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Boston Dynamic's Spot gets 5G upgrade in Ericsson trial

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:34:01 +0000

Ericsson has trialled Boston Dynamic's Spot equipped with 5G, making it operable at far greater distances than when a WiFi connection was required. In the trial, it did fence perimeter checks. Read more...

Boston Dynamics' Spot robot is now on sale for "less than the price of a car"

Paul Hill — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:54:01 +0000

Boston Dynamics has announced that it is going to sell and lease its robot dog, Spot. The firm only has a limited number so it wants customers who have interesting usage applications for Spot. Read more...

Nvidia announces new Shield TV and companion Spot peripheral with Google Assistant support

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 11:34:02 +0000

Nvidia has announced a couple of new devices for its lineup. These include a new Shield TV, now simply dubbed Shield, and a new smart speaker peripheral, dubbed Spot. Both work with Google Assistant. Read more...

Report claims Microsoft working on smartwatches

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:41:28 +0000

According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is actively working on a smartwatch, as the company is said to be working with Asian suppliers on touchscreens for the device. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: 4 Microsoft products you've probably forgotten

Tyler Holman — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:56:00 +0000

Delve into the shadowy corridors of Redmond as Trivia Tuesday takes a look at some of Microsoft's forgotten products, from an obscure 1979 adventure game to the ill-fated Kin mobile phone line. Read more...

Apple reclaims US' third biggest PC seller spot

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:45:55 +0000

Apple is now once again holding third place in the US PC market, sales figures from market watcher IDC have revealed. A return to form? Not quite, since its 5.6 per cent share is well... Read more...

Microsoft: Console Sweet Spot is $199, but No 360 Price Drop

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:34:42 +0000

In order to rule this console generation, Microsoft believes that it needs to start emulating some of Nintendo's tactics. "If we don't make that move, make it early and expand our demographic, we will wind... Read more...

HP Keeps Top PC Spot in Q4

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:47:09 +0000

For the second straight quarter, Hewlett-Packard beat out Dell as the No. 1 vendor of PCs in the world, according to research firms IDC and Gartner. In the fourth quarter of 2006, HP shipped more... Read more...

Researchers spot first mobile spyware

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:53:39 +0000

Researchers with McAfee claim to have found a first spyware application that targets the Symbian operating system for mobile phones. The spyware application comes bundled with a variant of the MultiDropper mobile phone Trojan. McAfee... Read more...

Downloads Could Decide Christmas Top Spot

Joe Cashman — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:55:42 +0000

While we enjoy our turkey dinner this Sunday, pop artistswill be hoping for that coveted UK Christmas Number 1, and with theintroduction of downloads into the official chart it looks as though they couldplay a... Read more...

Software Writers Spot Open Source in Sony BMG CDs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:50:00 +0000

Controversial copy-protection software used by music publisher Sony BMG on music CDs appears to have tapped an open source project, raising questions about copyrights, software experts said on Friday. The XCP program, developed by British... Read more...

Spot On: The US PSP Launch

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:16:43 +0000

Sony holds a major birthday party for its first handheld gaming platform--but were the guests impressed? On October 26, 2000, Sony joined the Sega Dreamcast in ushering in the current generation of... Read more...

A glance at Microsoft SPOT and MSN Direct service

Julio Franco — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:47:42 +0000

About four years ago, Microsoft's R&D team came up with a new technology called Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) which uses FM radio signals to broadcast information to your wristwatch. After a few delays, the... Read more...

Bandai's new Naruto title debuts in the top spot

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:21:22 +0000

The latest title in Bandai's immensely popular Naruto franchise, PS2 fighting game Naruto: Narutimate Hero 2, has gone in at number one in the Japanese chart and is selling significantly faster than the previous game... Read more...

Earthlink, Webroot Spot Spyware All Over

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 17:07:02 +0000

Spyware and trojan horses are spreading exponentially, not just one here and there. EarthLink claims spyware is down in April from March, but 27 pieces of spyware per machine (on average) is still an epidemic... Read more...

SPOT Watch Service Blinks

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 04:41:39 +0000

Microsoft's MSN Direct service experiences its first official outage since it went live in January. Customers of Microsoft Corp.'s new MSN Direct service experienced a major service interruption on Thursday, as the... Read more...

Microsoft SPOT Watches Hit Stores

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:01:46 +0000

Wristwatches and wireless services based on Microsoft's Smart Personal Objects Technology won't be on sale in time for the holidays, but they are coming soon. The devices will be available in January, the software giant... Read more...

Microsoft, Partners Delay SPOT Watches

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:09:54 +0000

Originally slated to launch at Comdex next week, the SPOT watch designed by Microsoft Corp. and its partners has been delayed until the first quarter of 2004 to accommodate further testing. Executives... Read more...

Exclusive: Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz Partner for SPOT

Tom Warren — Sat, 07 Jun 2003 00:01:17 +0000

Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz have partnered to show people the latest in cutting edge technology. Whether driving the exciting new Mercedes-Benz C-Class or experiencing watches equipped with Microsoft's Smart Personal Technology (SPOT); people will have fun,... Read more...

A SPOT of Microsoft news

Tue, 03 Jun 2003 19:36:47 +0000

Microsoft's plan to bring the Internet to your wristwatch will kick off this week when the company previews gadgets based on its Smart Personal Objects Technology. The software giant, along with watchmakers... Read more...

IDC says HP takes No. 1 server computer spot from IBM

Sat, 31 May 2003 12:44:07 +0000

Hewlett-Packard Co. took the top spot in server computer marketshare based on revenue during the first quarter from International Business Machines Corp., according to market research firm IDC. Server computers are large computers... Read more...

PCI-X marks the spot for IBM, HP

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 16 Mar 2003 23:47:01 +0000

IBM and Hewlett-Packard will start incorporating PCI-X into their servers in 2004, according the companies' top Intel server technologists. The move will be possible through the use of new chipsets, which join processors to memory... Read more...

PressPass: Microsoft announces first SPOT wristwatches

Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:51:36 +0000

Q&A: Microsoft and Watch-making Partners Announce First Smart Personal Objects Technology Wristwatches Smart wristwatches -- which display relevant, customized information broadcast across an innovative wide-area wireless network -- will be available in... Read more...