Tech & IT
Widearea Systems acquires NYTOR Technologies
Widearea Systems has completed the acquisition of NYTOR Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Widearea Systems. NYTOR offers a family of secure thin client devices and integrated solutions that can be configured and installed based on diverse customer needs and requirements, such as multiple network domain access without compromising security. Trusted Multi-Net (TMN) enables customers to [...]
NXP, MIPS unveil 45nm HDMI 1.3 receiver IP solution
MIPS Technologies, a provider of architectures, processors and analog IP, has announced that its cooperation with NXP Semiconductors has resulted in, what is claimed to be, the industry’s first 45nm HDMI 1.3 receiver IP solution. The companies announced a year ago that they were extending their strategic relationship to offer HDMI-based IP solutions for digital [...]
Sony’s BD player, home theatre systems go wireless
Sony is adding four new Blu-ray Disc devices to its line-up, including a stand-alone player with Wi-fi capability for easy BD-Live access and Blu-ray Disc home theatre systems with S-AIR wireless audio. The BDP-S360 and BDP-S560 stand-alone players and BDV-E300 and BDV-E500W BD home theatre systems are aimed to deliver full HD 1080/60p and 24p [...]
Pentax introduces Pentax X70 megazoom digicam
Pentax Imaging Company has unveiled its X70 Megazoom digital camera featuring a high magnification 24X optical zoom lens with wide-angle to super-telephoto coverage. With 12 megapixels, SLR-like styling and flexible exposure modes, the Pentax X70 is aimed to be a bridge between compact digital cameras and digital SLRs. The company believes the camera will suit [...]
Sony improves its Bravia LCD HDTV line-up
Bolstering the recently announced 2009 Bravia LCD HDTV line-up, Sony Electronics has announced a series of additional networked models with full HD 1920 x 1080 progressive (1080p) resolution. The company has informed this new W-series adds an economic HDTV option, while delivering the same interactive functionality as the recently announced Bravia Z5100 and XBR9 models. [...]
Vdopia launches VDO Labs for video ad research
Vdopia, a Video Ad Network and Video Ad Platform focused on Indians across the globe, has announced the launch of VDO Labs. The research lab will focus exclusively on taking video advertising experience to the next level by creating innovations around video content. VDO Labs is building ad formats such as Skin Branding, Skin Branding [...]
Champ signs co-operation deal with OAG Cargo
Champ Cargosystems, a provider of air cargo IT solutions, and OAG Cargo, a data and online information services business, have announced their global co-operation for the provision of real-time rate and booking services. This alliance is aimed at delivering a direct interface between Champ’s Cargospot system and OAG’s Air Freight Rates (AFRA) application. Carriers utilising [...]
Omnicom partners with China’s Fudan University
Omnicom, an advertising and marketing services group, is launching through its agencies an executive training programme on digital marketing in partnership with Fudan University in Shanghai. The programme, Digital:works, is aimed at helping agencies and brand marketers to train their staff to gain professional digital marketing skills. The course is designed, managed and run by [...]
Intouch selects Afore’s service delivery platform
Afore Solutions, a player in the design and delivery of technology solutions, has announced that Intouch, a provider of advanced cloud computing and virtual data centre, services has selected the Afore ASE3300 advanced service delivery platform to extend its current services to customers, and to enable new business services. Intouch offers its Information and Communication [...]
Demandtec acquires Connect3 Systems
Demandtec, a provider of on-demand optimisation solutions, has completed its acquisition of privately-held Connect3 Systems, a provider of advertising planning and execution software. The Connect3 product suite is being incorporated into the Demandtec End-to-End Promotion Management solution, a suite of software and analytical services for managing the complex promotion process, including internal and external collaboration, [...]
