Shopping in the electronic shop

Is the world of gadgets in the world we are living and machinery. Ongoing relationship from Jiefang sleep every night until we are waking up. Prompted to verify the list of gadgets, not all electronic items and no doubt to the enormity of the reliance on electronic items puzzles and daily used. Items such as a simple electronic toothbrush, Shaver and one toaster computer, network system, lighting, generators are countless electronic items us around so enclosed. We know world these items also disappear, no pointless.

Where do these items come from? The answer is easy. E-store. Electronic stores are filled gadgets so much easier machine and our lives. You can find anything, all of these stores. Washing machine, dishwasher, ironing, stove, split unit air conditioning, heating, boiler, geyser, mobile phone, laptop, desktop, mp3 player, music system, television, copier, fax machine, hardware electronics, hair curlers, hair straightener, treadmill, refrigerator, freezer, oven and much cooler than many. You name, and verifies them.

Electronic items cannot go about routine if you erase all electronic items from the Earth, but undeniable truth of our lives with someone. They achieved there are other things like human race. We always want one thing is to get us is always something. E-store Santa I of workshops such as: is there hope all you.

These days most electronic stores provides for a great price, discounts, and many other things. Electronics purchasing easy reach at all times is a huge store. Most stores offers also reduces service time hire a mover from heavy duty item store hence the shift to your Office or home.

Popularity increased use, online shopping for electronics shopping even easier. And almost all the major electronics stores, on the Internet website of provides online shopping features. All you do is go online, reference, reserving items store, credit information, address and the location and Office will be delivered the earliest. The same online shopping company products referenced or the old model specifications are compared with newer than the same products on hand giving or to compare prices by simply clicking. You can also e-store online customer review, exposed always get from them.

To the electronic store of best is to have about electronic devices are available in wide range. And smallest items from the biggest electronic can buy one of the nearest. Without a doubt and the availability of in-store shopping electronic items and electronic gadgets the much easier.

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RJ45-USB socket saves space on PCBs

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 21, 2011GTK has launched the dual right-angle RJ45-USB socket that is said to be suitable for a variety of applications, including audio-visual, broadcast and gaming products.

The RJ45-USB socket is said to reduce the required PCB footprint, allowing engineers and designers to save space on new product designs.

This product is available in either USB 1.1 or 2.0 standards enabling data transmission speeds of 12Mbps and 480Mbps respectively.

The RJ45 connector with integrated magnetics allows Ethernet performance to 10/100 BaseT standards.

The socket is supplied with integral green/orange and yellow LEDs as standard, but can be customised if required.

The product is through-hole mounting.

This socket can be used in conjunction with a range of other RJ45 and USB cable assembly products available from GTK.

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Switches designed for automotive sensing systems

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 20, 2011Allegro Microsystems' A1152/3/5/6s range of two-wire unipolar Hall-effect switches is designed for automotive sensing applications in seat-belt buckle, seat position and steering-lock applications.

The devices are produced using the Allegro BiCMOS wafer fabrication process and include improved high-voltage transient protection.

These Hall-effect switches are factory trimmed to optimise the accuracy of the magnetic switch points and employ a patented high-frequency four-phase chopper-stabilisation technique to achieve magnetic stability over temperature and eliminate the offset inherent in single-element devices when exposed to harsh automotive environments.

The advanced chopping technique also provides significantly reduced jitter and shorter power-on times.

Two-wire unipolar switches require one less wire for operation than the more traditional open-collector output switches and also offer diagnostic capability, as there is always current present at one of two specified levels.

Any output current outside these two narrow ranges is a fault condition.

In addition to the on-chip transient protection, a Zener clamp protects against overvoltage conditions on the supply line.

The enhanced high-voltage transient protection allows these devices to survive ISO 7637-2 and 40V load dump for up to 0.5sec with minimal, and sometimes no, protection from discrete components.

Electrostatic discharge protection has also been enhanced to the extent that the devices are capable of handling a transient of 8kV Human Body Model (HBM).

The A1152/3/5/6 devices are utilised in automotive applications to sense seat-track position, seat-belt buckle presence, bonnet and boot latching, and steering-lock position, as well as in gear-shift selectors.

All devices are offered in two package styles: the SOT-23W miniature low-profile package for surface-mount applications (suffix LH) and the TO-92 style three-lead 'ultra-mini' single inline package (SIP) for through-hole mounting (suffix UA).

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AVX adds low-noise MLCC to product offering

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 21, 2011AVX has expanded its multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) range to include the QM series low-noise high-capacitance version for audio frequency applications.

The QM series is said to reduce noise characteristics while providing high capacitance with low working voltage, making it suitable for mobile phone, hard disk drive, and LCD panel driver circuit applications.

AVX has expanded its multilayer ceramic capacitor family to include a low-noise, high-capacitance version for audio frequency applications

In addition, the QM series is well suited for use as a low pass filter for audio amplifier output or as a coupling capacitor.

Kazushige Takamori, product manager at AVX, said: 'Polarisation causes high dielectric ceramic to have a piezo-electric response.

'This piezo effect can be passed to the PCB and cause board running.

'Conversely vibrations from the PCB can induce very low spurious voltages across the capacitor.

