Panasonic firmware geared to upgrade L10
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New firmware improves autofocus, autoexposure, and white-balance abilities, Panasonic said.
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What is happening with carrier grade Linux and kernel contributions in this area?
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New phone enables users to shoot, edit and upload videos directly from their device.
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(InfoWorld) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) is refreshing itsÂ Toughbook rugged laptop PC lineÂ and aiming for a big jump in international sales of the computers over the next three years. The company, already a leader in the rugged PC market, aims to ship 7.5 times more rugged PCs outside Japan by 2010 than it did in 2006, said Toshiyuki Takagi, director of the IT product division and Panasonic's AVC Networks division, at a Tokyo news conference. In Europe it is aiming for a ten-fold increase in shipments. The new 7-series machines, aimed at corporate users, are beefier than the current 5-series machines and can survive a fall from a greater height. The new models can be dropped from 76 centimeters -- the height of an average desk -- while switched on and still work, according to Panasonic. Its current Toughbook models for the corporate PC market are rated for a 30 cm drop but only when switched off. The 76-cm claim was backed up at the news conference as the laptops were dropped numerous times without any problem. Panasonic also demonstrated a new irrigation system in the keyboard that can funnel water through the machine and out of a drain hole in the base. It can handle up to 200 milliliters of water -- about the amount in a medium-sized glass -- without the PC experiencing any problems. The four new laptops -- one of which will be available in Japan only -- are based on Intel's Santa Rosa platform, which combines a processor, chip set, and wireless adapter. They have double the memory of their predecessors, at 1GB, and the hard-disk capacity is one-third larger, at 80GB, than in the previous models. They all include 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN but the new 802.11n variant is not supported. The Japan-only CF-R7 has a 10.4-inch screen with 1,024 pixels by 768 pixels (XGA) resolution but no optical drive. It will be launched on Oct. 19 and will cost about Â¥205,000 ($1,780). The CF-T7 has a 12.1-inch XGA screen and will be launched in Japan on Oct. 19. It will cost Â¥220,000. The CF-W7 adds a DVD Super-multi drive to the mix and will go on sale in Japan on Nov. 16 for around Â¥250,000. Finally, the high-end CF-Y7 has a 14.1-inch screen with 1,400 pixels by 1,050 pixels (SXGA) resolution and the DVD Super-multi drive. It will launch on Oct. 19 and will cost about Â¥270,000. The CF-T7, CF-W7 and CF-Y7 will be launched in Europe on Nov. 27. The CF-W7 will cost â¬1,950 ($2,760), the CF-T7 will have a â¬2,100 price tag and the CF-Y7 will be â¬2,170. North American and Asian prices are yet to be announced. Launch dates will be around the same time as those in Europe.
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In addition to introducing a long list of HD TVs and camcorders, Panasonic on Sunday announced that it will participate in a new company designed to help collect and recycle such products when consumers are done with them.Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba have jointly formed a new company, Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company (MRM), to provide services to other companies as well as governmental bodies that must comply with recycling mandates in the U.S.The company has already started working in Minnesota, which recently enacted new rules for electronics recycling. MRM has collected about 750 tons of used products there.The company plans to expand its programs to other states this year and next, including Connecticut, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas and Washington.So far, MRM has set up collection and recycling agreements with Hitachi, JVC, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer, Sanyo and others, Panasonic said.Before figuring out their new recycling opportunities, consumers will be able to choose from a long list of new HD camcorders and flat panel TVs that Panasonic also introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Panasonic said that it plans to adopt its Viera brand name for all sizes of flat panel displays going forward.The company expects that as consumers in the U.S. begin the countdown to the switch to digital broadcasting, they&#39;ll upgrade to new HD TVs. &quot;In this final year before the digital transition, more and more people will approach this new way of living,&quot; said Shiro Kitajima, president of Panasonic&#39;s consumer electronics business.Users will be able to control those TVs along with their related components through a single remote. Viera Link lets users easily do things like play back photos from an SD card that slides into Panasonic&#39;s plasma TVs.Consumers will be able to store more on those SD cards, since Panasonic plans to launch later this month a new 32G-byte HD SD card, one of the largest available. The card will hold five and a half hours of full HD video, Panasonic said.Users of the cards can plug them directly into a new Blu-Ray disk player that Panasonic is introducing at the conference and watch HD footage directly from the card.Panasonic hinted at other announcements to come on Monday, when Panasonic&#39;s AVC Networks Company president delivers a keynote address.
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Company aims to make it easier for Linux to be incorporated into low-cost consumer handsets.
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More efficient video compression; receiver add-on for TV.
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Call Recorder for Skype has been updated with new options and a variety of bug fixes.
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Versione Windows senza Media player in negozi Ue a settimane
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Company invites developers to tweak hardware and software for Internet phone service launched earlier in year.
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LG Electronics (LGE) announced the availability of three mobile-phone models, the T5100, L3100 and L1100, in Taiwan on November 6. The T5100 features the companyâs first model equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera.
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Update addresses potential denial-of-service vulnerabilities as well as a flaw in QuickTime.
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Latest PECL Releases:syck 0.9ps 1.3.5syck 0.9.1imagick 2.0.0b3
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Presidente Panasonic presenta schermo da 150 pollici
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Network appliance will announce this week additional capabilities and partnerships for its NetApp NetCache line of Internet security appliances. Meanwhile, EMC will unveil a major upgrade to its ILM (information life cycle management) product line with a focus on adding application-aware components.
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Bows to OEM pressure to drop delayed soft AP feature
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LAS VEGAS - Hewlett-Packard Co. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) have agreed to support each other's favored rewritable DVD technologies in some of their respective products, they said Wednesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).