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    The other way to get to better cyber-security

    The US FTC just filed suit against D-Link, claiming they have failed to take reasonable steps to protect their routers and internet-enabled security camera from hackers. Maybe this is what it takes to get the IoT world in particular to wake up. If the industry and players in the industry won't...
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    Samsung announces Family Hub 2.0 at CES

    You're going to have a hard time tearing your family away from the fridge. Pandora, TV mirroring, streaming, recipes, look inside the fridge from your phone, voice activated. I didn't see the whole of the video below, there may be more (singing you to sleep perhaps?) Reuters Live Video |...
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    Softbank tech fund attracting a lot of interesting investors

    Apple already known to be investing at $1B level, now Larry Ellison, Qualcomm and Foxconn also known to be investors Oracle founder Larry Ellison, Qualcomm, Foxconn among backers of SoftBank's technology fund - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) | Seeking Alpha
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    VA likely to outperform VR this Christmas

    Virtual assistants (Amazon Echo and similar) are likely to blow VR out of the water in sales this Christmas. Part of the reason is assumed to be cost - $400 and up VR vs $180m for Echo (though the Samsung Gear at $100 dips below this), part is accessibility (not too many platforms supported). I...
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    Xilinx FPGAs make it to the Amazon cloud

    Amazon is now supporting something they call an EC2 F1 instance (cryptic name?) to support FPGA-based accelerations in the cloud. You can build FPGA-based accelerators, uploads your design to F1 instances in the cloud, then use those instances to accelerate compute. I blogged about this earlier...
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    No - we won't all lose our jobs to robots

    Another viewpoint below. I still think the most compelling reason is simple economics. The more people lose their jobs to robots, the less people will be able to buy what the robots are making. This doesn't say that people don't lose jobs in some areas in the short term. But over time the number...
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    NXP exec perspective on merger with QCOM

    It's the car/truck/... stupid. We knew that, but interesting to get a direct viewpoint Autonomous cars to drive chip sector consolidation says NXP | Reuters
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    Broadcom in Talks to buy Brocade Comm.

    Brocade has put itself up for sale and indications are that Broadcom is interested. That could be a very imaginative purchase for BCOM, breaking free of traditional semiconductor consolidation and launching themselves into the networking equipment market. Then again, BCOM hasn't always been...
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    Apple working on wireless charging

    Unclear to me if this is keeping up with the Joneses or if they have a master plan Foxconn reportedly testing wireless charging modules for tenth-anniversary Apple iPhone - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) | Seeking Alpha
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    Google Fiber switch to Google Wireless?

    Changes, reduction in staff and halts in fiber layout. Believed to signal a shift to a wireless strategy Google halts Fiber rollout in some U.S. cities | Reuters
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    Mentor up for sale?

    The "exploring strategic alternatives" talk just got a little more real. Mentor is apparently working with BofA to explore strategic alternatives. Siemens and Dassault are said to be potential targets. Mentor Graphics working with Bank of America to explore sale-sources | Reuters
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    Keyboards go retro

    First we had mechanical keyboards (OK, maybe first we had typewriters, but I had to start somewhere). Then we switched to membrane keyboards and now we have virtual keyboards on our phones and tablets. Soon we are told we won't even need keyboards - everything will be driven by voice commands...
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    Galaxy Note7 problems deepen

    Samsung has called a halt to all sales and exchanges of the Note7, suggesting they have not got to the bottom of the battery fire problem. I imagine Apple is popping champagne corks. Samsung to halt global sales, exchanges of Galaxy Note7 | Reuters
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    Google again steps into device biz, again fails to impress

    Google announced a new phone (Pixel) and a VR headset, following close on the heels of announcements on a WiFi router and a voice-activated digital assistant. Fo course they want to be in the game, but unclear what they bring that makes them special and exciting versus existing alternatives. One...
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    Activist investor increases stake in Mentor to 8.1%

    Here we go again. The investor says “There are numerous operational opportunities, including enhancing operational efficiency and revenue quality, as well as strategic opportunities”. I feel for the Mentor management. They just got over Icahn and now this. I am fully confident once they realize...
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    QCOM to buy NXP? This is interesting

    Just came in on the newswire. suggested purchase price of $30B Qualcomm in talks to buy NXP Semiconductors - WSJ | Reuters
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    Microsoft sharpens focus on AI

    Microsoft have formed a new research group around AI. I know some will see this as yet another satanic plot from the evil empire. Personally I am neutral on MS (and happy that Nadella replaced Ballmer) and feel the more companies that are investing in a domain, the better it is for that domain...
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    Samsung having more than it's share of explosions these days

    Exploding batteries in the Galaxy Note 7 are now well-known. But did you know that they are now having problems with exploding washing machines? Perhaps quality control at the company needs some work Samsung washing machine owners warned after explosion reports - Sep. 28, 2016
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    Apple - beyond the next gadget

    Hey - we all do it. Wait for the next widget that Apple's going to bring out, and if it isn't truly awe-inspiring, it's the beginning of the end for Apple. But we should know better. The market for smartphones (and iPads and watches...) is bounded. They have to keep building widgets of course...
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    Saving power through a braid of radios

    Small mobile devices depend critically on using as little power as possible. When the battery runs low, it would be really helpful if they could depend on external devices to support expensive communication as needed, rather than having to continue to drain what little energy they have left. A...
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