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Tesla invites device suppliers and automotive manufacturers to use new connector standard

Paul Hill — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:30:01 +0000

Tesla has invited all device suppliers and automotive manufacturers to use its new Low-Voltage Connector Standard (LVCS), this could lower the cost of EVs for consumers. Read more...

UK considering making USB-C the common charging standard, following the EU

Steve Bennett — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:28:01 +0000

The UK Government has begin a consultation into whether USB-C should be made a common charging standard. Read more...

USB-C to become charging standard for most electronics in EU by 2024

Usama Jawad — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:37:44 +0000

The European Union has agreed to make USB-C the charging standard for a wide range of electronics, including phones and tablets, by 2024. The legislation will also apply to laptops around 2026. Read more...

Most devices, including iPhones, could soon be forced to use USB-C charging

Usama Jawad — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:46:01 +0000

Today, the European Parliament will be voting on a new legislation by the European Commission to standardize USB-C charging across most devices. If it becomes law, OEMs will have two years to comply. Read more...

Linux Foundation's SPDX becomes ISO/IEC JTC 1 standard to address supply chain security

Fiza Ali — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:00:01 +0000

SPDX is the second Linux Foundation standard to receive ISO designation to manage supply chain security. It has also been employed by tech companies like Intel, Microsoft, and Sony for over ten years. Read more...

WebRTC becomes an official W3C and IETF standard

Paul Hill — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:10:02 +0000

The W3C and the IETF have finally made WebRTC an official standard. WebRTC has been supported by popular web browsers since 2012 and enables peer-to-peer video and audio calls on the web. Read more...

Netflix will be raising prices for its standard and premium subscriptions in the UK

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 31 May 2019 07:38:01 +0000

The streaming giant has announced a price hike will soon hit its UK customers, with the cost of the standard subscription going up to £8.99 and the premium plan seeing prices raised to £11.99. Read more...

Intel introduces 802.11ax chips; 'a path to faster, more intelligent Wi-Fi'

Usama Jawad — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 07:42:01 +0000

Intel has announced that its 802.11ax chipsets are coming this year, offering 40% better performance on a single-client device in terms of peak data rates, and low latency in games and video calls. Read more...

Asus announces ZenFone 3 models with up to 6GB of RAM and 6.8-inch displays

Usama Jawad — Mon, 30 May 2016 10:06:01 +0000

At its launch event in Taipei, Asus has unveiled its ZenFone 3 series consisting of standard, Deluxe and Ultra editions. The three flagship devices boast screen sizes up to 6.8" and up to 6GB of RAM. Read more...

HTTP/2 standard has been finalized, paving the way for a faster Web

Adrian Potoroaca — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:40:01 +0000

The next major version of HTTP is now one step closer to becoming fully standardized. Based on Google's SPDY protocol, the new standard is a welcome improvement for web developers around the world. Read more...

DisplayPort 1.3 details announced

Byron Hinson — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:25:50 +0000

A update to the DisplayPort standard was announced today. DisplayPort 1.3 will allow bandwidth up to 32.4 Gbits/second and connections to much higher resolution displays and multi-monitor setups. Read more...

Windows Server 2012 SKUs revealed

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:50:54 +0000

Microsoft has revealed it will sell four versions of its Windows Server 2012 operating system when it becomes available later this fall. However, it won't offer a version of Small Business Server. Read more...

Companies making Wi-fi easier, goodbye Bluetooth?

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:45:06 +0000

Business Week is reporting that a consortium of companies which includes the likes of Intel, Cisco, and Apple is set to release new technology called 'Wi-Fi Direct' which will turn a slew of gadgets into... Read more...

Microsoft providing feedback on HTML 5 editor's draft

Sam Symons — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:44:12 +0000

Though the creation of the new HTML standard, HTML 5, has been mostly up to four of the big players in the browser world (Apple, Mozilla, Opera and Google), it appears that Microsoft has become... Read more...

Bluetooth 3.0 to be launched on April 21

Sam Symons — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:25:05 +0000

The anticipated Bluetooth 3.0 is gearing up to be launched this month, on the 21st, according to Wi-Fi Net News. Currently, there is no official list of chip-makers who have partnered up to make this... Read more...

Micro-USB Mobile Phone Charging Standard Announced

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:19:08 +0000

If all goes well, the next time your phone dies at a friend's house you'll no longer be left cursing the gods regarding the lack of standards for USB phone cables. Last week, at the... Read more...

ISO votes to reject Microsoft's OOXML as standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:50:54 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization. The proposal must now be... Read more...

EU backs standard for mobile TV

Tom Warren — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:12:00 +0000

European officials have backed a single standard for the rollout of mobile TV services across Europe. Telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding has called on member states to roll out services using the DVB-H standard "as... Read more...

DDR3 standard gets the green light

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:46:12 +0000

The Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (Jedec) has published the specifications of the forthcoming Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) memory standard. DDR3 memory promises improvements in performance and power consumption over DDR2 and older standards.... Read more...

Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard

Brian Maher — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:29:57 +0000

A Taiwanese research institute has produced a new global memory card standard, called the miCard (Multiple Interface Card), designed to work in smaller consumer gadgets such as digital cameras, mobile phones and any device with... Read more...