'Standard MLCC construction has multilayer electrode direction horizontal to the PCB, which can allow mechanical resonance from the PCB to induce audio frequency noise.

'The QM series inherently reduces low-frequency audio noise,' Takamori added.

The lead-free, RoHS-compliant QM series is available in Class II X5R dielectric and case sizes from 0603 to 0805 with voltage ratings ranging from 4V to 16V.

The X5R version features a high CV rating, an operating temperature range of -55C to +85C and a capacitance variation is within +/-15 per cent.

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Apple's App Store Hits 10 Billion Downloads

After two and a half years (or so) of existence Apple's iOS App Store has seen 10 billion downloads.

To celebrate, Apple is handing out one $10,000 iTunes gift card. Folks were entered into the drawing by downloading an app from the App Store or visiting Apple's website between January 6 and the download of the 10 billionth app.

Contest aside; this marks a huge milestone for Apple and the storefront launched a few years ago to go along with Apple's iPhone SDK.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs first publicly demonstrated the then-new App Store in March of 2008 along with the iPhone 2.0 software, calling it "an application we've written to deliver apps to the iPhone."

And deliver it did.

It took nine months to reach one billion downloads and a little over a year to hit two billion. All the while Apple collected a nice percentage of revenue from each app that was sold.

Many developers made a pretty penny in the App Store, too.

Movies by Flixter, the fifth most downloaded free iPhone and third most downloaded free iPad app, was created by Jeffrey Grossman, a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2008, Flixter acquired the app from Grossman for an undisclosed amount. Grossman was also given a consultant position at Flixter while attending school. Not too bad for a college student.

Not everything about the App Store was pretty.

Everyone remembers the 2009 Google Voice debacle, in which Apple rejected Google's official app from showing up in the App Store. The move inspired the FCC to look into Apple's vague app approval process, which was frequently criticized.

Last September, Apple finally demystified the approval/rejection process by releasing App Store Review Guidelines. In November, the official Google Voice app finally made its way into Apple's store.

It goes without saying that the App Store has been a huge success for Apple and its wide selection of apps is arguably one of the biggest things standing between the iPhone and its competitors.

But that may soon change.

The Android Market is gaining ground quickly. In December 2010, AndroLib reported that the Android Market had more than 200,000 apps. That report came just two months after Google announced it had 100,000 apps in its market. PC World writer Daniel Ionescu projected that the Android Market could overtake Apple's iOS App Store by this spring if growth continues at the same rate.

Something tells me that Apple isn't too worried about that. After all, it just opened the App Store for Mac and will soon be able to provide Verizon customers with all their app needs.

Check out PC World's All-Time Apple iOS App Favorites slideshow.

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Power conversion IC for low-profile applications

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 20, 2011Power Integrations has announced the availability of its Topswitch-JX power conversion IC in an eSOP low-profile power package for applications such as slim LCD TV auxiliary power and PC standby.

The slender surface-mount package is suitable for applications without heatsinks up to 65W in compact, open-frame installations.

Power Integrations has announced the availability of its Topswitch-JX power conversion IC

This includes set-top boxes and DVD players.

In notebook, netbook and printer adapters, the thermally efficient eSOP package can supply up to 40W using only the PCB for thermal management.

The eSOP package features an exposed die-attach pad that may be reflow soldered to the PCB during assembly.

This permits the copper ground plane and thermal mass of the board to act as a heat sink.

The 12-pin package occupies a footprint measuring119m2, yet maintains safety creepage and clearance distances required by international standards and permits use in offline applications.

Topswitch-JX ICs incorporate both a PSU flyback controller and a 725V Mosfet power in a single package, and feature a multi-mode control algorithm that maximises power efficiency across the entire load range.

High efficiency at full power minimises power wasted during normal operation and reduces the complexity and expense of thermal management on the system.

At low power levels, high efficiency enables adapters with low no-load consumption and maximises power available to the system in standby mode for applications constrained by standards and regulatory controls.

Good light-load efficiency and low power consumption in the no-load condition are facilitated by a multi-cycle modulation mode that reduces the average switching frequency while minimising output ripple and audible noise.

This allows designs to meet efficiency specifications such as Energy Star and the European Ecodesign Directive while maintaining a stable output voltage.

Standby power consumption of 85mW (for a 20mW load) at 264VAC is achieved using Topswitch-JX

The Daily 'to Launch in Next Two Weeks'

The Daily, an iPad-only digital 'newspaper' will launch within the next couple of weeks, its creator News Corp has said.

Reuters reported that News Corp's James Murdoch said that it "should be launching in the next two weeks" at a press conference in Munich earlier this week.

The Daily, which Murdoch confirmed will cost $0.99 per week (around 64p) will deliver US-focused news to a subscriber's iPad every morning. The Daily has editorial offices in Los Angeles and New York.

Murdoch said at the conference that there had been high levels of interest in The Daily from potential subscribers, though didn't offer any firm numbers. However, he did say that subscriber numbers would be released in around six weeks' time.

The launch of The Daily has been beset by delays, though recent reports suggest that it isn't the app itself that has caused the delay, rather problems with a subscription model that Apple is attempting to integrate into iTunes.

It was initially rumoured that News Corp boss and Apple CEO Steve Jobs would jointly present The Daily at an event in San Francisco but this now seems highly unlikely given that Jobs is now on indefinite medical leave.

