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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Hardware

Intel Done With Ultra Wideband Development, Leaving it for Dead

9:40AM Adrian Covert | Intel halted development of Ultra Wideband technologies, leaving the future of the standard highly in question. According to Electronista, Intel decided to pull the plug on the 5-year-old project last month but only just announced it now. This comes after one of the biggest UWB chip manufacturers, Wiquest, stopped production last week. Intel said the choice was made because it was cheaper to source the chips rather than make and design them in house, but it still seems like a death sentence to me. More »
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Entertainment

Hitachi’s Wooo UT Series are World’s Thinnest Production LCDs

6:50PM Haroon Malik | Standing at 35mm thick, Hitachi’s Wooo UT series of LCDs earns them the accolade of world’s thinnest production LCD television manufacturer. Three sizes will be made available, either 42″ (¥430 000, $4,171) or 37″ (¥330 000, $3,201) at 1080p and a smaller 32″ (¥230 000, $2,231) model with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.galleryPost('WooUTGI', 4, 'WooUTGI'); More »
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Friday, August 3, 2007
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Toshiba UWB wireless docking: no luck for Oz yet

12:10PM Seamus Byrne | We have an update on the UWB wireless docking solution from Toshiba, and the bad news is they are still waiting on it to pass muster with the local regulators. Tosh is eager to hand it over, but they have to wait on the approvals before it will get a run. The mothership gave us a more detailed look at the device a few days ago. -Seamus Byrne More »
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
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Toshiba’s UWB Wireless Laptop Dock

10:35AM Seamus Byrne | Hot on the heels of the wireless USB devices that hit this week is this ultra wide band port replicator dock for its slim R400. It has two USB ports on the front, two on the back, minijack audio out, Ethernet, and a DVI output. It uses UWB to hit 400mbits across all those ports. It’s $500, and again, only compatible with the Toshiba R400 laptop. More »
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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Alereon to Kick Wireless USB Ass Worldwide

11:51PM Seamus Byrne | Alereon is a Texas chipmaker that’s talking big, saying it’s come up with a little processor that cranks out ultra wideband (UWB) goodness in frequencies that can be used the world over. That means wireless USB using the chip’s ultra-wide band frequencies might just be able to operate at speeds equivalent to USB 2.0. The catch? The signal can only travel about 10 feet, but the good news is it consumes very little power. Haven’t we already seen some of this wireless USB technology? More »
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