OmniVision today Introduces  a new 1/4-inch, 5-megapixel RAW CMOS image sensor based on its 1.4-micron OmniBSI™ backside illumination (BSI) technology. The OV5647 is a cost-effective, high-performance mobile imaging solution, offering the performance and size benefits of BSI technology while allowing mobile phone designs to utilize existing baseband or applications processors for image processing functions. OmniVision’s [...]

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced a new member of its popular 8- and 14-pin PIC16F61X 8-bit PIC® microcontroller (MCU) family, targeting cost-effective general-purpose applications. The PIC12F617 MCU features 3.5 kB of self-programmable Flash program memory, and peripherals such as a 10-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), comparator, Pulse-Width Modulator [...]

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Google working on software that instantly translates phone calls in real time. The application will use voice recognition technology to translate whatever is spoken into it, covering all major languages, and more importantly, attempting to cope with regional accents. Google Translate already handles 52 languages, and Google will be able to take advantage of its [...]

Remember Samsung 14″ transparent OLED laptop? Samsung actually plans to release this laptop as a real product within 12 months. They also reveal that the IceTouch MP3 player will sell for around $330 and will be released in the US in the first half of 2010. Source: OLED-Info

iPhone hacker George Hotz claims that discovered how to enter the memory and the central processor for the console games. In a blog post, George Hotz said that after a five-week effort, he’d finally managed to run his own software on the PlayStation 3, which typically only plays digitally signed software that is approved by [...]

PANASONIC’S FULL HD 3D VIERA® TV NAMED WINNER OF CNET “BEST OF SHOW” AWARD AT THE 2010 INTERNATIONAL CES Welcome to the television of the future as introduced at CES 2010. Measuring in at 152 inches, with an eight million pixel display (or 4K format to be technical) and with full 3D capabilities, the ultra-high-definition [...]

Samsung sold 2.6 million LED LCD TVs in 2009, expects 10 million in 2010 With a reported sales figure of 2.6 million LED LCD TV in 2009, Samsung has high expectations for its LED LCD TV sales this coming year. Samsung expects a whopping 10 million LED LCD TV sales in 2010. Having said that, [...]

SEGGER Microcontroller today announced a new member of its Flasher family, the Flasher STM8. The easy to use stand alone flash programmer supports the complete family of STM8 Microcontrollers from ST. With USB, Ethernet, and RS232 interfaces, the Flasher STM8 can be easily integrated into a production environment. Additionally, the programmer can be used stand-alone, [...]

Panasonic announces battery that can store enough energy to power a house for a week. This could be interesting. “We’ll be the first to bring to the market a storage battery for home use, which can store sufficient electricity for about one week of use,” said Fumio Otsubo, president of Panasonic, in a recent interview [...]

I just wanted to wish a happy new year to all our readers, and I am sure 2010 will be an awesome year for everyone.