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Brad Pitt to Make 'Sherlock Holmes' Sequel a Must-See

Brad Pitt is allegedly set to join Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in the follow-up to "Sherlock Holmes". Following speculation that the "Inglourious Basterds" star will play the villain in the...

Avatar becomes Box Office's Top

A strong Christmas Day at the U.S. Box Office didn't give "Sherlock Holmes" the push it needed to dethrone James Cameron's sci-fi love story "Avatar" over the weekend (25-27 Dec 09).

Nicolas Cage Will Not Be Sued

An investment company is not suing Nicolas Cage for fraud and a reported $36.7 million, People magazine has clarified. Christmas reports suggested the movie star was facing another huge financial...

Archive - Jul 1, 2009

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Dell expands Vostro laptops, announces Vostro 1220 laptop

Posted 1 July 2009 - 1:30pm by kevintilva

Dell announced the latest addition to its expanding line of Vostro laptops, the 12.1" Vostro 1220. This stylish, ultraportable laptop was designed exclusively for business travelers who are unwilling to compromise performance, battery life and security for a thin and lightweight design.

Conexant's new Semiconductor Solution for Digital Photo Frames

Posted 1 July 2009 - 1:00pm by kevintilva

Conexant Systems, a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, video and Internet connectivity applications, today announced the first in a planned series of new system-on-chip (SoC) solutions targeted at the growing market for "connected" digital photo frames and interactive display appliances (IDAs). These products integrate Internet connectivity and touch-screen technology. The high-performance CX92735 supports advanced features including streaming media content, MP3 audio playback with slideshow functionality, and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet connectivity.

VirtualBox 3.0.0 released

Posted 1 July 2009 - 12:36pm by kevintilva

Sun released VirtualBox 3.0.0, a major update introducing symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) in virtual machines as well as much improved 3D support.

Broadcast Video Test Equipment Leader PHABRIX Selects National Semiconductor's 3-Gbps SDI Family

Posted 1 July 2009 - 12:17pm by s13884

National Semiconductor Corp., announced that PHABRIX Limited, a leading provider of portable broadcast test equipment based in the U.K., has incorporated five National signal conditioning and data conversion products into the industry’s first handheld test and measurement device to support comprehensive 3G/HD/SD eye pattern rendering and jitter measurement to the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) standards.

Freescale LED driver eliminates audible noise and visual artifacts for liquid crystal displays

Posted 1 July 2009 - 12:10pm by s13884

Enabling slimmer laptops with brighter screens and extended battery life, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are rapidly replacing cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) as the dominant backlighting technology for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) used in notebook PCs and industrial and medical displays. However, use of LEDs in notebook LCDs presents technical challenges, such as the generation of audible noise and visual artifacts that can diminish the end-user experience.

Texas Instruments' new MSP430 MCU for e-metering applications

Posted 1 July 2009 - 12:03pm by s13884

In order to meet growing energy demands, utilities are turning to highly accurate and robust poly-phase electricity metering (e-metering) solutions to monitor energy consumption. Supporting three-phase e-metering applications, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced the new ultra-low power MSP430F471xx microcontroller (MCU) series. The F471xx system-on-chip metering solution achieves leading accuracy results, and offers simultaneous sampling of voltage and current as well as tamper-detection for efficient and reliable energy measurement.

Texas Instruments' Three new Medical development kits based on the TMS320VC5505 DSP

Posted 1 July 2009 - 11:57am by s13884

Medical electronics manufacturers are looking to speed up new equipment designs to meet healthcare providers' increasing need for the most advanced devices that offer sophisticated features in a battery-powered, portable design. To accelerate and simplify development of these portable medical devices, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced the industry's first medical development tool set with a complete signal chain and software offering for multiple medical diagnostic and patient monitoring applications. The three medical development kits (MDKs) - based on TI's TMS320VC5505 digital signal processor (DSP) – can be built by purchasing an analog front-end (AFE) module and a TMS320VC5505 DSP evaluation module (EVM), giving manufacturers a jump start on designing leading-edge electrocardiograms (ECG), digital stethoscopes and pulse oximeter products.

Lockheed Martin Delivers First Target Sight System Production Unit to The U.S. Marine Corps

Posted 1 July 2009 - 11:35am by s13884

Lockheed Martin marked the delivery of the first Target Sight System (TSS) production unit at a ceremony held at its Orlando, FL, facility. The TSS is the multi-sensor fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra helicopter.

IBM Bundles System x Servers with VMware vSphere 4 in New Finance Package

Posted 1 July 2009 - 11:27am by s13884

IBM said it is offering special finance packages through the remainder of 2009 for its System x family of servers that bundle the newly released VMware vSphere 4 virtualization platform. Qualified customers are eligible for financing on purchases as small as $5,000.

New Unified Communication System to Reduce Mobile Airtime Costs for Small Businesses

Posted 1 July 2009 - 11:17am by s13884

BT has announced plans to integrate the BlackBerry Mobile Voice System (MVS) technology from Research In Motion (RIM) with BT Communications Complete (based on the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series platform).