema (Dolby to Take on IMAX in Large Format Theaters) is to be opened in the Netherlands. The location will be JT Bioscopen’s JT Hilversum theatre, following an opening in Eindhoven …

USB-C Makes HP Appearance

by Tom Allen

HP has shared more details, as well as a launch date, of its first USB-C hybrid: the Pavilion X2, which was teased at Computex this month. Set to arrive at the same time as …

Gigaset to Enter High-End Market at IFA

by Tom Allen

Landline phone maker Gigaset has announced plans to enter the smartphone market. It hopes to compete with Samsung and Apple on high-end units. An Android smartphone range will be launched in multiple global markets, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Smart Wearables Will Dominate in 2016

by Tom Allen

With new vendors – including Apple – preparing to introduce new wearables, the market continued to grow in Q1’15. A new forecast from IDC estimates that 72.1 million wearable devices will be shipped worldwide …

Hybrid Vendors Achieve Triple-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

Hybrid device popularity is climbing rapidly, with shipments expected to be up 70% from 2014 levels this year. Gartner believes that shipments will reach 21.5 million units, representing 12% of total mobile PC sales …

US Cable Companies Fight Over T-Mobile

by Tom Allen

We hear that Comcast has held talks with Deutsche Telekom, about a potential acquisition of the T-Mobile US mobile network. Dish is also said to be interested.

Tags:Comcast| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 25

AMD Drives Samsung’s Thin Clients

by Tom Allen

Through a partnership with AMD, Samsung is readying two new thin client displays. Powered by AMD’s Embedded G-Series SoCs, the 21.5″ TC222W and 23.6″ T242W feature fast data transfer and a compact form factor. …

Tags:AMD| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Thin Clients| Vol 22 - Issue 25