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Toshiba Started its Blu-Ray Experiment

After all HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray War, the Japan based world renowned consumer electronics company Toshiba entering the Blu-Ray high definition disc industry by joining the Blu-Ray Disc Association(BDA) last week. BDA is an industry association of companies that develop and support the Blu-Ray technology also membered by Apple, HP, Sony, LG , Intel ... Toshiba realized that its HD-DVD format struggled with the Blu-Ray format , because HD-DVD only using for the online purposes like streaming and downloading movies, where as Blu-Ray format dominate the home entertinment disc market. So Toshiba turned to make improved quality DVD players like XDE DVD players and televisions to fight with Blu-Ray. Also Toshiba noted the Connected Television industry, which offer bridging of PC to the television. But it is also a long term idea, so Toshiba specialized in easier technologies that worth for most consumers.

Now Toshiba seen that the Blu-Ray drives and players become the essential parts of the notebooks and with HDTVs, so the company rethink to make short term benefit from Blu-Ray Crew. Instead of compete directly with Blu-Ray , Toshiba had Blu-Ray technology without sharing its less favourable HD-DVD disc architecture standard. Because many players now offer HD movie streaming from providers like Amazon, Netflix and Vudu, that these connectivity is used to compete with Blu-Ray. Now these services make small headache to the Blu-Ray rental market, even its very minute.

Toshiba also announce that they creating next generation video entertainment experience with their Cell Processor. So its clear that Toshiba will use Blu-Ray to fulfill their future dream on the vast maket of connected media distribution.

TeliaSonera starts work on world’s first 4G commercial wireless network

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In vying to be one of the world’s first telecom operators to offer the world’s first 4G commercial wireless networks, TeliaSonera has teamed up with Ericsson and Huawei to deploy the new technology in Stockholm and Oslo.

In a statement issued to the press today, TeliaSonera Senior Vice President and CTO Lars Klasson says, “We have chosen Ericsson to deliver the initial 4G city network in Stockholm and Huawei for the initial 4G city network in Oslo. Now, TeliaSonera continues the evaluation of suppliers to deliver 4G networks in the Nordic and Baltic countries.”

4G is billed as a way to get a whole new mobility experience using mobile broadband services, and suitable for media and interactive services for which timing on the second is essential. It will give users a way to connect to services demanding large data volumes or fast data traffic. The projected date for the official launch is on 2010.

Intelligent Cash Registers concept

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You knew it was coming. They’ve been dumb for too long. But it makes perfect sense for cash registers to get an IQ upgrade soon, and that’s what the Intelligent Cash Registers concept is all about. They are supposed to remember who you are know what your interests are.

Intel is going to release a prototype at the National Retail Federation show in New York on Sunday. It’s actually a collaboration between Intel and Frog Design. Frog Design will handle the hardware end, making sure its 3″ touchscreen terminal functions with Intel’s latest processors. The device will feature RFID card compatibility and rely on the Internet to up-sell and appeal to your impulse buying.

It’s probably a safe bet to say that we will be seeing these in wide use pretty quickly as they should boost sales.[Yanko]

Wrist-worn flexible OLED prototype

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Flexible OLED displays are becoming more commonplace everyday. They just need to make it into some of the devices we can buy. However long it may take, when that day arrives, Universal Display Corporation thinks something like the gadget above will be a part of it.

It’s a wearable, flexible, 4-inch prototype screen that CES attendees will be able to drool over, maybe even wipe clean and try on. Just don’t expect to wear it comfortably. It won’t be in stores anytime soon either. This one was developed with military applications in mind, but bendy consumer devices are on the way at some point. Give it a few years and we will start seeing them in passports, clothing, packaging etc.[Universaldisplay]

Turn your Nokia Internet Tablet into an extra PC screen

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Ever felt like using your Nokia Internet Tablet’s 4-inch display as an extra screen for your PC? If your answer to that question is yes, you’re in luck, for a user at the Internet Tablet Talk forums has just put together a short list of instructions.

You’re going to need a few pieces of software, a PC, and of course, an Internet Tablet. This method works with Windows 2000/XP and possibly Vista. Needless to say, this is a “try at your own risk” kind of gig where your only chance to get help if anything goes wrong is to contact the one who devised this method or get in touch with others who have tried it.

Ready? First, download the necessary software for both your PC and Internet Tablet. These are:

For the PC: RealVNC and the Windows virtual display driver from the ZoneScreen app
For the Internet Tablet: VNC Viewer (go to Extras, and install this through App Manager)

Afterwards, the actual installation and setting up will have to occur. I’ll let the pros handle it from here, so go to the link below for further instructions.Via Internet Tablet Talk