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Is Zune Dead?

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

You don’t need Microsoft’s high-powered marketing staff or sophisticated statistics to know where the power currently lies in the portable media player market. Very simply, the score reads something like this: Apple’s iPod, 100 million units shipped; Microsoft’s Zune, 1 million. Yes, the iPod entered the market a full five years before Zune did; and…

From LPs to CDs: Last of the Line Turns 25

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Twenty-five years ago Friday, the very first compact disc was produced by Royal Philips Electronics at a Philips factory in Langenhagen, Germany. It was Aug. 17, 1982, and the CD was “The Visitors” by ABBA. Fast forward to today, and it’s hard to imagine life before CDs were around. At the same time, though, it’s…

Readius Rolls Out a Floppy-Screened First

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Polymer Vision, a Philips spin-off, announced Tuesday the upcoming availability of a combination mobile phone and e-reader with a with a five-inch rollable display. Dubbed “Readius,” the device provides users with the functionality of an e-reader in a highly mobile cell phone-sized package, the company said. “People are demanding greater choice and flexibility in having…

Urban Gardening, Part 2: Greenhouse Technology

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Part 1 of this series explores the practical aspects of locating greenhouses in urban environments. These are not your grandpa’s greenhouses. Anyone familiar with common plastic-enclosed passive solar structures designed simply to hold plants over cold seasons or grow flowers and less-hardy fruits might be surprised about how these humble buildings have transformed into today’s…

Fantastic Plastic, Part 3: Polymemories

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Part 1 of this series explores the markets and industries surrounding polymers in computing. Part 2 investigates electroactive polymers. For more than a decade, polymer memory devices (PMDs) have lingered in the queue of novel organic candidates for “next-generation” computer data-storage-and-retrieval chip technology. The time for PMDs might finally be at hand … even if…

Why Innovation Really Doesn’t Matter

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

I’m writing this at the IE9 launch, which happened last Thursday, and this morning I had an epiphany. Don’t worry — I’m pretty sure my meds will kick in momentarily, but until they do, it strikes me that with all the focus on innovation and Apple, Apple doesn’t really innovate that much. What it does…

Invasion of the Body Hackers? Wireless Medical Devices Susceptible to Attacks

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Security expert and diabetic Jerome Radcliffe has hacked into the wireless insulin pump he wears on his body around the clock to keep his blood sugar level stable. Radcliffe talked about the hack in a presentation at the Black Hat Security Conference, held in Las Vegas. He reportedly detailed how untraceable attacks could be launched…

Vizio’s Widescreen 3D TV: Plenty of Features, Little to Watch

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Vizio has unveiled a 58-inch 3D widescreen HDTV with a 21:9 aspect ratio — far more than the standard 16:9 ratio HDTVs use. Users can set the TV to upscale 16:9 content to fill the screen. Vizio’s new CinemaWide HDTVs feature a 21:9 aspect ratio rather than the typical 16:9. The sale price for this…

Mounting a Tablet in Your Vehicle’s Front Seat

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Factory-supplied satellite navigation and entertainment systems can add thousands to the cost of a new vehicle. Plus, the speed at which consumer electronics come to market is significantly faster than a car’s development cycle, so your in-vehicle equipment is outdated before the car leaves the new car lot. Even an aftermarket OEM kit is in…

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