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SupportSpace Raises $10 Million Series B

November 25th, 2009

“SupportSpace, founded in 2006, aims to help expand their remote tech service by offering a SaaS (software as a service) platform for the management, marketing and delivery of remote services and a network of virtual experts. To get tech support using SupportSpace, you choose a service or an online expert, then connect to the expert and watch your problem being resolved on your screen in real-time.”

Buffalo busts out first 12x Blu-ray burner, powered by USB 3.0

November 25th, 2009

“Buffalo just announced the BR-X1216U3, which is the world’s first 12x Blu-ray burner, and which incidentally pulls off its wondrous feats through the power of USB 3.0.”

Technology Safely Embeds RFID in Metal Components

November 25th, 2009

“RFID (radio frequency identification) technology has been gaining rapid adoption in gadget rich environments, such as hospitals, full of equipment that needs continuous tracking. Yet some tools, like metallic hemostats for example, are not currently embedded with RFID chips because the production process would destroy them. Now researchers from Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen have developed a method to safely incorporate RFID chips into metal devices.”

Differentiation leads to fragmented, confused Android

November 25th, 2009

“This is becoming confusing and discouraging to current and potential customers. Normally, the newer the phone, the more advanced the operating system. But with Android, the two oldest phones have more software capability than the six that followed. Imagine the frustration of saving up a couple hundred dollars to get the latest and greatest handset only to find that older phones have more potential. It doesn’t get any easier for developers. Many are practically pulling their hair out over minor updates and bug fixes. With each new handset comes a different camera video tweak or extra line of code to address video drivers. Differentiation in hardware is just as big of a headache.”

Samsung netbook subsidized two different ways

November 25th, 2009

“Samsung announced two ways to get discounts on a recently announced netbook. The N310 “Go” is available for $200 with a two-year AT&T data plan, or for $100 off with a one-year subscription to an electronic edition of The New York Times, the company says.”

Report: Millions of HDTV households need HD service

November 25th, 2009

“Research firm Frank N. Magid & Associates estimates that there are about 49 million U.S. households that own an HDTV and at least 14 million of them are not receiving high-definition programming.”

Buffalo Tech debuts USB 3 external HDD

November 25th, 2009

“Buffalo Technology has debuted the “first” SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external hard disk drive. According to company spokesperson Ralph Spagnola, the next-generation HDD is capable of delivering transfer rates of up to 625 MB per second, or five Gbits per second.”

Microsoft ‘worked with Apple’ for Silverlight on iPhone, says Goldfarb

November 25th, 2009

“We’re translating the content to support the MPEG2 v8 [decoder] format that the iPhone format; we’re moving it to their adaptive streaming format. So it’s the same IIS smooth streaming content, the same server, the same point of origin, but now I can get that content to play without any code changes, without any real work, on the iPhone. That’s the critical thing for our customers.”

Freecom Announces World’s First USB 3.0 Ready External Hard Drive

November 25th, 2009

“Freecom, a Mitsubishi Kagaku Media company and award-winning manufacturer of external hard drives and portable storage devices, today announced the ‘Hard Drive XS 3.0’ – the first external hard drive in the world to offer ‘SuperSpeed USB’ technology. Using USB 3.0, Freecom is offering transfer speeds of approximately 130 MB/s”

Wireless USB keyboard / touchpad is more than the sum of its parts

November 25th, 2009

“While the device is simply being marketed as an all-in-one wireless touchpad and keyboard, it actually has all the makings of an ideal HTPC controller — not to mention an entirely reasonable price of $62″