Philips has told TechRadar that it's planning to make OLED a mainstream lighting technology by the end of 2012. Dietmar Thomas, Communication Specialist for Philips, told us that large investment in the technology will yield a significant drop in the price of OLED panels, enabling users to consider the flat and super-thin technology as an alternative for interior design: "Philips has invested €40m in a production line [in Aachen, Germany] which will bring a price drop in the next year, bringing our cheapest OLED modules down to €10-€20. "Then we'll be in the mass market, and you'll be able to get them at your local hardware shop," says Thomas. [......]
There's a fine line between adding to realism with in-game advertising and blatantly selling out . [......]
Itching to get your hands on a copy of Windows 8? You won't have to wait much longer, or at least that's the case if you're willing to roll the dice on beta software being stable. Microsoft announced in a blog post yesterday that a pre-release version of Windows 8 is slated to ship real soon, which likely means a beta build is just around the corner[......]
Try to imagine a world where everything is interconnected. A world where you can modify your own reality to see what you want to see, where your coffee machine knows when you need your next fix, and the high streets are populated with characters from your favourite PC games. This future is not some distant dream as imagined by fans of Minority Report [......]
Security firm AVG has come out with a new product called "AVG Family Safety" designed to "protect today's tech-savvy but increasingly vulnerable children online." That reads a lot like 'parental controls' to us, and from what we gather, that's basically what it is. In addition, AVG claims this wonder tool can filter unwanted communication from online predators and cyber-bullying from over 80 different social network sites, while also allowing you to monitor chats and network threads[......]
Following the launch of the new AOL.com is an ambitious new email system currently code named " Project Phoenix ." This represents AOL's attempt at reinventing AOL Mail which, among other things, will bring a unified inbox into its new bag of tricks. "Email remains one of the most vital communication tools despite all of the new sites and apps available to consumers today," said Brad Garlinghouse, President of AOL's Consumer Applications Group. [......]
Ever thought of starting up your own World of Warcraft server? [......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Following news over the weekend that it had missed the deadline to provide the city government of Los Angeles with its own email and collaboration infrastructure, Google today announced "Google Apps for Government" . Google Apps for Government provides more secure versions of the popular consumer-facing Web services that Google offers, such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Docs, Sites, and even YouTube. All of the apps are compliant with the 2002 Federeal Information Security Management Act (FIMSA, PDF here ,) and operate at the "moderate" level[......]
Skype continues to conquer new territory, the latest being three Sony Ericsson smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the VoIP software company announced today. "Applications for communication and social networking are incredibly popular with mobile users. The opportunity to use a world-class app like Skype, in combination with the excellent applications and capabilities we have already integrated into our Satio, Vivaz, and Vivaz pro devices, will make up a compelling package to our customers," said Kristian Tear, Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing at Sony Ericsson. [......]
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews You may think that your communications with other individuals over the Internet may be protected from unreasonable use by US law enforcement without subpoena and due process[......]
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews The need for an American national broadband deployment plan, focused at the time on extending broadband access to rural areas, was not initiated by current Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Julius Genachowski[......]
