Technology/Industry news

LG Electronics (LG) , a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications, has won the iF Communication Design Award 2009 for the 3D S-Class User Interface featured on its latest handset, LG ARENA (LG-KM900). LG ARENA was awarded Gold in the Product Interfaces category, which includes all graphic user interfaces.

Around the World or Around Town, Verizon Wireless Offers a Host of BlackBerry Smartphone Choices

New System to Help Container Centralen Manage 3.5 Million Flower & Pot Plant Trolleys Daily

Building on the success of its recently launched netbook for education, Dell announced two new offerings here today that expand its K-12 technology portfolio and make it easier for students, teachers, and parents to connect with one another and share information.

The primary aim of the study was to evaluate the perceptions, understanding, expectations and motivations of European and Russian consumers towards navigation and location-based services. The key objectives of the study were to analyse consumers' awareness of, and level of satisfaction with different types of navigation systems (e.g. PND, mobile phones), the different features available (e.g. navigation, 3D imagery, voice guidance, touch screen), location-based services (e.g. car and pedestrian navigation, traffic information, social networking) and other telematics features.

Airbus has launched a study for reinforcing flight data recovery, including, but not limited to, extended data transmission for commercial airliners, so that in the event of accidents, critical flight information can still be recovered and released to the investigating authorities.

New Smart IT Infrastructure Will Bring Increased Efficiency to Pilsen Municipality and Support Introduction of e-Government Services

The Enterprise Mobility Solutions Business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that its point-to-point wireless Ethernet bridges are providing the communication infrastructure for an e-skills initiative launched by South Africa’s Department of Communications.

AT&T*, the nation's largest Wi-Fi network provider with more than 20,000 domestic hot spots and more than 90,000 hot spots globally through roaming partners, announced recent upgrades to AT&T Park's Giants Digital Dugout, the interactive, in-stadium site for San Francisco Giants fans.

Thomson Reuters and Jiji Press today announced that they have teamed up to serve the growing Japanese commodities marketplace. The two companies have combined their respective commodities news, information and desktop capabilities to bring an unrivaled, single Japanese-language commodities service across Japan.

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) a world leader in wireless broadband communication, today announced that its mesh network, MOTOMESH Solo (6300 series), is to be deployed at Osaka Port’s Yumeshima Container Terminal, which is one of Japan’s five largest ports. The system is scheduled to start operation in October 2009.

BAF Technologies to convert 600 vehicles with CNG technology in 2009; Part of 10-Year Commitment to Spend up to $565 Million on Alternative-Fuel Vehicles

Committed to providing the leading technology platform for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Cloud Computing partners, Oracle today launched a new commercial licensing model that enables Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to purchase license and support for components of the Oracle Platform for SaaS on a monthly basis.

Partnership will link leading Chinese hospitals with community healthcare centers in four cities, to enhance care that patients receive in their home communities

New HP StorageWorks and client virtualization offerings allow customers reduce costs, drive greater efficiencies

Agreement Delivers Greater Global Connectivity to Nordic Business and Enhances AT&T’s Local Teach in Key Growth Region

A contract awarded to BAE Systems by the Federal Government will significantly enhance Australia’s development of enhanced surveillance technology for unmanned aircraft systems, according to a senior company representative.

Professional videographers face continuous pressure to deliver high quality work under tight deadlines. To ease that burden and enable greater levels of creativity, NVIDIA today announced the availability of GPU-accelerated plug-in solutions for Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) users, optimized to run on a wide range of NVIDIA(R) Quadro(R) graphics solutions.

What’s metallic, cold and floats on water? Well, if you answered "a refrigerator" you would be correct. At least in LG’s eyes.

Integrated solution will help pay-TV operators to improve the customer experience and raise ARPU by promoting relevant content