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Kids Master Computers Easier Than Bikes, Survey Finds

Children five years old and younger are acquiring at least some computer skills at rates higher than they pick up more traditional childhood activities like swimming and bike riding, a survey says.

According to a survey of 2,200 mothers in 10 countries, 69% of children ages two to five can operate a computer mouse, 58% can play some form of computer game and 28% can make a mobile phone call.

ANALYSIS: Parental control programs perform poorly with Web 2.0 sites

MORE RESEARCH: 1 in 4 babies on Internet before they're born

The survey by security firm AVG says 25% can open a Web browser and 19% can use a Web app of some sort.

Among the same kids, 77% complete jigsaw puzzles, 52% ride bikes, 20% swim and 11% tie their shoes, AVG says.

AVG's CEO J.R. Smith says the results indicate parents should pay attention to their children's use of computers and the Internet with an eye toward making sure the kids are protected from harm. "As our research shows, parents need to start educating kids about navigating the online world safely at an earlier age than they might otherwise have thought," he says.

Tech skill rates varied with the complexity of the task. For instance, 63% could turn a computer on and off, but only 16% could navigate between Web sites.

37% of the children could write their own names while 15% knew at least one Web address and 5% knew at least one e-mail address.

The survey queried mothers in the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and found that results varied by country.

For example, 30% of the kids in the U.S. and Australia could operate at least one smartphone or tablet application. That percentage for kids in Japan was 11%. In France and the U.K., 70% of the children could play a computer game, while only 40% could in Germany.

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Electronic signature holds the water not?

Using Esign and performs important legal functions. Formed a huge part of electronic signatures and electronic records. They mark or badge making your looks official documents. Enforceable and legally accepted badges do the handwritten signature that carries similar responsibilities. If the digital signature attached to the document is legal and the binding document. Changes made by parties involved in the transaction documents shown to be responsible.

This technology is the online payment system for companies very important. If you use a digital signature system they get many benefits of e-commerce site is very. However, as a business owner or a consumer, how your signature a legitimate and legally binding know?

Using electronic signature system regulatory law. These regulations uniform electronic transactions Act and Ueda global and domestic commercial activities or ESIGN groundbreaking electronic signatures. Most States employs these laws. Changed how they still to complete electronic transactions more secure by a very useful.

According to the electronic signature was created both legal and specific legal structure. Electronic forms have the same value as traditional hand-written sign that can. By using the ueta, ESIGN Act electronic signature software gives the procedural approach. Only can't it is in electronic format document electronic signatures State to disable both of these regulations. Cannot be used to create electronic records documentation to be invalid under the law. Means for this document to electronic signatures, electronically generated legitimacy cannot be negative. Contract electronic documents drawn using both traditional paper documents is considered still have it legally enforceable.

You do not need to configure character or graffiti in just notes, esign. Under the Act of ESIGN and ueta, and electronically signed documents, electronic sound or symbol to be considered. If you went through an electronic process to express the intent of signer indicates his agreement document it is also the case. This means that electronic print name approved by the parties involved in electronic signature badge or embedded encryption symbols and the document can.

Associated with connection may need to be signed is used in the document, or document has been signed. You need to capture recorded electronic signature software processes used to capture the signature it is associated. You must add sign software, statements, or reports of record. Programs used to generate the signature line as its sponsors without knowing anything about the, be able to track signature is captured and the associated account (using the serial number, timestamp), the system must be. To disable digital signatures if you don't follow these standards to use the software.

Companies using electronic signature system can process to more efficiently to find. However, should they determine it uses reliable software for electronic signature.

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GDC 2009 San Francisco, Thursday Updates

If your life revolves around making video games, then you would be in San Francisco this week.  The annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco (http://www.gdconf.com/) is THE major event for the game development industry.  GDC is five days of educational sessions, specialized summits, networking events, and expo & career pavilions.

The second day for the main part of the show opened today with the Career Fair and Expo Hall as well as more session for Art, Programming, Design, Production, etc.

Some things that caught our attention on Thursday were:

Performance Designed Products (http://www.pdp.com), a manufacturer of video game accessories announced and demonstrated their latest products. 

Gametrak Freedom is a proprietary and patent-pending ultrasonic 3D motion sensing technology that delivers performance, increased control and flexibility. The system is comprised of a base unit, which attaches to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft via USB, and a hand-held controller. Unlike other motion sensing gaming systems, Gametrak Freedom™ does not rely on the gamer pointing a controller at the screen nor does it restrict the gamer to limited movements. The system accurately tracks the true 3D position and precise movements of up to four players anywhere within a given environment. This technology provides players with total control and unrivaled game play opportunities.

PDP will launch the Gametrak Freedom™ exclusively for Xbox 360 in fall 2009. The system will be bundled with ““Squeeballs™,” a game specifically developed to showcase the technology. PDP recently received a worldwide product licensing agreement to publish games for Xbox 360 and “Squeeballs” is their first Microsoft-approved title.

“Squeeballs™” http://www.squeeballs.com is a collection of over 150 unique challenges that showcases the capabilities of the controller. In the game, Squeeballs are toys that are manufactured on a secret island somewhere in the Pacific. Before the Squeeballs can be sold to children across the world, they must be fully tested by the players of the game. By using the controller, players can blow up, cook, slice, bat, bowl, shoot and bounce the Squeeballs with greater accuracy than is capable with any other controller.

