| NI debuts Audio 8 DJ, Traktor Scratch | | Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 3:10:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | Native Instruments has announced the NI Education Program, AUDIO 8 DJ -- a performance-optimized USB 2.0 audio interface specifically designed for TRAKTOR 3 and other professional DJ software -- and TRAKTOR SCRATCH -- a new professional DJ system designed as a computer-based DJing solution for digital music files with turntable and CD control. The company's education program is a new initiative designed to enable music education institutions as well as students to incorporate its audio production and sound design tools into curriculum at reduced costs and effort. The NI Education Program offers both discounted single licenses for individual students and teachers as well as multi-license models for institutions. Lab Pack and Site License versions of the Education Program are due to arrive in February from authorized dealers and in the NI online store.... | |
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| | | Art and music take the stage | | Posted Saturday, December 09, 2006 1:07:58 PM by Blog57 Team | | Nancy Handler was excited about showcasing her students' works during Hollywood's recent two-day Festival of the Arts. "I know that it has grown in recent years, and I thought it would be a good way to showcase our students," said Handler, an arts teacher at South Miami Middle School. "This was a very nice venue for our students, and we hope to be back next year." .... | |
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| | | AnalogicTech Announces New Highly Integrated SystemPower IC for Converged Portable Products | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 3:06:05 AM by Blog57 Team | | Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated (AnalogicTech) , a developer of power management semiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices, announced today the AAT2550, a highly integrated power management IC for smart phones, portable media / music players, and other handheld computing devices. Targeted at portable systems powered by single-cell lithium ion / polymer batteries rated up to 1500 mAh, this highly integrated device saves PCB space by combining a 1A battery charger with two 600 mA step-down converters in a small 4 x 4 mm QFN package. This new device features a digital thermal control loop in the battery charger, which automatically reduces charge current when the demand on the power system exceeds its thermal limits. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050829/SFTU089LOGO ) "One of the challenges of squeezing three relatively high powered blocks into a single small package is that if all three operate concurrently, they can generate more heat than the single package can handle," said Bill Weiss, Product Line Director at AnalogicTech.... | |
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| | | Startech takes in downpayment for plasma converters for Chinese client | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:03:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Wilton, Conn.'s Startech Environmental Corp. has received the first installment, a 15-percent downpayment, on the production of new Plasma Converter Systems in the People's Republic of China. Dollar amounts for the deal were not disclosed. The downpayment does not include the $250,000 distributor-fee paid to GlobalTech Environmental Corp., Startech's exclusive distributor in China. .... | |
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| | | TELUS Launches Location Based Services With Openwave | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:15:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Openwave Systems Inc. , the leading independent provider of software products and services for the communications industry, today announced that TELUS, a leading Canadian telecommunications company, has selected Openwave Location Manager Commercial Edition to help power its TELUS Navigator and TELUS Kid Find services, extending a well established relationship between the two companies. Openwave Location Manager gathers a subscriber's location from multiple available sources and delivers encrypted data to the Kid Find service, allowing parents to locate their children in real-time from both the web and their TELUS mobile phone. Similarly, the TELUS Navigator service leverages location information to allow subscribers to use their handset to plan their route ahead, search for destinations from over 1.5 million points of interest and get results according to their preferred mode of travel.... | |
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| | | Garmin Nüvi 660 GPS Receiver Review | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 1:33:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Nvi 660 is Garmins latest all-in-one sat-nav device, also known as a Personal Travel Assistant. Sitting at the top of the companys range, the Nvi 660 is special because it offers a larger-than-normal 4.3-inch touchscreen display (480x272 pixels, QVGA), integrated traffic capabilities, FM transmitter, and built-in Bluetooth. These new attributes are in addition to the GPS navigator, travellers reference, and digital entertainment features. The Nvi 660 is a great GPS unit. The super-bright, white backlit screen looked great in our car and was easily viewable in sunlight. The automatic night mode was also a welcome touch, swapping glaring white to black and altering the colours of maps to make them easier to navigate in the dark. Add to that the combination of its slim profile, great functionality and traffic alerts built in, and you cant go wrong.... | |
