Topic: Texas Instruments Inc.

Samsung's B+ Mentality: Find a Successful Product, Copy It Adequately

Samsung's new Galaxy Tablet is the answer to Apple's iPad, but it's barely competent--which is precisely how Samsung rolls. A history of merely satisfactory products proves the point.READ»

Rumor: Intel to Buy Infineon, Maker of the iPhone's Baseband Chip

Intel's presence in the mobile world is close to nil. According to rumors, the company is planning to buy their way into the category by acquiring Infineon, makers of some internals inside the Apple iPhone.READ»

Intel's Biggest Rival: ARM Chips in Servers and Smartphones

Forget Intel versus AMD--that was a chip-maker battle of yesteryear. Now the real CPU war is happening in smartphones and servers, where Intel is playing a desperate game of catch-up to ARM and a few new contenders.READ»

iFive: BP's Bill Comes Due, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, EasyJet AVOID, Facebook Attack Ad, ARM Launches Linaro

What happened last night, between counting sheep and opening your eyes? Innovation, that's what. 1. President Obama, who's cancelled a trip to Asia because of the Gulf oil disaster, has been using his solar-powered calculator ...READ»

The Economy: Don't Hit the Reset Button

Let's not call our wobbly progress from the brink of a global financial meltdown a "recovery." Why? Because we are doomed by our collective mindset to plunge into more financial crises as soon as we recover, says author and CEO Dov Seidman. The problem is we continue to function according to a 20th-century operating system whose catastrophic bugs have been exposed as critical flaws. READ»

Michel Tombroff Uses Gesture Technology for EA Sports, Panasonic

Michel Tombroff is developing software to analyze images captured by 3-D cameras and working with EA Sports, Texas Instruments, and Panasonic to make avatars move based on users' actions.READ»

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3D TV Virtual Worlds

How much do you know about new “virtual worlds and 3D TV” technology developments? Maybe, you thought they were just a lot of online video game hype for kids but look deeper into today’s virtual world platforms like Second Life ...READ»

Seitz Dental San Antonio dentistry makes family dentist trips easier.

Seitz Dental is a family dentistry team located in San Antonio, Texas. Their website allows you to fill out patient forms, meet the team, and make an appointment. As a father-daughter team, they combine experience and enthusiasm to provide exemplary dentistry due to the fact that they genuinely enjoy their chosen profession. READ»

Carbon Accounting Software Market Experiencing Huge Period of Growth

Despite the gridlock in Washington over climate change legislation, and the world's economic downturn, 2009 was a year of growth for the emerging Enterprise Carbon Accounting (ECA) software market. The number of corporations disclosing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) increased significantly in 2009 and Groom Energy predicts that ECA software purchases will increase 600% by 2011.READ»

HP Invents a "Central Nervous System for Earth" and Joins the Smarter Planet Sweepstakes

Hewlett Packard announces the first commercial application of its holistic blueprint for smarter cities: "CeNSE" (Central Nervous System for the Earth). But what sets HP apart from its rivals is its determination to create a smarter planet almost entirely within house, from sensors of its own design and manufacture to servers and software to the consultants who will tie it all together.READ»

far infrared sauna, home sauna, negative ions health benefits

The amethyst bio-mat ™ system is a state-of-the-art advanced technology that delivers therapeutic Far Infrared Rays and Negative ions, relieving pain and restoring balance and energy to the human body. It was developed by a highly ...READ»

How Toumaz Is Building a Complete Ecosystem for the Networked Body

Alison Burdett Director of Technology Toumaz Abingdon, England Building the Plumbing Alison Burdett, 42, developed the Sensium, a tiny chip-based wireless system for medical-device developers that is sold through Texas ...READ»

• Fast Talk: Making It Personal
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Rumor: Archos Android-Powered Tablet Smartphone Due June

It's been widely rumored that Archos, maker of a line of high-end personal media players, will reveal an Android-powered smartphone at a June 11 press event. And unlike the numerous Android phones already out there and due soon, ...READ»

Don't Be a Grinch In Today's Economy

According to the American Psychological Association stressis costing US businesses 300 Billion Dollars.Millions of people are stressed out like never before.Companies have gone out of business, there have been massive lay-offs, and ...READ»

Join Me! 2/12 2-3 pm ET for FREE U.S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau "Flexible Downsizing" Teleconference

Using Workplace Flexibility as Part of a Downsizing Strategy …What are companies doing? What's working? What are the challenges to this approach? February 12, 2009 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST Free Flex-Options ...READ»

Hiding Behind the Economy

I recently attended a workshop on managing during challenging economic times.  In the session, an interesting discussion started about Gen X and Y employees and the fact they've never seen this kind of economic crisis before.  At ...READ»

50th Anniversary of the Integrated-Circuit Patent

Fri, February 06 Process It wasn't the sexiest of races, but, wow, was it important. In the 1950s, the rush to make the first functional integrated circuit was on. The unfortunately named Geoffrey W.A. Dummer, who thought up the ...READ»

Tech Jobocalypse Spreads as More Big Names Shed Jobs

Microsoft's 5,000 laid-off employees are being joined by thousands more, this time from Texas Instruments, Sprint Nextel, Philips, Intel and tech giant IBM. The fact that Big Blue itself is shedding jobs is an indicator of just how ...READ»

Now February 2009

Coming in February: Super Bowl XLIII, Toy Fair '09, and the transition from analog to digital TVREAD»

• Mobile World Congress Preview
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Surfing the Web with Voice

An Indian startup named TringMe announced a new platform this week that it says will allow developers to easily write voice-enabled apps and widgets for the Web. But to date, voice-over-IP is a technological underachiever. Could ...READ»

How Green is Wireless Electricity?

Just how green is wireless electricity?READ»

• Wireless Electricity Is Here (Seriously)

Merger & Acquisition Success: Part 1: Front End Alignment

If you don't get the wheels for your car balanced and aligned, they'll pull to the left or right and wear out faster. Front end alignments are not just about automobiles and road trips. They are critical to successful change initiatives, post merger integrations and even to new Presidential administrations.READ»

Creating Strategic Alignment through Executive Development

Strategic alignment is essential to the achievement of peak performance of any team, function, business unit, or company. How can you use executive development to significantly increase strategic alignment?READ»

Winning the War for Talent

Developing strong leaders and making talent top priority is the way to go if you want to attract and retain the best.READ»

Foxconn Debuts Tiny Projector

At Computex this week, Foxconn [TPE: 2354] showed off a fancy little pico projector that is nary bigger than a carton of cigarettes. It's called the PD-W1001, and while it's not 1080p by any stretch, it does deliver a serviceable ...READ»