PDP also unveiled the new revolutionary wireless SmartStylus™ 1 and 2 devices . The patent-pending SmartStylus™ 1 and 2 both feature a?for the Nintendo DS vibration feedback that players using the stylus will feel based on movements and commands in the game. The SmartStylus™ 2 can include a variety of added features, including LED’s, sound, and motion feedback. With the motion feedback capability, the stylus can now act as a motion input device, allowing you, for example, to hit a home run by swinging the stylus off the DS screen. The SmartStylus™ 1 will launch this fall and is pending licensing by Nintendo.

“The technologies offered by both the Gametrak Freedom™ and the SmartStylus™ tools are the first of their kind,” said John Moore, senior vice president of marketing for the California-based PDP. “PDP is excited to be introducing these new technologies. They will create a new level of gaming that can be enjoyed by the whole family.”

id Software just unleashed Wolfenstein 3D Classic ™ for the iPhone and iPod Touch.  The “grandfather of first person shooters” will now feature your choice of all new touch and tilt-based controls personally developed by technical visionary and id Software founder, John Carmack.  While I found the game a little hard to play, it is very cool to have this classic game on the iPhone.

John recently said “Not very long ago, it was an open question if classic first person shooter play styles could be adapted to the touch and tilt controls of the iPhone and still remain fun, so I set out to find the answer with a small research project based on our classic Wolfenstein 3D game.  It quickly became apparent that it could work out very well indeed, and it was a lot of fun to grow the project from a little experiment into a full-fledged product.  To me, the iPhone is the most exciting new platform in ages, and I am very much looking forward to bringing our entire historic series of titles over, as well as brand new work.”

Wolfenstein 3D Classic is non-stop action and all of the memorable enemies are there for players to conquer from Hans Grosse to MechaHitler!  As OSA super agent B.J. Blazkowicz, players must escape from Castle Wolfenstein and defeat the twisted Nazi regime.  The game includes all six original episodes with 60 classic levels and unforgettable weapons like the brutal chain gun that still define action gaming today.  Also, a new top down map shows where you have been in each level while players can search for hidden secrets that reveal stolen Nazi treasure, health packs, ammo and weapons, or even short cuts. 

Fans can expect a lot more from id Software in future releases of their world renowned games now coming to the iPhone.  Wolfenstein 3D Classic is just the first in a series of unforgettable games under the “id Classic™” label that they plan to release.  Watch for upcoming information about id Software’s other classic properties, including DOOM® and QUAKE® coming soon. 
Wolfenstein 3D Classic is currently available at the iPhone app store for $4.99 and can be accessed at http://www.idsoftware.com/wolfenstein3dclassic/.

If iPhone development is something you are considering, then check out Unity (http://unity3d.com/unity/).  Unity is a complete development environment and toolset for development and publishing.  Versions are available for different platforms such as iPhone, Wii, Online, etc.  The pricing is very reasonable for development tools as a complete set of iPhone development is under $3,000 USD per user.  Prices will vary depending on the exact set of features you want.

And finally, some 2008 data on the game industry and estimates for the future.

Gaming PC Market Bigger than Thought
$20 Billion with gains in all regions but Asia largest market

Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated worldwide PC gaming hardware shipments and regional; market share out to 2012 – the growth is an amazing:

• The Enthusiast segment has a worldwide CAGR of 9%
• The Performance segment will have a CAGR of 19%
• The mainstream segment’s CAGR is 21%

Gaming PCs touch all segments of the market, with the most expensive at the high-end, known as the Enthusiast segment where the utilization for gaming is highest, down to the mainstream where the utilization for gaming is about 6 percent

The total, hardware only, market value in 2008 was just over $20 billion, and that will grow to over $34 billion by 2012 – and those systems will pull in an additional $6 billion in software and services sales.
Also, the economic recession may stymie the assumed growth of the console gaming market and shift the balance to the PC gaming direction. Why? Because the cost of an HDTV (for the console, in addition to the console is a serious investment in something you can’t do thousands of other things with like a personal computer.

One size doesn’t fit all

However, all countries are not alike in their PC gaming habits. Jon Peddie research looked at gaming cultures worldwide as an influence on hardware sales in those regions. Hardware suppliers are cautioned: Don’t get caught sending the wrong stuff to the wrong place.

The three segments studied in these reports examine and profile thirty-seven countries in seven regions giving the reader the highest granularity in any report on PC gaming hardware ever.

Desktops and notebooks

Gaming PCs are delivered in both desktop and notebook configurations, with notebooks showing strong gains.

DIY and aftermarket

In addition to branded and boutique fully assembled PCs, JPR discovered there is a robust market of do-it-yourselfers and consumers who upgrade their PCs with high-performance gaming graphics boards
“Don’t let the retail numbers fool you,” said Ted Pollak, co-author of the report series. “Enthusiast PC gamers often latch onto one or two games that offer multiplayer and stick to these titles for years. Hardware is where they spend the big bucks. The retail numbers don’t capture the casual and digitally distributed games either. Retail figures are not an accurate barometer for the health of the PC gaming industry.”

