A few U.S. Navy ships will get their own 4G LTE networks by the end of the year. The Navy confirmed to Wired that it would place ruggedized 4G LTE networks on three ships to allow for better mission planning. It represents the first time the Navy has offered cellular service on any of its …
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23 May
Nvidia’s Kai platform aims to deliver $199 quad
If you thought Nvidia was just a little too ambitious when it indicated that we’d have $199 Tegra 3 tablets by the second half of the year, this next bit might surprise you. Nvidia’s Vice President Rob Csongor, speaking with investors last week, revealed that such an animal is already in production. To be clear, I’m not talking about one …
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23 May
Nokia shakes up Nokia World: ‘Less CES, more SXSW’
Nokia World is getting a makeover. The mobile company announced on its blog today that Nokia World will no longer be “a single, large-scale event.” Instead, the company has decided that it might be a better idea to hold several “smaller, more intimate events” designed around topics catering to specific audiences. “Think less CES, more SXSW,” Nokia’s Heidi Lemmetyinen wrote …
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23 May
Apple’s Jony Ive knighted, discusses ‘quest for simplicity’
Apple’s design guru Jonathan Ive has received a knighthood, with the 45-year-old British designer behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad opening up about Apple’s design philosophy in an interview with the Telegraph. “We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable,” Sir Jony told the paper. “That leave you with the sense that that’s the only possible solution that makes …
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23 May
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets stylus slot, thank goodness
Samsung’s given its upcoming Galaxy Note 10.1 a makeover, with the wannabe iPad-troubler now reportedly rocking a quad-core processor, and — joy of joys — somewhere to store the stylus. Tablet Community (translate link) has snapped a shot of the newly designed Note 10.1, which looks to address a massive design flaw that became apparent several months ago. The Note 10.1 …
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23 May
TiVo focusing on whole
At the 2012 NCTA Cable Show, TiVo announced the eventual availability (again) of a TiVo IP set-top box for viewing content on secondary TVs and a new streaming box for use with mobile devices. The TiVo IP set-top box (yes, that’s what it’s being called for now) works as an extender for a TiVo Premiere Q DVR. Connect the box …
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23 May
Read this before you buy a sound bar
Sound bars are an excellent compromise between shelling out for an expensive surround-sound system and settling for the tinny sound from your TV’s built-in speakers, but that doesn’t mean they’re perfect. In fact, sound bars have quite a few real-world problems and limitations that are often glossed over, only to rear their heads after you’ve got one set up at …
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23 May
Eugene Polley, inventor of the TV remote, dies aged 96
Eugene Polley, the man who invented the television remote control, has died at the age of 96. Polley pioneered the clicker in 1955. While working for Zenith Electronics, he came up with a handheld zapper that shone a beam of light at four photo cells in each corner of the TV, giving you the four options of either turning the …
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23 May
Foxtel and Austar integrate, Austar viewers gain Olympics channels
Foxtel has begun integrating regional pay-TV operator Austar, with viewers on both platforms gaining new channels and better packages from 1 July 2012. For sports fans, the big news is that existing Austar customers will gain access to Foxtel’s suite of eight London Olympics channels, in both SD and HD. Like their city cousins, subscribers to Austar’s sports package will …
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22 May
Google officially closes $12.5 billion Motorola Mobility deal
After waiting months for the go-ahead to say so, Google CEO Larry Page today announced that his company now officially owns Motorola Mobility. Google announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in August. Upon doing so, the companies had to clear regulatory hurdles to get the deal done. Regulators in both the U.S. and the European Union approved …
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