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| | | Epigon readies portable media player with Wi-Fi | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 3:25:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | BANGALORE, India ? Epigon Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has readied a portable streaming media player platform and is in licensing talks with OEM in China and Taiwan, according to company executives. The platform, dubbed "Verus," is expected to be the object of at least a half dozen licensing deals, with or without optional features such as add-on modules, according to executives. "We think the most important feature such a player needs is Wi-Fi connectivity, and so have an on-board Wi-Fi based on silicon from NXP [Semiconductors], so that users do not need to connect to a computer via Ethernet or a USB to download," said Jayakumar Singaram, Epigon chief technology officer. "That Microsoft plans a portable media player with Wi-Fi capability indicates how vital this feature is," Based on the ADI DSP 561, Verus has a 4.3-inch wide TFT display with backlit, touch panel control and menu-driven graphical user interface.... | |
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| | | Nokia finds new direction with sat-nav device | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 6:58:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | LONDON ? Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia has found a new direction with the launch of a dedicated personal navigation device, the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation. The company is pitching the device against established higher-end sat-nav providers such as TomTom. The Nokia 330, with preinstalled Europe-wide map data from navigation firm Route 66, is expected to be available in Europe during the fourth quarter of 2006, retailing for Euros 360 ($450) excluding taxes. The 3.5 inch color touch-screen enabled 330 will come with a 2GB memory card prereinstalled with Europe-wide map data and detailed travel information from Route 66, the Navigate 7, and Navtaq map data, though initially some European regions will not be 100 per cent covered. The 330 also has an eye and an ear for entertainment, and will double as a video player and photo viewer, with a music player thrown in.... | |
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| | | Infiniti Announces Pricing on All-New 2007 G35 Sports Sedan | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 7:17:52 AM by Blog57 Team | | NASHVILLE, TN - October 27, 2007: Infiniti today announced pricing on the all-new, second-generation 2007 Infiniti G35 Sports Sedan, which is on sale now at Infiniti retailers nationwide. The 2007 G Sedan offers new exterior and interior designs, a more powerful standard 3.5-liter V6 engine now rated at 306 horsepower, a refined suspension design and a number of new standard luxury amenities – yet the base price remains exactly the same as the 2006 Infiniti G35 Sedan base model. The Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the all-new 2007 Infiniti G35 starts at $31,450 for the rear-wheel drive V6-powered Infiniti G35 with 5-speed automatic; $31,900 for the Infiniti G35 Journey model with 5-speed automatic; $33,950 for the all-wheel drive Infiniti G35x AWD with 5-speed automatic transmission and Infiniti Intelligent All-Wheel Drive; $32,250 for the Infiniti G35 Sport 6MT equipped with a close-ratio 6-speed manual transmission; and $33,450 for the Infiniti G35 Sport, featuring a 5-speed automatic transmission with solid magnesium paddle shifters.... | |
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| | | Thomson rolls 30GB iPod competitor | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 1:04:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | SAN FRANCISCO ? Becoming the latest to challenge the Apple iPod stranghold on the market for personal multimedia players, French consumer electronics specialist Thomson Tuesday (Oct. 10) announced retail availability in the U.S. of the Lyra X3030 pocket-sized 30-gigabyte personal multimedia recorder from the company's RCA brand. According to Thomson (Paris), the Lyra X3030 enables direct recording of audio and video content from multiple sources and is capable of storing dozens of movies, hundreds of hours of music and thousands of photos. The new Lyra unit utilizes secure Windows Media and can hold more than 120 hours of DVD-quality music videos, TV shows and movies, according to Thomson. Lyra X3030 features a 3.6-inch color LCD screen with 320 by 240 resolution, Thomson said.... | |
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