“The PC Gaming Hardware industry is a worldwide growth phenomenon and there are striking changes to the environment on the horizon,” said Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie research. “Don’t get caught surprised – our PC gaming hardware reports will provide virtual binoculars for companies involved in the space so that they are prepared for the approaching shifts. Now, more than ever, suppliers can’t afford to make any missteps in their marketing and sales strategies.”

Stay turned for more news and products from GDC San Francisco.

—Harvey Lee

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Google's Java Infringement Refuted

Fans of Google who were rooting for the company in the Oracle v. Google copyright infringement case over Java may be a bit dismayed after reading the claims from Florian Mueller this week. According to Mueller, there is mounting evidence in the original source files from Oracle's Java and Google's Android that code was indeed infringed.

In fact, Mueller claims that there is even more evidence of infringement than that highlighted in Oracle's recent amendment to the lawsuit, which contains Exhibit J. This exhibit displays evidence that Oracle claims is clearly infringement on the part of Google's Android developers.

I am not going to be one of those analysts who jumps up and cries out "infringement!" every time they see similar code. As we saw way back at the beginning of the SCO v. the Planet Earth debacle, that kind of behavior can easily be manipulated by either party in a lawsuit. Mueller likely knew this too, so instead of just looking at the exhibit, he claims to have examined the original source files from Oracle's Java and Google's Android.

What he found seems a bit alarming, particularly for Google: 46 pages of what appears to be line-for-line copying of Java code in Android files, all laid out for the world to see. Not only was code copied, but the code was copied from Oracle files that contained explicit Oracle and Sun copyrights. If this evidence is a valid source, and Mueller invited others to download the code files and look for themselves, then it would appear to be damning evidence against Google. I have had my differences with Mueller, and still do: but I saw little reason for him to make this stuff up. Clearly, more research was needed.

And that research has been done, by ZDNet's Ed Burnette, who categorically refutes Mueller's evidence:

"It all started with an article written by Florian Mueller, who by the way is neither a lawyer nor a developer although he plays one on TV. I downloaded and examined all the files he wrote about, and my analysis as an expert developer comes to a completely different conclusion than Mr. Mueller," Burnette wrote. He then continues to pick apart Mueller's evidence as little more than erroneous comments in the code files.

At this point, you may be asking yourself, how is it that someone can be sued for infringement when the Java code is under the GPL? Well, first off, remember that Java Mobile Edition (JavaME) is not completely under the free GPL license: that's part of why Google wanted to build a clean-room implementation of Java for Android in the first place.

When Sun Microsystems, the original creators of Java, first opened Java under the GPL, they implemented a special ClassPath exception for JavaME. This would mean that any application developed for a JavaME platform would have to also be GPLed. Essentially, Sun brought to life all of those old "viral GPL" fears from the early days of free software and made them real in the JavaME license. It's likely Sun knew full well the consequences of this act: mobile hardware and software developers would be loath to GPL their code, so this would force said developers to buy the commercial license for JavaME instead. Boom! Instant money maker for Sun.

Except Google decided they didn't want their new Android platform to be beholden to Sun's commercial license (nor were they willing to use the ClassPath-excepted GPL version). So, they went to the Apache Software Foundation's (ASF's) implementation of Java--Harmony--and built a clean version of Java for themselves.

Looking at the code highlighted in Exhibit J it appears that Harmony code wasn't clean to start with. Much of the code from Android in these examples contains notes and licensing information from the ASF, because Harmony was released under the Apache Public Licence.

And therein lies the real trouble: if there is infringement here, it's because someone took Sun's exception-GPLed copyrighted code and changed the license to the APL. That's not acceptable, since only the copyright holder can change the license for any given bit of code.

Given these new developments, Mueller's evidence may seem less of a smoking gun than it did before. Given Mueller's past criticism of the Open Invention Network and how it can do little good in cases like these, some will cite this as a motive for him to make Oracle look better and the OIN look weaker.

Motives aside, no matter how much you may or may not like Oracle (and they're not high on my hit parade, either), they are still a member of the free software community. JavaME is still licensed under the GPL and thus deserves all the same legal protections as the small software projects that pervade throughout the community. If we pick and choose which software gets protected based on how much we like or dislike the holder of that software, then the whole point of the GPL is weakened.

Oracle deserves its day in court, just like any other member of the free software community. Google deserves the same, because as troublesome as these code examples may appear to be, it will take a court decision to prove infringement or not.

Sometimes defending freedom means defending the rights of those you don't agree with.

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AT&T Revenue Up, Driven by Smartphone Growth

AT&T reported revenue of US$31.4 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010, up 2.1 percent from a year earlier, with the company reporting a record gain in mobile customer additions.

Net income was down significantly, however, from $2.8 billion to $1.2 billion, due to one-time expenses.

Excluding one-time items, operating income was $5.6 billion, compared to $5.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009. One-time items included pension accounting charges, severance costs and asset impairments.

Without the one-time items, earnings per share were $0.55. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected earnings of $0.54.

Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and CEO, trumpeted the quarterly results as "strong." The company's mobile broadband growth "set the pace for the industry," he said in a statement. AT&T is well positioned to grow profits as the U.S. comes out of an economic downturn in 2011, he said during a press conference.