Microsoft Office XML gets fast-tracked to ISO standard

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:16:18 +0000

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has announced that it is putting Microsoft's Open XML format (the file format used for Office 2007) on a five-month schedule to become a full ISO standard as early... Read more...

Microsoft's WDP vs. Standard JPG, in Numbers

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:20:00 +0000

I heard you. Many users commented on my previous news post saying that they weren’t happy with the tests I performed. I understand where you were coming from, and I plan to address what I... Read more...

Microsoft: Make our HD Photo format a standard

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:11:00 +0000

Microsoft plans to submit its HD Photo image format to a standards body in order to establish a higher-quality replacement for today's ubiquitous JPEG standard. The standardization move makes sense, given Microsoft's ambitions, said InfoTrends... Read more...

Superfast Wi-Fi Standard Solidifies

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:36:40 +0000

Sometime tonight, voting among the engineers charged with developing the IEEE's 802.11n Wi-Fi standard will end, and smart money says the results--to be announced within days--will be a second draft of the superfast standard. For... Read more...

IBM signs up for WiMax standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:52:10 +0000

IBM has joined the WiMax Forum, an industry organisation that promotes the upcoming wireless standard. WiMax is designed to deliver high-speed wireless internet access over a wide range, and operators expect the technology to provide... Read more...

802.11n Draft Standard Nearly Ready

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:45:52 +0000

Last week's IEEE meeting in London demonstrated that the move to the next stage of Wi-Fi is nearly ready. At the meeting, 802.11n committee members unanimously approved draft standard version 1.10, and agreed to create... Read more...

802.11n Standard Makes Progress in London Meeting

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:03:42 +0000

The long-anticipated 1.10 version of the IEEE 802.11n draft standard was approved unanimously in an IEEE task group meeting held in London in mid-January. According to Atheros CTO Bill McFarland, who attended the meeting, all... Read more...

AMD announces DTX open standard for SFF PCs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:56:39 +0000

AMD has announced that it is developing an open standard specification that it believes will enable the broad adoption of small form factor (SFF) PCs. According to the company, the standard, which it is calling... Read more...

Cisco adopts security reporting standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:01:34 +0000

Cisco is planning to issue security severity scores as part of its security advisories. The programme is designed to help users pick the vulnerabilities that require the most attention. Current severity ratings are generally limited... Read more...

EU Sets Europe-wide Wireless Standard

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:19:36 +0000

The European Commission wants to set several wireless standards that are meant to spur demand, cut costs (hopefully resulting in lower prices) and help new products. Electronic makers will have a guarantee that their products... Read more...

IEEE announces next-gen 100GB Ethernet standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:44:37 +0000

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG) has voted to standardise development of the next generation of Ethernet at 100Gbps. Although the 100Gb standard has been mooted for... Read more...

Hybrid HD-DVD media plays on standard DVD player

Fred Derf — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:13:07 +0000

Toshiba and Memory-Tech have developed a HD-DVD disc that will play on a conventional DVD player. It's a dual-layer disc that can store 15GB of high-resolution HD-DVD data on one layer and 4.7GB of standard... Read more...

Vendors hype new WirelessHD standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:11:19 +0000

A group of electronics manufacturers has formed a new wireless interface aimed at transmitting high definition video. The WirelessHD Interest Group includes Sony, Toshiba, NEC and Samsung. "WirelessHD will provide a high-speed wireless... Read more...

Apple Secretly Implementing 802.11n Wireless Standard

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:44:01 +0000

New model Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros and iMacs appear to be the first Macs to deploy the new wireless 802.11n standard. While the machines recognise the wireless card as only being an 802.11g... Read more...

Widescreen Notebooks To Become Standard By 2008

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:00:05 +0000

Notebook PCs are rapidly moving toward a future filled with more pixels and more screen real estate, thanks to the unexpectedly rapid proliferation of widescreen displays. Once fairly rare beasts, widescreen notebooks—notebooks with screens... Read more...

New Windows Standard Theme in Windows Vista

Steven Parker — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 13:20:24 +0000

Many community members have expressed concerns over the visual experience of the Windows Basic theme, and, we heard you loud and clear. In fact, we too wanted something better, and we've overhauled this theme with... Read more...

Smart CD Catalog Standard 1.0

Sun, 28 May 2006 10:44:28 +0000

Still having troubles organizing your disks? Smart CD Catalog will help you put them in order! You probably have many CDs and DVDs, document libraries, MP3 music files, photo and video collections, software distribution... Read more...

Draft 802.11n Standard Fails to Pass

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 04 May 2006 12:05:13 +0000

A draft version of the 802.11n standard failed to pass a first ballot on May 2, leading existing 802.11n vendor Airgo to criticize existing "pre-802.11n" products that have already shipped. Although the 802.11n working group... Read more...

Microsoft to support 1394b standard

Steven Parker — Mon, 01 May 2006 12:50:59 +0000

Microsoft Corp. will provide support for the IEEE1394b standard "within a reasonable time" after the launch of Windows Vista, according to a Microsoft Corp. representative who attended the IEEE1394 Trade Association meeting held here last... Read more...

Bluetooth Standard to Receive Speed Boost in 2007-08

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:57:31 +0000

The industry group behind theBluetooth wireless standard announced on Tuesday that it has received clearancefrom the FCC to increase Blutooth transfer rates by utilizing a version of the new radio technology known as ultra-wideband or... Read more...