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Following a decision by a Dutch judge, all wireless presentation systems of the US-based company KanexPro, on show at Integrated Systems Expo in Amsterdam, are to be seized. The judge granted Barco’s petition against KanexPro on the basis of a patent infringement, the patent being held by Barco. On 7th February at the opening day … Read more
New World Payphones are bringing the traditional UK phonebox into the 21st century with a high-tech makeover that include Internet access, says Amstrad. The traditional red UK phone box, known as the K2, had its 90-year anniversary recently but most of them are destined to disappear. The new phone box wiil include high-speed Wi-Fi connection … Read more
Lenovo has announced that it has developed a Low Temperature Solder (LTS) process which will improve PC manufacturing by conserving energy and increasing reliability. Older, lead-based soldering was abandoned more than 10 years ago, and since then the industry has been searching for a solution to reduce heat, power consumption and the carbon emissions of … Read more
CDP said that HP is a ‘world leader’ for taking actions to prevent the adverse effects of climate change. HP’s actions and strategy has been to manage carbon emissions and address climate change across its supply chain. CDP placed HP on its supplier engagement leader board and Supplier Climate A List. The firm assessed more … Read more
An evening meeting hosted by SMPTE and SID was held at Columbia University on February 2nd. Speaking were Gary Mandle of Sony Electronics, Norm Hurst of SRI International and Howard Witherspoon of DesignLED. Below we summarize the presentations of these three excellent speakers. Sony Provides HDR Overview Mandle started his talk with a review of … Read more
VIZIO, Inc. today issued the following statement regarding a resolution with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (“NJ”) resulting from the investigation of information collection practices related to the automated collection of information about content viewed on VIZIO televisions, known as “ACR” or “viewing data.” “VIZIO is pleased … Read more
Sony has announced seven new E-series models, building on the success of the existing line-up of 3LCD portable, 4300lm – 3100lm high brightness projectors, with a choice of XGA and WXGA resolutions for the education and corporate markets. The new projectors are ideal for a wide range of B2B applications from mid-sized classrooms to meeting … Read more
V-Nova Ltd., a leading provider of video compression solutions, today announced the completion of its first acquisition, by purchasing the full global patent portfolio of video imaging experts Faroudja Enterprises Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Faroudja Enterprises Inc. was founded by video pioneer and multiple Emmy Award winner Yves Faroudja, and the acquisition of its … Read more
In the new edition of the Middle East and North Africa Pay TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research, Pay-TV revenues have been downgraded. They are forecast to reach $4 billion in 2021, which is down from the $5 billion forecast in the last edition of the report. The report covers 20 countries in the … Read more
TV and video delivery is likely to become a core capability of next generation 5G wireless services, concludes a new report from Strategy Analytics. Recent demonstrations have suggested that 5G will support 1Gbps data throughput rates. Combining 5G with other networking enhancements and technologies would allow operators to support TV-equivalent services which could eat into … Read more
Lenovo has a new, cheaper, version of its Yoga Book which has a 360º hinge for use as a tablet or noteboo. The display is a 12.2″ IPS unit with just 1280 x 800 resolution and, of course, touch support. There is no support for pen input. It has an Intel Atom x5-Z8550 processor and … Read more
V-Nova, based in London and developer of the Perseus codec, has bought the ‘full global patent portfolio’ of Faroudja Enterprises Inc, founded by Yves Faroudja. The key patents for V-Nova are those that can be used to pre-process the video content before compression. V-Nova said that the main patent groups are: The Faroudja pre-processor (for … Read more
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