Stephenson also downplayed the impact of AT&T losing exclusive access to Apple's iPhone. The company has loyal customers and will "move aggressively" into Android-based smartphones to offset any negative impact from rival Verizon Communications getting the iPhone, he said.

But iPhone additions on AT&T's network will be difficult to predict, he added. "This is going to cause some volatility in the first part of the year," he said.

AT&T reported a net gain of 2.8 million mobile customers, the largest quarterly gain in the company's history. Continued smartphone adoption drove the gains, with 4.1 million activations of the iPhone during the quarter, the company said.

AT&T also added 442,000 iPad and Android-based tablets to its network during the fourth quarter of 2010.

Mobile service revenue increased 9.6 percent, to $13.8 billion, over the fourth quarter of 2010. Wireless data revenue, including messaging, Internet access and access to applications, increased $1.1 billion, or 27.4 percent, to $4.9 billion. Mobile revenue was higher than wireline revenue for the first time, said Richard Lindner, the company's chief financial officer.

"Mobile broadband continues to be a huge growth driver," he said during the press conference.

In AT&T's wireline division, revenue from residential customers was $5.3 billion for the fourth quarter, up 0.7 percent from the fourth quarter of 2009. AT&T added 246,000 subscribers for its U-verse broadband service, the best quarter of the year, the company said. The company now has nearly 3 million U-verse customers.

Total wireline revenues was $15.1 billion, down 3.2 percent from a year earlier.

AT&T reported a decline in consumer connections for the quarter, due to declines in traditional voice lines, and partially offset by increases in U-verse television and VoIP (voice over IP) connections. AT&T U-verse Voice connections increased by 186,000 in the quarter. Consumer connections at the end of the fourth quarter were 43.4 million, compared with 45.3 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2009 and 43.7 million at the end of the third quarter of 2010.

Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. Grant's e-mail address is grant_gross@idg.com.

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Navigon Improves Traffic Feature, Intros IPhone Car Kit

Navigon is upgrading the traffic features of its navigation app for the iPhone while introducing an iPhone-friendly car kit that lets users mount their smartphones to their cars' windshield. The navigation software maker announced these moves Thursday at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, where it's showcasing its wares at the annual Mac conference.

Traffic Live is a feature available to Navigon MobileNavigator users via an in-app purchase for the GPS-based navigation app. The latest update will boast road coverage by 76 percent to more than 200,000 miles of North American roads, according to Navigon. More significant, the update includes more than 87,000 miles of secondary roads like city streets. That enhances the Traffic Live feature's ability to provide alternate routes; Traffic Live can now detect and reroute local and city traffic, determining which route will get you to where you want to go faster.

Traffic Live gets its data from Inrix, which is pulling real-time speed data from more than four million drivers. Inrix relies on driver reports of congestion, along with data from traffic cameras, speed sensors, and radio reports; its system also uses historic traffic data to help it predict road conditions when calculating routes. As part of the update to Live Traffic, Navigon will use a more comprehensive traffic feed from Inrix.

The new feed will be available automatically to MobileNavigator users who've bought the Live Traffic feature; there's no activation or download required.

Navigon's other big news Thursday is the introduction of the Navigon Car Kit, which works with the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4 models. The kit includes a mounting device and suction pad holder for easy attachment as well as a connection cord and car charger.

The Navigon Car Kit costs $50, though Navigon is knocking $5 off the price through February 3. The company also cut prices on its iPhone apps as part of a Macworld Expo promotion. The $60 North American version of MobileNavigator is on sale for $50 through January 30 while the price of the U.S. version has been dropped from $50 to $40. Other regional versions of MobileNavigator are on sale as well for the rest of the week, while the Traffic Live add-on is selling for $15-a $5 discount-through Sunday.

In addition to showing off its navigation apps and new car kit at its booth on the Moscone West showfloor, Navigon is also demonstrating its help2park app, the first in a series of free single-feature offerings the company plans to roll out this year. Released last month, help2park finds nearby parking spots based on your GPS position. When used in conjunction with MobileNavigator, drivers will be guided directly to a parking space.

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Give Your Lover a Virus This Valentine's Day With Giant Microbes

There's no better way to spend Valentine's Day than having a nice candle-lit dinner, watching a movie, and cuddling with a deadly bacteria. Wait, what? I'm obviously talking about the lovable GIANTmicrobes. Scaled to millions of times the size of the real thing, these soft and squishy giants and nothing but cuddle-able. And they won't kill you either.

GIANTmicrobes come in all shapes and sizes--everything from the common cold (Rhinovirus) to the Black Death (Yersinia Pestis). But with Valentines day right around the corner, GIANTmicrobes has released its Heart Boxes.

The Heart Warming gift box comes in a heart-shaped container, and includes a plush pink amoeba that is only available in this collection. Also included is a sperm cell and and an egg cell. But be careful; this box set also comes with Epsterin Barr--the feared kissing disease! Luckily for you, the Heart Warming gift box comes with penicillin to help you get your health back.

Surely, the Heart Warming gift box is perfect for a romantic night. But if you've got something, uh, a little more diabolical on your mind, the Heart Burned gift box is your ticker. This box comes with plush replicas of Herpes, Chlamydia, Pox, HPV, and Penicillin.

