Throughout the fierce format war I decided not to upgrade for fear of picking the losing side. It turns out that I was right, as I was rooting for HD DVD. Luckily some of the early adopters will get their money back from Walmart.

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Amazon improves Latin Music Store

In an effort to gain more market share on the world of “selling music online”, Amazon has made a couple of changes (for the better) on their Latin store.

Maybe this move is somehow related to the recent announcement, regarding Apple being the number 1 music retailer.

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A cell phone is but a communications device at heart, capable of doing a little bit extra such as surfing the Internet, running IM programs, checking your mail, capturing your favorite memories in a digital photo and playing video and audio files when you’re bored, right? Well props to online shopping pioneer Amazon.com who clearly aims to pile on the pressure (and potentially, misery) upon its brick-and-mortar rivals by offering a new online shopping service known as TextBuyIt, letting Amazon account holders to just about search virtually all products on Amazon’s website with the option to purchase whatever captures their fancy.

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Amazon unveils shopping via SMS

The big e-commerce company of the US, also known as Amazon, has recently presented a new service that offers a new way to shop around the huge store. The service is related to text-messages, and its codename is TextBuyIt.

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Parrot at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas presented the first of its wireless Bluetooth products which feature Near Field Communications (NFC) technology,making pairing of Bluetooth devices a snap. Some of these products include a digital photo frame and a trio of stereo speaker systems as well. First of all, what is NFC technology? Well, read on after the jump for further details.

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New Radio System Approved by the Pentagon

In the near future there will be a new radio system on the works, either developed by Boeing, or Lockheed Martin. The decision was announced today by the Pentagon, and the upcoming system will be used on aircrafs, ships, and ground stations.

One of the most important details of this deal, is the money. Can you imagine a high number that covers all the expenses, from start to finish, of the radio system?

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Ah, Honeywell, thank you for the gift of hovering spy drones so we can always have someone to watch over us.

Yes, that image you see isn’t a prop from a 1984 movie (which would still be timely, by the way), but a spy drone that can fly a 100 waypoint flight plan at 57 MPH, at a 10,500 foot altitude.

Apparently, these Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are already in place over Iraq and Afghanistan, which are hopefully watching out for enemies. They are waiting for FAA permission to be used here in American soil.

According to Reuters, the Miami-Dade police department hopes to deploy these MAV guys “soon”. I was kind of hoping that we would see these flying eyes later rather than sooner, honestly. Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers have managed to discover a new inkjet technology that can “print” LCDs thanks to silver nanoparticles,laying down wiring made out of silver nanoparticles via a customized inkjet printer. Currently, TFT manufacturing consists of the development of masks which are then used to generate a pattern for the wiring on the surface of the semiconductor. The entire process is wholly dependent upon the mask, which results in a slower turnaround time. This also means minor design changes are a no-no, since a new mask will have to be created from scratch. With printing technology instead, one will be able to introduce both speed and flexibility to TFT manufacturing although initial attempts have shown success on a limited level. Today’s TFTs require a wiring scale of approximately 2µm, but inkjet technology is not that matured yet as it is limited to ink drops on the order of picoliters, which is ultimately more than 10 times the size required in diameter.

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