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[2009-10-28] AT&T: Smartphone trumps laptop connections

October 27th, 2009

“The total number of Wi-Fi connections made on smartphones, including the iPhone, surpassed connections made from laptops. AT&T said 60 percent of all AT&T Wi-Fi connections reaching the network were made from smartphones and other integrated devices. That figure is up from 49 percent in the second quarter of the year.”

[2009-10-28] Gartner: All PC vendors will offer smartphones

October 27th, 2009

“All major PC vendors will have announced plans to enter the smartphone market by the end of this year, says a newly released Gartner report. Worldwide smartphone sales will grow by 29 per cent year-over-year to reach 180 million units in 2009, overtaking notebooks, Gartner adds.”

[2009-10-28] Obama gives $3.4B jolt for Smart Grid roll out

October 27th, 2009

“Today, as predicted, president Barack Obama used his visit to Florida’s DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center to announce the distribution of $3.4 billion in stimulus grants to utilities working to build out a cleaner, more efficient Smart Grid. The sum is not only the largest amount ever invested in electrical grid improvements but is also being given to a larger group than any other stimulus cleantech awards.”

[2009-10-28] Kingston’s $85 40GB SSDNow V Series SSD gets heavily benchmarked

October 27th, 2009

“Kingston promises sequential read rates of up to 170MBps and write rates of up to 40MBps”

[2009-10-28] Google releases Android 2.0 SDK

October 27th, 2009

“Google today released the SDK for the much-anticipated 2.0 update to the operating system. Code-named Eclair, Android 2.0 offers a number of feature improvements and interface tweaks.”

[2009-10-28] Low Priced e-reader Due from Ectaco

October 27th, 2009

“Ectaco will ship one of the lowest priced e-readers to date at $149 later this month. Called the jetBook-Lite it allows users to download books from the Barnes & Noble Web site and operates on four AA batteries, as well as rechargeable batteries”

[2009-10-28] Google’s Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years

October 27th, 2009

“Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions a radically changed internet five years from now: dominated by Chinese-language and social media content, delivered over super-fast bandwidth in real time.”

[2009-10-28] Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home

October 27th, 2009

“Depending on prices, 3-D-ready TVs could be in 28 million to 46 million homes worldwide by 2013, predicts Alfred Poor, an analyst with GigaOM Pro. He estimates that next year, as many as 2.5 million sets worldwide will be sold with 3-D capability.”

[2009-10-28] Consumer Electronics Can Help Improve Patient Health

October 27th, 2009

“Electronic tools and technology applications for consumers can help improve health care processes, such as adherence to medication and clinical outcomes like smoking cessation, according to a report by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.”

[2009-10-28] US government lays out cash for wall-based, in-home ’smart meters’

October 27th, 2009

“18 million smart meters and 1 million “other in-home devices” will be installed in select abodes. The idea here is to give individuals a better way to monitor their electricity usage, with the eventual goal set at 40 million installed meters over the next few years.”