These wonderful cuddle-able microbes are really nothing but lovable, no matter how deadly the real things are. Each GIANTmicrobe comes with an image and a description attached. You can pick up your Valentine a Heart Box for 19.95 or you can individually pick from literally around 100 different GIANTmicrobes. They come in all shapes and sizes from a few inches to a gigantic 20 inches. GIANTmicrobes can be used by anyone from medical professionals and educators to gifts for your valentine.

In my opinion, these giants are absolutely awesome, and I'm cuddling with death tonight.

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Might snap circuits Jr. 100 electronic Kit 3 benefits

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AT&T HTC Pure ST6356 with Windows Mobile 6.5 Quick Review

AT&T has started to receive HTC’s new touch device the Pure. I had a chance to spend a short amount of time with the HTC Pure this weekend, here are my observations.

The Pure may be the first Windows Mobile 6.5 device that brings mass appeal to what at best is a finicky touch screen market. To qualify that I will simply just say that I have been sorely disappointed with previous Windows Mobile touch screen devices on the market. To be fare I didn’t know I was disappointed until I picked up an iPhone last year; yes I was late to the iParty. Until then I was a blissfully happy schmuck with my HTC Fuze. What the iPhone had that made it superior was its capacitive touch screen; the HTC had a traditional resistive touch.

The HTC Pure still has a resistive touch screen however the response and feel are smooth and crisp. HTC includes a stylus for serious detailed on screen work, something an iPhone lacks being a capacitive touch screen. That said I think both devices have their own niche to fill even if they overlap in features.

While I only had a short time to preview the device I was impressed with the unit’s size. It was slim and comfortable in the hand sporting a very light weight frame. Haptic feedback was a nice surprise as well providing reassuring vibration feedback.  The 5 megapixel camera adds some interesting options as a convergence device especially when you consider the the WiFi and GPS. I guess I will wait and see if the new application Marketplace will feature apps to take advantage of these powerful features.

Here is a picture taken with the 5 megapixel camera, click photo to be able to select other sizes:

All is not honey and milk with the HTC Pure however. The screen has a certain glossy look that only a plastic screen can produce. A matte screen protector might be able to reduce this. The missteps do not end there however; HTC seems married to the idea that a dedicated headphone jack is the devils playground. They have yet again implemented that USB to headphone adapter nonsense found in the Fuze and other HTC wares. I shouldn’t complain too much, at least they use mini USB and not some proprietary plug like Samsung devices.

All gripes aside, I think HTC has a solid product in their new Pure Smartphone featuring WinMo 6.5. If you’re looking for something that is a bit more of a workhorse hang tight for the HTC Tilt 2. Only time will tell if the new Marketplace for Windows Mobile will bring these devices in to a cohesive application ecosystem of simplicity and usability.

—Bill Landon

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Saelig PDFs detail electronics product portfolio

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Sony to Launch PSP Successor This Year

Sony will launch the much anticipated successor to its PlayStation Portable later this year, the company said Thursday.

The new device, provisionally dubbed the "next generation portable" or NGP, will have a 5-inch OLED display, WiFi and 3G networking, front and rear cameras and a GPS (global positioning system) sensor. (See Sony's teaser video for the NGP)

It will have a touchpad on the rear of the device and, answering the calls of many gamers, the device will also sport dual analog sticks. (See Sony's Kaz Hirai unveil the device in video.)

A price and launch date were not immediately announced.

Sony has been struggling to keep up in the portable gaming space in the last few years.

The original PSP, launched in 2004, was updated twice with the last refresh coming in 2007. A year later Sony launched the redesigned PSPgo, that did away with a drive for physical discs and put much more reliance on the network, but the device sold poorly.

In the meantime, Nintendo launched new iterations of its DSi handheld and cell phone performance has increased to the point where they are competing for the attention of casual gamers.

In announcing the new PSP so far ahead of its launch, Sony will be hoping to build hype for the product during the year. Additional details on the new handheld and software will likely be trickled out as the year progresses with pushes around the big gaming expos of the year in the U.S. and Europe.

Coming in late January, the announcement also lets would-be Nintendo 3DS owners know that a competitor will be coming from Sony.

Nintendo's new handheld console launches in Japan in a month from now and in Europe and the U.S. in March. Modeled on the current DS, the new model features a screen that provides the illusion of 3D but doesn't require glasses.

Martyn Williams covers Japan and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Martyn on Twitter at @martyn_williams. Martyn's e-mail address is martyn_williams@idg.com

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DC/DC controller targets industrial applications

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 21, 2011The LT3748 from Linear Technology is a high-input-voltage isolated flyback DC/DC controller that is suitable for a range of industrial, medical, telecom, datacom and automotive applications.

The LT3748 is said to simplify the design of an isolated DC/DC converter.

Linear Technology has announced the LT3748, a high input voltage isolated flyback DC/DC controller that significantly simplifies the design of an isolated DC/DC converter

No opto-isolator, third winding or signal transformer is required for feedback since the output voltage is sensed from the primary side flyback signal.

The LT3748 operates over a 5V to 100V input voltage range and drives an external N-channel power Mosfet.

It operates in boundary mode, which is a variable frequency current mode control switching scheme, resulting in +/-5 per cent typical regulation over the full line, load and temperature range.

Boundary mode also permits the use of a smaller transformer compared with equivalent continuous conduction mode designs.

