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“Jailbreaking” is Now Fair Use
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a non-profit organization that was founded in 1990, and champions on behalf of consumers regarding any issues affecting digital rights, recently won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anti-circumvention provisions.
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Will Telemedicine be the Next Killer App?
At the American Telemedicine Association’s annual meeting recently the results of a national survey were revealed. The survey of health care and information technology professionals, sponsored by Intel, found that a majority of decision makers believe that the emergence of telehealth will have a major role in improving the care for the globally aging population, aka the “baby boomers.
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FCC's National Broadband Plan - Are the Goals Achievable?
On March 15, 2010 the FCC unveiled its National Broadband Plan to Congress outlining specific recommendations for policy makers to work on over the next decade to ensure that every American and business has access to affordable mobile broadband.
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LTE is Coming Are We Ready this Time?
The 2010 Mobile World Congress, produced by the GSMA organization, will open on February 15th in Barcelona, Spain. Those who are fortunate enough to attend this event will be able to witness first hand what the future holds for the mobile broadband industry.
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E-Readers Leading the Charge
The holiday season is upon us once again and, as usual, we are subjected to the onslaught of catalogs, fliers, commercials and emails touting us to take advantage of the deep discounts merchants are offering for their wares
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Pay Per Click: What's This All About?
A recent article on the Associated Press site indicated that several of the world's most prominent technology companies are offering suggestions to newspaper publishers on how they can charge readers for news online.
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Has Moore's Law Outlived its Usefulness?
There is an interesting topic being bantered about on various industry blogs right now. One that is very polarizing and may impact the semiconductor industry far beyond what we have seen thus far.
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Study Gives Semiconductor Industry High Grades
Did you know that the cumulative electricity bill savings enabled by semiconductors might exceed $1.3 trillion through 2030?
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Do Tough Economic Times Breed Better Innovations?
Every day we wake up to a barrage of reports on the global state of the economy and how it is impacting our citizens, our government as well as nations around the world
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Demand for 2.4 GHz Wireless Will Continue to Stay Strong
Like many organizations in today's electronics sector, my company, Nordic Semiconductor, is rising to the challenge of operating in a global semiconductor market that analysts say could drop by around 20 percent this year compared to 2008.
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Universal Cell Phone Charger What a Concept!
The Mobile World Congress Show (MWC) recently took place in Barcelona, Spain. Every year this show has its "hot topics" that attendees just can't seem to get enough of, and this year was no exception.
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Internet Addiction Does it Really Exist?
Did you know that compulsive emailing and text messaging could soon become classified as an official brain disease?
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Industrial Community Boosts Productivity Online
A key measure of success for OEMs is their ability to get new products to market quickly. Early on, wireless manufacturers must find and source the right components and parts during product design and manufacturing stages to meet demanding deadlines.
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Cellular M2M: Generates Profit and Business Opportunities
M2M can be described as a three letter abbreviation with multiple meanings. To some it can mean “mobile to mobile” or “mobile to machine.” To others it indicates “market to market” or it can identify an actual musical band believe it or not.
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Social Networking Gains Popularity with All Ages
Social Networking, Mobile Social Networking, MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Couch Surfing (I love that one) — what exactly are these things and why are they now such a significant part of people’s lives, particularly teenagers?
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