A Mountain View, California company is launching a platform designed to let developers create telephony applications they can embed in Web pages and existing Web-based services.

SiRF Technology announced it will rapidly implement key end-to-end location-awareness features needed to enable mobile devices powered by the Android platform.

Qualcomm announced that it has acquired San Diego-based SoftMax, a provider of noise reduction solutions for mobile devices.

Powering up that TV, entertainment center can add about $200 to annual utility bill

JVC's 61-inch HD-61Z575 widescreen LCoS TV is based on the company's D-ILA (Direct-Drive Image Light Amplifier) microdisplay device, the highest-density microdisplay device available in 2004.

Few are available now, but Samsung still makes them and their picture quality is excellent.

HDTV content surging

"...Green demands for more solar power, which relies on silicon for the manfacture of photovoltaic cells, have pushed up the price for the element by 40% this year to $1,600 per tonne...."

Acer announced today that Ed Coleman, CEO of the newly acquired Gateway has decided to leave the company at the end of Jan 2008.