The output voltage is easily set by two external resistors and the transformer turns ratio.

Several off-the-shelf transformers identified in the data sheet can be used for numerous applications.

The high level of integration and the use of boundary mode operation results in a simple, clean application solution to the traditionally tough problem of isolated power delivery, according to Linear Technology.

Additional features include an onboard low dropout regulator for IC power, programmable soft start, under-voltage lockout, adjustable current limit and output voltage temperature compensation.

The LT3748 is available in a small MSOP-16 package with four pins removed for additional high-voltage pin spacing.

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Sony 3DBNDL/ALICE 3D Deluxe Starter Kit, Black

Enjoy an incredible, high-quality 3D entertainment experience when you combine this 3D deluxe starter kit with a compatible BRAVIA 3D HDTV. The starter kit includes two pairs of 3D active glasses, a 3D sync transmitter, Disney's Alice in Wonderland 3D Blu-ray Disc, and an HDMI cable.

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3D Active Glasses: Sony's innovative design blocks out distracting room light and the adjustable frames for a more comfortable and customized fit, plus you'll enjoy long battery life for up to 100 hours of 3D enjoyment. The adjustable frames will fit just about everyone in your family with a comfortable ergonomic design--even over prescription eyewear.

3D Sync Transmitter: Delivers a strong 3D signal for wider viewing options and minimized interference.

Alice in Wonderland 3D Blu-ray Disc: Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice for a fantastical adventure from Walt Disney Pictures and Tim Burton.

High Speed HDMI Cable: High-speed bandwidth to ensure the transfer of both 3D video and audio signals.

How 3D Works

Since our eyes are spaced apart, each eye sees things at slightly different angles. Our brains then combine the two angles, giving us true depth perception. To create that same sense of distance and realism on a TV screen, 3D technology displays high speed synchronized left- and right-eye images to deliver the most immersive 3D experience imaginable. And since each frame you see is shown at Full HD resolution, the 3D action comes alive with razor-sharp detail.

Slide on the 3D Active Glasses and watch as images leap right into your living room. Sporting high-speed synching with 3D images and an ultra-high contrast ratio, these glasses greatly reduce unwanted "ghosting" effects known as crosstalk. Adjustable and comfortable, they are designed with side panels to block out excess light that creates annoying glare on other glasses.

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How RIM Could Make Android Apps Run on the PlayBook

Click to zoom.Decisions, decisions -- should you plan to buy a BlackBerry PlayBook or one of the new Android-based tablets unveiled at CES? That choice could soon get a whole lot easier, because if the rumors are true, the PlayBook may be able to run Android apps.

Research in Motion (RIM) declined to comment on the scuttlebutt, but the idea itself is sound. RIM needs some kind of Java environment running on the PlayBook if it wants developers to be able to port their existing BlackBerry OS 6 applications to the PlayBook's new, QNX-based OS. (RIM did confirm to InfoWorld's Paul Krill that it has not yet chosen the JVM it would use to in its Java environment for the PlayBook.) What form that environment will take is still up for grabs, but one option the company is reportedly considering is Android's Dalvik virtual machine.

Dalvik has advantages over the Java ME virtual machine that RIM uses now. Although developers write apps for Dalvik in the Java language, apps compiled for Dalvik are smaller than ones compiled for Java ME, and the Dalvik VM itself has been optimized to run at maximum efficiency on mobile devices.

Perhaps equally important, Dalvik is not the JVM. It's a unique virtual machine implementation that Google claims does not infringe on any of Oracle's Java patents (although, naturally, Oracle says different). It's also open source software, released under the commercially permissive Apache license. If RIM is looking for a way out of Oracle's licensing scheme for Java ME, Dalvik could well be it.

Still, questions remain. Dalvik's biggest drawback is that it doesn't execute Java bytecode directly. Java class files need to be recompiled before they run on Dalvik, which means none of the existing BlackBerry apps would run as is. That might be OK, though, because RIM has already said developers will need to "repackage" their BlackBerry code before it will run on the PlayBook.

Click to zoomEven if RIM does go with Dalvik, support for Android apps would be another matter. To achieve that, RIM would have to build a complete Android compatibility layer on top of the PlayBook OS, to run side by side with its BlackBerry compatibility layer. How would memory management work in that scenario? What about cut-and-paste? The engineering hurdles would be steep.

Although full Android compatibility would be a challenge, it could be worth it. App fever rages unabated over in iPhone-land, and the Android Market is picking up steam. But RIM hasn't had much success drumming up enthusiasm among developers. If the PlayBook could run Android apps, it would give RIM an instant ecosystem of third-party software to entice new users.

But how would PlayBook users get their Android apps? There's an obvious problem if RIM lets users download apps from the Android Market. In that scenario, Google, and not RIM, gets a percentage of every sale.

A better strategy would be for RIM to provide some degree of Android compatibility on the PlayBook, but not go all the way. If RIM could create an SDK that made it easy for BlackBerry and Android developers to quickly and easily repackage their existing code to run on the new tablet, it could be enough to kick-start the PlayBook development community and still keep the profits in RIM's pocket.

This article, "How RIM could make Android apps run on the PlayBook," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Get the first word on what the important tech news really means with the InfoWorld Tech Watch blog. For the latest business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.

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