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The Market for Wearables

by Super User

Paul Gray talked about wearable electronics. Until the first world war, watches were kept in the pocket, and wrist watches were seen as “effeminate”. However, the need for accurate time keeping during the war …

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DTG Tests D-Book 7 v4

by Super User

The UK’s DTG Testing is now trialling the functionality of the D-Book 7 v4. Updates have been released to the organisation’s MHEG test suites, under the ‘beta’ status; this means that test suite licensees …

Tags:DTG| Large Display Monitor| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Tablets Fall, but Emerging Regions Rise

by Super User

IDC’s tablet-plus-hybrid forecast for 2014 has been reduced to 233.1 million units. The new figure represents a 6.5% YoY growth rate: significantly below the previous prediction of 12.1% growth. “[I]t would be easy to …

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Epson is Finished With 720p

by Super User

Expanding its home theatre segment, Epson showed off three new 3LCD projectors, and had some interesting news ahead of Cedia 2014. Replacing the TW550 (Display Monitor Vol 18 No 15), the EH-TW570 is brighter …

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ARM Expands 64-Bit Processing With 50th License

by Super User

Demand has been growing for ARM’s 64-bit v8-A processors, the company has said. It has recently signed its 50th licensing agreement to produce chips based on the architecture. The licences, with 27 partners, are …

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MEA…As Tablets Shift to Tier 2 Vendors

by Super User

There was a 2% fall in tablet shipments in MEA between Q1’14 and Q2’14, according to IDC. As well as the expected fall due to the traditionally slow summer season and Ramadan, shipments were …

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LG Moves Past P-OLED Problems

by Super User

LG is obviously deeply committed to OLED TVs, but our first stop on the stand was its OLED smartwatch, the G Watch R. Attracting a lot of attention from consumers, the product is the …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

TiVo’s STB Uses Broadcom

by Super User

Broadcom’s BCM7445 SoC is being used in TiVo’s newest UltraHD set-top box. According to Broadcom, the SoC enables the display of UltraHD at 60fps, using the Rec.2020 colour standard.

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Sigma SoC Supports HEVC Main-10 UltraHD

by Super User

Sigma Designs had a meeting room and welcomed us with news of its SMP8758 SoC which supports UltraHD and HEVC. The chip supports up to the Main-10 profile that forms part of UltraHD Phase …

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AMD: ‘If 28nm Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix it’

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Rory Read, AMD’s CEO, has detailed the company’s two-year roadmap at a presentation for Deutsche Bank in Germany. He said that 28nm would remain a major process for the company for some time, but …

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Start Menu Makes Reappearance in Threshold Video

by Super User

Screenshots and video has appeared that purport to show the Windows 9 technical preview. In a video (http://tinyurl.com/q3fnasy), German website Winfuture demonstrates the new Start menu, which incorporates both the traditional programme list and, …

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