June 30 is the date when Microsoft plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses. The announcement that Microsoft will extend this deadline for low-cost laptops is expected to be made in the United States, although it appears timed to coincide with the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) being held in Shanghai on Wednesday and Thursday.
Sony’s old school tech from my high school age, SO505i
What the heck is going on here? Despite the overwhelming popularity of gizmo-heavy mobile devices in Japan, working with megacarrier NTT DoCoMo must be a losing proposition for many of its manufacturing partners, because just days after Mitsubishi’s announcement of its withdrawal, a fresh Nikkei report indicates that Sony Ericsson is raising the white flag as well to divert attention and resources to less saturated and more profitable markets. Apparently, DoCoMo will bear the brunt of the downsizing, while Sony Ericsson’s partnership with KDDI.
Source: StockHouse.ca
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite “KIZUNA” (WINDS) by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 14 (H-IIA F14) at 5:55 p.m. on February 23, 2008 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center.
The KIZUNA (WINDS) does not require costly ground equipment. If you install a small antenna (about 45 cm in diameter) at your house, you can receive data at up to 155Mbps and transmit data at up to 6 Mbps. With a larger antenna of about 5 meters in diameter, super high-speed data communications of up to 1.2 Gbps will be available. Large-volume and high-speed communications provided by the KIZUNA (WINDS) are expected to be useful in various areas.
Sony and Sharp are partnering up in the flat-panel TV business, with Sony investing in a Sharp plant for making liquid crystal displays, both sides said in a statement.
Sony’s LCD TV Bravia
Sony Corp. had fallen behind in developing flat panel TVs, and does not make its own liquid crystal displays. It has been buying LCD panels from a joint venture with Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea.
Sharp’s LCD TV Aquos
With the latest partnership with Sharp, it can hope to ensure a stable panel supply for its TVs.
Demand for slimmer and bigger TVs is growing around the world. Although the televisions use various panel technologies, LCD is the leading technology so far, along with plasma display panels.
Source: msn.ca
