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Dolby Sues RIM For Audio Patents

Dolby Labs is suing Research in Motion claiming the BlackBerry and PlayBook infringe on Dolby’s patents in HE AAC audio compression technology and Dolby claims this intellectual property is protected under patents that several other smartphone makers have already licensed. Although HE AAC is an ISO standard for audio compression, t’s a lossy compression format used in a wide variety of media players, smartphones and other consumer electronics and the etup requires hardware and software makers that support HE AAC to execute a license, but content owners are not required to do so…………..

Google Web Mapping Now Track Your Phone

Google’s Web mapping appears to be able to track your phone within feet of your actual location in yet another wrinkle in the ongoing location-based services and privacy debate that will now hit Congress, if someone knows a hardware ID, they may be able to find your physical address. Only Google and Skyhook Wireless make their location databases linking hardware IDs to street addresses publicly available on the internet, which raises novel privacy concerns when the IDs they’re tracking are mobile………….

Archos 43 4.3-Inch Tablet With Android

Archos bring 43 4.3-Inch Tablet powered by Android. The ARCHOS 43 is more than your average media player,it’s a connected Android palm-sized tablet. With a simple tap on the home screen, you’ll be accessing HD video playback, a built-in HD camcorder, the latest Android apps, your emails, and full Internet browsing. It’s as simple as a tap. This is an Amazon’s product review. Checkout more detail bellow.

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer 2 May Run Windows 8

ASUS will be using an x86 processor from Intel or AMD’s ranges for the Windows 8 tablet or using Windows on ARM and picking something like a next-gen Tegra chip such as Kal-El and Android version of the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer 2 will be cheaper than its Windows 8 counterpart, but the grown up Microsoft OS will allow for more complex document creation and editing. While the Android version would cost the same as the existing one, the Windows model will carry a premium due partly to the cost of the operating system and it appears that both the Android and Windows 8 models are on track for a release at some point in 2012………….

Huawei MediaPad Coming With Android Honeycomb

Huawei has just released a sneak peek video of the tablet in action and it’s supposed to be some sort of entertainment device that’s captivating. Mediapad is running Android 3.0 Honeycomb and to be an aluminium body and black plastic ends. Let’s hope that Huawei might find its new tablet lost in a sea of bigger name Android devices……….

New Post-It Sized E6XX Atom Computer

Habey USA have this week announced a new addition to their range of computer modules with the launch of their Habey SOM-6670 E6XX Tunnel Creek QSeven and this tiny new module is capable of decoding two HD videos at the same time. The new computer module measures just 70 x 70mm and is equipped with the latest Intel Atom E6XX processors, ranging in speed of .6GHz to 1.6 GHz with low power consumption from 3.3 to 7 Watts and integrated GMA600 graphics is based on a 400 MHz PowerVR SGX mobile GPU………….

AMD Fusion A-Series Chips Official

AMD ushers in next generation of computing with AMD A-Series APUs and new AMD Fusion APUs enable brilliant graphics, supercomputer-like performance and all day battery life. AMD’s range can handle up to four x86 CPU cores with DirectX(R)11-capable discrete-level graphics and up to 400 Radeon cores, along with HD video processing on a single chip and also it support gestural interfaces, multi-monitor support, 3D entertainment and real-time image stabilisation. As for Llano, A4 and A6 series APUs should take on Intel Core i3 and some Core i5 processors, while the A8 will slug it out with faster Core i5 and Core i7 processors and -series Llano APUs are pitted against Pentiums…………

MSI Ships New 17″ Gaming Laptops SteelSeries Keyboard-Equipped GT780R And GX780

MSI’s SteelSeries keyboard-equipped GT780R, GX780 gaming laptops now available in Amazon.com. MSI managed to turn a few heads back in April by building a gaming laptop around SteelSeries keyboard with its GX780, and it’s now announced that both it and the higher-end GT780R model are available.