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Deutsche Telekom Launches Zenterio UHD STB in Germany

by Andrew Fenn

Deutsche Telekom has launched its first Ultra HD set-top-box in Germany, powered by the Zenterio operating system. The Entertain TV STB offers Ultra HD content via live IPTV, video-on-demand, Netflix, Youtube and other third-party …

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US Survey Shows VR Awareness is Growing – Adoption Not so Much

by Norbert Hildebrand

An online survey conducted by ReportLinker has been used to explore how the awareness and adoption of VR headsets has developed since 2016. The survey reached 650 US consumers representative of the US population …

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Italy Preparing for DVB-T2 HEVC Switchover

by Andrew Fenn

Italy is the first South European country to begin putting plans into motion to switch over its DTT signals to the DVB-T2 HEVC standard, freeing up to 700Mhz frequency band for high-speed 5G internet …

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All Moscow Schools to be Cloud Connected Within Two Years

by Andrew Fenn

By the end of 2018, every school in Moscow will be connected via a cloud-based platform which is claimed will “revolutionise the entire concept of education”. The Moscow Online School pilot project began in …

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Broadcom Wants to Buy Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

Broadcom has made an unsolicited bid to buy Qualcomm for a price of $60 per share, plus $10 in Broadcom stock, valuing the company at around $130 billion and a 28% premium on the …

Olympus EyeTrek Insight EI-10 Smart Glasses are for Business Use

by Bob Raikes

Olympus America Inc. announced the launch of the EyeTrek Insight EI-10 Smart Glasses in the US. The patented optical system in the EI-10 is intended to enable users to see its display without blocking …

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Samsung’s New Galaxy Ad Makes Fun of the iPhone

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has taken a cheeky pot-shot or seven at Apple in its latest advert for the Galaxy range of smartphones. Released shortly after the launch of the iPhone X, Samsung’s ad highlights Apple’s late-to-the-party …

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DisplayMate Sees Apple X

by Bob Raikes

DisplayMate has issued its detailed review of the OLED display on the new Apple iPhone X. Dr Ray Soneira from DisplayMate said that the display displaces the Samsung Galaxy S8 as the best smartphone …

Aspic Technologies Joins Forces with B-Com IRT

by Andrew Fenn

Start-up Aspic Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with the B-com Institute of Research and Technology. According to the official announcement, the two companies will “innovate in advanced audio technologies to meet the future …

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Don’t Let Image Sticking Damage the Reputation of OLEDs

by Barry Young

With the release of the iPhone X, Apple expects color and hue shifting at off-angles as a characteristic of the OLED display. Apple also says iPhone X has the best OLED display in the …

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AMD and Intel—Together at Last

by Jon Peddie

As much as I hate to give Kyle Bennett of HardOCP credit for anything other than being fastest driver in Texas, it turns out he may also be the fastest news reporter too. Way …

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Osram Predicts Further Growth

by Yvette Raikes

Osram Light Group recorded Q4 net profits down 10% to €40 million from €44 million a year ago on turnover of €1.03 billion, up 13% from €909 million. For the year profits were down …

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