Publisher of Geek's Atlas to Help Save Bletchley Park
The publishers of a book describing historical sites around the world famous for breakthroughs in technology, science and mathematics are to donate 50 pence for every book sold to Britain's struggling and run down Bletchley Park, home to the country's code-cracking and computing heritage.
Author of Digital Britain Blueprint Set to Leave Government
Lord (Stephen) Carter, the man brought in some eight months ago to beef up the U.K.'s communications and media industry policy and who is due to present his long awaited and much anticipated Digital Britain report next week, is set to leave the government soon after the document is published.
Innovision Blames Sales Collapse On "Delays"
Sales at near-field communications company Innovision Research and Technology plc (Cirencester, England) collapsed in the financial year that ended March 31, 2009 partly because of changes at a key customer, the company said believed to be NXP BV (Eindhoven, The Netherlands). Nonetheless the company expressed optimism that 2010 would see chip projects brought to market.
Touch Screen IC Market Gets Touchy
Touch screen technology has been around for years.
ST to Decline by 15 to 20% in 2009, says Bozotti to French Press
In an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro, Carlo Bozotti president and CEO of STMicroelectronics NV (Geneva, France), said he identifies signs of recovery in Asia and stabilization in Europe and expects ST beats the semiconductor market in 2009.
Nokia demonstrates energy-harvesting handset
Nokia has started demonstrating a prototype mobile phone that uses energy harvesting technology to recharge itself using only ambient radio waves - emitted from mobile antennas, TV masts and other sources.
Foundry Rankings Change As Shortages Near
Business is expected to improve in the foundry arena, as there are whispers about possible allocations and price hike scenarios in the sector.
Freescale garners ZigBee Alliance's RF4CE certification
Freescale is a leader in ZigBee RF4CE, a technology to enable advanced control capabilities (i.e. two-way communication between entertainment devices) and improve the overall usability of home entertainment products.
Embedded RF: The perfect storm
New markets await the development of low power wireless solutions, but they must also deliver on performance. Phil Ling asks can these diverging requirements be met with today's technologies?
WiMax Interoperability, Roaming Trials Gain Pace
Fourteen companies involved in the development of chips and device equipment and running of mobile WiMAX networks have linked in the first commercial WiMAX interoperability and roaming trials, the WiMAX Forum said at its global congress this week in Amsterdam.
Savi Settles AeroScout Lawsuit
Savi Technology reaches "favorable settlement" with AeroScout.
SIM cards identified as a growing market
The mobile communications market as a whole may be suffering, notably as regards subscriber growth, but shipments of SIM cards are powering ahead, having reached record levels in 2008 and set to continue growing this year, according to market trackers IMS Research (Wellingborough, England).
Near Field Comms Gets New Specs
Near-field communications took two small steps forward as the NFC Forum
Innovision Confirms NXP as Gem Licensee
The deal signed by Innovision Research and Technology plc (Cirencester, England) with an un-named supplier of NFC chips turns out to be with NXP Semiconductors BV (Eindhoven, the Netherlands).
NXP Finds New Head for ID Unit
NXP Semiconductors has a new general manager for its identification business unit, with Rudy Stroh taking over with immediate effect from Christophe Duverne.
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